Pokémon Reisen: Band 1

Pokémon Journeys: The Series #1

by Machito Gomi, Gyo Araiwa (Translator)

Orania City in der Kanto-Region: Ash, der das Ziel verfolgt, zum stärksten Pokémon-Trainer der Welt zu werden, ist in die Stadt gekommen, um der Eröffnung des Labors von Professor Kirsch beizuwohnen. Durch das unerwartete Auftauchen eines Legendären Pokémon lernt Ash Goh kennen, dessen Traum es ist, alle Pokémon zu fangen – und das Abenteuer der beiden nimmt seinen Lauf!

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Fiction, Comics, Childrens

188 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2020

Reviews

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a pretty good read!

It starts off with Ash meeting Goh in Vermillion city and interning for the professor there just like in the anime and it pretty much just adapts the anime stories like them going to a city where they meet Scorbunny and the giganti-sizing Snorlax and that was cool and after that Ash going to watch Leon and his battle and then well Pikachu doing the same but his fight with Leon was so cool and so well done, it was a blast to read through!

And then the final story with Goh learning to teach his pokemon a new move and some new revelations and evolution maybe? Its an interesting volume and if you have watched the anime its just adapting that stuff but what it does well is it gets the characters right and even the pokemons are so well drawn and the fights are amazing. The art is a treat to marvel at for sure. A must recommend!

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Machito Gomi's style! This book adapts the first 6 episodes of the show to the manga format and it delivers! It's a great gift for fans of the franchise as well, I recommend!

[Nic · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read volume 3 of this series to review for No Flying No Tights, then decided I needed background, so I got copies of the first two. Pretty fun! Even if it is absurdly hard for me to get past the differences in how Pokémon battles work in the manga versus the actual games.

I know it's silly! I know! Especially the way the manga often seems to play down the strategic use of typed moves. If your Gyarados is going up against a Charizard and you aren't using Water-type moves, then I just don't know what to tell you, LANCE.

My full review of volumes 1-3 is posted on No Flying No Tights.

[Marina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this! ❤

[Ghislaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still debating wether I should give it 3 or 3,5 stars.

It’s very funny to see the differences between the anime and the manga. The manga contains way less story/action than the anime, which is very understandable. I did miss the Piplup story :( The drawings were also really cute and I can’t get over the many funny facial expressions! They were by far my favourite thing about the manga

[Sienna · Rating 4 out of 5]

SCORRRRR

[Scythe Rowan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wäre mit einer kapitelübergreifenden Handlung vielleicht besser gewesen

[Jaden John · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great book which is literally an exact copy of the series

[Shiritaku · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, ganz anders als die bisherigen Manga - ähnelt eher dem Anime. Ash und Pikachu tauchen auf, Team Rocket ebenso. Kenne den Anime zu »Reisen« noch nicht, aber sieht für mich so aus, als wäre das eine 1:1 Umsetzung.

Viele Gags, witzige Grimassen, das typische »Das war mal wieder ein Schuss in den Ofen«, wenn Team Rocket abfliegt.. das kennt man auch so aus dem Anime. Wenig ernste Szenen bisher. Und man kann die Reihe ohne Probleme unabhängig und als erstes vom Franchise lesen, denn ich seh keinen Bezug auf die bisherigen Reihen/Arcs.

Optisch mag ich's und auch die Charaktere und Pokémon sind sehr gut eingearbeitet in die Story. Es ist allerdings eher episodisch, mit einigen Zeitsprüngen.

Bisher hab ich aber meinen Spaß dran 😄

[Serena · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was rly cute to me honestly. I already love Scorbunny as a pokemon anyway, so when I saw this featured him, I had to get it and check it out. Just seeing Scorbunny's determination to try and learn a fire type move was kinda inspiring in a way. One of those practice until you get better moments imo. But I did find this adorable.

[Katheryn Haskell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Pokemon Journeys. They took so much good from the anime and the games and threw it into one spot.

I will say, if you can, watch the anime. There's more in it, I find it more entertaining than the manga, but this is a piece of media that I think any Pokemon fan can enjoy in whatever way it's consumed.

I'm not sure I'll continue the manga, but I do love this series a LOT.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compared to the original Pokémon Adventures manga, Journeys felt like watching the anime in fast forwards.
Since I've watched the anime I knew the general context, but for someone who starts off with the manga it's hard to get the hang of the story. It seems like a set of 6 chapters unrelated as a whole. Too bad, as the potential was great.
I will continue with the series to see how it unfolds.

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is going to sound really weird but I feel like that first few chapters don't flow, while they did flow a little, it was very abrupt from chapter to chapter, almost like they were vignettes of the story. This did change in the later chapters though. I do feel like the manga is missing something, so I won't continue the series. I thought Scorbunny was super cute though!

[Mike Reiff · Rating 3 out of 5]

JACK’S FIRST MANGA. My son and I read this together in one sweep, and he loved it, inventing his own Pokémon as we went, and of course loving and wondering about dynamax energy. As a Manga it’s pretty light and loose, but as other Pokémon manga go it’s much clearer and easier to follow.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Be the very best! I needed my prior knowledge of Pokémon, and I never had any ideas of what was going on in the fight scenes, and I don’t want to admit how long it took me to swipe the correct way on my kindle app, but this delivered exactly what it said on the tin so I was happy.

[D.T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad! Thankfully, this isn’t as bare-bones and generic as recent Pokemon mangas have been imo. There’s a little humor and personality and Scorbunny is as cute as can be!

[ReadingFrog · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[Daniel Iskrov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good drawing and basically a book version of the show, I like it!

[Bev · Rating 5 out of 5]

The pokemons are so cute aaahhh.

[Leilany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got it for my 19th birthday literally last month. It was so good, I remembered how I would read the Black and White Pokémon manga in the library with my brother about 10 years ago. 😭

[R1 Ireland · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book was almost identical to the show. I liked it.;)

[Stephanie Whitney · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loved this. I enjoyed reading it to him.

[Marnie Bebej · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son has recently gotten into Pokemon since I never played as a kid. we started these books hoping to get a better understanding of these creatures.

[JoniAusten · Rating 4 out of 5]

De eerste keer dat ik een manga lees. Verwarrend maar leuk.

[Sakura · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you've seen the anime, it's mostly the first few episodes, but in book form :D

[Faris B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a fun read. I can see this is mostly based on the first few episodes of the anime version of the same name but in manga form.

[Dhruv Sheth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Changed Rating on 19/12/2024
4.5 Stars

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

This manga novel is similar to the Pokémon Journeys anime series. The focus is on Ash Ketchum and his new friend, Goh. Goh wants to catch Mew and Ash dreams of winning a battle against Leon, Monarch of the Pokémon Coronation Series.

[Daria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyment ★★★★☆
Concept ★★★☆☆
Characters ★★★☆☆
Plot ★★★☆☆
Dialogue ★★☆☆☆
World Building ★★★☆☆
Art ★★★☆☆

[Stacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

pikachu is cute

the story does kinda jump around xd , how do they teleport from galar to hoenn for a day and then take a plane back to galar xd