Magical Pokemon Journey, Volume 1 by Yumi Tsukirino

She's a bubble-headed blonde who's madly in love with her friend Almond, and adores cute Pokémon such as Pikachu and Clefairy. The chamo-chamo refers to 'Achamo', Torchic's Japanese name.Ĭharacters Humans Hazel ( マロン, Maron) The main character of this series. Viz published seven of the ten volumes flipped to the Western left-to-right format.Ī spinoff series, Pocket Monsters Chamo-Chamo ★ Pretty ♪ ( ポケットモンスターチャモチャモ★ぷりてぃ♪, Pocketto Monsutā Chamochamo★Puriti♪), features the adventures and exploits of Clefairy and Pikachu, as well as Torchic and Mightyena.

The manga is licensed in English in North America by Viz Media and in Singapore by Chuang Yi. Jason Thompson, author of Manga: The Complete Guide, wrote that, based on the plot, it 'might as well not be about Pokémon at all'. Most of the Pokémon in the manga series can speak a human language. Hazel is after the heart of a boy named Almond. The main character, Hazel (Maron in Japanese), sets off to catch Pokémon after a scientist named Grandpa agrees to make a love potion if she catches Pokémon. The original Japanese title 'PiPiPi' refers to Purin, Pippi, and Pikachu, the respective Japanese names of Jigglypuff, Clefairy, and Pikachu. The series is not based on any particular video game, and it is the first shōjo Pokémon manga series released in the United States. The manga is by Yumi Tsukirino and serialized by Shogakukan in the manga magazine Ciao, and collected in ten bound volumes. Magical Pokémon Journey, originally published in Japan as Pocket Monsters PiPiPi ★ Adventures ( ポケットモンスター PiPiPi★アドベンチャー, Poketto Monsutā PiPiPi★Adobenchā), is a shōjo manga series set in the fictional universe of the Pokémon franchise.

Magical Pokemon Journey, Volume 1 by Yumi Tsukirino