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Dogasu's Backpack | Manga Guide | Pocket Monsters Special

Pokemon Fan
CoroCoro Ichiban!
Shougaku Yon-Nensei


CoroCoro Ichiban!

CoroCoro Ichiban is one of the spin-offs to CoroCoro Comics.  It's a magazine aimed at elementary school kids that covers the TV series, video games, and hobbies that are popular among kids.  The magazine usually dedicates about four to six pages on Pocket Monsters articles every month.

The magazine first started publishing Pocket Monsters Special BW Version in its January 2011 issue.

The magazine was released bi-monthly at first but was given a monthly schedule from the May 2011 issue onward.  New issues of CoroCoro Ichiban! are released on or around the 21st of each month.

You can check out the magazine's official website here.

Table of Contents

CoroCoro Ichiban! version
Viz Graphic Novel version
April 2012 Issue
May 2012 Issue
June 2012 Issue
July 2012 Issue
August 2012 Issue
September 2012 Issue
October 2012 Issue
November 2012 Issue
December 2012 Issue
January 2013 Issue
February 2013 Issue
March 2013 Issue
April 2013 Issue
May 2013 Issue
June 2013 Issue
July 2013 Issue
August 2013 Issue




April 2012 Issue

Release Date:
  February 21st, 2012

April 2012
April 2012

25 pages

The Gym Leader's assault begins!  Black is ordered to take care of the Plasma-Dan grunts who had infiltrated the museum and stop them from getting their hands on the Dark Stone while they take care of the Dark Trinity.  The trinity, meanwhile, sees that they're up against six Gym Leaders and decide to take out the Gym Leaders in pairs.  Yakon's Doryuuzu succumb's to Dredia's Mega Drain attack but is saved when Kamitsure's Emonga swoops in with Acrobat.  Later, Hachiku steps forward with his Freezio and has it create a chain made of ice to tie up the Plasma-Dan trio.  The Gym Leaders begin to question the Trinity but realize that they're not defeated yet; suddenly, Tornelus, Voltus, and Landlus descend from the sky!  The trio of legendary pokemon whip up a wind storm that incapacitates the Gym Leaders and breaks the chains holding the Dark Trinity.  Black hears the commotion and runs outside to help.  His Charbu charges forward and kicks Landlus, but the legendary pokemon barely notices.  Landlus grabs Charbu by the neck to stop it, so Black's pokemon evolves into Emboar and breaks free!  Meanwhile, N and White's Pokabu arrive at the Dragon Spiral Tower.


Notes
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May 2012 Issue

Release Date:
  March 21st, 2012

May 2012
May 2012

25 pages

Members of the Plasma-Dan report that they've been unable to locate the Dark Stone.  The Dark Trinity orders everyone to retreat, so the legendary pokemon carry the now unconscious Gym Leaders away.  After they leave, Hachiku appears in front of Black!  The escaped Gym Leader says that he heard there's another way into the secret room where the Dark Stone is hidden.  Black thinks back to the time he challenged Aloe at her Gym and leads Hachiku through the same path he took through the library back then.  As soon as the door to the secret room is opened, Black is attacked by a Shibirudon!  Black finds out that Hachiku was really a Plasma-Dan member in disguise and that he was only using Black to gain access to the Dark Stone!  The Plasma-Dan grunt hands the Dark Stone to G'Cis, who in turn delivers it to N so he can finally summon Zekrom.  Later, the real Hachiku finds Black passed out in Aloe's secret room.  He contacts his colleague Shaga and tells him that the Plasma-Dan didn't notice that the Light Stone was also hidden in Aloe's secret room.  Hachiku then tells Shaga that he'll begin training Black for the upcoming battle.


