In the year 20XX, GF quietly released Pokemon: Boundaries, a legendary online game that would define a generation.
On launch day, the official website was swamped.
Lin Che was lucky enough to get into the closed beta.
The wind felt warm against his face, and Pokemon had heartbeats.
It was the utopia every fan had dreamed of.
Until the first player died.
Until he realized there was no logout button.
Until the number of players online dropped from 100,000 to 99,847.
This world was real,
the Pokemon were real,
the pain was real,
and so were the quests that put their lives at risk.
A story about 100,000 real people trapped in a real Pokemon world.
Pokemon can die, and so can people.
But there is always a way to survive.
[Pokemon * light novel * survival game * online game breakdown * not a power fantasy * mildly dark * slow burn]
The writing is really good. You can feel the bond between the protagonist and Pokémon. Because the setting of this book is relatively cruel, the emotions feel more real. It doesn't have the fake passionate feeling like reading some Pokémon articles before. Well, it just feels awkward. Basically, there is no poisonous point so far, and some foreshadowing has been done. I look forward to the subsequent plot. Come on. By the way, I think the cover is a bit ugly.
"Elegance", the word came into my mind after reading the first chapter. I originally wanted to write a review right then and there, but I couldn't. It would be irresponsible, so I spent 2 days reading all the updates. It is still "elegance", so real that "elegance". This "elegance" is never a pile of rhetoric, but a kind of extreme restraint and truth. Use the most restrained and plain words to write the most piercing sense of reality and destiny. The author did not use exaggerated screams and roars to exaggerate despair. Instead, he wrote "the death of the first player", "the disappearing logout button", and "the number of people online who dropped sharply from one hundred thousand" in line drawings. These statements without emotion are more powerful than any hysterical shouting, because they tell you that everything here is true. The Pokémon's heartbeat is real, the warmth of the wind blowing on the cheek is real, the pain is real, and death is real. It is like a dull knife, silently cutting open the shell of the fairy tale, revealing the cold rules of survival underneath. But it is this "unmodified" truth that gives it an almost cruel elegance. More suffocating than hysterical shouting. This kind of writing style is really rare in online articles. Many articles with the same theme either rely on stacking settings or rely on mindless coolness, but instead lose this sense of reality that can make people sink into it. This writing style, which does not show off skills or sensationalism, but touches real fear and despair every word, is itself the ultimate "elegance". It is restrained and precise, does not please readers, but uses the simplest pen to write the heaviest weight. Come on, hard work may not necessarily pay off, but if good stories are not seen by everyone, I will probably regret it.
It's okay, the pace is fast, not draggy, and the tension and mortality at the beginning are a bit like Sword Art Online. However, the author has a lot of repetitive descriptions. The same descriptions in a short period of time will make people feel tired. The overall writing style is good. If you like the more down-to-earth and slow-paced writing, you can enter. If you like the more down-to-earth and slow-paced writing, you can quit. I hope the author can continue to work hard. There is still great potential 👍
You can avoid pitfalls after discontinuing the update (please give me a thumbs up). Although I think it's pretty good and the setting is quite novel, it's a pity not to pick it up later. Many of the pitfalls are a bit big. I don't know what they are. It would be better to slow down the pace. It can provide ideas for other authors (end of this book)
It's okay, but it's a little depressing. There could be more interaction between the protagonist and Pokémon. Also, I don't know why. When I watched it, I just felt that it should be expanded by AI. There are a lot of details, but this kind of dark style is still rare. Tomato is considered a good product.
The overall feeling is very good. Unlike other protagonists who travel to the elf world, it feels very casual and rational, as if being pushed by things, but having its own goals.
It's okay. It's better than I expected. I came here because the book is short. The only drawback is that there are too few.
There is a sense of depression and a feeling of being told in a flat and straightforward manner. It should be a little more passionate and foreshadowing.
It's very interesting, more like a normal person than other novels, with a lot of brains So well written.
It feels a little depressing, which I think is pretty good and novel.