>>58810956
what are they looking at

>>58810956
Pokemon adventures really needs an anthology spinoff series. It would bring new life to the series and we can have new adventures with old protagonists

>>58810956
Why are the new chapters coming out so slowly? This should be a weekly thing.

>>58810956
Huh, did the original illustration really not have the Pokemon in it? They add a lot to it, love that Charizard, Venusaur, and Gatr are surveying.

>>58811366
>anthology spinoff series
Would that even work? what story will it even tell?

>>58811366
I feel like a format like this is just asking for blatant favortism, you'd only get spin-offs of the first 3 generations while all the other Dexholders eat rocks

>>58812795
I'm pretty sure there's good stories to be told with Diamond and Pearl, Black and White/2, X and Y, and others

>>58811366
I’m afraid it would devolve into shipping wars.

>>58810956
Rare yellow sighting.

>>58812820
Of course there would be, but because they aren't as popular as the OG generations it's unlikely their stories would be revisited.

>>58806747
Thanks for the answer. I get your point, though I wasn’t arguing that Mudkip has no narrative use. I said that the author prioritized a rigid meta-structure over organic character fit. Ruby has an alright arc of learning not judge judge by appearances but that arc does not require Mudkip specifically IMO. You could run this exact same arc with:
>Torchic learning discipline
>Treecko being too wild or unrefined
Mudkip isn’t uniquely necessary for this theme. It’s just... convenient

Ruby also openly despises Feebas for being ugly and I feel like he doesn't meaningfully grow to love Feebas as Feebas. The story kinda just rewards him with Milotic, one of the most beautiful Pokemon in existence. It just leaves a sort of weird impression on me that Ruby doesn't lean
>ugly things have value
but
>endure ugly things and they'll eventually stop being ugly
Which undermines the Mudkip lesson retroactively. I feel the author should have written more chapters of Ruby learning to appreciate Feebas without Milotic then eventually evolve it. Instead, the story cashes in a beauty jackpot

On a separate note, I noticed the Adventures author is not very good at team building (I'll go into details with that on another post). Ruby has two Water types. But Swampert isn't even his ace, contest star or his aesthetic core... So what is it really doing long-term? Mudkip works fine and does its job but I feel like Torchic/Blaziken would have achieved the same thematic arc while also aligning with contests, aesthetics, long-term team balance and Ruby’s "hidden monster" payoff.

As a team builder, the Adventures author is alright as a symbol-first writer who tolerates mechanical mess and his teams often work despite their composition. As a battle shounen, he doesn't assign clear combat roles or build teams around coverage to minimize redundancy. Stuff like
>Bulbasaur = Red's grounded reliability
>Cyndaquil = Gold's hot-bloodedness
>Milotic = beauty earned through pain
Is OK once or twice IMO. The problem is he does this every arc often at the expense of team cohesion and rarely cleans up the mechanical mess afterward. Symbolism is doing all the work

Red has a team of: Venusaur, Pikachu, Poliwrath, Gyarados, Snorlax and Aerodactyl. Two Water-types, one who contributes nothing. It's not iconic, not especially strong, not thematically rich. It’s there because Poliwhirl is Tajiri's favorite and by the time RGBY was written, Pikachu wasn’t fully locked as the mascot yet. Venusaur is also a mismatch because Red at the beginning was reckless, hot-blooded and instinctive. Venusaur fits a tactician or a strategist, not the kid who runs headfirst into Team Rocket. He's pretty much a stock shounen hero, and Charizard fits his profile more. People scream "overrated", but Charizard is
>aggressive
>emotional
>visually dominant
>a perfect shounen ace
Giving Charizard to Blue is like Agumon to Yamato and Gabumon to Taichi. It just doesn't suit well with Blue's character either

Blue's team looks strong... on paper. But once you think about intent, the whole thing collapses into the same problem most other Adventures team has: cool-looking Pokemon with no coherent philosophy

