Suggested by Sonic James Bond has a lot of gadgets and weapons at his disposal so that will make things a bit difficult for Alex. Hopper is fairly good in close quarters and can clearly run fast but I don’t think that will make up for the experience that Bond has. At the end of the day Alex Hopper hasn’t seen nearly the same kind of action that Bond has. James Bond wins.
Suggested by Destroyer Magne has a lot of raw power but no real speed. Power is not something that’s going to help you against someone like Number 6. After all, Number 6 has shown speed that only characters like Deku could go up against. I could see Number 6 even being able to defeat Magne before the fighter has any way to react in time. Number 6 wins.
Suggested by Destroyer Toga is great at close quarters combat and her quirk should not be underestimated. That being said, she has no options to keep up with Number 6’s overwhelming speed. He should be able to easily overpower her whether its in close quarters or from afar. His stamina is also high enough where she can’t hope to just take the hits and tire him out. She would need a really big power upgrade to deal with this beast. Number 6 wins.
Suggested by Destroyer The BioLizard has incredible energy blasts at his disposal that could destroy Jet in one hit. The question is really if Jet could dodge those blasts. Well, he probably could for a little bit but ultimately the BioLizard was even able to go up against Super Sonic and Super Shadow. As impressive as Jet’s board is, I just don’t see it being able to match that kind of firepower, one wrong turn will equal defeat. The BioLizard wins.
Suggested by Destroyer Chaos is a powerful fighter and while Jet may have the edge in speed, I’m not confident that he would be be able to do much to damage Chaos. Chaos is just too resilient and he has an incredible amount of forms at his disposal. In his Perfect Chaos mode he will really be untouchable here. Your best bet is to just try to run away and get to a safe distance and even that’s not a surefire tactic. Jet will be swept away in the end. Chaos wins.
Suggested by Destroyer CrimsonDragon may not be a very well known Megaman character but he still has quite a lot of power at his disposal. A single shot would take Jet out for the count. Jet is fast so this may not be as easy as all that but I don’t see the Crimson Dragon being damaged by Jet’s attacks and it is only a matter of time before the bird slips up. Then it’s game over. Crimson Dragon wins.
Suggested by Anonymous Both of these fighters are incredibly powerful. In cases like this the opponent who fought last is usually the stronger one. Does that apply here? Well, the answer would be yes. While both of these guys had their time in the spotlight beating up on Naruto and Sasuke, Isshiki’s power is on a completely different level. It’s fair to say that he is the most powerful Ōtsutsuki and should be able to counter each and every one of Momoshiki’s blows. Isshiki Ōtsutsuki wins.
Suggested by Anonymous Sasuke is an Uchiha and as a result he has abilities that are far beyond those of the average fighter. That being said, would he really stand a chance in this fight? At his best Sasuke was certainly a fighter to be feared and even could give Naruto a run for his money. That said, it’s fair to say that Naruto has surpassed him as is the fate of all rivals and at the moment I don’t think Sasuke at his peak would have been enough to defeat Isshiki one on one. He would have to lose this round for now as Isshiki is just way too powerful. Isshiki Ōtsutsuki wins.
Suggested by Anonymous Isshiki continues to dominate the competition even if his opponents are steadily growing stronger and stronger. Obito is no exception to this and even at his absolute best I don’t think he would have been able to take Isshiki down. Ultimately Isshiki’s attacks are both faster and stronger than Obito’s. That means no matter what Obito tries, Isshiki will have a counter to him. At the end of the day there’s not much way around that. Isshiki Ōtsutsuki wins.
Pokémon’s certainly had a lot of different titles over the years. Pokémon Adventures is easily the most well known one but there are countless stories you can tell through manga and we have seen a nice variety. You have action titles like Reburst, heists, comedies, trading card manga, etc. Well, this one is a sports one shot and the premise is good enough where you wish it could have been a true ongoing. There’s a whole lot you could do with Pokemon and sports after all. It would end up being one of the big time Pokemon manga titles.
