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| Manga Guide | Pocket Monsters Special
Pokemon Fan is a magazine centered
entirely around Pocket Monsters.
This periodical, released every three months or so, consists of
multi-page spreads that offer previews of upcoming episodes of the TV
series, updates on any new games that may be coming up, and information
on new products that are about to hit store shelves. Each issue
usually comes packaged with small items like pencil cases, Pokemon Tettra pucks, and
keychains. The cost of an issue of Pokemon Fan varies from issue to
issue but usually hovers around the 800 yen range.
The magazine began running the XY Chapter in its thirty-third issue. You can check out the magazine's official website here. Table
of Contents
Release Date: November 20th, 2013 24 pages Our heroes are walking along one day when
they are attacked by a wild Onbat. X and his Garura jump out from
under their blanket, make quick work of their attacker, and then return
to their cart. Soon after the five of them are approached by a
man whose job it is to invite Trainers to a newly completed "Super
Training" facility. Once inside the stadium-like dome our heroes
listen to an explanation of the various types of Super Training their
pokemon can undergo. Meanwhile, Y glides through the sky up above
on patrol. She soon discovers that two members of the Flare-Dan
have been following them and that the Onbat from before was one of
theirs! The red-suited grunts have their Onbat use supersonic
waves to mask everyone's sense of hearing, preventing them from issuing
any commands to their pokemon. X, meanwhile, sees a large Whaleko
balloon and motions for his Harimaron to pop it with the spikes on its
head. Soon after the large balloon robot is sent flying through
the air, sending the Flare-Dan agents blasting off in the
process. Now that their pursuers have been taken care of our
heroes resume their journey to Miare City.
Notes Y's Yayakoma's
nickname is revealed to be "Yako-chan" (ヤコちゃん).
Sana's Eneko is nicknamed "Neko-P" (ネコP). There's a Japanese saying, Kabe ni mimi ari shouji ni me ari (かべに耳あり障子に目あり), which is equivalent to "the walls have ears." There's also a bit in there about "and the sliding doors have eyes," but we English speakers don't really say that part. In this chapter of Pocket Monsters Special, Y misquotes this well-known saying as Kabe ni mimi ari shouji ni fearii (かべに耳あり障子にフェアリー), sticking the word "Fairy" (as in "Fairy-Type") in place of me ari, producing something like "The walls have ears and the sliding doors have Fairy." X's first line of dialogue in this chapter is to correct her. Top
Release Date: February 20th, 2014 24 pages Y is doing her best to become close
friends with the Eevee she caught the day before but the pokemon keeps
running away! She asks Keromatsu to use its Kero Mousse to help
stop this but Eevee puts an end to the attack simply by staring at its
opponent! Later, Eevee runs off again and finds its way to a
carnival where a number of mini games are being played. Y decides
to play Head It, Tile Puzzle, and Berry Picker with her Eevee to help
the two of them bond even more. During all this, X calls Trova
over and tells him that the staring move Eevee used earlier was most
likely Baby-Doll Eyes, one of the newly discovered Fairy-Type
techniques. Suddenly, a Numail belonging to two Flare-Dan grunts
jumps out from the tree where the Berry Picker game is being played and
attacks Y! Eevee jumps forward to save its Trainer, evolves into
Nymphia along the way, and uses its ribbons to send the Flare-Dan
grunts flying. It then finishes off its Dragon-Type opponent with
a kiss move. With their attackers taken care of, Y and the rest
of our heroes resume their journey with their new friend.
Notes Y's Eevee / Nymphia
is nicknamed Bui-Bui (ぶいぶい). It is revealed to be a female.
The kiss move that Nymphia uses at the end of the chapter is never named but is most likely meant to be Drain Kiss.
Release
Date:
April 19th, 2014
24 pages
In the Master Tower in Shala City, Corni
approaches Concombre, her grandfather, and demands to know why he gave
a young boy named X a Mega Ring without making him go through a
"successor ceremony" first. He responds by telling her about how
he helped save the young Trainer from a duo of reporters who were
harassing him after he had just won the Junior Tournament. Once the two are driven away, he
continues, he hands over the Mega Ring as a reminder of the bond X
shares with his pokemon. Corni argues that the story doesn't
explain anything. Suddenly, Concombre is attacked by an unknown
assailant! Corni and her Mega Lucario run up the tower to find
their attacker and eventually come across an Ohrot! But where is
its Trainer? Corni leaves the battle up to Mega Lucario while she
returns downstairs to look. There, she sees a woman named Esprit
appear before Concombre and demand he tell her everything he knows
about Mega Evolution. When Esprit finds out that the only people
who know about this phenomenon are his family and the people he's
entrusted a Mega Ring to, she charges forward with her Bokurei, ready
to attack!
Notes Most of Concombre's
flashback is a reprint of the version X told in the chapter printed in
the April 2014
issue of CoroCoro Ichiban!
The big difference here is that Corni's grandfather is no longer
covered in shadow.