Notes
N/A



June 2012 Issue

Release Date:
  April 21st, 2012

June 2012
June 2012

25 pages

Black wakes up on Cylinder Bridge, wondering what happened.  Hachiku recalls the events in Shippou City and says that he plans to train the young boy so he'll have the strength to go up against the organization that was able to defeat the other Gym Leaders so easily.  The first part of the training is for Black to free himself from a chain of ice his Freezio has attached to Black's left leg.  As Black calls on his Emboar to help him, Hachiku goes to one of the gates at the end of the bridge to talk with the Souryuu City Gym Leader Shaga.  The two discuss the fact that Black seems to have been chosen by Reshiram and question whether or not it's wise to break the seal containing it.  Before long, Hachiku announces that he's going to the Plasma-Dan's "castle" to see what he can figure out.  Meanwhile, Black has his Emboar switch from Fire-Type attacks to Fighting-Type attacks.  With the help of the vibrations caused by the trains passing by underneath, Emboar is able to use its Arm Hammer attack to strike Freezio's chain and smash it to pieces.  The first part of Black's training is now finished!


Notes
Black decides to nickname his Emboar "Boar" (ブォウ).  Hachiku tells Black that with a name like that, he should be sure to train it like a Bu no Ou (武の王), or "Fighting King."  This pun of his prompts Black to try using Fighting-Type moves instead of Fire-Type moves later in the chapter.

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July 2012 Issue

Release Date:
  May 21st, 2012

July 2012
July 2012

25 pages

Hachiku goes to the Dragon Spiral Tower and finds evidence that the legendary pokemon Zekrom has already been summoned by the Plasma-Dan.  Back on Cylinder Bridge, the doctor who Hachiku had brought along introduces himself as Teruyuki.  As he treats Black's wounds, Shaga and Iris appear.  After battling with Shaga for a bit and losing, Iris decides to stick with Black so they can train together.  At that moment, Teruyuki announces that Black's other pokemon have defeated Hachiku's three Vanirich and completed step two of the training.  Shaga leaves for Souryuu City, telling Black that he'll be waiting for him there.  Black and Iris continue walking on the bridge and run into the bike gang known as the "Black Empärts."  As the group boasts about how powerful they are, Black has his Dentula, Mun'na, and Protoga work together to defeat them in the most humiliating way possible.  Teruyuki leads Black and Iris off the bridge and into what is assumed to be Sekka City.  Once there, they go to Hachiku's house and learn a bit about the Gym Leader's history as a movie star.  Hachiku returns and tells Black that the next step of his training will be to defeat his ice maze.


Notes
Teruyuki (テルユキ) is known as "Doctor Logan" in the English versions of the games.  He appears on Champion Road.

The leader of the Black Empärts is named Hideaki (ヒデアキ) and is known as "Biker Jeremy" in the English versions of the games.  He appears on Cylinder Bridge.

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August 2012 Issue

Release Date:  June 21st, 2012

August 2012
August 2012

25 pages
A beaten and battered N is trying to befriend Zekrom while the Seven Sages watch.  As he tells the legendary pokemon his dream of a world in which humans and pokemon are equal, the expression on Zekrom's face changes.  Back at the Sekka Gym, Black finishes solving the ice maze and makes it to where Hachiku is waiting.  They immediately begin their Gym Battle with a match between Hachiku's Freezio and Black's Emboar.  Using the training it received back at the Cylinder Bridge, Emboar defeats Freezio with a powerful Fighting-Type move.  Hachiku calls on his Vanirich next, who is able to freeze its opponent after using its Ice  Body Ability to hide.  Black calls on his Mun'na next.  As the battle continues, Black asks Hachiku why he's having to go through all this training.  The Gym Leader reveals that he has possession of the Light Stone and that he and Shaga were hoping Black would eventually be able to command Reshiram in battle!  Before long, both Mun'na and Vanirich are defeated, leaving only Black's Protoga and Hachiku's Tsunbear on the battlefield.  Meanwhile, over in Souryuu City, Shaga's called a press conference to announce that the Pokemon League will start in one week!


