It’s good, but since this isn’t some heavy book I would recommend using thieves and criminals rather than terrorists because it’s more light hearted, less serious, and I would think lee would have good memories of team rocket from the anime, like most pokemon fans.

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IT work sucks nigger

What a treat! A long chapter. I'm just sad that this is the last one for now.

Did Brendan just call Zinnia a thot... That line was better than Shakespheare.

Corvisquire from Galar, hmmm, interesting choice. I wonder how their society deal with invasive species, KILL 'EM WITH FIRE? That is a big problem, trainers can bring pokemon from another region and release them into the wild. I wonder how the international relationship is like between the regions given how much freedom trainers have. Does pokemon even eat other pokemon? If they only eat berries, then invasive species seem less of a problem. I sure hope berries are abundant in that case.

I enjoyed this log much more than I had anticipated, but consider your previous chapters, I shouldn't have been surprised.

Nice, the focus on the role of the team rather than typing is a good decision. In their world, the typing would probably no longer be as consistent and reliable as the game. Flying-types may not be auto-immune to ground type moves, for example it can still be hit by Earthquake if it was on the ground or mud shot can land if not dodged. I wonder how much you are going to apply type effectiveness in this fic.

Sorry for your job, hope things are getting better for you.

ohhhh snap, the game and anime is mixing. Lee's existence would prove Zinnia's thoery about multiverse. You are just throwing so much potential into this fanfic, I love it. Zinnia's change in attitude after the battle was a great change from the way she had acted in the game, I hope this time she can use her words to communicate rather than dis Steven this time. Her pushy nature and sheer desire to win was well communicated through their interactions and Zinnia's underhand tactics.

Lee's short summery of the environment before battle triples as Lee's consideration for not causing unfortunate accidents, important information for a trainer to think and plan, and let the reader to visualize the field. Excellent.

Zinnia is really under a lot of hate due to the way she acted in the game. I never played ORAS so I don't know the full story, just the fandom and rumors. I'm seeing the possibility of Zinnia learning to calm her mind and learn to be more civilized about her way of doing things.

Thanks for another great chapter, it would be even better if you fix a couple of minor errors at the begginning:
Brendan releases in a flash of light Mudkip - Brendan releases Mudkip in a flash of light
jerk of his handshakes Lee from his spiraling thoughts - jerk of his hand shakes Lee from his spiraling thoughts

I really think the pokemon society needs to up their game on educating children about pokemon from a young age. Stealing the offspring from a wolf is dangerous enough, much more so for a giant wolf that can shoot electricity at will. You'd expect people from that world to respect nature a bit more with all the pokemon being so intelligent and humane. I guess no matter the world, people take what they get for granted.

Damn, Vulpix is racist... for real though, judging other pokemon by their species is very normal (as frowned upon as people make prejudice out as). I'm not disappointed by this development. Brendan and Lee seem to have a half teacher-student half companion relationship which I believe is a good choice by you. Especially, with their differing world view and personality. Lee tended to avoid trouble and preferred to let other people handle problems rather than to be the hero. Brendan was an energetic teenager who wasn't afraid of trouble. Lee was logical and a bit cold, whereas Brendan acted with less thinking and jumped into action straight away.

I noticed that Vulpix's psychic ability was growing. At the beginning she could only pass her emotions, now she could pass images. The psychic link was also a highly useful ability, had Prof. Birch had it with his Medicham, he wouldn't be needing help from May and Lee to intimate the Zigzagoons away.

I'm starting to question what Lee's inner voice was. Was it a deeper consciousness that surfaces at times? A personality split? Or what. I am intrigued, so good job.

Good luck and have a nice day.

Oh man, it's been so long since I watched Advanced so I don't remember what happened in the anime in these scenes. I wish I could compare the differences to hypothesize how this fanfic would go, but alas, not everything could go my way.

While I respect the effort to stay true to the canon, I hope that it does deviate or focus on Lee instead not Ash, because this is Lee's story (I hope) not Ash's. On the other hand, if you have a clever deviation, I would also love to see a different Ash or the same Ash but from a different light. Although, from the way Ash was described in this chapter, that doesn't seem too likely.

Not much have happened in this chapter, just the introduction of Ash and May, but I guess it is a necessary one, so I won't judge.

Good luck and have a nice day.

Another excellent chapter, you've done a great job on the short slice of life / training montage. I really liked Lee's reaction to the price of the poke-product and how he was hesitant on battling at the start. That little part about how he feels about battling change from 'I don't want to hurt my nor other's pokemon to 'looks like that's not a problem' was simple, but it says a lot about the nature of battling and was also very in character for Lee.

Lee was a very relatable character for me and probably many other people who are late teen and beyond. He experimented with what Vulpix can do and tried to expand her ability creatively using observations and previous knowledge, something I would try to do if I were in his shoes.

The only thing that may become a problem is that so far Lee has been too perfect. Not only was he smart and analytical, he also had incredible will power and patience, as shown by him enduring challenging physical exercises and finishing multiple books with similar nature to textbooks in just three weeks. I'm not sure if Lee was a 5.0 GPA student when he was in collage or he had an IQ of 200, but that didn't seem humanly possible, especially considering what the title of those books suggest. Or maybe his body and brain was adapting to the pokemon world hence he was able to do these superhuman feats. For now, I shall suspend my disbelief and continue to enjoy this masterpiece to be.

I can't wait to read the next chapter. I hope ash is more competent and grounded in reality than he was in the anime, I have a high hope and expectation considering how well done this fanfic is so far.

Good luck.

Wow, I'm very impressed with how realistic this is. Professor Birch's acceptance to Lee's experience made sense considering how magical the pokemon world is. In the game, people were really kind to each other giving free items and allowing the player to go into their houses without calling the cops, so Birch being so kind and understanding also made sense.

I like the way you wrote pokemon to be intelligent, benevolent, and individualistic. I can see Zigzagoon and Taillow being friendly to human since they are close to a peaceful town. I tend to view the starting town to be very harmonic with nature so your portrayal of Zigzagoon and Taillow fit right in. The way Vulpix was so supporting of Lee and Lee's decision to respond kindness with kindness made me look forward to the development of their relationship.

You gave a realistic personality to Brandon considering how young he is. I look forward to seeing may as well.

You've established a likable pair of protagonists (I assume Vulpix will play a big role in this fiction) and a good starting point. I look forward to reading more and comment my thoughts.

Please don't disparage this writing. I see great potential in both this fiction and you as a writer. Good luck.

All I have to say about this story is that it’s a story it doesn’t make me smile or really feel too much emotion from it

I stayed up way too late just so i could finish reading the latest chapter. I really like your writing, you tell a great story!

This is a good fic. Is it dead?

*jabs repeatedly in the ribs*
You still alive?