It has been 3000 years, but we are outside again..... No buildings, no caves, just a good old forest, which is where Pokémon adventure comics should be. :3c This was fun! Surely I will have no problems making another entire page like this whatsoever!

They've been to Castro Forest before a little while ago, travelling west in the cursed loop of getting back to Moraga Town (with the Grass Gym). Now they're on the way south towards the next Gym!

In-game around this time, there was a lot of grinding to get the team to level 50, and a lot of them learned their best moves! Terry's turn was actually a little later, learning Flamethrower at level 52, but it fit the battle against the Ninja Boy here really nicely.
Can't set a foot into this forest without being ambushed by a Ninja. This is their leader Hiroki, Gym Leader Ginta's little brother. He's a big fan of his brother and I think that's adorable.

In a shocking turn of events, I don't have a lot more to say about this! We got fun stuff, cute stuff, 9 intricate paintings in a row... Just normal comic things. The panel of the team training together is definitely in the top 5 panels of the comic so far, if I dare say. 👀


Next time: More of this! I am ignoring the reality that I will have to draw a house again someday.

OH MY GOSH KRIS THIS PAGE IS SO PRETTY AND ADORABLEEEEEEEE

I love all the team interactions!!! I love the implied arson shenanigans!!!!!!!! I love everybody learning new moves and having fun in the forest!!! It's all so sweet and so very very cute!! and GOSH the sunset/nighttime colors are so prettyyyyyyy!!!!

Cute. I usually skip the pokemon ones. But the coloring here is exquisite.

Each panel was an adventure, the colors here are simply DIVINE ✨