Notes
Shaga reveals that the Pokemon League was originally meant to start in three months from now before he decided to move it up.  Coincidentally, the episode of the TV series that aired the night this issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! went on sale (BW 085, "Sing Meloetta!  The Melody of Love!!") reveals that the Pokemon League in that series is meant to start in three months as well.

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September 2012 Issue

Release Date:  July 21st, 2012

September 2012
September 2012

25 pages
Shaga's press conference continues as the Gym Leader adds that even though the amount of time before the League is now shorter, the number of badges required to enter will remain the same.  Later, Shaga reveals to his assistant that he pushed the League up to lure the Plasma-Dan out of hiding.  Back in Sekka City, Black's battle with Hachiku is about to reach its conclusion.  Even though Black's Protoga evolves into Abagoura, it's still not quick enough to dodge one of Tsunbear's powerful punches to the face.  Thinking the battle's been decided, Hachiku tells Black to come back anytime for a rematch.  He then hands over the Light Stone and tells him to resurrect Reshiram and use it to fight the Plasma-Dan.  Just then, Black smiles -  Abagoura wasn't knocked out by Tsunbear's attack after all!  Abagoura uses its powerful jaws to chomp Tsunbear's claws to bits before running up to its surprised opponent and finishing it off.  With that, Hachiku hands over the Icicle Badge!   When Iris sees Black hyping himself up for his final Gym match, she guides him over to a TV so he can hear Shaga's announcement about the League being pushed forward.  Black is left speechless.


Notes
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October 2012 Issue

Release Date:  August 21st, 2012

October 2012
October 2012

25 pages
As Black begins to freak out, Iris and Hachiku try to convince him to go ahead and revive Reshiram so he can use it to convince Shaga to let him join the Pokemon League with only seven badges.  Black, however, isn't convinced that he can do all that in only two weeks.  Meanwhile, Adeku and Renbu meet up with N.  A double battle between Adeku's Baffaron and Chevargot and N's Archaeos and Hihidaruma begins as Baffaron uses Afro Break on Hihidaruma.  The attack causes considerable damage, so N has his pokemon go into Daruma Mode.  Adeku responds by having his Chevargot break away from its fight with Archaeos to join Baffaron in delivering a two-sided attack that knocks out N's pokemon.  Back on the road, Black wishes his Wargle was there with him both it and his Mun'na are the only ones who can truly understand how he feels right now.  Suddenly, White appears and grants his wish by returning his Wargle to him!  As Black and Iris admire how many pokemon White's been able to catch, the three of them hear a commotion in the distance and rush over to investigate.  When they arrive, they see that Adeku's been knocked out!


Notes
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November 2012 Issue

Release Date:  September 21st, 2012

November 2012
November 2012

25 pages
Adeku comes to and sends out Agilder and has it use Acid Bomb to knock out N's Archaeos.  Black and the others then look around and notice that while Adeku only has Agilder left, N still has both Zorroa and Zekrom!  As soon as Black says Zekrom's name, Reshiram appears from out of the Light Stone, lets out a fiersome roar, and then retreats back to Black's bag!  Once N's surprise at Black having obtained the Light Stone wears off, he reveals that he won't be using Zekrom in this battle; instead, he's going to use the Pokabu that used to belong to White!  Agilder tries to take out Bubu-chan first in order to prevent it from using its Fire-Type attacks on it but is quickly overtaken when Zorroa tricks it using its Illusion Ability.  Adeku loses the battle, meaning that N has finally achieved his goal of overtaking the Champion!  As N congratulates himself, White approaches Bubu-chan and tells it that she'll support it no matter what it decides to do.  Suddenly, Araragi-Hakase's father arrives on the scene and asks everyone to help him defeat N so they can find out where the Plasma-Dan is keeping the Gym Leaders!


