A former MMA fighter finds himself reincarnated as a young orphan in the unforgiving Pokémon World.
Unlike the cheerful and bright world he once saw on screens, this version is brutal, filled with danger, desperation, and morally gray decisions.
Pokémon battles are intense, injuries are real, and survival often means stepping into the shadows.
With no family, no allies, and no guidance, he must use his fighting instincts and quick thinking to carve a path forward.
Every day is a test of strength, cunning, and willpower in a world where even children fight to stay alive.
DISCLAIMER: This is a non-commercial fanfiction. I do not own the Pokémon franchise.
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This is fantastic, really recommend it.
Its more than readable with excellent writing and style, and its enjoyable with it taking the route of a competent person being competent. Its slightly lacking in depth, but that's more because it's not drawn out.
The first chapter was a little weird, causing me to hesitate for some reason. But After that the story just rushes forward into an enjoyable and smart story. I really like that this fanfiction latches onto the fact that there are mountain-destroying monsters, and the fact there is a tradition of young children taking a journey to grow stronger on their own, with a world spanning organisation, not ruling, but instead encouraging those children to take that journey.
Pokemon, if one looks past the happy fantasy of collecting friends, is a world that needs, or needed in the past, its children to be battle-ready. Very few Pokemon fanfiction addresses this fact. But this one does it well or is at least close.
—-To be a critic—
There are some small things in the story to have an opinion about that appear in some chapter. The simplest and an early example would be Jenny and Joys not being able to tell the difference between each other. It woud have helped world building while giving character to the Jennys and Joys if they could. (Its only a single sentence in one chapter)
But there are some others more relevant: like the lack of descriptions. Or that the MC is shown as the most competent, which is actually fine since its in a way that does not diminish other characters. There also hasen't been anything that's explained why fights happen as if it is in a game, why do pokemon have health, why do they faint. There is also nothing that explains what makes a competent trainer, maybe because they have better Pokémon? But that would stale, or maybe there is a reason that makes competence have no issue beyond the basics?
Things, details that gets attention but nothing that is a fault or problem. If one does not get caught on it at least
But there is only one thing that actually needs fixing. With me being really nitpicking.
It is that time passing is sometimes brough upp weirdly. For example. It is written that for the next two hours they'd did this, then it is write That after another two hours past they moved on. Basically bringing up that the same two hours passed twice times or more. Happens sort of often which is why I bring it up.
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The world setting is solid, it doesn't take 90 or more chapters to get an idea for what has and can happen, being optimistic is hard but; the calm and mature character of the MC is a solid choice in hindsight. Recommended if you look for a seinen Pokémon story.
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