'Mysterious Thief Pokemon 7' is quite an interesting manga. I picked it up during my Tokyo trip in early June before starting work. As the synopsis by Dogasu says, it deals with a youngster named Hiori who appears as a weak trainer during the day, but is in reality the mysterious thief Pokemon 7 at night.
His team consists of Lucario (as major powerhouse), Mime Jr. (as a tricky little brat), Drifblim (for travelling), Tangrowth (mostly vine work), Lickilicky (its long tongue gets handy sometimes) and Gallade (for its powerful upclose strikes).
He has a 'rival' named Rock, dressed as a magician, and has a Gardevoir (for Teleport) and Magmortar (as powerhouse). He tries to be antagonistic, but is in reality someone who just tags along all the time, saving Hiori at cricital moments.
Hiori has a sister named Lily, kidnapped by Team Galactic at a young age for her aura-guiding ability. They brainwashed her with Mismagius, and equipped her with powerful pokemon like Dusknoir. Hiori eventually manages to save her, and together they work to crack down Team Galactic's ultimate aim in capturing Darkrai. The boss of TG here is called Io (the asteroid of Jupiter), and TG is in posession of powerful Pokemon like Porygon-Z, Electivire, Magnezone, Rampardos, Abomasnow and Heatran.
The thing with Nazuna is really just a side plot to the story in this volume, and she knows of Hiori's identity by the end of this volume. The whole Darkrai issue is solved here, and though it is done through defeating it, it is a reminiscence of the Ranger plots if you ask me. Villain trying to gain control of a legendary, fails to control it, the hero overpowers it and calms it.
There should be more volumes since the preview says a new rival to Hiori will appear.
Coronis~
