Pokémon Adventures Manga Guide!

The story starts in the quiet town of Pallet Town, with a couple of children trying to capture a Nidorino. Seeing the children failing to do so, Red, a famous trainer in his native Pallet Town, approaches and teaches the children how to catch a Pokémon. Red brings out his Poliwhirl, and uses Water Gun on the Nidorino, before throwing a Poké Ball and succeeding to capture it. On their way back home, the children start to ask Red about Professor Oak, the great Pokémon Professor. Stubbornly, Red suggests he is better than this Professor Oak, but keeps the doubt at the back of his mind.
Red says goodbye to the younger children, and heads off towards his house in a different direction. Thinking about Professor Oak, Red accidentally runs into a Team Rocket grunt. The angry grunt shouts at Red and then walks off with the other Team Rocket members. Red notices some Poké Balls hanging off one of the Grunt's belts, thinking they must be Pokémon Trainers, he runs after them. After some time, the Team Rocket grunts stop, and Red hides in some bushes nearby. He overhears some of their conversation about a Phantom Pokémon inhabiting the western forest. After Team Rocket run off to the the western forest, Red runs home to grab an armful of Poké Ball to capture this "Phantom Pokémon" with. Shortly after, Red enters the western forest; he spots another trainer in the forest battling a rare glowing Pokémon, Mew. The other trainer, Blue, sends his Charmander out to attack the wild Pokémon. Mew dodges the powerful attack from Charmander and remains still. Blue calmly calls his Charmander back into its Poké Ball and lets the rare Pokémon flee. Shocked that Blue is going to let this Pokémon flee, Red impulsively comes out of the bushes and tells Blue off, but Blue says nothing. Determined to not let the Pokémon flee, Red chooses Poliwhirl to battle against Mew, commanding it to use Water Gun, but Mew suddenly counters the attack, knocking out Poliwhirl. Mew flies off, leaving Red and Poliwhirl in a daze. Blue steps in and tells Red that he made a foolish choice in battling Mew, as Mew was superior to him. Blue walks off leaving Red to cope with his thoughts and emotions. Later, Team Rocket appear still trying to locate Mew, but only find Red kneeling there. One of the members start yelling at Red, but the others say that finding Mew is more important than the kid, running off soon after.
It is sunset on the outskirts of Pallet Town, and Red continues to walk home after a long day. He spots Professor Oak's lab ahead, thinking he should avoid the place, believing that Professor Oak is a mean, old nut. But then again, he thinks pulling out the Poké Ball that contains Poliwhirl from his pocket; he should meet Professor Oak and get some good advice. The story ends with Red ringing the doorbell, waiting for what comes next.

