Pokmon XY, Vol. 8

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Awesome Pokmon adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokmon X and Y video games!

X was a Pokmon Trainer child prodigy. But now hes depressed and hides in his room avoiding everyoneincluding his best friend Y. An attack on their hometown by Legendary Pokmon Xerneas and Yveltal, led by Team Flare, forces X outside Now what

As the Gym Leaders desperately try to prevent Team Flare from firing their Ultimate Weapon, our friends Trevor, Tierno and Shauna meet a mysterious stranger who reveals vital information about the weapons arcane history. Then, when Legendary Pokmon Xerneas awakens, it looks like an epic battle with Legendary Pokmon Yveltal is about to start. So why is Blue searching for a Legendary Pokmon whose name starts with a Z

Author Bio

Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for VIZ Medias Pokmon Adventures. Running continuously for over20 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. Kusaka is currently working on the 14th story arc, Pokmon: Sun & Moon. 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 VIZ Medias 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. He is currently working on the 14th story arc in the Pokmon series, Pokmon: Sun & Moon. Yamamotos favorite manga creators/artists include Fujiko Fujio (Doraemon), Yukinobu Hoshino (2001 Nights) and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). He loves films, monsters, mysteries, punk rock music and livin the good life. He uses the Pokmon Swalot as his artist portrait.