Hey are you able to do a Pokémon au for shokugeki? Like what their team would consist of, the type the would use, as well as how many members there would be on there team (1-6)?
Such an excellent ask! I had way too much fun with this, and went, maybe, just a tad overboard? Oh boy. Enjoy.
Souma Yukihira
A scruffy, tough-talking trainer from the inner city who grew up around the local battle circuit– one of the few advantages of your dad owning the local pokemart. He makes great use of a small, versatile team. Though none of his pokemon are heavy-hitters, Souma does very well with them by virtue of his quick, clever battle strategics– and expert manipulation of the upper hand he often has because of his team’s excellent speed stats. He started off with an Eevee– now his trusty Jolteon. Other pokemon on his regular team include Scyther, Floatzel, Talonflame, and Shiftry.
Erina Nakiri
Hailing from a proud, noble family of dragon tamers, Erina is both the Nakiri heiress and widely regarded favourite for the next regional champion. She’s studied the typing extensively– and though she comes to realize after a certain point that limiting herself by tradition ultimately thwarts her prodigious talent, her faith in her dragons is immense and true. Her team includes insane powerhouses like Salamance and a type-breaking Vespiquen– but there is a grace to her style that really comes to the fore when she leads with Dragalge, or Altaria. Interestingly, however, Erina’s “signature” pokemon, her mascot, in a sense, is Glaceon– the ice-type evolved form of her very first pokemon; an Eevee she received as a child from a traveller.
Megumi Tadokoro
Despite the quaint and snowy nature of her hometown, Megumi’s had the experience of dealing with most every type of Pokemon at her mother’s inn (Tohoku’s longtime stand-in for an actual pokemon centre) caring for travellers stopping along the way of the arduous training trek towards the mountains. Initially she’d planned on studying marine biology and nursing– to help with the fishermen and emergencies at port, but her talent at tricky manuevers and careful, effective use of status ailments was enough for the townspeople to urge her in taking up training. Her team, after much training and hard work, consists of Gardevoir, Medicham, Gastrodon and Toxapex, led by her signature Froslass– evolved from her childhood Snorunt. Megumi also has a Mimikyu– though it rarely, if ever, participates in battle.
Takumi Aldini
Similar to Souma growing up close to the local battle circuit, Takumi and Isami grew up around the contest scene of their overseas hometown, courtesy of their coordinator mother. He truly believes that the merit of battle lies in graceful technique and dexterity– that it needn’t be some terrible and savage demonstration of strength, etc. That’s the winning formula for him, right there. All great trainers talk big.Despite his sunny looks and fiery disposition, Takumi’s signature pokemon is the steel/ghost type Aegislash– which, I suppose, is vaguely knightly of him– which leads his less surprising, but excellent team of Roserade, Solrock, Volcarona, and Lumineon.
Alice Nakiri
Being a Nakiri, Alice, like Erina, has also studied the Dragon-typing extensively, and this expertise really shines when she works with her Noivern– but for her, there’s just something about the electric type. It’s a fascination borne of her days working with her mother at her research facility– but she has made a point to herself of taking advantage of the greater leeway she’s had with her training aspirations, unlike Erina, and working with as many types of Pokemon as possible.Alice has a full team. Her Noivern leads Ampharos, Porygon-Z, Minior, Weavile, and her signature Rotom.
Ryou Kurokiba
Ryou is Alice’s long-time Aide and battle-partner– with his hometown on the opposite, equally snowy end of the region to Megumi’s. His signature and primary pokemon is Greninja, and his team includes Toxicroak, Combusken, Scoliopede and Rampardos. An all-out fighter kind of trainer, who’s found brute force to work out most times in his favour.
Hayama Akira
A prodigy on per with Erina herself, Hayama was discovered by Professor Jun as a child, who adopted him. Though he is, first and foremost, an aspiring researcher, his keen sense for the strengths and weaknesses of pokemon make him near insurmountable in battle. Almost similar to Megumi, in some ways, he prefers to work with subtler strategies than say, Ryou. His team includes Sceptile, Absol, Florges, Spiritomb, Delphox, and Malamar.