When Red enters Professor Oak's Laboratory, in hopes that the professor would teach him how to be a great Pokémon Trainer, he finds an dark, empty laboratory filled with hundreds of Poké Balls containing the laboratory's Pokémon. In one of the Poké Balls he finds on a table is a Bulbasaur. Amazed by a Pokémon he has never seen before, Red shows his Poliwhirl to the Bulbasaur (while both are still in their Poké Balls).
Bulbasaur becomes frightened of Red's Poliwhirl, just as Professor Oak arrives and mistakes Red as a thief trying to steal the laboratory's Pokémon. Oak rushes up to him and accuses Red of stealing, which sends the startled Red tumbling back into a table and accidentally releasing many of the laboratory's Pokémon outside of their Poké Balls. Oak is furious at Red, and just as Red is about to say that he didn't mean to, a Pidgey flies overhead and excretes on Professor Oak's face. Oak orders that Red return all of the Pokémon to their Poké Balls. Red succeeds after awhile.
However, a few more Pokémon are still missing and Professor Oak hopes that none have escaped the laboratory. Red says that he'll get them back too, but Oak stops him and accuses him of being a thief again. Red denies and says that he entered uninvited and still offers to get them back; however, Oak says that it is late and the sun is starting to set. Red says that he is not giving up and rushes outside, Oak follows him on a bicycle and says that Red will never find them unless Oak helps him identify who the missing Pokémon are and threatens that he'll turn Red in after they found them.
The duo reaches Viridian City where they find another of the laboratory's Pokémon, a Meowth, which Red manages to return to its Poké Ball. Red remarks that the last missing Pokémon should be the Bulbasaur, which they find shortly after. Frightened, it runs away into the closed Viridian City Gym, Red and Oak running after it. The inside of the gym is dark and covered with cobwebs. Red bumps into a statue of Giovanni as Oak spots Bulbasaur standing next to the gym's wall.
Professor Oak chuckles and tries to persuade Bulbasaur to come, but Bulbasaur attacks him using Tackle. Oak winces in pain as he argues back that he is supposed to be Bulbasaur's owner, implying that Bulbasaur should listen to him. Red steps up front and comforts Bulbasaur, saying that it's alright to be nervous. Red explains that this is its first time in the outside world and that it was kept separate from the other Pokémon in the lab and saw only the professor. Oak appears to be surprised.
Bulbasaur quickly warms up to Red. As Red pets it and offers it something to eat, a Pokémon cry echoes in the gym, behind them is a wild Machoke that somehow found its way inside. It attacks Red, probably in an attempt to defend its new territory. Bulbasaur stands behind the Machoke and releases a Vine Whip to stop Machoke's fist from crushing Red. Red is amazed and asks if Oak saw that and asks what Bulbasaur's best move is, but Oak had fainted from shock. Red then realizes that Bulbasaur has a bulb on its back and quickly thinks if the bulb can be helpful, but Machoke attacks again.
Red notices a small ray of sunlight shining through closed window shades. With a plan in mind, he quickly opens the shades and allows the sunlight to shine inside. Bulbasaur's bulb collects the sunlight and shines, releasing a powerful SolarBeam and Machoke is knocked out instantly. Professor Oak awakes and asks if Red knew about Bulbasaur's SolarBeam attack, but Red just admits that he only knew that sunlight is transferred into energy by plants, and thus assumed that it would help Bulbasaur. Oak laughs.
Professor Oak congratulates and rewards Red by allowing him to keep the Bulbasaur and Red is overjoyed. Now that the quest is complete, Red states that he didn't break into Oak's laboratory. He merely came to learn how to be a better Pokémon Trainer. Professor Oak decides to test him and asks if he needs a bunch of good tricks or a team of powerful Pokémon. Red ponders this and Oak answers that it's what is in his heart that counts. He comments that Red was caring for Bulbasaur and that their connection during battle was remarkable. Oak says that is what he needs to become a great trainer.
Professor Oak gives him a Pokédex, and asks him to help complete the Pokédex by encountering Pokémon. Once the Pokédex has been completed, Oak says that Red might become one of the greatest trainers ever.

Red is in the Viridian Forest searching for a Caterpie in a trip advised by Professor Oak to complete the Pokédex. He sees movement in a bush and sends his Poliwhirl to attack, but it's attacked first by a Charmander owned by Blue, who believed that it was a wild Pokémon. Red becomes angry but recognizes the boy that found the phantom Pokémon, Mew. Suddenly, they hear a loud sound and Blue states that he found what he was searching for. A Kangaskhan shows up; Blue doesn't lose any time and attacks it with Charmander. Blue takes out his Pokédex in order to see its information. When Red shows his Pokédex, they realize that they are rivals with the same mission. Red also learns that Blue is the grandson of the famous Professor Oak.
The fire causes a lot of damage to the Kangaskhan and Blue tries to capture her a couple of times with Poké Balls but she rejects them; however, she doesn't attack. Red perceives that something is wrong, stops Charmander's attack, runs to the wild Pokémon and looks to her belly. Her baby Kangaskhan in her pouch was poisoned, so Red utilizes an Antidote to heal it. The mother thanks him and leaves; Blue is mad for Red's intervention and they present themselves "formally." Searching for the same goal, they head on their different paths.

As Red arrives in Pewter City, a group of angry townspeople pursue a wild Pikachu that steals and eats their produce; however, every time they corner it, the Mouse Pokémon escapes using its electricity. After reading a poster that fell off a building, Red decides it would be in his best interest to give them a hand. Watching the townspeople's pathetic attempts (such as trapping it with a net), to try and catch the electric mouse, Red challenges it to a battle and chooses Bulbasaur to defeat the trouble-maker, only one Sleep Powder is used as it hits and sends Pikachu to sleep. After his reward from the townspeople, Red shows them his Pokédex and they watch in amazement. Afterwards, in the outskirts of Pewter City, Red tries befriending his newly caught Pikachu, but this is to no avail. Blue shows up and reveals he is planning on challenging Brock, the leader of the Pewter City Gym, and he challenges Red to try to be the first to defeat Brock and win the Boulder Badge.
Red accepts and visits the Pokémon Center to prepare himself to the big battle ahead, but he finds the Center closed for damages, and the only Pokémon he has with full energy is...the troublesome Pikachu!

