Kanto Journey - The Beginning

Pocket Monsters: Kanto Journey - The Beginning is the first part of the main story. This part begins with main characters, Redwald Walker and Greta Parker, joining Professor Oak's summer camp in Pallet Town in order to receive their Pokémon Trainer Licences. While the students receive their starter Pokémon and try to build a bond with each other, they learn what it takes to become a trainer. Their only challenge is not learning, but also dealing with enemies. Blake Oak, who always has had a rivalry against Redwald shows up to claim to be better. Madison Dickens, who for some unknown reasons has always been in a competition with Greta, also makes an appearance. Everyone tries to prove themselves, their partner Pokémon, their rivals and the Professor Team that they are worthy trainers who deserve to get the licence.

Plot
,, and ; four students at Professor Oak's laboratory, who are somehow related to at least one another, find themselves in a summer camp, facing each other. While Redwald and Greta become friends, they still have to keep things up to deal with their rivals Blake and Madison, respectively. They receive their first Pokémon and try to prove that they are eligible to receive the Pokémon Trainer Licence. They face their fears, the challenges of nature and the worry of future, but they try to overcome everything.

Purpose
Kanto Journey is supposed to be based on Pokémon remake games Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, which were released for the first time in early 2004. Although the games focus on one trainer who sets off for their journey straight away, Kanto Journey - The Beginning focuses on two trainers, the player character of both genders. Despite of the fact that they do not attend any kind or concept of a summer camp, this part introduces the characters, their relations with each other and their personalities.

Structure
The part contains 10 chapters.

The first chapter is arranged on 27 February 1996 and the last chapter is on 30 April 1996, making it run around 2 months. The first chapter is released on 22 April 2017 and the last chapter is released on 19 July 2017, making it last around 3 months.

In the standard of 13,4 × 19,5 page size, with Verdana in 10 mm font size, leaving for a new page after every chapter, this part consists of 145 pages and 31,171 words, including the chapter titles and excluding all pictures.

Characters
Kanto Journey - The Beginning introduces two human main characters and several human supporting characters throughout the ten chapters. Most trainers have one Pokémon partner that are often characterized. The humans usually appear to be in an action and attempt to improve themselves, while many Pokémon only follow the incidents rather than becoming a reason for something other than their attitudes.



Main Characters
is based on the player character of Pokémon Red & Green and their remakes Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen. He is a young boy who doesn't have enough knowledge of Pokémon and learns more about them, while tries to officially become a Pokémon Trainer. Redwald doesn't have a radical character development. He wants to become a Pokémon Trainer and takes risks of nature while discovering them in the beginning. He becomes one and gets ready for a journey in the end.

is based on the female player character of Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen. She is a young girl who knows quite more about Pokémon and the Pokémon world, yet doesn't have enough experience to use the knowledge she has. Therefore, she wants to become a Pokémon Trainer and work for her parents at Day Care Service. She expresses more character development throughout the chapters. She realizes that she needs to go on a journey before working at Day Care Service and leaves Pallet Town with Redwald unexpectedly.

Supporting Characters


is based on the rival character of the Pokémon games Red & Green and FireRed & LeafGreen. He is a young boy who aims to become a great Trainer. His personality is heavily directed straight from his personality in the games. While he acts very narcissistic, he also achieves great things in his own way with flows once in a while. However, the reason for being Redwald's rival remains mystery.

doesn't have a game counterpart. She is merely created to be the rival of. She shares many features with Blake in common, being over confident about her skills and underestimating her rival all the time. Just like Redwald and Blake's case, the reason of her rivalry with Greta is unknown.

Professor Oak reflects his personality of the games directly. He doesn't serve anything different. Despite of being in the center of control of the events, Oak has more flat-oriented characteristics.

Fennel Walker represents partly her counterpart, Mom in the games. Unlike in the games, she works for Professor Oak, she is the chef assistant of the laboratory, and she has more active role in the course of events compared to stabile and irrelevant role in the games.

Pokémon Characters


, as a starter Pokémon, doesn't meet the criterions of a typical starter Pokémon in the original games of Red & Green, as well as their remakes FireRed & LeafGreen, due to not being one of Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. Eevee is relatively more treated as a three dimensional character by his expanded history and more characteristic features for his relationship with his trainer. He shows a character development throughout the chapters as well. He breaks all the taboos delivered from his past and starts something new in the end.

, just like Eevee, doesn't follow the regular pattern of a starter Pokémon either. Personally, she is treated much different than Eevee, also. She is never distant to her trainer and gets involved in a nice communication with Greta right away. In the other hand, Nidoran is not treated as a three dimensional character as much as Eevee is. Neither much is known about her past, nor does she have particular personal behaviour. Despite of that, she appears in every chapter after being given to her trainer by doing something either small or big.

Other recently given starter Pokémon, such as and  generally appeared only to be there or have a battle. However, some small hints on the personalities of Pokémon are given in the course of events. Cubone appears to be very loyal to his trainer, for example.

Pokémon, that are added to the teams later, such as and, are personalized more. Pidgey, before being caught, is a Pokémon that would mess with other Pokémon around and often attack them. Caterpie, despite of being small and weak, is capable of defeating enemies by following the same tactic that includes String Shot and Tackle. has remarkable memories shared with Caterpie, however, that is due to the fact that he is the rival and a complete alike to Caterpie.