Pokémon Adventures: Volume 52, stylized as Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2 - Volume 1 in English, is the 52nd volume of the Pokémon Adventures manga.
Blurb[]
Two years have passed since Team Plasma was defeated and Trainer Black was sucked into the Light Stone along with Legendary Pokémon Reshiram… Now Team Plasma is back to its wicked ways, controlling other people's Pokémon and even wild Pokémon with technology. Luckily, a new young hero and Looker of the International Police are on their trail…
Colress, the new leader of Team Plasma, is attacking the Unova region. His machines control Pokémon, wielding their powers for evil instead of good. Fortunately, a way to jam the signals is stored on a memory card. But who has the card…? A girl at the Pokémon Trainers' School! Maybe that's why our hero is such a flirt—he's just doing his job gathering intel. But he'd better stop playing the field and find that card fast before someone beats him to it![6]
The Story Thus Far, Tenth Chapter[]
Summary of events so far
Our tale is set in the Unova region, a large modern area in which towns are connected by numerous bridges, in the center stand the skyscrapers of Castelia City.
Somewhere in Unova, a young boy named "N" is raised inside a castle by an organisation named Team Plasma. N has the ability to hear the voices of Pokémon. Eventually, he becomes the King of Team Plasma.
Team Plasma spreads their ideal of "Pokémon liberation" throughout Unova. They claim to believe that Pokémon should be set free if humans truly want to coexist with them in peace. This philosophy sounds reasonable and some people are convinced to join the cause and release their Pokémon into the wild.
N is raised by Pokémon who have been mistreated by people. He grows up with a strong sense of justice.
Eventually, N begins to see himself as the hero of the "Legend of the Founding of Unova" he works hard to free Pokémon from people.
N awakens Zekrom, the Legendary Pokémon of the "Hero of Ideals," and even succeeds in defeating the Pokémon League Champion. He denounces Poké Balls, Pokédexes, the Pokémon League and anything that people use to handle Pokémon.
Then Team Plasma attacks the Pokémon League. It appears they have triumphed, but their true dark ambition is revealed and stopped by a young Trainer named Black astride Reshiram, the Legendary Pokémon of "Truth." At the same time, it is revealed that N is nothing but a puppet ruler propped up and used by Team Plasma for their own true goal—the be the only people left with Pokémon! Defeated, Zekrom, N and Reshiram quietly withdraw from the public eye… the executive members of Team Plasma, the Seven Sages, all escape justice. Unfortunately, as Reshiram returns to its dormant state in the Light Stone, Black is sucked in with him…
As the Unova region heals, relationships between people and Pokémon are rebuilt, and then, two years later…[2]
Messages[]
Message from Hidenori Kusaka[]
Students, teachers, classes, classmates, field trips, first crushes… School is filled with all sorts of excitement, and that's why the school life genre has become so popular in TV and manga. So…I decided to take on the challenge myself and create a school life arc for the very first time in "Pokémon Adventures"! It takes place somewhere I'd never written about before…a Pokémon Trainers' School! And now it's time for class! "Ring ring ring ring ring"!"[6]
Message from Satoshi Yamamoto[]
I've been working on the "Pokémon Adventures" series for 14 years and have been faced with many challenges, such as drawing machines (which I'm not good at) and drawing hordes of Pokémon. But the "B2W2" story arc will probably be the most challenging yet! "Why?" you might ask. Because a guy who is unpopular with the ladies has to draw a guy who is super popular with the ladies! I have no idea how to draw him! (´Д`)ﾉ[6]
Characters[]
Human[]
- Blake
- Whitley
- Hugh
- White
- Cheren
- Bianca
- Looker
- N
- Brycen
- Drayden
- Sabrina
- Magician
- Leo
- Maya
- Yuki
- Yuko
- Magician
- Colress
- Ghetsis
Pokémon[]
Blake's[]
Whitley's[]
White's[]
Black's[]
Chapters[]
| № | Code | English | Japanese | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 525 | B2W2001 | The Transfer Student | VSペンドラー VS Scolipede () |  |
| 526 | B2W2002 | Mr. Perfect | VSゲノセクトI VS Genesect I () |  |
| 527 | B2W2003 | Flying Type | VSゲノセクトII VS Genesect II () |  |
| 528 | B2W2004 | Innocent Scientist | VSゲノセクトIII VS Genesect III () |  |
| 529 | B2W2005 | Pokédex Lecture | VSタマゲタケ VS Foongus () |  |
| 530 | B2W2006 | Movie Panic | VSバルチャイ VS Vullaby () |  |
| 531 | B2W2007 | Unforgettable Memories | VSプルリル VS Frillish () |  |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b Kusaka, Hidenori (2020). ポケットモンスタースペシャル 52 | 書籍 | 小学館 (shogakukan.co.jp) [Book]. Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4-09-141894-4.
- ^ a b Kusaka, Hidenori (2017). VIZ | Read a Free Preview of Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2, Vol. 1 [Book]. VIZ Media. ISBN 978-1-4215-8437-9.
- ^ Kusaka, Hidenori (2018). VIZ | Read a Free Preview of Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2, Vol. 1 [Book]. VIZ Media. ISBN 978-1-9747-0603-7.
- ^ Kusaka, Hidenori (2017). Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2, Vol. 1 by Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto | Waterstones [Book]. VIZ Media. ISBN 978-1-4215-8437-9.
- ^ Kusaka, Hidenori (2016). SG release [Book]. VIZ Media. ISBN 978-981-11-1567-7.
- ^ a b c d Kusaka, Hidenori (2017). Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2, Vol. 1 | Indigo [Book]. VIZ Media. ISBN 978-1-4215-8437-9.
- ^ Kusaka, Hidenori (2017). Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2, Vol. 1 | Angus & Robertson (angusrobertson.com.au) [Book]. VIZ Media. ISBN 978-1-4215-8437-9.