Red runs to the Pewter Gym's main arena to see a familiar face, Blue. He and his Charmeleon are battling in the ring. After watching the fight, Red registers, and prepares for his first battle against a muscular trainer and his Graveler. Pika stubbornly refuses to battle for Red and as a result, he is forced to send out Poli to battle the opponent. The muscular trainer predicts an easy win due to Poli's lack of health, however Red forms a strategy to take out opponent's using one hit knock outs and complimentary moves. Using Water Gun on the Graveler, he follows up with Ice Beam, freezing and shattering the opponent's Pokémon.
Using his strategy Red battles several more trainers using only Poli and Saur, and they are soon facing the Gym Leader, Brock. The last battle begins with Saur and Poli too tired to continue and Pika still refusing to fight. Brock orders his Onix to use Rock Throw which Pika dodges all but one, infuriating it and he attacks Red. Thinking he has been tricked, Brock orders Onix to use its most powerful move, Skull Bash. The rock snake forms a torpedo and launches itself towards Pikachu, but Red rescues it just in time. This takes the Pokémon by surprise and it launches a huge electrical attack that destroys Onix, giving the victory to Red. Admiring his new Boulder Badge, Red tries to befriend Pikachu, but just as before, it pulls a dirty trick on him by shocking him.

An injured girl is being attacked by an enraged Gyarados, with her Staryu defending her. Staryu nearly faints as Red appears. Red decides to help with his Bulbasaur. Thanks to the type advantage, Gyarados's Hydro Pump doesn't hurt the grass Pokémon. Since Bulbasaur uses Leech Seed, Staryu has time to recover. With Bulbasaur's Vine Whip and Staryu's BubbleBeam, Red catches the beast. Red wonders why a water Pokémon would be in that area, so the girl tells him that the Gyarados belonged to her. She explains to Red that while she was training the Gyarados last week, someone stole it. When she found it again, it was enraged. They wonder who could have been able to do something like that, and Red decides that they should call Professor Oak from the Pokémon Center to hear his opinion. When they call him, Professor Oak believes that the atrocity was the work of Team Rocket, an evil organization that uses Pokémon as experiments. He also says that the Moon Stone, a rare stone that boosts Pokémon's powers immensely, had been found in Mt. Moon and that must be what Team Rocket is after. Red and the girl decide to work together in order to get revenge on Team Rocket. She explains that Mt. Moon is on the way back to her hometown, Cerulean City, and she introduces herself as Misty as they run off toward Mt. Moon.

Red and Misty are at the Mt. Moon entrance hiding in some bushes from the Team Rocket grunts. They all have the same purpose, to find the Moon Stone, a rock with a moon shape inscription that can enhance a Pokémon's power. They enter the caves, but it is too dark to see anything. Red sends out Pika and the darkness is no longer a problem. Suddenly, Red collides with a Rhyhorn, one that belongs to Team Rocket! Grunts. The Grunts, along with a Rocket Admin, surround them. In order to escape, Red and Misty must battle their way out. The battle goes on until Pika knocks out the rock Pokémon. Upon losing, the Admin injects a liquid that forces Rhyhorn to evolve into Rhydon. Furious by the situation and realizing the reason for Gyarados's anger, Misty attacks the newly evolved Rhydon with her Staryu. Unfortunately, the attack is returned by Horn Drill, pushing Misty against the cave wall and causing her to blackout. Thanks to the resistance and effort of his Pikachu, a huge cave piece falls in the middle and stops the fight, allowing a chance to escape. Now at the exit, after carrying Misty out of the cave, Red shows her what fell with the huge rock: a Moon Stone.

Outside of a huge mansion, Red is in disbelief that Misty actually lives in it. Later, before they eat, Misty appears completely dressed up when she, her maids, and Red are about to eat in the salon table. Red tells the maids what happened in Mt. Moon. Misty says to him that they need serious training to defeat the next Team Rocket admins, but he doesn't take the idea seriously and then laughs about her knock out in the last battle. Offended, she storms from the salon.
Later that night, Red is in his room when he is attacked by a mysterious wind; however, his Bulbasaur saves him and he finds a Gyarados scale in the chaos. The next day, he tells the maids that he will defeat the Cerulean Gym Leader that same day. The maids begin to laugh at the idea. In the middle of the laughter, Misty says that she can take him to the Leader. When they arrive in the Gym, Misty reveals that she's the real Gym Leader and surprisingly attacks Red with her Starmie. She tells him that she was the one who attacked him the night before. Furious, Red chooses Bulbasaur but they are defeated by Starmie's BubbleBeam. She tells him that she really wants to train with him to become strong enough to defeat Team Rocket. Seeing the importance of the matter, Red finally accepts. A few days later, they say goodbye after an intense training. Hoping to see each other sometime soon, Red leaves with a Cascade Badge in his T-shirt.

