Pokemon Sun and Moon Manga Volume 2 Review

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bulbapedia&period;bulbagarden&period;net&sol;wiki&sol;Pok&percnt;C3&percnt;A9mon&lowbar;Sun&lowbar;&percnt;26&lowbar;Moon&lowbar;volume&lowbar;2"><em>Pokemon Sun and Moon Volume 2<&sol;em><&sol;a> continues the spirit of the first with well-drawn panels and some legitimately funny parts that will make both <em>Pokemon<&sol;em> fans and kids happy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first volume &lpar;re&rpar;introduced readers to the vivid region of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bulbapedia&period;bulbagarden&period;net&sol;wiki&sol;Alola">Alola<&sol;a> with bright and cheerful comedic writing that brings you right back to your childhood&period; The second volume focuses on the other side of the <em>Pokemon<&sol;em> series&colon; battling&period; Sun and Moon find themselves facing off against four other competitors in the Full Power Tournament to win the prized Island Challenge Amulet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Story<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The story follows the game&&num;8217&semi;s narrative&comma; but with a few twists here and there to make it interesting&period; Sun initially seems like a bad role model for kids&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s very focused on getting as much money as he can and will sell the Island Challenge Amulet just for profit&period; However&comma; his drive to reach his hundred million dollar goal becomes quite endearing by the end as it teaches kids and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;pokemon-sun-moon-manga-vol-1-review&sol;"><em>Pokemon<&sol;em><&sol;a> fans that you need to have a drive to fulfill your goals&period; His willingness to make money also becomes ridiculous and humorous throughout the book&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The banter between the characters during their battles is charming as well&period; Hau&comma; Sun&comma; Moon&comma; and Gladion all have conversations and comedic elements that add more depth and personality&period; They&&num;8217&semi;ve taken the initial characters game&&num;8217&semi;s characters&comma; with the manga writers adding onto them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;142119" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-142119" style&equals;"width&colon; 320px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-142119 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;09&sol;24020641&sol;pokemon-sun-and-moon-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Pokemon Sun and Moon Manga Volume 2 Review" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"408" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-142119" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">POKEMON&colon; SUN AND MOON&colon; ©2018 The Pokémon Company International&period; ©1995-2017 Nintendo &sol; Creatures Inc&period; &sol; GAME FREAK inc&period; TM&comma; ®&comma; and character names are trademarks of Nintendo&period; POCKET MONSTERS SPECIAL SUN・MOON © 2017 Hidenori KUSAKA&comma; Satoshi YAMAMOTO&sol;SHOGAKUKAN<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3>Battles<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Most of the battles are hard to follow as there aren&&num;8217&semi;t enough panels to describe the action that is occurring&period; The writers try to fill in some information with explanations on certain attacks&comma; but if you are simply looking at the drawings&comma; you won&&num;8217&semi;t know what&&num;8217&semi;s going on&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s like playing the game rather than the anime&period; You can see the attacks&comma; but most of the time&comma; you can&&num;8217&semi;t see what is going on in-between each turn and how the Pokemon react&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; how each battle plays out&comma; elevates these scenes&period; Each pokemon&&num;8217&semi;s attributes and special abilities are brought to the forefront and make a difference in battles&period; This is more akin to the anime&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s interesting to see how the trainers strategize their battles and manage to win&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a battle of wits&comma; as well as the pokemon&&num;8217&semi;s ability and will to fight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once again&comma; Pokemon&&num;8217&semi;s art style shines through in this volume&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s bright in tone&comma; the action scenes  are eye catching with an impressive flow of motion&comma; and illustrations that show each pokemon&&num;8217&semi;s moves&period; While they can be hard to follow&comma; some do pop on the page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Conclusion<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><em>Pokemon Sun and Moon Volume 2<&sol;em> continues the great comedic writing while adding battles that are fun to follow with the trainers&&num;8217&semi; tactics being considered&period; The battles may be hard to follow at times&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s still a solid and relatively modestly priced book that <em>Pokemon<&sol;em> fans and kids should pick up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>If you liked this review&comma; check out <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;comicyears&period;com&sol;anime-news&sol;anime-guide-for-beginners-everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask&sol;">Comic Year&&num;8217&semi;s Ultimate Anime Guide For Beginners<&sol;a>&period; 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