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| Manga Guide | Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea,
Manaphy
Synopsis | Differences
between the anime and
the manga | About the
Author
OK,
so here's the deal. The first chapter of the manga has been
released in Japan, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to obtain a
copy of it. Nobody seems to know how to get CoroCoro issues to
the US,
so it looks like I may have to wait for a graphic novel release to
occur before I can pick this up.
However, a few scans of the manga have surfaced on the Internet, so what I'm going to do is translate the random pages that have been posted and see if I can't figure out a general plot outline for the manga. All of these scans originated from Imawaka Loader (specifically this page), a Japanese Nintendo fansite.
As with other manga adaptations of the movies, this may or may not have a different story from the final version of the film.
The first scan is from pages 37 and 38. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
Page 37
Page 38
The first page is obviously a dream sequence featuring a naked Haruka being taken to the Water Temple. Now if this scene is animated, I don't expect Haruka to remain naked since the show is aimed at little kids. The strange structure in Panel Four (the one with Manaphy) is the Water Temple (which we later learn is named Akuusha), and it's one of the central locations in the movie.
The dialogue drives the majority of the second page, but I would like to point out that it looks like Haruka and the others are sleeping in a bus, not unlike Diane's bus in the Jiraachi movie. The bus most likely belongs to the Mariner Troupe, the group whose traveling around giving a special "Water Pokemon Show."
I don't know what page the second scan is from, but judging by Satoshi's reaction to the Rocket-Dan's dilemma and the fact that Manaphy hasn't hatched yet, it seems to fit at this part in the story. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
Page ??
Here we see a previously unknown plot point: characters switching bodies with one another. Of course, we don't know why these people are in each other's bodies, but at this point in the story, I don't think the Rocket-Dan know either.
The silouhette in the next to the last panel looks like it belongs to Jackie, which is why I credited him with the last line of dialouge. This may end up being the character's introduction into the movie.
The third scan is from pages 55 and 56. By this point, we see that Phantom, the movie's villain, has entered the scene. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
Page 55
Page 56
The first page is probably the most important part of the story; the hatching of Manaphy. We see that it hatches while in Haruka's arms, and the whole idea that Haruka is Manaphy's "mother" seems to be a major theme in the movie. Another interesting thing to note is that Phantom has a Perap and that the pokemon can imitate human speech.
Phantom's dialouge in the second page leads me to believe that he had been fighting with the others for Manaphy's egg. And he seems pretty pissed that it hatched in Haruka's arms.
The final scan is from pages 77 and 78, and in these two pages, it looks like Satoshi and Jackie have switched bodies. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
Page 77
Page 78
The first page reveals that people who switch bodies keep their old voices while they're in their new ones. The second one reveals that all this body swapping has been Manaphy's doing, and that this "Heart Swap" wears off after some time. At the end, we see that Satoshi has swapped bodies again, this time with someone on the boat riding away.
The first panel of the first page also seems to indicate that Manaphy can't speak human language, since all it says is its name.
However, a few scans of the manga have surfaced on the Internet, so what I'm going to do is translate the random pages that have been posted and see if I can't figure out a general plot outline for the manga. All of these scans originated from Imawaka Loader (specifically this page), a Japanese Nintendo fansite.
As with other manga adaptations of the movies, this may or may not have a different story from the final version of the film.
The first scan is from pages 37 and 38. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
http://f42.aaa.livedoor.jp/%7Eimawaka/imgboardphp/src/1145022082052.jpg
Page 37
Panel
One doesn't have any dialogue.
Panel Two
Haruka: "Waaa~!"
Panels Three through Six don't have any dialogue.
Panel Seven
Haruka: "Aah!"
Haruka: "Wait up!"
Panel Two
Haruka: "Waaa~!"
Panels Three through Six don't have any dialogue.
Panel Seven
Haruka: "Aah!"
Haruka: "Wait up!"
Page 38
Panel One
Haruka: "Wait!"
Panel Two
Hiromi: "What's wrong?"
Haruka: "Ah" (It seems like she's breathing heavily here)
Panel Three
Everyone: "The Water Temple?"
Panel Four
Haruka: "Yep, no doubt about it. The pokemon took me there."
Panel Five
Hiromi: "Haruka-chan, have you ever heard of the 'Water People'?"
Panel Six
Haruka: "Uh...no."
Satoshi: "Who are they? These 'Water People'?"
Haruka: "Wait!"
Panel Two
Hiromi: "What's wrong?"
Haruka: "Ah" (It seems like she's breathing heavily here)
Panel Three
Everyone: "The Water Temple?"
Panel Four
Haruka: "Yep, no doubt about it. The pokemon took me there."
Panel Five
Hiromi: "Haruka-chan, have you ever heard of the 'Water People'?"
Panel Six
Haruka: "Uh...no."
Satoshi: "Who are they? These 'Water People'?"
The first page is obviously a dream sequence featuring a naked Haruka being taken to the Water Temple. Now if this scene is animated, I don't expect Haruka to remain naked since the show is aimed at little kids. The strange structure in Panel Four (the one with Manaphy) is the Water Temple (which we later learn is named Akuusha), and it's one of the central locations in the movie.
The dialogue drives the majority of the second page, but I would like to point out that it looks like Haruka and the others are sleeping in a bus, not unlike Diane's bus in the Jiraachi movie. The bus most likely belongs to the Mariner Troupe, the group whose traveling around giving a special "Water Pokemon Show."