Notes
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December 2012 Issue

Release Date:  October 21st, 2012

December 2012
December 2012

25 pages
Araragi-Hakase's father, along with Black and White, make quick work of N's remaining pokemon.  When the battle's over, his daughter and Makomo arrive on the scene and recall how they used to have two sets of starter pokemon set aside for trainers.  A year ago, they say, N came to Araragi-Hakase's father's laboratory and "liberated" the starter pokemon he had there!  The Pokabu ran away and the Tsutarja left with N, so Araragi-Hakase's father took the Mijumaru and decided to raise it himself.  Back in the present, N uses a Revive on all his pokemon and prepares to go home.  Black steps forward to stop him but is surprised to see his pokemon hesitate to engage in battle.  Black asks Musha to eat his dreams to figure out a way out of this, but his pokemon refuses!  N tells Black that his Mun'na has grown tired of his dreams and that the two of them never really had any real bond outside of that in the first place.  Black watches as Musha floats away, leaving his party and devastating its trainer.  As N makes his escape, he predicts that Black will appear before him again with Reshiram by his side.


Notes
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January 2013 Issue

Release Date:  November 21st, 2012

January 2013
January 2013

25 pages
As the doors to the Pokemon League open, the Four Heavenly Emperors gather to discuss how to deal with the Plasma-Dan.  Eventually, Cattleya presents her Gothilselle to the group and suggests they use its psychic powers to locate the kidnapped Gym Leaders.  Elsewhere, Black continues to be haunted by the memory of his Mun'na left him.  He announces that he's returning to Kanoko Town; when White protests, he tells her that he only ever wanted to win the Pokemon League and that all this stuff about legendary pokemon and the Plasma-Dan is just way too much for him.  Just then, Black's pokemon - Emboar, Dentula, Wargle, and Abagoura - approach their trainer with tears in their eyes.  Black realizes that his pokemon wanted to win the Pokemon League just as badly as he did and decides that he can't give up now.  Later, Black pays a visit to Shaga and challenges him to a Gym Battle, stating that he technically has until the following day's opening ceremony to earn his eighth badge.  Meanwhile, Cattleya tells the others that her pokemon has been able to communicate with the Gym Leaders and that they have a message from them:  "Help us."


Notes
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February 2013 Issue

Release Date:  December 21st, 2012

February 2013
February 2013

25 pages
Due to Shaga's commitments as the sponsor of the Pokemon League, the Gym Leader only has time for a one-on-one battle with Black.  The match begins, but before long it becomes painfully obvious that Black's Wargle is no match for Shaga's Crimgan.  Black is about to concede defeat when Cattleya bursts in and announces that the captured Gym Leaders want to speak to him!  Through Gothilselle's psychic powers, the Gym Leaders tell Black that they don't know where they are but that it's somewhere dark and quiet.  They then tell him that they heard about Musha leaving and convince him that he can't assume all his pokemon feel the same way about his dreams that his Mun'na did.  Feeling better about himself, Black commands his Wargle to use Air Slash on the door Cattleya used to get in.  The attack lets snow and cold air in, paralyzing Crimgan and allowing Wargle to finish it off.  Shaga quickly grabs Black by the collar, drags him in front of a TV camera, and announces that a last minute entry is going to be accepted.  The 32 contestants begin their elimination battles on Champion Road until, at last, the Top 8 are announced.


Notes
The top eight for the Isshu League are Handsome (in disguise), Black, Iris, Plasma-Dan Seven Sage Vio, a boy who seems to be a mix of the Youngster and PokeManiac trainer classes, a person in a cloak with an iron mask, Shizui, and Cheren.

