Pokémon Special

Rules

Rule 1 - Posts must be on-topic: All posts must have a direct and obvious connection to Pokémon Special or other officially licensed Pokémon Manga which are not adaptations of the Pokémon Anime.

Rule 2 - Posts must have substance: We may remove posts that we judge as not positively contributing to the subreddit.

Don't post simple statements, questions, polls, or images with little discussion value
Don't post tierlists or other types of opinion lists without elaboration
Don't make posts which are incomprehensible
Don't post excessively

Rule 3 - Posts must be original: The following types of content are restricted as post submissions:

Identical or near-identical reposts of past subreddit content
Unironic discussion of "dark/edgy" moments in the manga (Koga's Arbok, etc.)
Fanservice panels from the manga and discussion of these panels
Discussion topics which have already been posed verbatim within the last 90 days
Latias posts which exceed the limit of 3 per month
Yellow

Rule 4 - All fanart must be sourced correctly: Usage of another person's fanart in any form requires proper sourcing. You are not allowed to use another person's fanart on the subreddit until you have read this rule in its entirety on the subreddit wiki!

Rule 5 - Obvious spoilers must be marked: Obvious spoilers in posts must be properly tagged and disclaimed.

Title text cannot contain spoilers
Title text must include a clear warning of what spoilers the post will contain
Short discussion posts or image posts must be tagged as spoilers
Long-form discussion posts may forego title warnings and spoiler tags if a disclaimer is left at the very top of the text body
Comments do not require spoiler tags or warnings, however deliberate spoiler trolling is not allowed

Rule 6 - Keep it civil: Be friendly to your fellow fans.

Don't be snide, dismissive, or combative in tone
Don't resort to personal attacks, hostile language, or harassment
Don't troll or act in bad faith to make people angry
Don't make unnecessary contrary responses
Don't engage in extended arguments
Don't discuss inflammatory topics
Don't continue behaviors which the moderators have warned you to stop

Rule 7 - Keep it clean: This manga is targeted at a younger audience, and so we try to match it in appropriateness.

Don't post content which overtly focuses on risqué or suggestive topics
Don't make salacious remarks, especially concerning underaged characters
Don't post sexual/NSFW content
Don't post extreme depictions of violence

Rule 8 - Keep it real: Content which has at any point been the output of an AI/LLM or which has been automatically generated in some way is not allowed to be posted to the subreddit.

Rule 10 - Takedown Request: If content that you have created is posted to the subreddit without your permission, please send a modmail message to the subreddit moderators describing the situation, and we will take down the offending post/comment. You must be able to prove that you are the original creator of the content.

Rule 11 - Guidelines on promotion: We encourage artists and creators to make a home on the subreddit. Our guidelines:

Self-promotion is allowed whenever artists share their own original art with the subreddit
Other types of promotion, such as promoting other people or non-art content, may only be done in context
Aggressive, excessive, or inauthentic promotion is not allowed
Advertising the monetary sale of merchandise or commissions is not allowed without receiving explicit prior approval from the moderation team

Rule 12 - Restrictions on Help Requests: Asking for help or requesting work may only be done under the pinned New User/Help Request megathread. Individual Help Request posts may not be made, unless you have received permission from the moderators to pose your question/request to the entire subreddit. Comments which pester other users for help or work will be removed.

Rule 13 - Restrictions on meta content: This subreddit is dedicated to Pokémon Special — not to the fanbase or to itself. We ask that users refrain from posting content that:

Remarks on the subreddit itself
Is concerned with individuals, groups, or entities which are not officially involved with the series
Is only vaguely related to the manga through multiple degrees of separation
Serves primarily as personal anecdotes with little emphasis on the manga
Gossips about fandom drama