Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver, Vol. 2

Pokémon Adventures #42

by Hidenori Kusaka

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver video games!

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

The thrilling conclusion to the story reuniting Pokemon Trainers Gold, Silver and Crystal...and Team Rocket too!

Crystal and Gold battle the enemy while Silver collects the 16 mysterious plates that Team Rocket wants to get their hands on to set their latest diabolical plan in motion. Then, a mysterious force field envelops our three heroes (along with Legendary Pokemon Arceus)and transports them all to...where?!

Which unwanted companions tag along? And what three new Legendaries will our heroes meet there?!

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for all ages.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics, Childrens, Adventure

272 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 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

[Robert Hudder · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the series that my son wanted me to read to understand all the stuff around the legendary Pokemon. Done. It was better than I expected. I had read the series after this and now that one makes more sense.

This sets up the world for a few more years.

[Isaac Joo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was fire. I once rented it from the library and went to Korea. However the book was not returned and stuck between my bed and the wall. My dad couldn’t find it and he had to pay 15-20 dollars for damage. When I came back, I didn’t know about the book until 6 months later. This book will always have a special place in my heart!

[Toby · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was fun seeing Gold, silver, crystal and all the others again but this arc didn't really make sense whatsoever

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

We immediately jump right into the battle between Crystal, Silver, and Ariana to start off volume 2. Silver realizes the 16 plates pair up with pokemon types, and decides to give the ground plate to Rhyperior to test its capabilities. The plate does not disappoint! Rhyperior absolutely wrecks the landscape giving the kids an edge against the Team Rocket executive.

Silver takes his chance to escape, sending a quick apology to Crystal, and runs to Ecruteak City. However, he can't go in to see Morty because the gym is guarded by Chuck, Falkner (yay, always happy to see Falkner), and Bugsy due to recent attacks on Morty. They mistake Silver for a hooligan and attack, but after recognizing that Rhyperior is the evolved form of Blue's Rhydon, they realize their mistake. Silver then goes into the backstory of how his Ursaring and father disappeared, and Blue's gift.

The gym leaders let Silver know he will have to wait because Morty's already helping someone else, but then he immediately goes in anyway for some reason and comes face to face with his old rival Gold.

Meanwhile, Crystal's battle against Ariana is interrupted by the three other Team Rocket execs and freaking Arceus itself. Crystal immediately tries to capture Arceus, who obviouisly escapes the pokeball and runs away. Crystal chases after it, but the Team Rocket execs hang back as they've got big plans that include the kids doing all the hard work for them which is super tropey, but it's fine. I've come to expect those types of things from Pokemon by now.

Arceus, however is making a beeline for Ecruteak City and destroys Morty's gym. Gold encounters Arceus amid the rubble and starts chasing it as well taking an injured Bugsy along for the ride. Silver then has Morty use his psychic powers to find the locations of the rest of the plates. Morty marks a map for him, and Silver has his Weavile alert the Sneasels and Weaviles in the vicinity by marking up trees. It's like the dog call in 101 Dalmatians. I didn't mention this before but Silver is also slowly returning all the badges he stole during his previous story arc.

Bugsy comes to, traveling on Exbo's back, and deciphers the drawing Morty made for Gold. It's the Ruins of Alph!! For Alphabet. Get it? Coincidentally, Arceus happens to be headed there as well. Once reaching the ruins, Dragonite starts freaking out and leads them to Lance, recuperating in one of the buildings. Gold leaves to confront Arceus again wanting to know what is making it so sad, but is trapped inside Arceus's barrier unable to leave.

Silver collects all the plates from the wild pokemon and stumbles across an injured Crystal. They also begin traveling towards the Ruins of Alph. And finally all characters converge at that site. The four Team Rocket execs, Gold, Silver, Crys, the 16 plates, and Lance are suddenly transported by Arceus to the snowy Sinjoh Ruins, a place neither in Sinnoh nor Johto. Team Rocket's got Arceus chained up and demand the plates from the kids. After receiving them, they proceed to show how Arceus can become any type of pokemon by using the 16 plates. Then, they use Arceus's creation power to start reconstituting Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina all in the name of Giovanni and making Team Rocket invincible.

Petrel captures Silver trying to garner favor with Giovanni, but he escapes and flies toward the legendaries. The three kids have their pokemon simultaneously use their ultimate attacks to dissolve the energy that's forming the three legendaries.

Arceus, now free of Team Rocket, absorbs the 16 plates, but instead of going off and about his own business he actually resumes creating Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Then, who should show up, but Giovanni himself along with Pryce and Lance. Three villainous rivals join together to save time and space. Dang, it must've been really freaking difficult for Giovanni to play nice with Pryce after he kidnapped his son. Anyway, they start fighting the three legendaries and lure them outside, and there's this sweet moment when Giovanni finds out Silver has been studying the book he left him.