I don't know what page the second scan is from, but judging by Satoshi's reaction to the Rocket-Dan's dilemma and the fact that Manaphy hasn't hatched yet, it seems to fit at this part in the story. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
http://f42.aaa.livedoor.jp/%7Eimawaka/imgboardphp/src/1145284207315.jpg
Page ??
Panel
One
Rocket-Dan: "Waaaaah!!!"
Satoshi: "The Rocket-Dan!!"
Panel Two
Musashi (in Nyasu's body): "Why am I Nyasu!?"
Panel Three
Kojirou (in Musashi's body): "I became Musashi!"
Panel Four
Nyasu (in Kojirou's body): "I'm in a human's body Nya~!"
Panel Five
Satoshi: "Is there something wrong with them?"
Panel Six/Seven
Jackie: "Hmm..."
Rocket-Dan: "Waaaaah!!!"
Satoshi: "The Rocket-Dan!!"
Panel Two
Musashi (in Nyasu's body): "Why am I Nyasu!?"
Panel Three
Kojirou (in Musashi's body): "I became Musashi!"
Panel Four
Nyasu (in Kojirou's body): "I'm in a human's body Nya~!"
Panel Five
Satoshi: "Is there something wrong with them?"
Panel Six/Seven
Jackie: "Hmm..."
Here we see a previously unknown plot point: characters switching bodies with one another. Of course, we don't know why these people are in each other's bodies, but at this point in the story, I don't think the Rocket-Dan know either.
The silouhette in the next to the last panel looks like it belongs to Jackie, which is why I credited him with the last line of dialouge. This may end up being the character's introduction into the movie.
The third scan is from pages 55 and 56. By this point, we see that Phantom, the movie's villain, has entered the scene. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
http://f42.aaa.livedoor.jp/%7Eimawaka/imgboardphp/src/1145022120221.jpg
Page 55
Panels
One and Two don't have any dialogue.
Panel Three
Haruka: "Aah!?"
Panel Four
Phantom: "Dammit! Hand it over to me!"
Perap: "OVER TO ME!"
Panels Five and Six don't have any dialouge.
Panel Three
Haruka: "Aah!?"
Panel Four
Phantom: "Dammit! Hand it over to me!"
Perap: "OVER TO ME!"
Panels Five and Six don't have any dialouge.
Page 56
Panel
One
Manaphy: "Manaphy!"
Panel Two
Phantom: "Why you..."
Phantom: "It should have hatched in my hands!"
Panel Three doesn't have any dialogue.
Panel Four
Driver: "Everyone, get on!"
Manaphy: "Manaphy!"
Panel Two
Phantom: "Why you..."
Phantom: "It should have hatched in my hands!"
Panel Three doesn't have any dialogue.
Panel Four
Driver: "Everyone, get on!"
The first page is probably the most important part of the story; the hatching of Manaphy. We see that it hatches while in Haruka's arms, and the whole idea that Haruka is Manaphy's "mother" seems to be a major theme in the movie. Another interesting thing to note is that Phantom has a Perap and that the pokemon can imitate human speech.
Phantom's dialouge in the second page leads me to believe that he had been fighting with the others for Manaphy's egg. And he seems pretty pissed that it hatched in Haruka's arms.
The final scan is from pages 77 and 78, and in these two pages, it looks like Satoshi and Jackie have switched bodies. You have to copy and paste the URL into your browser in order to view it:
http://f42.aaa.livedoor.jp/%7Eimawaka/imgboardphp/src/1145022155029.jpg
Page 77
Panel
One
Satoshi (in Jackie's body): "Eh?"
Manaphy: "Mana-! Mana-!"
Panel Two
Jackie (in Satoshi's body): "What!?"
Panel Three has no dialogue.
Panel Four
Haruka: "Hey, Satoshi! What are you doing!?"
Jackie (in Satoshi's body): "I..."
Panel Five
Haruka: "Eh!? That's Jackie-san's voice..."
Satoshi (in Jackie's body): "Eh?"
Manaphy: "Mana-! Mana-!"
Panel Two
Jackie (in Satoshi's body): "What!?"
Panel Three has no dialogue.
Panel Four
Haruka: "Hey, Satoshi! What are you doing!?"
Jackie (in Satoshi's body): "I..."
Panel Five
Haruka: "Eh!? That's Jackie-san's voice..."
Page 78
Panel
One
Jackie (in Satoshi's body): "'Heart Swap!?'"
Panel Two
Haruka: "'Heart...Swap?'"
Panel Three
Jackie (apparently back in his old body): "It's one of Manaphy's special abilities. If a certain amount of time elapses, you'll return to the way you were."
Haruka: "How weird ~kamo"
Panel Four
Satoshi's voice from the boat: "Heeeeeeey~! I'm over here!"
Panel Five
Jackie: "How annoying."
Jackie (in Satoshi's body): "'Heart Swap!?'"
Panel Two
Haruka: "'Heart...Swap?'"
Panel Three
Jackie (apparently back in his old body): "It's one of Manaphy's special abilities. If a certain amount of time elapses, you'll return to the way you were."
Haruka: "How weird ~kamo"
Panel Four
Satoshi's voice from the boat: "Heeeeeeey~! I'm over here!"
Panel Five
Jackie: "How annoying."
The first page reveals that people who switch bodies keep their old voices while they're in their new ones. The second one reveals that all this body swapping has been Manaphy's doing, and that this "Heart Swap" wears off after some time. At the end, we see that Satoshi has swapped bodies again, this time with someone on the boat riding away.
The first panel of the first page also seems to indicate that Manaphy can't speak human language, since all it says is its name.
Synopsis | Differences
between the anime and
the manga | About the
Author
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