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Hard Enough

Hard Enough

by Viva01

ActionAdventureDramaSlice of Life
Shadow rank ~#289 in Drama↑33

The world of pokemon is synonymous with young boys and girls going on a journey and facing many challenges. This story is not like that. This story is about a SI coming into one of the most prominent companions of the pokemon world. Unlike other stories, Brock is already established and has gone on his journey. He's faced challenges and returned home to be other people's challenges. Which, there's a lot more to than most people realise. Explore an alternate pokemon universe with an expanded cast and more mature ideals through the eyes of Brock, Gym Leader to Pewter City Gym, and family man.

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24h7d30d90dAll
Current Rank
N/A
Peak Rank
N/A
Followers
6,472
+33
Story Timeline

Started

4y ago

Tracking

3mo ago

OverviewViews and follower statisticsEngagementProseChapters
Ranking History
Track position changes over time
24h7d30d
Favorites
2,709
+13
FVR
0.09%
Rating
4.72
Ratings
1,650
+10
Reviews
N/A
0
Comments
N/A
0
RS Days
0
90d
All
No data available for this time range
Rating Breakdown
Overall4.72
Style4.56
Story4.28
Grammar4.75
Character4.25
Streak History

No streak history

Shared RS Climb

One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.

Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:19 UTC

Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:19 UTC

Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1

Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1

Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.

Coupled 14-day outlook

rs-joint-entry-copula-v1

Any eligible RS entry

0%

Two or more lists

0%

Likely threshold order: Drama → Action → Adventure → Main.

Leading bundle: Drama (0%).

Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.

Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.

Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank

~#1324223

#1324 of 12,428 · 1274 below RS #50

Separate entry model vs observed 7d bar-103/wk
Separate forecast P(enter ≤14d)0%
Shadow rankObserved RR rank

By genre

Reader Funnel
How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 150+ chapters
Views
7.1M
0.2 follows / 1k viewslast 29d

beats 37% of similar stories

Followers
6.5k
0.42 favs / follower

beats 96% of similar stories

Favorites
2.7k
Traffic (last 29d)4.9k views/day

beats 99% of similar stories

Conversion trend
Coolingrecent 0.2/1k vs lifetime 0.9/1k

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.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.

Shoutouts
Author-note cross-promotion — a driver of reader traffic on Royal Road.
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  • Pokemon Animus

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