Pokemon: The Champion's Road from the Bottom

[Pokemon] [Commoner’s Rise] [Gritty Realism] [No Overpowered Hero, Growth Story] [Academy + Journey] [Long, Slow-Burning Story]

In a modern city where Pokemon and humans coexist, being a Trainer is a symbol of glory at the very top of the social pyramid.

Yet behind the glamour, countless impoverished youngsters have already fallen before their journeys could even begin.

Lei Ming transmigrates into this world and becomes an orphan from its poorest district, ignored by the system and trampled by fate.

He cannot choose where he comes from. All he can do is climb, become a “genius” in everyone’s eyes, and struggle onward beneath the Spotlight.

He doesn’t want to be a hero.

He only wants to grow stronger, protect the faint light that belongs to him, and show the world that even a commoner can forge an extraordinary path as a Trainer.

There truly are many beautiful things in this world: friendship, freedom, dreams…

But I know that without the strength to protect them, they will eventually scatter on the wind and vanish without a trace.

[The pacing is a little slow at the beginning, so feel free to skip ahead. It gets much better after Chapter 23.]