Melodies of Time

by IyashiKitsune

Tragedy Drama Adventure FantasyGameLitTime TravelMultiple Lead CharactersTragedyDrama

Shadow rank ~1398–1478 in Drama↓148

A Pokemon fanfiction. A story told by six Pokemon of how they came to know their trainer, with a seventh, deeper story connecting them all. Cover art and the illustrations of Sinori were done by McgMark, and can also be found on his DeviantArt page.

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Current Rank

#44

Peak Rank

#21

Followers

Story Timeline

Started

1y ago

6mo ago

Entered Tragedy RS

6mo ago

#43 Tragedy

6mo ago

Left Tragedy RS

6mo ago

Entered Tragedy RS

6mo ago

#21 Tragedy

6mo ago

Left Tragedy RS

5mo ago

Entered Tragedy RS

5mo ago

#47 Tragedy

5mo ago

Overview Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

24h 7d 30d

Rating Breakdown

Overall4.76

Style5.00

Story1.00

Grammar5.00

Character5.00

Streak History

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #40

8/10/2026

Peak #43

7/21/2026

Peak #26

20d

5/19/2026

Peak #50

5/19/2026

Peak #49

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~99%782

deep field · ~#7565 of 7,628 · 7515 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.1

vs #50 follower pace-74/wk

P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 50–149 chapters

Views

34k

2.0 follows / 1k viewslast 24d

beats 63% of similar stories

Followers

0.47 favs / follower

beats 96% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 24d)82 views/day

beats 34% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Steadyrecent 2.0/1k vs lifetime 2.2/1k

Mid-pack, room on both levers

Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.

At this conversion, the Drama Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 594 views/day — the story currently gets ~82.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.