Volume One, "The Wind of Beginnings," is officially complete!
This is my first time writing a book. Originally, it was simply my love of Pokémon and a powerful flight of imagination that led me to start this story, hoping to fulfill my own wishes and make up for my regrets.
It has plenty of flaws, and my writing is still rough, but at least I managed to tell a complete story. Of course, that was all thanks to everyone's support.
I've read all your suggestions and ideas, and they've given me plenty of inspiration.
Thank you, everyone!
For Volume One, I chose to start in Hoenn mainly because the games I've played the most are Ultimate Green and Dark Phantom, so I naturally ended up choosing Hoenn as the starting point.
As a result, Volume One sometimes leaned too heavily on the game settings over the anime settings. I'll work on improving that in the later volumes.
Because I want to write the best Pokémon World I can imagine, my story will have villains, scumbags, and shady dealings, but the novel as a whole will still lean toward peaceful everyday life, travel, and hot-blooded excitement.
As for the female lead...
Personally, I really like Cynthia, and she was always my intended female lead from the beginning. Later, for a while, some readers didn't want a female lead at all, which left me very hesitant. But as more and more readers supported Cynthia and the idea of having just one female lead, I finally made up my mind to stay true to my original vision and make Cynthia the female lead!
That's settled!
I'm not changing it!
I wonder if any readers noticed the biggest piece of foreshadowing in Volume One?
When Yong first set out on his journey, he met