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8	''Pocket Monsters [=RéBURST=]'', referred to in English as ''Pokémon [=RéBURST=]'', is a manga series adapting the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, focusing on the {{mon}}s of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. It was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenSunday Weekly Shonen Sunday]]'' from March 2011 to October 2012. It's notable for being a significant departure from the basic premise of most ''Pokémon'' adaptations, chiefly due to making central use of human-Pokémon fusions instead of focusing on human trainers and their Pokémon teams.
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10	The main protagonist is Ryouga, a boy with superhuman strength. Joining Ryouga is Miruto, a girl who works for an organization that tracks down people who use Pokémon for evil, Yappy, a journalist who resembles a Pansage, Karuta, a {{Ninja}}, and Rug, a thief. The plot centers around "Burst", the ability to use special gems called Burst Hearts that contain Pokémon stored inside of them to transform into [[MoeAnthropomorphism human-Pokémon hybrids]]. Ryouga's Burst is [[OlympusMons Zekrom]], Karuta's is an [[GratuitousNinja Accelgor]], and Rug has a [[CatGirl Purrloin]].
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12	On rare occasions they actually use Franchise/{{Pokemon}} in the traditional way.
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14	More information is available [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/manga/pocket_monsters_reburst.html at Dogasu's Backpack.]]
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17	!!''Pokémon [=RéBURST=]'' contains examples of:
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19	* AntiVillain: Some Great Gavel members do have redeeming traits or sympathetic backstories, like [[BewareTheNiceOnes Carola]] or Fraud. Even [[AntiHero Hariru]] can count as one.
20	* {{BFS}}: Not a sword, per se; it's actually an Akebo. Still ''freakin' big'', however. [[FlamingSword And it can be set on fire!]]
21	* BulletTime: A power Human!Ryouga has.
22	* CastingAShadow: Hariru when combined with his Zorua, as its powers allow him to create and fire off spheres of darkness.
23	%%* DarkerAndEdgier: The story is stated to be this, in comparison to all the other ''Pokémon'' manga. It's not too dark, but it's definitely edgier, all right.%%Explain how.
24	* DisappearedDad: Ryouga aims to find his missing father, Garyuu.
25	* DishingOutDirt: Hilgreitz can create and throw a mud-like substance when combined with his Excadrill; Rend can create powerful weapons from stone when combined with his Boldore.
26	* DuelsDecideEverything: Averted almost entirely. Here, it's the ''humans'' who regularly beat the snot out of each other in fisticuffs, and Pokemon mostly serve to grant power boosts to the human combatants via Burst Hearts.
27	* DynamicEntry: By Ryouga in the first chapter.
28	* ElementalPowers: An ability given to those who can use Burst, as they're able to use powers based on the elemental type of the Pokémon within their respective Burst Hearts, including unique attacks.
29	* FauxActionGirl: Despite the series having 77 chapters across eight volumes, Miruto never actually let her Pokémon out of its Pokéball (she once ''planned'' to let it out for transportation purposes, but was told it wouldn't work for the situation) and has never actually participated in a battle, allowing the male lead all the action even if he really could've used the help. This despite the fact she is supposedly part of an organization meant for investigating crimes. It gets really kind of ridiculous when she and her group have to take on someone in an area where Burst is neutralized... and she ''still'' doesn't take her perfectly working Pokéball out.
30	* {{Expy}}: Karuta is this to [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto]] from the latter's eponymous series.
31	* HearingVoices: Ryouga, from someone named Arcades.
32	* HijackingCthulhu:
33	** All Burst forms involving [[OlympusMons Legendaries]], with Ryouga's Zekrom Burst being a heroic one.
34	** Later chapters reveal [[spoiler: Great Gavel doing business of abducting Legendary Pokémon and turning them into Burst Hearts]].
35	* HotBlooded: Ryouga is a great example. Even mentioning the word "Impossible" makes him want to do it.
36	* HotterAndSexier: ''Reburst'' has more {{fanservice}} than most other ''Pokémon'' media.
37	* MasterOfIllusion: Hariru when in Burst form, which shares his Zoroark's "Illusion" ability and lets he or any object he uses it on to appear as something or someone else.
38	%%* {{Ninja}}: Karuta.
39	* OutOfFocus: Pokémon themselves. It takes several chapters for one to even show up. All Pokémon not from Gen V are absent ''entirely''.
40	* PlayingWithFire: Carola can generate and control powerful flames when combined with her Emboar.
41	* PropheticNames: The Village of Protecting Time, anyone?
42	* ShockAndAwe: Ryouga can generate and control electricity when combined with his Zekrom.
43	%%* ShonenDemographic
44	* ThisIsADrill: Major Hilgreitz, whose Burst partner is an Excadrill, can make drills on his hands in Burst Mode.
45	* TournamentArc: Burst Heart Survival, covering from chapters 21 to 43. The tournament is for Burst Warriors only, with the prize being one billion yen and the Burst Hearts of all fifty entrants.
46	%%* TransformationSequence: Ryouga into his Burst form.
47	* TransformationTrinket: The Burst Hearts allow humans who use them to turn into hybrids of themselves and of the Pokémon stored within them.
48	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Seven Warriors got kicked out from Great Gavel in later chapters, prompting them to use Three Generals instead.

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