intro
>Title:”What is a pokemon ranger?”
>box:”A pokemon ranger is a one of the occupations within the world of pokemon. They protect nature and pokemon and solve a variety of problems by enlisting the help of pokemon. Let’s look at what pokemon rangers through this manga!”

>”Kou”
>”he is a newcomer pokemon ranger at a post that is in charge of nature conservancy. He loves nature from the bottom of his heart and he possesses a sharp sense of smell.”

>”sonoko”
>”A female pokemon ranger who is partnered up with Kou. Uses a rope. She has complete control over the rope on her hip when she uses it.”


page 1
>narrator:”Once upon a time in a certain nature filled forest.”

>Kou:”sniff sniff”

>Kou:”Over here officer sonoko!”
>Sonoko:”Officer Kou, wait!"

>Kou:”I spotted him! He is injured just like I thought he’s hurt!”


page 2
>Sonoko:”Just hang on a sec!”

>”It’s not a pokemon from around here. It must be a lost pokemon and while it was wandering around ....”
>Kou:”yeah it must have fallen down that cliff.”

>”Alright, I’m done treating him.”
>Sonoko:”We’ll escort you down the mountain.”



page 3
>”Your sense of smell is amazing as usual.”
>”Not only did you know where he was, you even knew he was injured.”
>Kou:”I am just sensitive to when things smell different from usual.”

>Eiji:”officer Kou, officer Sonoko”
>Kou:”Eiji-senpai”

>Eiji:”It’s urgent, report back to HQ.”

>pokemon ranger Headquarters

>Eiji:”Look here.”

>”This surveillance footage from a different jurisdiction,”


page 4
>Kou:”Whoa… That’s terrible. Those trees are all violently cut down and dug up.”
>Eiji:”They aren’t just cutting them down.”
>“To transport all of the specific wood they want, they are also indiscriminately cutting all the surrounding trees as well."

>sonoko:”Is it… a sacred tree? ”
>Eiji:”Yes”


>”A rare breed that is told to only grow only under specific conditions, a sacred tree.”
>”The ones illegally cutting them down are a smuggling ring who operate in the shadows.”

>”the sacred tree is a rare and valuable resource. There are a number of sponsors who are willing to pay big money for it, these rings are doing business with those people.”

>”Among those sponsors there seems to be even some that would turn the sacred tree into a sculpture of a pokemon before buying it.”

>Sonoko:”That’s terrible!”

>Eiji:”We got tipped off that this ring is planning to go after the sacred tree of this forest.”
>”There is a high chance they have already invaded here.”
>”I’m sending you guys over to investigate at once.”



page 5
>”The sacred tree is located at the….”
>Sonoko:”We always go patrol there so we already know!”
>Kou:”We’re off!”

>Sonoko:”Do you smell any intruders?”
>Kou:”Not at the moment. I wonder if they haven’t arrived yet?”

>Sonoko:”According to the footage taken by the surveillance cameras there were 3 perpetrators.”

>”The first one is a diglett trainer. It can detect what type and how old a tree is. He is probably also in charge of digging when uprooting the sacred trees. "

>”The second one is a scyther trainer. It can cut up any tree no matter how big.”

>”The third one is a doublade trainer. He seems to be the one that sculpts the sacred trees.”


page 6
>”There seems to be a leader who orchestrates everything, but”
>”But it seems it is not known yet what kind of pokemon he uses.”

>Kou:”We’re here.”

>”It’s the sacred tree.”

>”Let’s hurry up and form the formation to protect….”

>Sonoko:”Huh? Don’t you think something smells weird?”
>Kou:”Huh? Not in particular.”
sfx:bomu

>Sonoko:”Then it must be my imagination. Must be so if you don’t sense anything.”



page 7
>Kou:(Huh?)
>(I can’t smell the sacred tree.)

>(Usually there would be pure and dignified fragrance coming from it…)
>(so why?)

sfx:”bah”

>Kou:”Rampardos!”
sfx:”gakih”

>Goon3:”Well well. You’re a tough one!”
>”My attack got completely warded off!”

