Pokmon: Sword & Shield, Vol. 8

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Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokmon Sword & Shield video games set in the wild Galar region!

Casey Shield, a hacker who invented the Dynamax Simulator, and Henry Sword, a boy who repairs gear for Pokmon, both dream of entering the Galar region's Gym battles. For Casey, it's a chance to reunite with her lost Pokmon. For Henry, it's an opportunity to search for the legendary Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield.

During their confrontation with the two mystery Trainers, Henry and Casey receive assistance fromPiers, the Gym Leader of Spikemuth.After discoveringthat someone they already know is working behind-the-scenes with the two rival Trainers, Henry and Casey head to Rose Tower todiscover the truth about their adversaries.

Will the Darkest Day descend upon the Galar region!

Author Bio

Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for Pokmon Adventures. Running continuously for over 20 years, Pokmon Adventures is the only manga series to completely cover all the Pokmon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. In addition to writing manga, he also edits childrens books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukans childrens magazines. He uses the Pokmon Electrode as his author portrait.

Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for Pokmon Adventures, which he began working on in 2001, starting with volume 10. Yamamoto launched his manga career in 1993 with the horror-action title Kimen Senshi, which ran in Shogakukans Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, followed by the series Kaze no Denshosha. Yamamotos favorite manga creators/artists include FUJIKO F FUJIO (Doraemon), Yukinobu Hoshino (2001 Nights), and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). He loves films, monsters, detective novels, and punk rock music. He uses the Pokmon Swalot as his artist portrait.