Awesome Pokémon adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon movies!
This graphic novel tie-in to the second installment in the Pokémon movie series reboot, Pokémon the The Power of Us—Zeraora tells the backstory of the film’s featured character, Legendary Pokémon Zeraora.
Ash and Pikachu arrive in Fula City at the start of its renowned Wind Festival and meet Margo, the mayor’s daughter, and Dr. Hawthorn, a scientist. Through the magic of Dr. Hawthorn’s virtual reality technology, our friends experience the history of the city firsthand and meet Mythical Pokémon Zeraora and Legendary Pokémon Lugia. Why did one of them fly off, never to be seen again…? And will it return in the film Pokémon the The Power of Us?!
Like with most manga, the action is a jumpy mess, and the plot was your standard "evil team attacks and screws everything up" story, albeit all told through VR flashback. (Yes, that is a thing.) For me, it was corny, but I guess for people who grew up with the series, it will probably be a fun jaunt down memory lane.
Zeraora's design is cool, though, and Lugia's relationship with the city in his care reminded me of benevolent kaiju such as Mothra. If anything, this makes me want to go back and watch a corny old Godzilla movie. So it gets an extra star for that. Otherwise, pretty much meh.
Très sympathique replongée vers le monde de Pokémon <3 ça faisait très très très longtemps que j'avais abandonné cet univers et je trouve que les petits récap qui se trouvent à la fin sont super pratiques pour savoir ce qui est sorti jusqu'à maintenant.