Once again, Bill is fixing his new invention, a transporter, in his Sea Cottage when he locks himself inside the machine. The automatic process begins; however, there is a Rattata in the twin transporter. Bill transforms into a Rattata and ends up getting locked out of his house. Outside, Red, who has too many Poké Balls on his belt, finds the talking Rattata. It introduces itself as Bill, a Pokémon expert; however, in the middle of the introduction, a Fearow grabs Bill and takes him away. Red tries his best to save Bill, but it doesn't seem to work until a powerful electric attack from Pika knocks the bird down. Fearow goes into an offensive stance and Bill warns Red that it will use Drill Peck. With a fast move, Fearow's beak crosses Red's Poliwhirl. After being transformed back into a human, Bill figures that the target was a copy made by the original Poliwhirl and that Fearow was immediately frozen. Inside his house, Bill explains his invention to Red and decides to help him with his Pokémon's storage, the first one he takes... the Fearow.

Red and his Pokémon are out for some fresh air on the hills near Vermilion City when they spot a huge ship in the ocean. A few minutes later, Red is in front of the majestic S.S. Anne. He decides to get in and creeps inside unnoticed. However, his adventure in the ship is short; when he sees a suspicious Pokémon in one of the rooms, he screams, and the sailors kick him off the ship. As he thinks about the mysterious thing he saw, an odd old man interrupts and asks Red if he can see his Pokémon. Amazed by his team, the old man introduces himself as the Pokémon Fan Club president and takes Red downtown to the Fan Club.
Inside the building, a group of PokéFans chat about their favorite Pokémon and read their official magazine when the president, Red, and his Pokémon arrive. Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Poliwhirl instantly grab everyone's attention. A girl asks Red about Poli. He responds that he has had it since it was a Poliwag and mentions all the battles he has won with it. A sudden silence sweeps the room. The president explains that the Pokémon Fan Club doesn't like to force Pokémon into battles and they prefer un-evolved ones because they're cute. Suddenly a desperate man enters the room saying his Exeggutor has been stolen. The President sadly remembers his stolen Abra, and seeing the old man crying, Red offers help. Since the thief acts around the same time every month and a huge transport is needed to carry all the Pokémon, Red concludes that the S.S. Anne is the answer.
Leaving Pika in the Fan Club as the president asked, Red again enters the ship. Back in the room where he saw the suspicious Pokémon, Red finds a Poké Ball, but when he tries to touch it, he gets zapped; it turns out to be a Voltorb. In a short battle, Poliwhirl ends up paralyzed, and a man appears out of nowhere and threatens Red for being a trespasser. Suddenly he sees Lt. Surge and is immediately surrounded by a bunch of Electric Pokémon ready to attack.

Aboard the S.S. Anne, Red discovers the real intentions of Lt. Surge and his sailors, to make money from the Vermilion citizens' stolen Pokémon. Ready to punish Red for his interference, Lt. Surge shows his most important guard, an evil chained Electabuzz. With only his paralyzed Poliwhirl to help him out, Red dodges the powerful ThunderPunch, which breaks the ship's floor with its force. The water on the floor gives Poliwhirl a chance to use its Ice powers to freeze the legs of his enemies, so with the smoke of a launched Poké Ball, Red escapes safely.
Trying to find the exit, Red is spotted by Surge in one of the security cameras. When Red gets to the ship's deck, his unconscious Poliwhirl is suddenly grabbed by Surge. Preventing Red's actions with an electric wall made by his Magneton, he throws Poliwhirl off the ship; however, the angry Red can't do anything when he is being tortured by the Electric attacks of all the Pokémon including Electabuzz, and he's thrown into the ocean as well. Remembering how his little Poliwag evolved to save him when he was drowning, history repeats as a Poliwrath emerges from the water with Red in its arms. In a short battle, the powerful Pokémon sends Electabuzz and Lt. Surge into the air with a Seismic Toss.
Now, all the kidnapped Pokémon are returned to their trainers and the sailors are arrested; however, the officers couldn't find Surge. The president of the Pokémon Fan Club, desperate, asks Red if he found his cute Abra, and Red says that he found it, but it was no longer Abra, it was now a big Alakazam; the president lies on the floor with disbelief.