The story follows a kid named Takashi who is really excited to enter the Pokémon Triathalon. He just barely makes it in time but knows that this should be a complete win on his part. He has Onyx, Chikorita, and Pigeotto. His childhood friend Lyra warns him that this competition won’t be easy and he should think things through. Unfortunately that’s not Takashi’s strong point so things start to go south. Takashi has to question if he really stands a shot here. Can he make a comeback or is time to go back to being just an ordinary Pokemon trainer?
The story is only about 20 pages so there isn’t a whole lot of time for events, but we do get to see 3. The first is the hurdles where you have to jump over the stick like in the Olympics. Chikorita would probably be the best pick here right? Well Takashi doesn’t seem to think so and he decides to go with Onyx. I can tell you that at this point I was starting to get a little concerned. Still, maybe he just didn’t think it through… It was a rough loss but you really can’t blame him, I don’t see how you can expect the guy to jump a large distance like that. It’s just not the Onyx way.
Takashi keeps making questionable choices to the point where a bully shows up to mock him. Problem is, Lyra points out that even the bully is taking this more seriously and has put himself in a position to win. He brought berries and drinks for his Pokémon. Takashi admits that he forgot. Now this is already bad but the next scene is easily Takashi’s worst. Lyra says she thought this might happen and so she brought him a Poke smoothie from home. All right, this should give him the edge right? Wrong! As Takashi is walking to the arena he forgets why he is holding a smoothie in the first place and ends up drinking it himself. The guy either has the memory of a goldfish or he just really wanted a smoothie. Either way, it’s an awful look and he doesn’t really deserve to win now. That said, the only other competitor is the bully and we don’t want him to win either so that makes this a tough proposition.
Well, the final event is a classic Pokémon battle only there is a ring out feature this time. The first team to have all of their Pokémon knocked out loses. This event goes really fast which makes sense since the story was ending. I’ll give it kudos for having a decent way for Takashi to compete here even if the Pokémon did all the work. The bully is redeemed and we get a happy ending to end off with. It’s a solid ending and that wraps up our journey.
This was a fun story although I think it was a bit exaggerated with how bad Takashi was. It gets to the point where you seriously can’t root for him. He massively squanders every possible opportunity. The smoothie scene was certainly inexcusable. He’s a nice kid but ultimately I can’t say I liked Takashi. If you’re going to enter a tournament I expect your best. Whether you win or lose doesn’t matter as long as I know you tried your best. Takashi didn’t seem to be trying his best though which is a bit much.
Lyra did her best at least. She came prepared after all but I would have liked to have seen her in more events since if seems like she did enter. I suppose she just happened to be in different events most of the time which is reasonable. It seems like a big enough event where you had a lot of different sports going on at the same time so you couldn’t enter all of them. Even as the story ends we’re not done with the triathlon and more events are to come. I never got to try any Triathlons in the games since I don’t own HeartGold yet, but it sounds fun enough. Sort of like minigames so if the controls are on point this could be really solid.
The artwork is on point as well too. The pages are very clear and you can always tell what is happening. It makes for an easy read and you’ll be blasting through the chapter. The writing’s good and it’s just a pleasant light hearted adventure to read through. It’s probably not going to be a super memorable one that you go back to every few years or anything like that but it’s a good read. If you enjoy it enough perhaps it will even convince you to buy HeartGold so you can try it out for yourself. Now that would be a real win for the story.
Overall, There’s certainly nothing really negative to say about the manga. It’d be nice to have had some more pages so we could really enjoy the actual events though. Here it’s more like we see the start and end but don’t get a whole lot beyond that. With another 10-15 pages I think we would have gotten a whole lot more action which would have worked out really well. Pokemon will continue to get more and more manga though so I look forward to seeing which one shows up next. The franchise is vast and I doubt we’ll ever run out of new ideas to create manga for. The series just has too much potential.
Overall 7/10
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