Customer Reviews

Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure!, Vol. 1

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For those of you who don't know, Pokemon Adventure follows a less childish plot. Still childish, but THE ATTACKING MAKES SENSE!

In the novels, characters will use their surroundings, and rapid switching of pokemon, along with attacks in cunning ways not presented by the show. Moves are often used in new ways. For example, in this manga, Mars, a leader of the evil forces, uses scratch from a pokemon to turn off the power, and then uses Zubat's supersonic so he's the only one who can see.

Comedy is also better. There's a piplup joke that's pretty much the team rocket "Blasting off" joke, only funnier. The rival also falls in love with any girl he meets, much like brock from the anime, if brock fell in love with enemy girls and Misty/May.

Overall, it's WAAAAAY better than the Anime. Things actually make sense. So if you're a pokemon fan that's too cool for the child's anime, this is good. There's nothing bad, really, so it'll amuse the little fans too.

This book was wonderful for reading to my seven year old son. It was neat to show him that in different cultures things are done a little different. You get to read the book backwards from American style.
I found it a good use of time and promotes reading and sitting quiet for a moment.
It is a little bit of Pokemon violence so I would have to say that your child should be over six to enjoy this book. I hope your family enjoys it as much as Max and I have.

I got this for my 9 y.o. for Christmas and even though he usually reads much harder books he does really enjoy these Pokemon ones. He likes how you read it backwards.

Although it's a manga series targeted for kids around 9 to 12, I actually enjoyed the panels and dialogue. Not to mention all the amazingly funny scenes there were. (Hareta biting the grunt's butt) This first volume definitely had me wanting more from this author. I can't wait for the third volume to come out!

I'm in my late 20's, and I still loved this book. I have been obsessed with Pokemon lately, so I decided to give the comics a whirl, and I'm glad I did! I read some of the original comics years and years ago but the Diamond and Pearl comics really grabbed me. I didn't think I would care much for Hareta, but he grew on me very quickly, and I am quite curious about Mitsumi's past. The Pokemon are not as far in the spotlight as the human characters, yet it still works. The introduction of Piplup and the way Hareta befriended it is very similar to the way Red made friends with Pikachu. Still, it is very sweet and I have found myself reading and re-reading this book and the second volume, and I am probably going to buy the third volume very soon. I heartily recommend this series to any Pokemon fan, no matter how old they may be.

Mitsumi, the assistant of Professor Rowan, arrives at the lakeshore near Twinleaf Town having been sent to find Hareta, a boy who lives among wild Pokémon. Upon meeting him she is astounded by how he interacts with them, seeing him climb trees with Aipom, have swimming races with Magikarp, eat bark with Bidoof and lift rocks with Geodude. However, the rock Hareta lifts is part of a sleeping Onix, whose horn catches onto Mitsumi's skirt and keeps her stuck above its head. Mitsumi points out a briefcase with some Poké Balls inside to Hareta, who is fascinated by the concept of Pokémon inside balls and attempts to open one with his teeth, which results in him having a Piplup stuck in his mouth. Piplup is offended by appearing in Hareta's mouth, and refuses to battle, telling Hareta to do it himself. Hareta subsequently uses a headbutt on Onix, which does more damage to Hareta than the target, however manages to calm it down anyway. As Hareta recovers, Professor Rowan arrives and takes them back to the Sandgem Town Pokémon Center.

When at the Pokémon Center, the Professor explains to Mitsumi that a good friend left Hareta in his care long ago and that after realizing Hareta's clear talent at instantly befriending Pokémon, left him to live with them in the wild. Meanwhile, Hareta attempts to befriend Piplup with no luck due to Piplup's massive pride. At this point, Professor Rowan tells Hareta about his and Mitsumi's mission, to find the Legendary God of time, Dialga. Both Hareta and Mitsumi are excited at the prospect of meeting such a Pokémon. Hareta soon gets a new outfit and Professor Rowan offers to let him switch Piplup for a more cooperative Pokémon, however Hareta declines insisting that he and Piplup will "become friends someday!" and goes outside with Piplup to train.

Not wanting to listen to Hareta, Piplup runs off on its own. However, it comes face to face with the Onix from before, and Hareta soon arrives and notices that there's something strange about it this time. After being chased, they soon find Mitsumi again who tells Hareta that Water-type are strong against Rock-type and that he should use BubbleBeam. However Piplup still refuses to listen to Hareta, who decides to take things into his own hands by jumping up and grabbing onto Onix's head, begging him to calm down. Mitsumi sends her Starly out to battle, but before it can do anything the wild Aipom appear to help Hareta. As Onix continues to flail around, it eventually heads to attack the trees. Mitsumi tells Hareta to let go to avoid getting hurt, however Hareta refuses saying that Onix is a good friend of his and that he'll never let go. Piplup is moved by this and finally steps into action, taking a direct blow from Onix. As Hareta and Piplup get up from the ground, the two of them finally work together as Piplup uses a BubbleBeam powered up by its Torrent ability. After this, Onix is finally back to its normal self again.

Some time later, Hareta receives a Pokédex from Professor Rowan as he and Mitsumi set off on their quest to find Dialga.

When I orginally recieved this book I thought it was going to be a short read. It did turn out to work for him better and he was much more interested.

If you want it to be true to the games,read Adventures,aka Special.

However,this is still a fun manga. It's more realistic then the anime,and more true to the games.

This book is too difficult for young children to read, ages 7-10. The book is from a Japanese cartoon. Therefore, the graphic novel is read from back to front. The spine of the book is on the right when you read. The pages are read from right to left. My son could not understand or change his own reading habits. He loves pokemon, but doesn't like this one.

FYI: this book is written in original Japanese format which is right to left and is a comic book. No where that I could find does the description on this website say anything about this. My son was looking forward to a bit more mature reading level of Pokemons and was disappointed to find it in a comic book format not to mention reading it backwards. If this doesn't bother your reader it may be a good book but just know this going in.