Pokémon: Scarlet & Violet, Vol. 5

By (author) Kusaka Hidenori; Illustrated by Yamamoto Satoshi
Short description/annotation:
Adventures inspired by the best-selling video games.
Description:
Adventures inspired by the best-selling video games.

Violet Lang calls himself the Prince of Speed and races across the Paldea region in search of the Herba Mystica that will give his Pokémon the ultimate speed. Scarlet Koito is a Treasure Hunter in search of the Treasures of Ruin. Together they are Scarlet and Violet, and ready to take on new adventures and challenges!

When Scarlet steals Violet’s prized Pokémon Miraidon, Violet must first deal with Team Star’s Fire Crew, the Schedar Squad!

Will Violet ever be reunited with his Pokémon?!
Biographical note:
Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for Pokémon Adventures. Running continuously for over 25 years, Pokémon Adventures is the only manga series to completely cover all the Pokémon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. In addition to writing manga, he also edits children’s books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukan’s children’s magazines. He uses the Pokémon Electrode as his author portrait.

Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for Pokémon Adventures, which he began working on in 2001, starting with volume 10. Yamamoto launched his manga career in 1993 with the horror-action title Kimen Senshi, which ran in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, followed by the series Kaze no Denshosha. Yamamoto’s favorite manga creators/artists include FUJIKO F FUJIO (Doraemon), Yukinobu Hoshino (2001 Nights), and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). He loves films, monsters, detective novels, and punk rock music. He uses the Pokémon Swalot as his artist portrait.