Pokémon Adventures volume 30

Pokémon Adventures volume 30

Info Chapters included PS338 - PS346 Manga series Pokémon Adventures

Volume 30 is the thirtieth volume of the Pokémon Adventures manga authored by 日下秀憲 Hidenori Kusaka and illustrated by 山本サトシ Satoshi Yamamoto. It is the first volume in the Diamond & Pearl arc.

In VIZ Media's translation, this volume is published as volume one of a separately numbered series, "Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum".

Publications

	Edition	Country	Company	Date	ISBN
	First Edition	Japan	Shogakukan	December 25, 2008	ISBN 4091407706
	First Edition	US/Canada	VIZ Media	March 1, 2011	ISBN 1421538164
	First Edition	Singapore	Chuang Yi	June 2, 2009	ISBN 9789812768629

Rounds

• Round 338 – Stagestruck Starly
• Round 339 – A Bevy of Bidoof
• Round 340 – Extreme Luxio
• Round 341 – Putting a Crimp in Kricketot
• Round 342 – A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium
• Round 343 – Honey for Combee
• Round 344 – Belligerent Bronzor
• Round 345 – Robust Rotom
• Round 346 – Ring Around the Roserade (I)

Important events

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

• Diamond and Pearl go on a journey with Platinum Berlitz due to a misunderstanding.
• Diamond and Pearl receive Pokémon and Pokédexes from Platinum.
• Paka and Uji follow Diamond and Pearl, who they believe kidnapped Platinum.
• The trio help an outcast Luxio back to its pride.
• Platinum defeats Roark.
• A shadowy character invades Valley Windworks to steal electricity.
• The trio encounter a mischievous glowing ball in the Old Chateau.
• The trio meet Gardenia.
• Tru, Chimler, and Piplup evolve at the exact same time.

Party Changes

Additions

• Diamond's Turtwig "Tru" in PS338.
• Pearl's Chimchar "Chimler" in PS338.
• Platinum's Piplup in PS338.

Evolutions

• Diamond's Turtwig into Grotle in PS346.
• Pearl's Chimchar into Monferno in PS346.
• Platinum's Piplup into Prinplup in PS346.

Gym battles

Platinum defeats the following Gym Leaders:

• Roark in PS342

Translation edits

VIZ Media has started a "second series" with this volume, publishing the Diamond & Pearl arc concurrently with older volumes from the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc, using this volume as #1 of the second series. Although it is unknown why they decided to release a second series (most likely to catch up with the series quicker), the reason behind why they are calling the Diamond & Pearl arc "Diamond, Pearl and Platinum" (unlike in Japan, where D/P and Platinum are two separate chapters entirely) is most likely due to the fact that there is another Pokémon manga released by VIZ Media entitled Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!, which may have caused confusion if they had titled the second series "Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl".

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.