Charizard does a lot of heavylifting then he has awful Pokemon like Golduck that's aggressively mediocre, Porygon2 a stall/utility Pokemon in a story that doesn't support stall/utility, Machamp that clashes with Blue's personality and Rhyperior who has no syngery with his team. Blue doesn't need that kind of liability. A composed rival should not be fielding a walking "hit me with special attacks" sign. Personally, if I were to rebuild Blue's team, I'd have it be
>Blastoise
Reliable, bulky and consistent. Doesn’t need hype or spectacle, it just wins over time. That fits a calm, long-game thinker far better than Charizard ever did for Blue
>Scizor
The most irritating one cause Adventures gave it a Docile nature, Swarm for ability and worst of all no Bullet Punch, Scizor's bread and butter. Its movesets are Slash, Metal Claw, False Swipe and SteeI Wing. I'd swap it for Adamant, Technician then Bullet Punch, Swords Dance, U-turn and Close Combat. If Adventures is going to pretend it respects mechanics, it doesn't get to half ass them
>Alakazam
Blue's intellect, special offense and a clean contrast to Red's Machamp (I'd get to that)
>Arcanine
Competitive usage aside, Arcanine has always been more reliable than Charizard as a Fire-type. It doesn't need gimmicks to function
>Aerodactyl
The speedster. Pressure to force opponents to spend more energy. It comes in, does its job, leaves
>Umbreon
Defensive anchor. Good for status problems, good for stalling, good for endurance. Direct thematic mirror to Red's Espeon. Also, Gary had one in the anime and his game counterpart used an Eevee at least in Pokemon Yellow

Red's team on the other hand doesn't feel like a shounen protagonist's team. It feels like a museum exhibit of early Pokemon marketing mistakes like him having Poliwrath. If I changed Red's team, I would have it look like
>Charizard
Already explained. Giving Charizard to Blue for a type triangle is game logic overriding narrative logic IMO. It's the Greymon of Pokemon. It's also the hardest and most stubborn one to raise
>Pikachu
Mandatory. It's the mascot, so of course, the first protagonist is going to use it on his team. Just like in HGSS, Pikachu is the fragile speedster who hits fast and hard but goes out first
>Espeon
Thematic contrast to Blue's Umbreon. It reflects Red’s growth from impulsive to disciplined without turning him into a chess grandmaster
>Snorlax
Same as Pikachu, too iconic to not add into Red's team. Great offensive tank and a great source of comic relief. Snorlax works cause Red fights hard, then crashes. It's basically Red if he were a Pokemon
>Lapras
Inspired from his HGSS game team again. Water/Ice is elite coverage and it fits Red's protector side in a way Poliwrath never could
>Machamp
Direct counterpart to Blue's Alakazam and classic brain vs brawn narrative. They are both the last stage of a three-part evolutionary line in Kanto, they reach their final stage by trading, level up at a medium slow rate, and they both have a 75% male gender ratio. Machamp excels at the physical attack while Alakazam excels at special attack stat. Their evolutionary lines are also next to each other in the National Pokédex

So now Red has
>Fire/Flying
>Electric
>Psychic
>Normal
>Water/Ice
>Fighting
And Blue has
>Water
>Bug/Steel
>Psychic
>Fire
>Rock/Flying
>Dark
No overlap bloat. No dead slots. Every Pokémon does something distinct

>>58813579
>>58813626
NTA but these are cool. I don't nescessary agree that the dexholders teams MUST adhere to your criterea, I actually enjoy the soulful janky-ness of Adventures team comps, (most of the time) but I'd be interested to see what changes you'd make to other dexholders teams

Redpill me on X I don't get the hype around him

>>58813672
He’s a like a new red.

>>58813664
I like how the author builds Pokemon as metaphors and uses them as symbols of insecurity, trauma, pride, repression. It just bothers me in an autistic way cause there's no real balance lol

Worst offender is probably the Johto trio. Gold's team... just sucks. And not in a "haha he's goofy" way. If this were a competitive ladder, he'd be hard-stuck in Great Ball tier and blaming RNG

His team is Typhlosion who hard carries it and without him, Gold's team collapses. Politoed is fine but underutilized and has no rain core synergy with his team. Ambipom is mid, frail and too gimmicky. Sudowoodo is a monotype to one of the worst types. Togekiss is a good Pokemon that's unsupported. Pichu is just a mascot and I refuse to believe Sunflora was ever meant to battle. Narrative underdogs still need payoff but Pichu never evolves and Sunflora just sucks

