Pokemon: A Gym Leader's Rise(SI)

As of Chapter 5, this story is shaping out to be something amazing. This brings a very interesting take on a more realistic side of the pokemon world. Something of which I've not seen before. Writing quality is solid and its too early to truly rate the character development. Will update in the upcoming future when there's more chapters.

This Pokémon fanfic is a masterpiece! The world-building is rich and immersive, far surpassing the anime's scope. The MC is brilliantly written. A must-read for any Pokémon fan!

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Word count chapter means an automatic 1* for me. Maybe if I actually read it at some point this might go up. Do better.

For those who don't want to read the whole review, I will start with a simple advice. If you love Pokémon anime and think that Ash is the best thing since sliced bread then you should give this novel a read. If you don't? It's more complicated... Writing quality is surprisingly good. Thank God, it's not one of those 'AI assisted' garbage stories that kill your braincells every time you hear something is 'palpable' or a 'testament to smt'. It also isn't an another Chinese Fic and let's leave it at that. Unfortunately that is as far as pros go in my opinion. Technically this is a Reincarnation novel. Author probably really wanted to self insert or give his MC ungodly amount of Pokémon knowledge so he went with Reincarnation. It wouldnt be a problem if he dealt with it better. As is? It's pretty bad. Main character is technically reincarnated and since he was a teenager before his crossing, at this point in the story should be above 20yo. He also, as mentioned has a lot of knowledge. Somehow tho, he is absolutely brainless and unable to think more than 1 step ahead. Not gonna spoil too much but just know that he holds a certain fish Pokémon in an aquarium, inside his closet, while attempting to evolve it (also keeps it a secret from his family). Author sets some rules for Pokémon world but also immediately disregards them for the sake of MCs plans. This might change in the future but as of now, there is absolutely no real training in this novel. MC just had his first fight, which he won thanks to his pokemon evolving while being stomped. He just magically had all the moves without any history of learning them. Oh and another minor spoiler: MC and his sister randomly awaken as an extremely powerful Psychic and ghost power shifted individuals respectively. No training. That's how their "Vortex" family roll. (when I first saw the surname I was hoping it wasn't an Uzumaki reference but then... Well just know that there will be some Naruto fanboying) There are more flaws to this story but this should be enaugh to have an idea if you wanna read this. Good luck.

I read the first chapter soo far its just being born into the world so it is cliche but good start for the book just hope we get more than 100 chapters

Reads like it was written by an AI, but the story doesn't have the tag for it. Would like a response from the author to verify. The reason I'm saying this is that I've used AI to write myself for a while and it overuses similar stylistic devices that I see in here. Short chapters, The final line of a chapter is very often a line that says something about looking at the future without adding anything to the story.

On ch.39 rn, so far I can see good character development and world building. Loving it so far cant wait for more chapters.

Sounds like it's written by AI. I agree with RensT's review. Sadly I didn't read his review before starting. Omg I feel like puking after reading the AI's overly embellished writing and ending of chapter with excessive enthusiasm and hope for the "future". The convos sound fake too and AI tries too much with expressing the emotions. It's really unsettling.

The story is good, the premise is good, but the story feels too stretches out with many paragraphs and dialogues feeling artificial and GPTed. Like I get your goals, how pokemon bonds matter, the MC is now very very childish, parents are proud but you don't have to say this in every chapter, it feels like it's a parental motivational story not a pokemon fan fiction

love the story and can't wait to read more

Writing quality: A lot of sentences feel artificial, like they were modified by AI, in a bad way. I feel less interested every time I read them... Story Development: It is okay as of now, I like the idea of becoming a business magnate in Pokémon world. Character Design: It is good. He feels like a dumb teen, but this is in a good way as it connects with his description. World Background: Now and then author tries put some info in a mysterious manner and for me it seems a little bloated. I think people should be given more time to first digest his initial idea about his AU. Overall: It is a good idea for a story, but I would suggest writing on his own(if he is including AI ... if not I'm sorry author) . It needs inprovement to generate that immersive feeling

Parece prometedora, son solo 10 capítulos, espero que sea una buena y larga historia. (Si se vuelve mala luego cambio mí reseña)(además estaba de buen humor, no me juzguen).

No futuro, o MC terá uma esposa? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~