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The Red, Green & Blue chapter (Japanese: 第一章 赤 ・ 緑 ・ 青編 The First Chapter: Red, Green, and Blue) is the first chapter of the Pokémon Adventures manga, consisting of forty rounds and spanning three volumes. It was authored by 日下秀憲 Hidenori Kusaka and illustrated by 真斗 Mato. It began serialization in March 1997, and ended in May 1998.

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

Volumes

Monthly issues

Beginning in September 1999, VIZ Media released the Red, Green & Blue chapter and the Yellow chapter 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

Main article: List of Pokémon Adventures omnibus volumes

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, European French publisher Kurokawa began releasing the Red, Green & Blue chapter and the Yellow chapter together as a series of three omnibus volumes. While the Red, Green & Blue chapter and Yellow chapter 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.

Rounds

Main article: List of rounds in the first chapter of Pokémon Adventures

Important events

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Main article: Timeline of events in the first chapter of Pokémon Adventures

Red meets Blue.

Professor Oak gives to Red and Blue the Pokédex.

Bill 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.

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

Red's Bulbasaur, Saur (PS002)

Red's Pikachu, Pika (PS004)

Red's Snorlax, Snor (PS012)

Blue's Golduck prior to (PS018)

Blue's Machoke prior to (PS018)

Blue's Pidgeot prior to (PS018)

Blue's Porygon (PS018)

Blue's Ninetales (PS018)

Red's Diglett (PS018)

Red's Krabby (PS018)

Red's Eevee, Vee (PS020)

Red's Sandshrew (PS023)

Red's Gyarados, Gyara (PS025)

Red's Aerodactyl, Aero (PS026)

Green's Horsea prior to (PS030)

Green's Clefairy, Clefy, prior to (PS032)

Yellow's Rattata, Ratty (PS036)

Green's Nidoran♀, Nido, prior to (PS039)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

Blue's Charmander into Charmeleon prior to (PS005)

Red's Poliwhirl into Poliwrath (PS011)

Red's Bulbasaur into Ivysaur (PS015)

Blue's Machoke into Machamp (PS018)

Blue's Charmeleon into Charizard prior to (PS027)

Green's Wartortle into Blastoise prior to (PS030)

Green's Clefairy into Clefable (PS033)

Red's Ivysaur into Venusaur (PS033)

Removals

The following Pokémon are removed or given away:

Red's Krabby is given to Misty (PS025)

Gym Battles

Red, Blue, and Green defeat the following Gym Leaders:

Only Blaine is never battled at any point.



