We actually meet a whole slew of interesting characters, and I'm sure their story lines will intersect at some point in the future which will be very exciting. Yes, it's grueling sometimes, but I think it's fun. I feel a real affinity to her because that's actually how I play the Pokemon games. So the three legendaries are released after the fire at Ecruteak Tower, but (view spoiler) [we only ever see Suicune who is We meet Crystal 'The Capturer' in this volume. We meet Crystal 'The Capturer' in this volume. Next volume continues the adventures of Crys, so hopefully it improves.more

If they'd just stuck with Crys chasing Suicune and getting into trouble, perhaps with the other gym leaders, this could have gone a lot better.

No bearing on the story, and no characters we've even met before, and so far, no characters we've seen since. No matter how epic that battle is, it still doesn't have much to do with the plot, right? That's kind of what happened with those three Gym Leaders vs Suicune chapters. Imagine if when Yellow was looking for Red, they cut to three chapters of Youngster trying to catch a Godzilla-sized Raticate. Oak and trying to get Suicune is a really cool quest for Crys, but when they ignore her quest, the story loses focus. The story this time around is weaker compared to past arcs, mostly because of Crys disappearing for chapters at a time. Crys eventually returns, also going after Suicune, but then she's sharing the spotlight with Eusine and is left out again for about a chapter. She's there at the start, but once the legendary Suicune appears, the focus changes to Suicune battling various gym leaders for three chapters, seemingly for cameos. I say 'sort of' because a large chunk of this manga doesn't include Crys. The story th Another story arc starts, this time focusing (sort of) on Crystal, AKA 'Crys,' and expert Pokemon catcher. Another story arc starts, this time focusing (sort of) on Crystal, AKA 'Crys,' and expert Pokemon catcher.

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