No.490Gen 4 (Sinnoh)
Manaphy in Japanese
マナフィ
Manafi
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
マma
ナna
フィfi
💡 A big kana followed by a small ャ ュ ョ or ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ is read together as one sound.
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Rumored to migrate across the oceans and visit Hisui's coastal waters only rarely. Although Manaphy resembles Phione, it is also quite different. The relation between the two is unclear.海を渡りヒスイ沿岸にまれに現れると噂されます。フィオネに似るが関係は不明。
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