If I had to give Gold a proper team
>Typhlosion
Starter and ace, speed + special offense. Still the star, but no longer a slave carrying six toddlers on its back
>Ampharos
Electric coverage, bulky enough to stick around and covers Flying and Water threats cleanly. This alone fixes a huge hole in Gold's original roster
>Red Gyarados
Physical sweeper with Intimidate to scare enemies and Dragon Dance/Waterfall/Crunch/Earthquake for movesets. No, I don't care if Silver has it. He doesn't need 3 Water-types and Feraligatr does the exact same job as Gyarados. Gold seriously needs a muscle on his team
>Heracross
Swords Dance + Megahorn. It got a great physical movepool and despite the Flying-type weakness, is actually a usable sweeper. Guts so it can it can hit like a truck if it gets inflicted by a status condition
>Donphan
Good tank and Ground typing is absurdly valuable. Also checks out Electric and Rock
>Exeggutor
Grass/Psychic gives coverage Sunflora could only dream of. Can be used for leep support, special pressure, and utility. Feels Johto without being embarrassing

Silver's team is surprisingly even worse than Gold's and that's impressive in the same way it’s impressive to trip over a bar that was already on the floor. Silver's game counterpart actually has a coherent, threatening team identity, but the manga kind of throws that out so he can look more "edgy"

Silver's biggest problem is that he has 3 Water-types: Feraligatr, Gyarados and Kingdra. It only takes one Thunderbolt to take down his entire team and ruin his day. You can do that with just a Pikachu at the right level. Add Weavile + Honchkrow and now you’ve stacked shared weaknesses, overlapping roles and no grounding for Electric spam. Paul is of a similar archetype to Silver but Paul worked cause his Pokemon counterbalanced each other. His "edgy" mons had defined roles while Silver's just hoarding cool-looking predators. So to fix Silver's team, I'd give him
>Feraligatr
Mandatory. Stolen starter, physical attacker, emotional core.
>Weavile
Honestly, it's fine. It does its job as a speed demon and a revenge killer. Glass cannon fits Silver’s early ruthlessness and it keeps the Dark/Ice identity without bloating the team
>Magnezone
Patches Electric weakness. Steel typing gives real defensive backbone and it fits the "Exchanger" gimmick via evolution by trade. This alone turns Silver from fragile to dangerous
>Magmortar
Wallbreaker and covers Steel and Grass. Aggressive, high-output, no-nonsense. Feels like something Silver would use to end fights, not posture
>Crobat
Poison/Flying coverage. Brave Bird, U-turn, Roost and Taunt makes it a fast disruptor and plays into the "harass and dismantle" role Silver should have. Also helps Silver prevent enemies from setting him up or healing
>Steelix
Physical wall from hell. Hazard setter Roar + Toxic = control, not brute force. Thematically fits Johto and Silver's "cold, immovable" mindset

>>58814683
>>58814754
Do blue (F), Crystal and Yellow. I read that Yellow on the surface is schizophrenic, but actually a somewhat decent competitive team.

>>58813672
>>58813957
I like the explanation that being a shut-in made X perceptive to surroundings and Pokemon's emotions. It's kind of funny, but also a bit tragic for to develop trust issues early in life. XY manga has a lot of tension, and he's usually the first one to pick up on danger or traps.
Also his team using 5 Megas is cool. It would sad if there's never a ZA Special...

>>58814683
swinub is a top tier threat in this verse who gives a fuck

>volume 65 (?) wont release until 2026 of June
fuck the editor

>>58815294
Why won't the editors just cave already?

>>58814916
>Yellow
>Competitive team
Isn't her whole shtick being a pacifist?

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>>58815298
They refuse to publish the Ruby/Sapphire sex scene. But Kusaka also refuses to let it go.

>>58814916
Crystal's team is arguably the worst of the Johto trio, and that's saying something because Gold and Silver already lowered the bar. She has a Smoochum at level 48 and Cubone at level 73... Unevolved Pokemon can only work if they have Eviolite (not a thing here), they have busted abilities or moves (they don't) or there's a payoff (there isn't)
Instead, Crys is sabotaging herself by choosing to be weaker for no narrative gain. If Silver's sin is redundancy and Gold's is dependency, Crystal's sin is refusing to grow.

