Silver (Pocket Monsters)

Silver (Japanese: 銀次郎 Ginjirō) is a character from the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga. He is a rival of and is based on  from.

History
Silver first appeared in Welcome Back, Clefairy!!, where he was recommended to along with  by Professor Elm to travel around the Johto region and complete the Pokédex. Starting off with a Totodile, Silver receives his hand-held device, a Pokédex, and sets off. During that time, he meets who tells him the basics of training. Unlike the games, he does not steal Totodile but got that honor. He makes a cameo in the next chapter in Professor Elm's flashback.

Silver reappeared in Clefairy, the Battle Instructor, where he has his Totodile battle. During the battle, Clefairy uses a vehicle powered up by to chase Silver and Totodile away.

In Pokémon Snowball Fight, he competes in a race with Red's other rivals. During the race, he does not make it onward after threw him off course with his. Silver reappeared in Return light to Bellossom!! where he helps Red fight off a.

Personality
Silver is very different from his game counterpart as he did not steal the starter Pokémon that had a type advantage to Gold's. Also, he is seen being friendly to Red most of the time in contrast to Red's rivals in Kanto.

Name origin
Ginjirō Silver (Pocket Monsters)