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Giovanni/Red
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: サカキ×レッド (Sakaki x Red) English: Giovanni/Red |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: サカレ (Sakare) or レサカ (Resaka) English: AscendancyShipping, ReformShipping |
| Gender category: | Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Rare for Red, Rare for Giovanni Rare overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Giovanni/Red, known mostly as ReformShipping, AscendancyShipping and/or サカレ (Sakare), is a rare ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Giovanni (Sakaki) and Red (Red), the primary villain and the player character in Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow respectively.
Most Giovanni/Red fanworks focus on their appearances in the Pokémon Special manga. They've also appeared in the Pokémon anime and the Pokémon game series. Although their manga counterparts have a different ship name than their gameverse counterparts in the English side of the fandom, (AscendancyShipping and ReformShipping respectively,) this page covers both due to the rarity of the ships and because they are both labelled as サカレ (Sakare) in the Japanese side of the fandom.
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Height Difference: Giovanni is taller than Red
- Age Difference: Giovanni is a generation older than Red. By how much (canonically) is unclear. Fanworks may age up Red to make him over the age of 18.
- Villain AU: Red may join Team Rocket during RBY and become an admin.
- Post-Canon: Giovanni may reconcile with Red after the events of Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal and their remakes.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
"AscendancyShipping" was coined first, sometime between 18 January 2009[Notes 1] and 07 February 2010.[Notes 2] "ReformShipping" was coined a little while later, sometime between 07 February 2010[Notes 3] and 31 July 2011.[Notes 4]
Example/Notable Fanac
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
- wake up (and turn this world around) by lovelit, Archived version (2020), Giovanni pins him with a particularly intense gaze, then, staring at Red so hard that he’s not quite sure what to make of it. And then, abruptly, he asks, “How would you like to be an Admin, boy?” Written for the Alternate Universe Exchange.
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Wikis
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
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Other Giovanni x Protagonist Pairings
- ThwartShipping, サカリフ, which pairs Giovanni with Red's female counterpart Leaf
Other Pokémon Villain x Male Protagonist Pairings
- ChainReactionShipping, コウアカ, which pairs Lucas and Cyrus
- SpectralColorShipping, キョウアク, which pairs Nate and Colress
Notes
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version and here, Archived version