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The Pokémon Special manga series, the "main" Pokémon manga adaptation, has
about 40 volumes and take place along all the Pokémon "generations" but how
are they related to each other?

I mean, the main characters in each saga changes, so I don't understand how or
if they are related to each other or are some kind of "different series" under
the same title.


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Are there any relations between the different "sagas" in Pokémon Special/Pokémon Adventures manga?


They're set in the same universe. Stories sometimes span chapters
(Bulbapedia's name for "sagas"), and main characters from earlier chapters
make appearances in later ones.


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[_Pokemon
**Adventures_**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Adventures) is
**divided into several distinct parts** , or adventures. There are twelve
major divisions at present. Namely

  1. Pokémon Adventures: Red, Blue & Green
  2. Pokémon Adventures: Yellow
  3. Pokémon Adventures: Gold, Silver & Crystal
  4. Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire
  5. Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen
  6. Pokémon Adventures: Emerald
  7. Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl
  8. Pokémon Adventures: Platinum
  9. Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver
  10. Pokémon Adventures: Black & White
  11. Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2
  12. Pokémon Adventures: X & Y

Basically all adventures **take place in the same Pokemon world** (see map
below), but at different locations. Since the manga is based on the video
games it makes sense that the protagonists change from adventure to adventure,
but they remain in the same timeline and world. They remain at different
locations, but their stories intertwine at many occasions. It is therefore not
surprising that **protagonists from earlier adventures reoccur** in later
chapters. This can, for example, be seen when in the third adventure all gym
leaders from Kanto have to compete with those of Johto at the 10th Pokemon
league. It can also be seen in the third adventure that all seven
aforementioned protagonists have to work together to defeat the main villain
in the _Last Battle_ from chapter 167 to 180.

[![enter image description
here!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/u6M4Qm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/u6M4Q.jpg)

I guess you could say that the adventures are seen **from professor Oak's
point of view** , since in that same chapter 180 we can see how Crystal
finished the pokedex. She completed the Pokedex with data on the remaining
Pokemon of the original 251 known Pokemon at the time. At this point we can
see Professor Oak say

> The truth is, about 100 new Pokemon have appeared and I'd thought of asking
> her to help...

[![enter image description
here!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kaz14m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kaz14.jpg)

I doubt those 100 Pokemon just _appeared_. The people of the Hoenn region are
probably well aware of the existence of these Pokemon, but professor Oak,
might just recently have heard about them. So in that sense, we see the world
evolve from the point of view of those from Kanto and especially professor Oak
as the most frequent recurring character in the series.

**Map of the Pokemon world**

[![enter image description
here!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vBZlTm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vBZlT.png)


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