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March 2013 Issue

Release Date:  January 21st, 2013

March 2013
March 2013

25 pages
As the match-ups for the Best 8 are being decided, Hachiku leaves to find out where the other Gym Leaders are being held.  Later, it is decided that the first match of the quarterfinals will be between Black and the mysterious "Handa Samurou."  The emcee explains that trainers at the Pokemon League are allowed to have up to three pokemon in their party but that they will lose their match if even one of them faints.  He also announces that whoever wins the League this time will not be required to battle Adeku to become the Champion!  Before long, the battle between Black's Dentula and Handa Samurou's Gureggru begins.  Dentula puts up an Electric Net to protect itself, but Gureggru easily blows it away with Vacuum Wave.  Black's opponent begins to pummel Dentula with a barrage of Poison-Type attacks, so he responds by ordering his pokemon to pull down the still airborne net on top of its opponent.  Dentula obeys, trapping Gureggru and sending a powerful electric attack its way.  Black is declared the winner, forcing his opponent to make a hasty exit.  Later, Handa Samurou, who's secretly the International Police Agent "Handsome," continues his investigation on the League participants...


Notes
It is revealed that Vio is going by the alter ego Gurei (グレイ), or "Gray," for this tournament.

The name of the young boy is Petashi (ぺタシ), or Petashi, and the hooded man is named Fuudoman (フードマン), or "Hoodman."

Handsome's alter ego, Handa Samurou (ハンダ サムロウ), with the space separating the two and everything, seems to be a combination of Handsome's name (ハンサム) and Tarou (タロウ), an extremely common name in Japan not unlike "John Smith."  "Handa" is a commonly seen family name as well.

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April 2013 Issue

Release Date:  February 21st, 2013

April 2013
April 2013

25 pages
The Isshu League continues!  The second round is between Cheren's Kenhorou and Petashi's Monose.  After Cheren defeats his opponent with his pokemon's God Bird attack, Black notices that his childhood friend is being uncharacteristically cold toward Petashi.  Meanwhile, Handsome continues to watch the League, particularly the mysterious stranger named "Gray."  Round Three starts soon with Hoodman and Ohbem vs. Shizui and Bluengel.  Shizui thinks he's going to win after using Bluengel's Cursed Body Ability to disable Ohbem's Energy Ball attack, but his opponent is able to turn things around with a surprise Shadow Ball attack.  The final match of the semi-finals is between Iris and Gray.  Gray has his Freezio wrap its ice chain around Iris' Onondo, trapping the Dragon-Type pokemon!  Fortunately, Onondo is able to use its fangs to cut through the chain and rush forward with a Rock Break attack that KOs its opponent.  As the Top 4 is announced, Hachiku looks on and wonders if the other Gym Leaders not having any memory of their kidnapping has something to do with the "Brain Pokemon" Ohbem that's belongs to Hoodman.  White, who is revealed to have been standing by his side the whole time, offers to help investigate.


Notes
N/A


May 2013 Issue

Release Date:  March 21st, 2013

May 2013
May 2013

25 pages
Makomo-Hakase, Shouko, and Araragi-Hakase arrive in a VIP room to watch the Pokemon League.  Araragi-Hakase brings her colleagues up to speed and specifically talks about the transition White's made from Pokemon Talent Agent to seasoned battler.  Elsewhere, White bumps into Shizui and finds out that "Hoodman" was able to enter the League without collecting all eight Gym Badges!  White wants to tell Shaga right away, but Shizui stops her and says that Cheren is even more suspicious!  White and Shizui watch as Cheren defeats Hoodman in the semi-finals.  However, Black, who's also watching the match, notices a number of unsettling things about his childhood friend during the battle; the fact that his Tsutarja still hasn't evolved despite it being on the path to do so, Cheren withdrawing Tsutarja even though it still wanted to fight, Cheren having no reaction to Petashi cheering for him, etc.  Cheren addresses each of these observations in a cold and uncaring way, prompting Black to leap onto the battlefield and demand they settle things right then and there!  Meanwhile, the Four Heavenly Emperors are getting ready to battle whoever wins the Pokemon League when they notice that the Plasma-Dan has begun to make its move...


