Pok?mon: Sword & Shield, Vol. 12 by Kusaka, Hidenori

Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pok?mon Sword & Shield video games set in the wild Galar region!

Casey Shield, a hacker who invented the Dynamax Simulator, and Henry Sword, a boy who repairs gear for Pok?mon, both dream of entering the Galar region's Gym battles. For Casey, it's a chance to reunite with her lost Pok?mon. For Henry, it's an opportunity to search for the fabled Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield.

Hop and the rest of the team chase after a Legendary bird Pok?mon while Henry and Casey keep training the Pok?mon Kubfu!

Is Kubfu finally trained strong enough to evolve?!

Author: Hidenori Kusaka
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 04/08/2025
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.14lbs
ISBN: 9781974747139
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author
Hidenori Kusaka is the writer for Pok?mon Adventures. Running continuously for over 25 years, Pok?mon Adventures is the only manga series to completely cover all the Pok?mon games and has become one of the most popular series of all time. In addition to writing manga, he also edits children's books and plans mixed-media projects for Shogakukan's children's magazines. He uses the Pok?mon Electrode as his author portrait.

Satoshi Yamamoto is the artist for Pok?mon Adventures, which he began working on in 2001, starting with volume 10. Yamamoto launched his manga career in 1993 with the horror-action title Kimen Senshi, which ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, followed by the series Kaze no Denshosha. Yamamoto's favorite manga creators/artists include FUJIKO F FUJIO (Doraemon), Yukinobu Hoshino (2001 Nights), and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). He loves films, monsters, detective novels, and punk rock music. He uses the Pok?mon Swalot as his artist portrait.