Red, Green & Blue chapter (Adventures)

The Red, Green & Blue chapter (Japanese: 第一章 赤 ・ 緑 ・ 青編 The First Chapter: Red, Green, and Blue) is the first of the Pokémon Adventures manga, consisting of forty s and spanning three s. It was authored by 日下秀憲 Hidenori Kusaka and illustrated by 真斗 Mato.

The chapter features the journeys of and  through Kanto, conquering the eight Gyms and the Pokémon League. Later, a third Trainer,, comes into the plot. Together, they destroy Team Rocket, an evil organization that uses Pokémon for illegal actions. Red also assists Blaine in capturing and saves  from wild Pokémon in Viridian Forest. Eventually, defeats  in the Pokémon League.

Monthly issues
Beginning in September 1999, VIZ Media released the Red, Green & Blue chapter and the as a series of monthly comic books, preceding their collected volume releases of the manga. In total, 18 monthly single issues were released of the Red, Green & Blue chapter.

Omnibus releases
An omnibus release of the Red, Green & Blue chapter was released by Shogakukan in July 2017, with a total of two volumes. These volumes were later released in English by Shogakukan Asia in July 2018 under the title "Pokémon Adventures RGB".

Beginning in June 2014, publisher Kurokawa began releasing the Red, Green & Blue chapter and the  together as a series of three omnibus volumes. While the Red, Green & Blue chapter and had been previously released in France by publisher Glénat, these volumes feature a new translation. Kurokawa's omnibus volumes contain all the adventure route maps from the original Japanese volumes, but lack the character introduction pages from the beginning of the volumes.

Important events

 * Red meets Blue.
 * gives to Red and Blue the Pokédex.
 * helps Red with his Pokémon Storage System.
 * Red meets Green.
 * Red, Blue, and Green defeat Team Rocket.
 * Red defeats Blue and becomes the League Champion.

Additions
The following Pokémon are obtained:
 * Red's, Saur (PS002)
 * Red's, Pika (PS004)
 * Red's, Snor (PS012)
 * Blue's prior to (PS018)
 * Blue's prior to (PS018)
 * Blue's prior to (PS018)
 * Blue's (PS018)
 * Blue's (PS018)
 * Red's (PS018)
 * Red's (PS018)
 * Red's, Vee (PS020)
 * Red's (PS023)
 * Red's, Gyara (PS025)
 * Red's, Aero (PS026)
 * Green's prior to (PS030)
 * Green's, Clefy, prior to (PS032)
 * Yellow's, Ratty (PS036)
 * Green's, Nido, prior to (PS039)

Evolutions
The following Pokémon evolve:
 * Blue's into  prior to (PS005)
 * Red's into  (PS011)
 * Red's into  (PS015)
 * Blue's into  (PS018)
 * Blue's into  prior to (PS027)
 * Green's into  prior to (PS030)
 * Green's into  (PS033)
 * Red's into  (PS033)

Removals
The following Pokémon are removed or given away:
 * Red's is given to Misty (PS025)

Gym Battles
Red, Green and Blue defeat the following Gym Leaders:
 * Brock (PS005)
 * Misty (PS008)
 * Erika (PS020)
 * Blaine (PS026)
 * Lt. Surge (PS030)
 * Koga (PS031)
 * Sabrina (PS032)
 * (PS038)

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