>Sonoko:”You’re the doublade trainer in charge of sculpting!”
>Goon3:”Darn! They found out what I look like!”


page 8
>Leader:”Guess there is no helping it.”

>Kou:”Is he the leader?”

>goon1:”Sis! This sacred tree is about 500 years old.”
>Leader:”I see!”

>”Our sponsor wants an arceus sculpture made out of a sacred tree.”
>”From the top of my head that would sell for more than 50 million!”

>Kou:”You can’t just turn an invaluable life like that into money you thoughtless fiends….”

>goon3:”Life he says.”
>goon2:”You’re talking about a tree that neither speaks nor moves.”
>”Eitherway it has already lived for 500 years, that's more than enough.”



page 9
>Kou:”For this bountiful forest, ”
>”We pokemon rangers have been sent out to protect all living creatures that live within it.”
>”We won’t forgive anyone who would lay waste to this forest to satisfy their greed.”

>”For the sacred tree… no,”
>”For the entire forest we will not let you get away with this!”

>Leader:”Oh my. How brave of you.”
>”So you’re going to force us to leave, huh.”

>”Well let’s see if you can.”

sfx:”zuih!”


page 10
sfx:”doka doka”

“dan”

>Sonoko:”Toxic spikes!”

sfx:”bara bara bara”

“pusu pusu”

“dosah”


page 11
>goon1:”sand attack”

>Kou:”Ugh… I can’t see.”

>Sonoko:”Officer Kou, can’t you tell where they are by smell?”
>Kou:”The thing is….”

>”My nose isn’t working…!”
>”Ever since I got close to here….”

>Sonoko:”What? But how?”

>Leader:”Oh, that’s interesting. So you have an acute sense of smell.”

>”Me clearing off humans and pokemon had an unexpected side effect.”

>Kou:”What do you mean?”

>Leader:”I’m talking about this.”
sfx:”bomu!!”


page 12
sfx:”nuh”

>Kou:”Sku-skuntank!”

sfx:”nih”
“bofuh!”

>Sonoko:”Officer Kou!”

>Leader:”To ward off any people I scattered around the liquified smell of Skuntank’s tail.”
>”If you smelled it from afar with an acute sense of smell it doesn’t work as intended.”
>”However as you would expect it is quite effective when you’re hit with it from point blank.”



page 13
sfx:”dosa dosa”

>”All that’s left is a lonesome emptyhanded ranger.”
>"Sonoko:"...Argh!"

>Leader:"Hm?"
sfx:”popopo”

”POPOPOPOH”

>Goon2:”Ugh! I’m completely drenched!”
>Leader:”Bubble!?”

sfx:”bah”

“BASOBASOBASOBASO”


page 14
>Sonoko:”Officer Kou, get a hold of yourself!”
>Kou:”uuuurgh!”
>Leader:”This is bad! We’re withdrawing from this place for today!”
>goon1:”Understood, sis!”

>Kou:”Don’t think I’ll let you get away!”

sfx:”bah”

>Leader:”You think you can catch all four of us with just one pokemon?”
sfx:”dah!!”

>Kou:”You think Vespiqueen is by herself?”
>”Don’t you know?”

>”Similiarlu to you guys…”
>”Vespiqueen is a queen that is attended by tons of combees!”
sfx:”bubububububu”


page 15
>Kou:”I laid out this defense formation as soon as we arrived here a defense order around the sacred tree”

>”And just now for you guys who are trying to escape”

>”An attack order!”

sfx:”bubububububu”

>Kou:”Eiji-senpai. We captured the 4 of them. Please call the police for us.”


page 16
>”Thanks Piplup and pachirisu.”
>Sonoko:”Did you follow us to give us your gratitude? Or did you want to become one of our allies?”

>Kou:”Look.”
>”There are sprouts coming out of the sacred tree!”

>”It’s a very vivid smell. I can feel tons of lifeforce from them…”
>Sonoko:”It seems like your sense of smell is back.”

>Kou:”It still has a lot of years left in him.”
>”We should never let anyone take this life for their own selfish reasons.”

>”Let’s protect go and protect this bountiful nature.”