Notes
N/A


June 2013 Issue

Release Date:  April 20th, 2013

June 2013
June 2013

27 pages
The final match of the Pokemon League continues!  Elsewhere, White sees Hoodman and Grey together and moves in to get a closer look.  Before long, she gets captured by Grey's Freezio and is taken to its trainer!  Grey then makes the dramatic announcement that he is a member of the Plasma-Dan, prompting Handsome to spring into action and arrest him!  Unfortunately, Hoodman uses this opportunity to have his Ohbem Teleport both him and White out of the room!  Back on the battlefield, Cheren recounts how, after their tag battle at the Refrigerated Container in Hodomoe City, he began to wonder if the Plasma-Dan was really as bad as everyone keeps saying they are.  He meets up with one of the Seven Sages and is eventually brought to see N resurrect Zekrom, an event that causes him to want to obtain more power and become stronger.  Back at the Pokemon League, Black is saved when his Musharna returns to him and uses its Dream Mist to knock Cheren out.  At that moment, the anger that Black feels toward the Plasma-Dan for using his friend and kidnapping his boss ignites a fire within him that resurrects Reshiram from inside the Light Stone!


Notes
N/A



July 2013 Issue

Release Date:  May 21st, 2013

July 2013
July 2013

30 pages
Black puts Cheren down and then rushes over to where Grey, aka Seven Sage Vio, is tied up to find out where the missing Gym Leaders are.  During Black's interrogation, it is revealed that Shaga and Iris have evacuated the league spectators to the Four Heavenly Emperors' area to keep them safe.  Meanwhile Hachiku, who's worried about White after losing contact with her, ventures underneath the Pokemon League to find her.  There, Hachiku is ambushed by the rest of the Seven Sages and taken hostage.  Back upstairs, a terrible rumbling shakes the stadium as a massive castle rises up from beneath the ground and walls off the Pokemon League on all sides!  G'Cis, N, and the rest of the Plasma-Dan descend from N's Castle and, after taking everyone hostage, displays the captured Gym Leaders up on crucifixes!  Elsewhere, Hoodman appears before the Four Heavenly Emperors and brings out the Kami Trio to keep them busy so the Plasma-Dan can continue to act unhindered.  As G'Cis tells Black about how hopeless his situation is, the various trainers Black's met throughout his journey burst onto the scene and offer to rescue the Gym Leaders!  Now able to move freely, Black sets his sights on N and Zekrom!


Notes
This chapter is five pages longer than most chapters of the Black & White Pocket Monsters Special chapters.

The trainers who gather at the end are Janitor Shinosuke, Baker Yoshie, Doctor Teruyuki, Bike Gang Leader Hideaki, Leader of the Minezumi Show Shohko, Bourgeoisie Trish, and Mountain Man Natsumi.


August 2013 Issue

Release Date:  June 21st, 2013

August 2013
August 2013

30 pages
The Seven Sages step forward to fight against Natsumi and the other trainers.  With the help of Black's pokemon, the seven trainers are able to distract the Plasma-Dan long enough to enable Shohko's Minezumi to eat through the ropes trapping the Gym Leaders.  Above, Renbu, Cattleya, and Shikimi of the Four Heavenly Emperors interrupt Black's and N's battle to tell them that they now know where White's being kept!  Inside N's room, White wakes up to see Helene and Verbena, N's attendants, watching over her.  Suddenly, Bubu-chan approaches White and indicates that it wants to return to the world of acting!  Elsewhere, the Gym Leaders are helping wrap up the battle with the Seven Sages when Giima is revealed to have been working with Hoodman the entire time!  But the Gigigearl that's usually under Hoodman has been replaced with a much faster pokemon...?  Back on the battlefield, N's Zorroa rushes forward and disrupts the battle, showing N that there really are pokemon who are happier being together with humans.  N asks Black to forgive him and says he has to think long and hard about his next move before hopping on his Zekrom and flying off into the rising sun.


Notes
This is the final chapter of the Black & White Chapter.



 

 

 

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