Line #10 YMMV/PokemonReBURST


1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Fraud himself. Is he a WorthyOpponent who's actually EvilAllAlong or a TragicVillain WellIntentionedExtremist from a rich and glorious background?
2	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''[=RéBURST=]'' is basically the ''Pokémon'' version of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', with the characters becoming Pokémon-human hybrids to fight instead of sending out Pokémon to fight for them. Given how far this strays from the franchise's traditions, it's easy to see why this manga ultimately [[OrphanedSeries tanked]].
3	* ClicheStorm: ''[=RéBURST=]'' doesn't break any new ground or play around with the conventions of the ShonenDemographic. The tropes used in the manga are ones you've seen many times before, played straight without any creativity.
4	* FanNickname: ''Pokémon [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Frontier]]'', on account of both being departures from their respective series' usual {{Mons}} mechanics by having the heroes ''become'' the Pokemon by way of {{transformation trinket}}s containing a Pokemon in some form, [[FusionDance merging]] them together.
5	* FetishRetardant:
6	** If a female is in a fanservice-y pose (in the splash pages, color or otherwise), expect her pose to require a rubber spine or her body to have misshapen parts.
7	** The BURST forms themselves look too human for Pokémorphs while simultaneously looking too ''in''human for gijinkas, [[UnintentionalUncannyValley hitting just the right measure of "human"]] to turn off fans of both.
8	* HilariousInHindsight: When images of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon's'' Z Crystal were revealed alongside its Japanese logo in early 2016, it was pointed out how it suspiciously resembled a Burst Heart from ''Pokémon RéBURST'', right down to the shape. Given that this coincided with fan speculation about the (rather divisive) theory of Ash-Greninja being not just a simple SuperMode, but potentially a FusionDance, following its reveal to be usable in-game - [[https://twitter.com/RogersBase/status/703698814796824576 the similarity between Z-Crystals and Burst Hearts]] set the EpilepticTrees over what exactly this could mean, on fire. [[ColbertBump Consequently, many well-known Pokémon bloggers started referencing]] the ''Pokémon RéBURST'' manga, to support their theories that it was going to be the next major game mechanic. While any presumed connection was eventually debunked with the explanation of the Z-Crystals and their Z-Moves... during ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'''s climax, the BigBad does actually end up [[FusionDance fusing]] [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Sun_Moon_Lusamine_Nihilego_fused.png with the Ultra Beast]] - (later revealed to be extradimensional Pokémon) Nihilego - right before your final battle against them.
9	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Ryouga taking the Akebo head on like a man, followed by the Akebo shattering on impact with Ryouga's body.
10	* {{Narm}}: The one genuinely emotional moment in the Manga, the "Mother" chapter, is almost immediately undermined by [[MoodWhiplash Karuta's cartoonishly exaggerated growth-spurt soon after]].
11	* NightmareFuel:
12	** How does a Pokémon get turned into a Burst Heart? One chapter reveals that the Great Gavel have laboratories doing this. And no, it's not kid-friendly either: This manga could have been re-classified as {{Seinen}} if the author didn't intentionally skip the procedures out, but ''[[GoryDiscretionShot it shows]]''.
13	** This also crosses into MoralEventHorizon where ''you are really abusing [[PhysicalGod Legendary Pokémon]] by [[HijackingCthulhu compressing them into]] [[TransformationTrinket Burst Hearts]] against their will'', as opposed to disable them like in other works. Imagine how this can become one of the most thought-provoking acts in ''the entire franchise ever''. It's impossible to abuse such God-leveled Pokémon in such way in other media, even games themselves.
14	* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus is that this manga isn't really ''horrible'' (it's unlikely any official ''Pokémon'' work ever could be) so much as it is just plain ''dull''.
15	* TearJerker: The "Mother" chapter. [[spoiler:Karuta finds out that his mother has died, just after he brought the medicine needed for his village]].
16	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Miruto is part of a group investigating crimes throughout the region yet it is never expended upon till the point their goals or even name was never mentioned at all and only serve as part of Miruto's background. It could have interesting to see if said organization opposed or evek new about the Great Gaval Organization instead only ones fighting them being Ryouga's group and allies.
17	* UnintentionalUncannyValley: The majority of the BURST forms look less like humans fused with Pokémon and more like humans wearing flayed Pokémon flesh, with the worst cases amounting to little more than a [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Fraud_Burst_Hydreigon.png human's head on a Pokémon's body]].
18	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Unlike most ''Pokémon'' manga, this one is geared towards older teen readers and isn't kid-appealing to begin with.

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