Meanwhile, Gold stays with Arceus to try to regain his trust in humanity, but he can't succeed until he can bond with his Togepi. Gold promises Togepi he won't leave him out of battles anymore and give him more trust, Togepi in turn puts his trust in Gold and evolves into Togetic then immediately into Togekiss proving to Arceus that humans aren't so bad after all. Arceus then goes out and dissapates the three legendaries fighting out side. And I guess it also brought them all back to the Ruins of Alph.

As kind of a side story, Clelebi was gathering materials for medicine to cure Giovanni who now shows up. Giovanni reestablishes Team Rocket and Silver vows to always stop their plans. It was weirdly heartwarming.

Some funny side notes are that Gold keeps trying to comment on Crys's outfit and she kicks him in the face. Ha! And Petrel keeps trying to shapeshift to get out trouble but doesn't succeed. The TV producer then decides to leave the news and create the Pokemon Power Rangers, I mean, Proteam Omega.

Then we get a small look into the next arc with a couple of trainers talking about Sinnoh and Regigigas, and then a rando mom finds out her child has already left for the Comedy Grand Prix.

This volume was really rapid fire and somewhat confusing (which is part of the reason I wrote the whole thing out), but I still enjoyed it.

[Parker Keys_to_hades · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another incredible story by this talented manga artist/writer duo. Not sure if I should recommend you read it before or after the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum arc. I suppose it depends on preference, but I’m personally glad I read it after because it wouldn’t have made as much of an impact, and the pieces that aligned would have been forgotten. It did make me want to read the DPP arc again lol.

[Paxton Orchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heartgold Soulsilver might be my favorite arc. Well, that might be an exageration, but its just a very fun if short arc.

I love seeing Gold happily call Silver his buddy, and the way the trio interact is great fun. The first volume might have lagged a bit with a heavy focus on the intricacies of the Pokeathalon, but here we get to focus on the main event: Arceus himself. Arceus blasts the top half of the Ecruteak Gym off, and Gold quickly fights back, with a very, very amazing Blast Burn. One of my favorite panels, just for the way the flame looks in action. So Gold chases Arceus, Crys is fighting Team Rocket, and Silver hunts down the remaining plates, before everyone converges at the Sinjoh Ruins with Arceus.

So the Team Rocket exuctives kind of...suck? Mostly due to their pokemon selection. Three of them hold off the dex holders while Archer is doing a ritual with Arceus, and they all use the most basic pokemon. This is mostly a problem for Proton, as his only shown pokemon is a Goldbat which is not original to him. Petrel probably is the most interesting one, as he gets a fight with Silver earlier, and he gets quite a few moments in this final volume.

Another very wonderful moment: Lance, Giovanni and Pryce all show up to fight against the summoned Legendaries created by Arceus. Pryce and Lance take on Time and Space due to their unique skills, while Giovanni is just strong enough to take on Giratina with no other tricks. Pryce especially is cool to see, with how he and Gold interact, as they shared the journey in the Crack in Time. (Fun Fact: Pryce mentions a time where Celebi worked with humans, and you see a bag and a pokeball. This is likely a refrence to the end of the Ruby and Sapphire arc, where Ruby reveals he had a Celebi all this time.)

And finally, with everyone out of the way, all thats left is to try to reason with Arceus. Which Gold takes upon himself. Which, is a spot I really love. Just the speech he gives about giving humanity another chance, is just very enjoyable to hear from him. Eventually, Togebo evolves after Gold emphasizes with him, and they get Arceus to let humanity off the hook this one time.
Oh, and Silver and Giovanni finally reunite. Giovanni vows to rebuild Team Rocket again, and Silver says he'll keep fighting against team rocket, no matter what. A bittersweet reunion again, but an understanding at last.

So, all in all, a very fun arc, mostly due to the strong characters of Gold Silver and Crys. The Johto region is just a bunch of fun guys, reading the last couple pages just walks you through a few jokes of what everyone is doing now, from Lance buying a few dozen capes, to Silver sitting at Gold's house until a Mecha Tv show comes out.
4 stars, one star less due to a few ntipicks of pacing, but just a very fun adventure all the way.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Antes de que el Trío Dragón fuesen controlados por el Equipo Galaxia y que casi causaran la destrucción de la Región Sinnoh, ya amenazaban la integridad de Johto.