Red takes part in a bike race but when it starts, he finds himself far behind everyone. However, he catches up when everyone stops at a river filled with Tentacruel. After wondering why only one person is crossing at a time, Red is told by a Swimmer that Pokémon are allowed to be used in the race. Thinking quickly, he sends out his Poliwrath in order to freeze the river with its Ice Beam. Red then rides his bike across the ice and gains a lead over most of the other racers. The race is going as planned until he reaches a fork in the road. One road goes through a thick forest while the other goes around it. Ignoring the warning of a Bug Catcher, Red decides to keep his lead by going through the forest. In order to go through the forest, he has his Pikachu shock all of the wild Pokémon and his Bulbasaur cut all the thick brush. Suddenly, a Beedrill hive falls on Bulbasaur's head, and many Beedrill begin to chase them. Emerging from the forest, Red rejoices about the fact that he is far ahead from most of the rest, even though he has many bee-stings. When he arrives at Route 12, he finds the swimmer and the bug catcher stuck at the dock. There is a Snorlax blocking the part of the pier that leads to the finish line. When none of his Pokémon's attacks work, Red comes up with a plan. He uses his honey-covered Bulbasaur to lure Snorlax from his sleep. It works, and the Snorlax chases him to the finish line as he wins the race. Red, after winning 10,000 dollars in the race, is forced to spend it all on food for his newly caught Snorlax.

Red arrives in Lavender Town in the middle of a rain-storm and is looking for somewhere dry to stay. He tries to ask people for help, but they completely ignore him. While wandering around, he comes across an old man, Mr. Fuji, at a tombstone. Red asks what he is doing: he is paying his respects to his deceased Doduo. Red also pays his respects. Mr. Fuji appreciates Red's kindness and asks him to go to his house.
At Mr. Fuji's house, he explains the origin of the Pokémon Tower, a cemetery built to respect the souls of Pokémon. Red wonders why Mr. Fuji's Doduo was not buried in the Tower; Mr. Fuji tells him that there are ghosts in the Tower. Red refuses to believe that there are ghosts, but Mr. Fuji states that the ghosts have made the townsfolk frightful and untrustworthy. While Mr. Fuji explains, Red is looking through old pictures of Mr. Fuji and his Doduo and stumbles upon one that has Blue in it. Mr. Fuji informs Red that Blue went into the Tower about two weeks ago and never returned. Apparently, no one that enters the Tower returns. Intrigued by the mystery, Red runs into the building.
While wondering why there is an odd fog inside the building, Red encounters a Psyduck and is confused to see a Water-type Pokémon in such an earie place. But when the Psyduck's eyeballs suddenly sink into the back of its eye sockets along with some of its skins and revealing some bones as it crept closer to him, Red realizes that the Psyduck is actually a mindless undead. At the same time, many other undead pokemons show up and surround him in the fog.
Red quickly sends out his Bulbasaur who whips the undead Psyduck into pieces using its Vine Whip attack. As the other undead pokemons close in on the duo, Red and his Bulbasaur dashes out for the exit in a panic. However, just before he is about to leave the tower, Red realizes that the undead pokemons can only stay in the fog. In the distance, he sees fire. The fire is coming from the tail of Blue's Charmeleon! He tries to run over to them, but Charmeleon keeps firing flames at him. When he gets a closer look, he sees that there is something different about Blue: he is being controlled by the fog...

Red finds Blue being controlled by the fog in Pokémon Tower. While possessed, Blue battles Red's Bulbasaur with his Charmeleon. In the midst of the battle, Red deduces that Blue is being controlled by a Gastly and tries to stop it by using Razor Leaf, which doesn't work because of Gastly's gassy body. Just then, Charmeleon gets ready to subdue Saur with a massive Fire Spin attack.
In order to escape this dillema, Red has Bulbasaur use Absorb which not only sucks in the Gastly but also frees all of the undead Pokémon in the fog it created (as well as Blue). He then checks to see if Blue is alright. Blue shows his thanks (though he didn't exactly mean it) and then goes further up the tower to find the person responsible for casting spells on the town's people and creating all of those undead Pokémon using that Gastly.
The culprit came out to be Koga. Blue has his Charmeleon attack him; however, it is only a projection. The real Koga is controlling his Pokémon from a distance and sends his Arbok after Red and Blue. Arbok sends an Acid attack but Charmeleon defends with Reflect. Afterwards, the reflect breaks and Charmeleon reacts by slicing through Arbok. Koga, defeated, leaves (determined to pay these two "brats" back), and Red and Blue leave the Pokémon Tower.
Mr. Fuji thanks Red, but Red then acts modest and credits Blue for what happened. At the same time, the citizens of Lavender Town, now back to normal, gather around the Pokémon Tower to bury all of the leftover corpses of the undead Pokémon while Mr. Fuji finally finds a spot to bury is dead Duduo, knowing that it'll be forever in peace.