Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, Vol. 6

Pokémon Adventures #35

by Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto (Illustrations)

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Platinum video games!

All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga!

Platinum gets a new Pokémon, and an old Pokémon friend gets a Trainer! Then, our trio divides and conquers. While Platinum skis the slopes and pursues her Glacier Badge, Pearl investigates Team Galactic, and Diamond stumbles upon a luxurious mansion staffed by a stuffy butler. Where could Diamond be...?!

Meanwhile, what is Team Galactic member Mars doing with that mysterious flying camera...?

Plus, meet Snover, Froslass, Lickilicky, Yanmega and many more Sinnoh Pokémon friends!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Adventure, Comics, Japanese Literature

216 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2012

About the author

Created the Pokemon Adventures series.

Also made a Pokemon Rangers/ Almia manga. It is based on the game Pokemon Rangers, Shadows of Almia

Also known as : 日下秀憲

Reviews

[Angel Guerrero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bueno, considero que estuvo atractivo ver a cada personaje desenvolviendose en un entorno individual además de sacar más trasfondo como conexiones familiares donde siempre queda la duda en Pokémon, o al menos, casi siempre, de qué hacen los padres de los protagonistas y a veces no se resuelve del todo.

Me sigue pareciendo extraña la decisión de conocer la amenaza y sin embargo, confiar en los protagonistas para resolver el problema, en vez de personas experimentadas. La acción y la emoción me gustó mucho, además de sentir el resultado de los desarrollos de personajes tras todo el arco.

[Flowergirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was another really good one. We got to meet another gym leader, she was a bundle of energy. We also got to see Marlene again, which was nice.
Diamond, Pearl and Platinum are all working hard to stop team Galactic.

[David Doel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The three principals have separated and the story is a little less fun as a consequence.

[Ronin Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

It just hurts to think about the arc before this, emerald, and then it went to diamond and pearl. I still have half the series left, so I’m still willing to give it a shot.

[Rhys Causon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action filled fun in this one. And now that the story is really rolling out it’s hard to not jump right into the next volume.

[Ang · Rating 5 out of 5]

the story line is reasonable, just when the three of them seperated from each other to save the legendary trio Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf. that part was sad

[Serena]

i've been reading dp for 12+ years i can't stand it bring back my original dex holders i miss them

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Splitting the party seems to be a good idea, as it's allowing each of them to really get the time they need as individuals.

[Sakura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still exciting and entertaining! I love the art style and everything about these books <3

[Marty Himmel]

Great book

[Jessi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh look, Pearl made it out alive. That's good. Luxray is a super star, and with his help Pearl was able to save the owner of Ironworks and make it out of the booby trapped factory. As a result, Rayler is now part of the team and Pearl is able to see the mechanisms Team Galactic needed made. He realizes that there is actually only one bomb, and they have no idea which lake will be targeted. A visit to the bicycle shop owner informs him that Team Galactic's goal is to create an entirely new universe. Talk about dreaming big, yea? Then, the two race out towards Lake Valor.

Platinum is heading out towards Snowpoint City, and is saved from freezing to death by Gym Leader Candace. Can I just take a moment to point out that Platinum almost dies a lot? I don't know if that makes her really unlucky or really lucky. Maybe both. Anyway, she goes to Candace's gym to thank her, but gets dragged into a gym battle (gotta get all those badges). After winning the Icicle Badge, Maylene, Candace, and Platinum (the under-dressed for the weather girl gang) start on their way to Lake Acuity.

Anyway, okay sidebar: Crasher Wake apparently makes so much dough as a gym leader that he can improve the town, but Maylene (I promise you I'm not actually obsessed with Maylene) says that she cannot even afford to buy weather appropriate clothes. How does that freaking make sense? I know, I know, it's just a gag so all the hetero tween boys don't have to suffer through seeing the girls wear pants and coats, but there it is anyway. The Pokemon gender wage gap.

Back to the story: Diamond runs into the inventor of the Poketch in Jubilife City and helps track down a thieving Lickylicky. And Kit joins the team! Diamond and Kit make the rounds returning all the stolen items and end up at the Berlitz mansion being attacked by their butler. Ha, classic! Then the two run over to Professor Rowan's lab to stop a group of Team Galactic's Yanmega from destroying the place. Diamond and Kit give the protector item back to Roseanne, the lab assistant, and they head back to Diamond's house in Twinleaf Town.

This volume is packed with side quests for the kids. Some may call this filler, but I feel that's only partially accurate. They are building larger teams and more experience before heading right into the not so loving arms of the Team Galactic executives.

[Holly Letson · Rating 2 out of 5]

When it comes to the *Pokemon* anime, I don't really care for any of the series/season past the 2 in the *Advance* era, really. That having been said, I did quite enjoy the *Pokemon Platinum* NDS game. So, I was willing to give this manga volume a chance, when I saw it up on Edelweiss for review.
It wasn't bad enough that I regretted having read it. Neither was it impressive enough that I would run out and recommend it to all my friends. Face it, I liked it enough to finish it, so that I would not have to create a *Did-Not-Finish* list...but, that's pretty much it.
If you like the *Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl* anime, you probably be a big fan of this. If you don't, you probably won't care for it.
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And, don't even get me started about that cliffhanger-ending that this volume had. They spend a whole volume, nearly, telling you Team Galactic is going to set a bomb off in one of the local lakes. Then, end the volume saying that it's time that it's going to happen, leaving you with no clue of which lake Team Galactic choose.
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The only reason I would read any other volumes of this series is to see if it gets any better later on. I don't think it's possible to get any worse.
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This volume was provided to me by VIZ Media via Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are my own.

[Miguel Vega · Rating 4 out of 5]

2021 re-read: 4/5. honestly, still a fun time reading this manga. Perfect end of the year read, especially if, like me, you’ve been craving Sinnoh plots due to the remakes and Legends Arceus.

Original review: 4.0/5. I enjoyed this volume and thought it was a nice transition. Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum go on their separate ways in order to head off Team Galactic at the three lakes in hopes of preventing them from using the Galactic Bomb.

For the most part, this volume was "filler" in the sense that the three heroes were put into situations that forced them each to expand their pokemon team and I feel that the reason for it being that they need more pokemon to face Team Galactic. Also, this volume still has not introduced the final Galactic commander, Jupiter, even though the last volume teased her and this volume shows her artwork on the back. Overall, a fun read.

[Jeffrey · Rating 2 out of 5]

The three members of our gang have split up to race to the different lakes in attempt to keep Team Galaxy from unleashing their bombs. Unfortunately, they spend the vast majority of this volume not actually dealing with that and instead getting distracted by various things.


There are a couple of cute moments. There's a bit of stereotyping. In general though, it feels like poorly plotted side stories to stretch out the series.

[Patty · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a race to the finish as the team of Diamond, Pearl and Lady Platinum face off against Team Galatic!

This partciular story-arc of the "Pocketmonsters Special" manga (volumes 30-40, essentially) was very tightly written and plotted and pulled in the elements of the game extremely well!

[Robert Hudder · Rating 3 out of 5]

The three separated friends have their own adventures to stop Team Galactica.

[Space Playz · Rating 5 out of 5]

CANT WAIT TILL THE NEXT ONE

[Parker Neff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Completely forgot to post that I finished this. Not my favorite in the series. But it was ok.

[Ahmed Hossam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our trio divide as Platinum pursues her Glacier Badge, Pearl investigates Team Galactic, and Diamond stumbles upon a luxurious mansion staffed by a stuffy butler.