Line #1 Manga/PokemonMysteryDungeonGinjisRescueTeam


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3	''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team'' is a one volume ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' manga by Makoto Mizobuchi. It is loosely based on ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam''. In 2007, the manga was given a serial release in English via ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' and a bound release that same year by Viz media for their "Viz Kids" line.
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5	It stars a boy named Ginji who goes home to look for his birthday presents the day before his birthday. He ends up falling asleep and finds himself in a universe where Pokémon can talk. Ginji, now a Torchic, ends up befriending a Mudkip. The two start a Rescue Team together and their adventure begins.
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7	It received a SpiritualSuccessor in the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] one volume ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team'' manga.
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10	!!This manga contains examples of:
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12	* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: [[spoiler: Instead of staying in the Mystery Dungeon world like the player did in the game, Ginji returns to his world (for what appears to be permanently) and continues living his life.]]
13	* AdaptedOut: Ekans and Medicham, the other two members of Team Meanies, are absent in this manga.
14	* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear whether or not Pokémon actually exist in Ginji's world, as there none are seen during the brief glimpses we see of it. Ginji is shown to be familiar with them and their individual species and his human form is even wears a shirt with a Gastly on it, but ''Pokémon'' could just be a ShowWithinAShow in his world for all we know.
15	* AnimeHair: Ginji has spikey hair as a human.
16	* CowardlyLion: Mudkip is timid and a bit cowardly. He's also prone to TenderTears.
17	* DelayedReaction: Ginji uses a fire attack on Xatu while Xatu is in a psychic trance, and only gets a reaction seconds later.
18	* ForcedTransformation:
19	** Ginji is a human boy who turns into a Torchic.
20	** It turns out that [[spoiler:Gengar]] was once a human as well.
21	* GoodScarsEvilScars: It's never explained why he has it, but Ginji has a "x" shaped scar (or birthmark) on his head.
22	* HotBlooded: Ginji, extra fitting that he wakes up as the Fire-type Torchic.
23	* HumanitysWake: Implied, assuming Ginji's adventure was real. It's mentioned that the incident with the human boy (who is depicted in modern attire) and Ninetales happened roughly 1000 years ago. There are no humans present throughout the Pokémon section of the manga.
24	* KidHero: Ginji is an elementary school-aged boy, and presumably Mudkip is of similar age.
25	* HeightAngst: Ginji is embarrassed that he's under 4'5 at his age.
26	* HeroWithBadPublicity: Everyone believes that Ginji was the Pokémon who was cursed by a Ninetales 1000 years ago and is responsible for all the apocalyptic events that are happening.
27	* OrWasItADream: The manga ends with Ginji waking up at home. He finds the badge he received as a Torchic, but it also could have been his birthday present which makes it impossible to tell if everything was just a dream or not.
28	* SapientEatSapient: Gengar spreads a rumor that Ginji is an "ultra evil" Pokémon who eats other Pokémon.
29	* XMarksTheHero: Ginji has an "x" shaped scar on his forehead, [[MorphicResonance even as a Torchic]].
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Context Manga / PokemonMysteryDungeonGinjisRescueTeam