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Dogasu's Backpack | Manga Guide | Pocket Monsters Special

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Pocket Monsters Special 55 (ポケットモンスターSPECIAL 55) is the 55th volume of Pocket Monsters Special. It concludes the Black 2 White 2 Chapter and begins the XY Chapter.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter
Title
Debut
547
"The Final Battle"
(最終決戦)

548
"Epilogue"
(エピローグ)

549
"Garura, Wait"
(ガルーラ、待つ)
CoroCoro Ichiban!
December 2013 Issue
550
"Garura, Transform"
(ガルーラ、化わる)
CoroCoro Ichiban!
December 2013 Issue
551
"Horudo, Seize"
(ホルード、奪う)
CoroCoro Ichiban!
January 2014 Issue
552
"Harimaron, Stab"
(ハリマロン、刺す)
CoroCoro Ichiban!
February 2014 Issue

Volume Information


Release Date:  June 2nd, 2020
Published By:  Shogakukan under the "Tentou-Mushi Comics Special" brand
Price:  524 yen Page Count:  225
Size:  18 x 12.6 ISBN:  ISBN 978-4-09-943067-2

From the creators


Yamamoto Satoshi
Translation coming later!
Kusaka Hidenori
Translation coming later!

Chapter 547 "The Final Battle"

Summary coming later!

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Chapter 548 "Epilogue"

Summary coming later!

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Chapter 549 "Garura, Wait"
CoroCoro Ichiban! December 2013 Issue


Originally published in the December 2013 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! (on-sale October 21st, 2013)

December 2013
December 2013

25 pages
Years ago, a young boy named X won a junior tournament with his Garura.  The press became obsessed with him, calling him a prodigy and saying that he has what it takes to become a great trainer, but all this attention ended up driving him to seclusion. Years later, X remains holed up in his room in his house in Asame Town.  His friends - Y, Sana, Trova, and Tierno - have been showing off things like Poffres and Super Training to coax him into stepping out of his room but nothing's worked so far.  Two journalists, Pansy and her sister Viola, stop by X's house to interview the young trainer but Y steps up and chases them away.  Just then, Trova receives a message telling him that the three starter pokemon he had ordered have arrived!  Trova figured that, when presented with either Fokko, Keromatsu, or Harimaron, X will get so excited that he'll snap out of his depression.  Suddenly, and without warning, the legendary pokemon Xerneas and Yveltal appear in the skies above Asame Town!  The pokemon begin to rampage about the town, all while X remains in his room alone with a shining bracelet on his arm.


Notes
Sana's nickname for Tierno is "Tierun" (ティエるん).  Her nickname for X is Eppi (エッP).

X's Garura is nicknamed "Garu" (ガル).

The baby inside Garu's pouch is referred to as "Kogaru" (コガル).  At this point it is unknown if this is the pokemon's nickname or if it's just a handy way to refer to Garura's baby.

Y's full name is revealed to be Y na Garbena (ワイ・ナ・ガーべナ).  Her nicknames are "YP" (ワイP), used by Sana, and "Y-chan" (ワイちゃん) by everyone else.


Chapter 550 "Garura, Transform"
CoroCoro Ichiban! December 2013 Issue


Originally published in the December 2013 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! (on-sale October 21st, 2013)

December 2013
December 2013

25 pages

X peers out his window and sees the legendary pokemon causing havoc over the streets of Asame Town.  Below, Y hops onto her Saihorn and has it take her and the rest of her friends to safety.  Meanwhile, Xerosicy, Correa, and Bara, three scientists of an organization known as the Flare-Dan, look on at the destruction of the legendary pokemon.  They need the power of at least one of these ferocious beasts in order to power their "ultimate weapon" but decide that there's no way they have the manpower to bring either one of them in at this point in time.  As they prepare to retreat they detect a Mega Ring somewhere in town.  They're eventually led to X's house where they engage the young trainer in battle.  His Garura steps in to lend a hand and, after seeing its trainer in trouble, uses the power of X's Mega Ring to transform into Mega Garura!  The Mega Evolved pokemon makes quick work of the Flare-Dan's team, forcing them to retreat.  Later, after Xerneas and Yveltal have left, Y and the others look over the wreckage of their hometown.  They decide to set off to report what just happened to Platane-Hakase.


Notes
Outside of X and Y, our heroes' motivation for traveling are:
Sana:  Her Trimmien was blown away during the chaos.  She wants to travel so she can look for it despite the fact that moving away from Asame Town is probably not the easiest way to find it...?
Trova:  The Fokko and the Pokemon Zukan that was sent along with it by Platane-Hakase got lost during the legendary pokemon's attack on his hometown.  His Holocaster also lost the ability to send e-mails.
Tierno:  His beloved Dance School was destroyed.


Chapter 551 "Horudo, Seize"
CoroCoro Ichiban! January 2014 Issue


Originally published in the January 2014 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! (on-sale November 21st, 2013)

January 2014
January 2014

25 pages

The sun is starting to set so our heroes have made a reservation at an inn in Meisui Town.  X remains outside on his cart, Y stays in the lobby and attempts to check in on her mother, and Sana, Trova, and Tierno go ahead up to their room.  Outside, X wonders about the connection the ring on his wrist has to the power up his Garura received during its battle back in Asame Town.  Later, Tierno comes outside and shows X the Keromatsu and Harimaron that Trova got from Platane-Hakase.  He then tells his friend that he should focus on repairing his relationship with Garura and then start over as a Pokemon Trainer before returning to his room for the night.  The old woman who runs the inn sees that X is finally by himself and contacts her colleagues in the Flare-Dan to attack!  Y quickly rushes outside but is too late; Akebi and Momiji are already running off with X's Garura!  Y asks the Harimaron and Keromatsu that Tierno brought outside to help her as the Flare-Dan scientists attack.  The commotion from the ensuing battle causes X to finally come out from hiding and confront his pokemon's abductors.


Notes
N/A


Chapter 552 "Harimaron, Stab"
CoroCoro Ichiban! February 2014 Issue


Originally published in the February 2014 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban! (on-sale December 21st, 2013)

February 2014
February 2014

25 pages
X touches his Mega Ring to initiate Garura's Mega Evolution...but nothing happens!  A desperate Y looks over at the boxes Tierno brought the starter pokemon out in and notices two Pokemon Zukan sticking out.  She takes one to look up what attacks Harimaron and Keromatsu can use but the Flare-Dan's Horudo and Hellgar strike before she has a chance to do anything.  Suddenly, X comes running forward with the other Pokemon Zukan in his hand and orders Harimaron to block one of Horudo's incoming punches with its head!  Harimaron then runs up the side of the inn and tricks Horudo into punching a hole into the wall that enables Trova and the others to escape.  As our heroes make a run for it, Harimaron uses Pin Missile to pin Akebi and Momiji to a nearby tree.  Later, in a camp outside town, Tierno tells X that he should let Harimaron join his team but X declines.  Later, Trova discovers a Mega Stone inside Garura's pouch and wonders what connection it has to the stone on X's so-called "Mega Ring."  Over in Miare City, Platane-Hakase shows a video Trova had sent of the attack on Asame Town to his friend Fleur-de-Lys.


Notes
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This concludes Pocket Monsters Special Volume 55

 

 

 

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