>>46814538It's a pretty solid, if standard, Shounen series based on what I read (everything up to and including Emerald). Out of any adaptation I'm familiar with, it does the best job of portraying a fully realized world, and some of the battles get pretty creative.
>>46814711I'm convinced that everyone who says the manga is edgy is just a massive pussy who has never watched anything darker than the Ashnime.
>>46815267I don't think he used three Pokemon at once, he just employed a strategy that involved switching between three different Pokemon and using their special abilities to sort of jerry-rig a Rain Dance before the move properly existed, allowing him to score the finishing blow.