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10 Things to Know About Pokémon Academy 2021

1.) It is not only a reboot of Pokémon Academy, but it's a reboot of EVERY single one of my Pokémon stories.

Yep, when coming up with the idea of Pokémon Academy 2021, I just didn't want it to be another generic Pokémon Academy reboot. I wanted it to be something different, something to celebrate my time writing Pokémon Fanfiction. So I'm trying to combine EVERYTHING into one story, but not in a hamfisted way.

2.) A lot of my characters went through major changes.

When rebooting a lot of my older characters for Pokémon Academy 2021, I took a hard look at them and dissected them to see what works and what didn't. For example: When it came to Ashley, she was originally a very rude and mean person in Pokémon: Seasons Greetings. So when I decided to bring her back, I toned her down a bit. She's still rude and mean, but it's less abrasive. Or say Jenna from my old Pokemon: The Series - Diamond and Pearl story.

3.) The Academy aspects will have more focus.

I felt like the original Pokémon Academy franchise never really focused on the school aspect as well as "school" tropes which I love so much. So I wanna do that! There will be dances, presidential elections, dances, a picture day chapter, gossip in the hallways, a gifted student getting a bad grade, those kinds of plots. It will feel very schooly. It's why I choose Davey and Ashley to be apart of Normal Class. You'll see Davey and Ashley go through all four years of school starting with Normal Class, but off course each one will different and will be its own "story" somewhat haha.

4.) The story will tackle serious topics.

The story will tackle serious things, such as student-teacher relationships, mental health issues, sexuality, cutting. I wanted the story to feel "real". By that I wanted the human characters to have personal and issues that don't always revolve around Pokémon and their Pokémon related goals. I wanted them to be humans and borrowing an element from PokeProblems, as in talking about real hard hitting issues. But I just didn't wanna throw in things just to throw in things, I wanted to start a conversation and talk about issues that happen to real people. Now, speaking of borrowing things...

5.) The series has elements of EVERY Pokémon Academy

Rather it be from the traveling episode to episode at a convent pace from Pokémon Academy: Developer System, or serious issues from Pokémon Academy: PokeProblems or multiple villains' from Pokémon Academy: The Alolan Experiment, I took the best and worst aspects of my previous Pokémon Academy franchise and analyzed them to see what did and didn't work. But this isn't just a Pokémon Academy reboot, it's a reboot of EVERY Pokémon fanfiction that I ever made.

6.) OCs will be handled differently.

OCs are being handled differently in this story compare to how I did it in the past. I'd describe this story as a original story with my characters living and doing things in the world of Pokémon, that JUST so happens to have characters submitted in it by readers. Learning from mistakes of the past, they won't just appear to appear. They'll have a reason and purpose like all characters, and will add something to overall story. It's why you saw no "SYOC" submitted character in Chapter 1. It's being done differently.

Not only that but EVERY OC ever submitted to me, for any one of my Pokémon Fanfictions has a chance to appear. You'll see old submitted OC after old submitted OC, appearing one after another.

7.) Utah makes a return.

My boy Utah is back! This time though without the Utah/Mewtwo stuff. In fact there will be no "supernatural" stuff this time around. Maybe...

8.) What old things will we see?

The Preparation Camp definitely makes appearances throughout the story. So will Developer System. As for Z-Moves giving people super powers... You'll just have to wait and see?

9.) Are there any ideas that you scrapped that will reappear?

Yes! In fact did I mention that the story not only takes place in Unova, but all regions?! Yep! The students have free reign to go to any region they want. Students at the Academy become Field Researchers. (Based off of Field Research from Pokémon Go), they are assigned a leader and "learn" about things and do tasks, all over the world. it's so fun! One chapter can be about the school in Unova, the next could be about going to Sinnoh's Battle Frontier! It adds variety to the story, but also it helps students learn about going on a Pokémon Journey.

This reboot's universe is more based on the games. It's still it's own thing, borrowing things from the anime and manga, but it mostly follows the games. You'll even see regions from side-games like Orre and Lenthal.

10.) More Serialized.

Something that I felt that hindered my older stories is that it felt like things where always fluffy. This changes in the reboot as things are more Serialized. Events and chapters being set up, after other chapter. It all comes together. Not only that but Every chapter will drop a BOMB. Each chapter is over 90000. I wanna tell a more original story, it's why EVERY single games event has already happened, Elio/Selene became Alola's champion, Team Rocket's disbanded, etc. Though you will see Anime, Manga and Game Characters too though some went through some changes. Such as Ash being a 6 year old kid who Davey babysits and is best friend with Ross daughters Natalie.

BONUS FACT:

You've already met the main villain of the story ;)