JasonKun said: Based on the inclusion of Kotone this seems to be based more on their gameverse incarnations. Would anyone object to me swapping out the names to fit?
It was tagged as pokemon special by the artist. It's not very clear who's who but Special Red, Sapphire and Kotone. Kotone has their own game fans (Hibiki, Rival) right there. In my opinion, he included her in this way because she didn't appear in the manga, and so the only game charas would be GSC Silver, GSC Gold and Kotone. I hope it's clearer now.