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Actually pretty good, not gonna lie. The grammar was pretty bad for the first chapters, but it steadily improved as the chapters went on. It's still quite mediocre at around chapter 900, but at the Alola arc, the amount of grammar errors is pretty much none. It took a long while for it to improve, but at least after the Kanto region the grammar improved enough to be not as cringy as the first arc. Seriously, that introduction was horrible, and I didn't even bother reading it. As for the story itself, it's not bad at all. We see the MC go from beginner trainer and barely figuring out where to go, to being literally the strongest trainer in the world with Pokemon who could rival even avatars of Palkia and Dialga and got the attention of Arceus himself, and all of them got that strength because of the MC actually being a good trainer. The way they gained that strength is actually quite organic too, since they all trained hard. Like, the only Legendary he's caught so far, Kyurem, at first wasn't even as strong as many of the Pokemon he trained while going through each of the region's leagues, and even when he was trained he still could only rival the MC's first Pokemon, an Infernape (though tbf this Pokemon is actually a pretty special one). As for the system, it doesn't really significantly impact the story, at least later on. It was used pretty often early on when he was still figuring out stuff and his team weren't as powerful as they are in the recent chapters, but it has very little influence in the story after Sinnoh. It's not really much of a surprise though, since it was basically just used as a status screen and a bag. It doesn't really give missions and doesn't have much functionality aside from being used to hack into computers and helping out with specific Pokemon. It also gives out information about stuff the MC doesn't really know about, like the mysterious energy that he possesses, and even then the info is quite vague and probably incomplete. Still, the system is quite helpful for training his Pokemon, but it's only one of the reasons why he became as strong as he is. So yeah, if you're concerned about this being a system slave fic, it's nothing like that. The MC's journey is quite a thrilling one for the first few arcs, but after all that training and fighting, he basically breezes through everyone, even the evil organizations, because of the skills he's developed throughout his travels, only being held back because he starts over in every region and uses new Pokemon to challenge the League. It's actually a pretty clever way to nerf the MC without actually nerfing him, as his past Pokemon are still available to him and can be transfered at any Pokemon Center. Also, the world is adjusted to be more realistic, so stuff like crimes and fights are a bit more serious here, though trainer fights still only make the losing side faint; there are actually very few deaths displayed in this fic, despite the numerous graphic depictions of violence like torture and breaking limbs. Also, this means that ridiculous stuff like Ash's Pikachu being beaten by a fucking beginner Snivy despite him being a finalist in two Leagues isn't a thing here, nor are the Legendary Pokemon downplayed like in the games and anime. In this fic, they're real forces of nature that can destroy entire cities and change entire landscapes, with the strongest ones ranging from being able to destroy an entire continent to outright destroying the world with their mere presence. So expect to see the regional evil organizations fail at procuring their respective Legendary Pokemon, as they're way too strong to be contained. Like hell, the Creation Trio, Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina, are way too strong to even appear in the world, so they resort to sending out avatars of themselves that have only a fragment of their true power. So yeah, quite a solid fanfic even if it had a pretty rough start.

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The story is all over the place. You have characters from other series being introduced, other power systems such as magic from Fairy Tail and bending from AtLA, characters suddenly being introduced with no warning, characters having the wrong names at times, and overall the writing feels incredibly inconsistent. The author also seemed to switch to using AI after around 20 chapters or so, which while it was a good decision, it came at the cost of making the story feel robotic and soulless. Further editing is needed, because there's barely any dialogue between characters, and even what is there reads like something out of a ChatGPT prompt. So much of the writing after chapter 19 is very much tell and not show, which, along with the subsequent chapters being written by AI, is mainly the reason why the story feels so detached from emotions. We do not feel the internal turmoil the protagonist feels throughout the story, nor the intensity of the clashes that the characters go through, it's simply something like: "MC gazes at the children whose parents he killed and is giving a proper burial to. Their gazes convey their sadness and grief at the sight. They ask MC's name. The MC tells them, and they run away in fear." This is literally a scene from the novel; I just paraphrased it to fit in this review. Just look at how dull and lifeless that quote sounds. The author didn't even bother making the MC actually say what he needed to say here. Not even gonna touch on the plot since it's incredibly convoluted. All I can say is that it's rather reminiscent of Chinese fantasy novels, which is NOT a good thing in my books. So yeah, not a good read in my eyes.

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