Arcanine carries her team just like how Typhlosion carried Gold and Meganium is a support starter trapped on a team with nothing worth supporting. No screens, no synergy, no defensive core. Meganium isn't bad, it's just abandoned. Parasect gets cooked by Fire and eaten by Flying, Hitmonchan is outclassed by every other Fighting type and Xatu is mid. For a somewhat decent team, I'd give her
>Meganium
Support unit. Screens, Leech Seed, Aromatherapy. Anchor of the team, not a liability
>Arcanine
Still the enforcer. Physical pressure (Extreme Speed, Wild Charge), refuses to die (Morning Sun), Intimidate and the "closer" (Flare Blitz)
>Togekiss
Instead of Gold, Crystal receives it after he tends to the Togepi egg in order to draw out its potential. Secondary support + para-flinch menace. Ground immunity and keeps dragons in check
>Quagsire
Physical tank, especially with theUnawareability (which ignores the opponent's stat changes), has only one weakness and chances are Crys is less likely to stumble upon a Grass user
>Snorlax
Adds a significant bulk and offensive power to Crystal's team, benefiting from Meganium's ability to create switching opportunities with Leech Seed. Has only one weakness while also being completely immune to Ghost types
>Hitmonlee
Goes well with her unique style of kicking Poke Balls with her feet after breaking her arms. Primarily serves as afast physical cleaner, aiming to KO weakened opponents late in a battle

>>58815822
I know it’s bullshit, but I believe it.

>>58816062
To be fair with Crystal, she doesn’t battle she’s a researcher.

>>58817327
If I were to redesign Crystal's team I'd fill it with utility mons designed to capture mons as efficiently as possible. Parasect is practically mandatory for it's access to Spore.

>>58817548
Definitely, but I also understand why they went with the team they gave her since there was always going to be a big climatic battle

>>58815687
yes

>>58815294
Oh god damn it. Just release already.

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>>58816518
The editor will come around eventually. Either that or Pokespe fucking dies.

>>58818698
At this point I doubt it.

>>58814586
Who’s this cutie?

>>58819837
The hero of BW2

We've seen what happens when a character who embodies what the average competitivefag thinks is made
It's Emerald

is the editor of a certain magazine that pokemon adventures currently runs on?

>>58819918
I don't know what you're tyring to say anon.

>>58819906
His team was good for Gen 3

Why is there so little porn of this series?

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>>58821412
Most of it never escapes small niche corners of the Japanese doujin market/internet, let alone get translated.

>>58821451
Pokemon adventures being niche seems wrong given how big Pokemon is as a series.

>>58821499
There a lot of weird oddities like that, like did you know that despite being around since the very beginning Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy have like less than a thousand entries on gelbooru each?

>>58818698
Pokespe wont die. Most likely Nintendo will weigh in eventually

>>58821412
Pokespe is too pure to be corrupted

>>58821451
Source?

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>>58823742
"Double-S" by Akusei-Shinseibutsu (Nori)

https://hitomi.la/doujinshi/double-s-english-73942-477925.html

>>58823790
>2011
Fuck me, there's nothing recent is there?

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We need a Pokemon game where the MC/FMC are streamers.

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>>58823869
Why else do you think everyone wants volume 65 to be released so badly?

>>58824425
Because it’s been like years since ORAS.

>>58824106
Would be such a curse game with all the zoomer lingo.

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Agencypost

>>58821499
I can say that for so much of the franchise. Could be the echo chamber, but it feels like everything aside from the main series games is niche.

>>58826574
Should have been an official couple like Ruby and Sapphire.

>>58823790
Good shit.

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>>58826856
We are in agreement

>>58811366
It would be nothing more than the first 3 gens. They’re the only ones that are connected unlike the others.

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>>58828423
Cute, but White’s body language feels off

Yellow and Red deserve to be together

>>58827757
Cute couple.

>>58829593
Never going to happen.

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>>58829713

>>58830761
It will, we have to believe

>>58810956
Would have been better if Crystal had her old clothes back. Same with Gold.

>>58810956
It’s depressing to know that this is the last official cameo of yellow

>>58832750
It is?