En este segundo volumen de Pokémon Oro HeartGold y Plata SoulSilver, el número 25 en la doble numeración de la edición española, marca el fin de una saga y de una generación, ya que, entre sus páginas no sólo encontramos el final que esperábamos desde el tomo anterior, sino que también entrega una especie de epílogo/precuela inesperado que te llega volar la mente y (si te llegaste a encariñar con los héroes de Pokémon D/P/P) te va a sacar una sonrisa de un retrospectivo recuerdo.

Continuando dónde nos habíamos quedado en el capítulo anterior, nos encontramos ante el mismísimo Pokémon Alfa, Arceus, quién ignora ser controlado por los cuatro ejecutivos del Team Rocket, pues en él sólo ha quedado el desprecio por la raza humana. Al darse cuenta que los intentos por capturarlo en un Pokébola son inútiles, comienza una persecución hacia las Ruinas Alfa, donde el creador del universo Pokémon se dirige; y nada más llegar son conducidos hacia un lugar atemporal, perdido en alguna otra dimensión, las Ruinas de Sinjoh, aquí comienza el combate decisivo.
Allí también se encontrarán con antiguos males del pasado, que brindarán su apoyo para evitar la catástrofe incipiente que podría llegar a causar no sólo la destrucción de Johto… sino que también de Sinnoh.

Analizando mejor este arco, en un principio me quejaba porque no me gustó que le dieran mucho protagonismo al Pokéathlon, pero ahora ya habiendo leído el final de la obra puedo decir que fue necesario para aclarar cierto punto importante entre medio, de igual forma ya estamos acostumbrados a que metan personajes y/o hechos que afecten a la continuidad XD.

Los video juegos de Pokémon HGSS siempre tendrán un lugar especial en mi corazón, fueron incontables las horas que dediqué a jugar, después de almuerzo, antes de ir a la escuela, de noche a escondidas para que no me retaran… fue eterna la espera para su publicación en español y me ha gustado mucho este tomo, de las referencias a eventos que hubo, hasta la aparición de Lance, Fredo y Giovanni de la Tierra… woah épico.

Y como dicen por ahí “Esta historia… tendrá un nuevo comienzo”.

[David Doel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is clever but a little thin at the end. It seemed as if things were omitted that were needed to fully understand the story.

[Flowergirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a wonderful story. I liked seeing Gold grow a bit more. He's never been my favourite, but I enjoyed him a lot more in this book than I have others.
It was a heartwarming reunion between Gold, Silver and Crystal. I missed them all being together and it was a lot of fun.

Team rocket causing havoc again does not surprise me in the least. However the way the battle ended surprised me. I was not expecting to see Lance and the rest of his trio.
The final battle between arceus and the others was cool, the small backstory for Sinnoh was cool.
I loved the small cameo from some of the Sinnoh characters.
Being back in Johto made me realize how much I missed these guys and I hope we get to see them again one day.
All the gym leaders we got to see again were great. That TV guy was quite annoying to me, however the way he acts, it probably means he's supposed to annoy everyone. Following people around to get good footage.

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting that with HeartGold and SoulSilver arc they focus on the Arceus Event with those games. It is a cool idea and I do like the interaction between Giovanni and Silver as it does humanize Giovanni but still keeps him like he was. The battle was really cool but I do kind of wish that Cynthia was still part of the story like she was part of the event this story is based off of. But still really cool to see them bring back Lance and Pryce and follow up on there storylines.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite enjoyable to say the least Johto has always been my favorite.

[Jaden John · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so good!

[PokeLexiSaur · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! My favorite characters definitely are Silver and Crystal. How this story has unfolded has made me wish to be there myself!

[Xavier Rife · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all pokemon stuff!!!



I think this book is good for everyone that likes Pokemon
Thanks Nintendo for making this book on Amazon platforms

[Ronin Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.9 stars

The best part of this volume, and the part I will remember is the reference to diamond and pearl, and the little bit of character development between the trio. Not super great.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume jumps back a little and yet feels rushed. They just get all the plates, and they just meet Giovanni. Too much feels focused on Arceus and using exposition to do most of the things.

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Squeezing in the couple of chapters from volume 42 (before entering the Black/White storyline), this volume is slightly larger than the previous one. I was very pleased to see VIZ adding in all of the original extras, which they never did the first time the translated this manga series (volumes 1-7 years ago).

To me...I don't know how the author and artist can top this story, it was short, but it was simply amazing in scope!

[James McM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome way to end this very short chapter

[Cali · Rating 4 out of 5]

I MISS THIS SO MUCH IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY.

[Miguel Vega · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this volume; I thought the story was rely interesting and it was fun to revisit Johto and to revisit many characters that we haven't seen since the second and third chapters of the series. I just wish they would have made the Four Team Rocket Generals a little more serious so we may take them seriously, but it was an interesting spin on the games climax.