Esprit (エスプリ) is not actually identified by name in this chapter. Top
Release
Date: May 31st, 2014
24 pages
As the battle between Mega Lucario and
Ohrot continues, Corni realizes that her opponent is at a much higher
level than she thought. She then realizes that one of Ohrot's
roots is running down the side of the tower and into the ground
below. Could this be the source of Ohrot's power!? Below,
Corni's grandfather tells Esprit that, as a member of the Flare-Dan,
she isn't elligible to learn the secrets of Mega Evolution. He
then uses his Heracross, who can evolve into Mega Heracross, to take
out Esprit's Bokurei. Corni is called to the scene to help him
chase Esprit away but a thick wall of tree roots springs up between
Esprit and her pursuers, preventing them from going any further!
Esprit explains that the roots have surrounded the Master Tower and are
making it impossible for them to escape, leaving Corni and Concombre
with no choice but to activate the tower's self-destruct system and
leave it behind. As Esprit makes her retreat, she informs her
opponents that she's not affiliated with the Flare-Dan. Once the
Master Tower's reduced to rubble and Esprit is out of sight, Concombre
looks back, hopeful that the existence of "that pokemon" went unnoticed.
Notes The silhouette of
"that pokemon" makes it obvious that Concombre is talking about Diancie.
Release
Date: July 19th, 2014
24 pages
Corni dozes off and dreams about the time
she went out with her Riolu to search for the Mega Stone needed to
evolve into Mega Lucario. She eventually finds it and, after
evolving her pokemon into a Lucario, is able to take part in the
successor ceremony. Once finished she joins with Concombre's
other disciples to Mega Evolve her pokemon. Corni is awakened
from her dream by the Champion Carnet who tells her that her
grandfather is in trouble. When she looks down she sees Concombre
and Mega Heracross surrounded by a large group of Kuzumo! Corni
and Mega Lucario step forward and help clear away the pokemon until
there's only one opponent left; Flare-Dan Executive Akamaro and his
Doramidoro! Carnet uses her Mega Sirnight to drive the Flare-Dan
member away. Later, the Champion tells the others that the two
legendary pokemon who attacked Asame Town are now in hiding and that
the Flare-Dan already know where Xerneas is. So, she reasons,
they should find Yveltal before the Flare-Dan gets to it first.
Meanwhile, the Four Heavenly Emperors' Pakira uses a Holocaster
broadcast to tell everyone that she's going to find out the reason for
Carnet's abrupt break from acting.
Notes Akamaro is known as
"Butler Chalmers" in the English versions of the XY games. He
battles the player during the fourth chapter of the Handsome postgame
story.
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Release
Date: September 20th, 2014
24 pages
Tierno shows off his dance moves at a
skate park while X sits in his tent studying his Pokemon Zukan. Tierno
wants to practice by himself and so he and his Heigani climb a nearby
hill. The two of them are going down a particularly steep rail when
Tierno is suddenly hit in the face with a notebook! The notebook, "The
Occupy the Monster Ball Factory Plan," details an operation by the
Flare-Dan to take over the factory and stop the flow of Monster Balls
to the public! The notebook's owner, a Flare-Dan grunt with a Flygon,
explains that her organization's goal is to restore beauty to the world
by "stealing" power from some and then "giving" it to people like them
who deserve it. X arrives on the scene to help but Flygon uses Earth
Power to disorient its opponents while remaining out of reach above. X
recalls reading about how strong Heigani's pincers are and so he has
his pokemon distract the Flare-Dan while Tierno's pokemon clamps down
on Flygon's wings. The Dragon-Type pokemon falls to the ground,
knocking both it and its Trainer out cold. Later, our heroes head back
to the others to resume their journey.
Notes N/A
Release
Date: November 20th, 2014
24 pages
The wealthy master of the Shabboneau
Castle has ordered his servants to seek out the "Jewel Pokemon" Diancie
so he can admire its beauty. Nearby, Carnet, Corni, and Concombre
have set up camp. Carnet tells Corni all about the Four Heavenly
Emperors and explains that Pakira is the only one she never really got
close to. Just then they see a group of agitated looking Meleecie
hurrying into a nearby cave. Carnet and the others follow and
soon discover that their Princess Diancie has been kidnapped by a jewel
thief! He sends out his three Kametete to overwhelm them but
Carnet comes up with a plan to lure the thief out of the cave so
Diancie can absorb the moonlight and use its powerful Moon Force
attack. The plan works and, after Diancie follows up with a
Diamond Storm attack, the thief is sent running. Later, the thief
returns to his client, Pakira of the Four Heavenly Emperors, and hands
over the few diamonds he actually was able to get his hands on.
Back near Shabboneau Castle, the master calls off the search for
Diancie and decides that it's better to let both it and the Meleecie
live in peace.
Notes This is the final
chapter to be printed in Pokemon Fan
magazine for the immediate future. Mr. Kusaka has stated on the
official Pocket Monsters Special
website that part of the reason for this has to do with the
serialization of the Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire Chapter on Club Sunday. He assures viewers
that he will still act as an editor for Pokemon Fan magazine during this
time and that his duties there will not end.
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