Shunning the fame that came from winning a huge Pokemon tournament, X has locked himself up in his bedroom and refuses to talk to anyone, including Y and his four other closest friends. But when two legendary Pokemon show up battling one another and a team of red suits who seem up to no good, X's crew demand that he help.

This book is based off of the game of the same name and continues on as a long-running series of follow-up manga. As a result, this book felt like the reader was plopped into the middle of a story (from the game presumably) and then ends with no resolution. Young readers who snap up everything Pokemon are likely to keep going with the series to see what adventures X, Y, and the rest of their friends and Pokemon get up to, but I didn't care for it enough to be interested in many more titles drawing out the story that is barely established here.

The illustrations are in a very typical manga/Pokemon style with big eyes and expressions. I know part of the reason these can be pumped out so quickly is that they are mass market paperbacks with black-and-white illustrations, but I do feel the battle scenes especially would benefit from color illustrations. ( )