Starter Pokémon/Manga/Pokémon Pocket Monsters

In Pokémon Pocket Monsters, is depicted distributing the choice of one out of three starter Pokémon -,  or  - to Pokémon Trainers as they begin their journeys, much like in other media. chooses as his starter Pokémon, and while  was offered the choice as well, he decided to keep a  that he met on his way to Professor Oak's lab as his starter instead.