How I Became a Pokémon Card

A Slice of Life type Pokémon manga. Each volume contained a Pokémon trading card, and the chapters were drawn by Kagemaru Himeno who is an artist for the trading card game.


 * A Boy and His X: An unnamed boy (who turned out to be Bill) and his Dratini in the first chapter, which centers around Pokémon first meeting humans.
 * Badass Long Hair: Giovanni in his young adulthood.
 * Bifauxnen: Kaede, in some panels, seems to be a rather cute young man.
 * Distant Finale: The chapter about a young boy and the injured Persian he befriended skips forward several years at the end, to reveal.
 * Foe Yay: Played with in the case of Erika and Kaede, as Erika doesn't even realize that Kaede is evil.
 * Harmless Villain: Hiroshi is a cute kid who wishes to be a member of Team Rocket. Team Rocket isn't nearly as intimidating as in the games, but they're still a threat. Hiroshi eventually grows up out of his Harmless Villain role, as shown in the author's note at the end of the volume he appears in.
 * Mythology Gag: has a Persian, and Team Rocket is shown in a similar way to the Anime. The ending to  chapter also resembles when in Pokémon Red and Blue.
 * No Export for You: Due to the trading cards involved, don't expect the series to come out outside of Japan ever.
 * Non-Indicative Name: No chapter revolves around becoming Pokémon cards.
 * Papa Wolf: Dragonite did not take kindly to his son being "kidnapped" by humans.
 * Portmanteau Series Nickname: Pokémon Card Ni Natta Wake becomes "Pokewake".
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid:, in one chapter. He nurtures him after he finds him injured, and saves him from being captured.
 * She's All Grown Up: The ending page always shows the main character in the chapter a few years later, often once as a teenager and once as an adult.
 * Transsexualism: Akari is a female-to-male example.