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 human-Pokémon hybrids. Ryouga's Burst is Zekrom, Karuta's is an Accelgor, and Rug has a Purrloin.
On rare occasions they actually use Pokémon in the traditional way.
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Pokémon RéBURST contains examples of:
- Anti-Villain: Some Great Gavel members do have redeeming traits or sympathetic backstories, like Carola or Fraud. Even Hariru can count as one.
- BFS: Not a sword, per se; it's actually an Akebo. Still freakin' big, however. And it can be set on fire!
- Bullet Time: A power Human!Ryouga has.
- Casting a Shadow: Hariru when combined with his Zorua, as its powers allow him to create and fire off spheres of darkness.
- Disappeared Dad: Ryouga aims to find his missing father, Garyuu.
- Dishing Out Dirt: 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.
- Duels Decide Everything: 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.
- Dynamic Entry: By Ryouga in the first chapter.
- Elemental Powers: 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.
- Faux Action Girl: 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.
- Expy: Karuta is this to Naruto from the latter's eponymous series.
- Hearing Voices: Ryouga, from someone named Arcades.
- Hijacking Cthulhu:
- All Burst forms involving Legendaries, with Ryouga's Zekrom Burst being a heroic one.
- Later chapters reveal Great Gavel doing business of abducting Legendary Pokémon and turning them into Burst Hearts.
- Hot-Blooded: Ryouga is a great example. Even mentioning the word "Impossible" makes him want to do it.
- Hotter and Sexier: Reburst has more fanservice than most other Pokémon media.
- Master of Illusion: 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.
- Out of Focus: Pokémon themselves. It takes several chapters for one to even show up. All Pokémon not from Gen V are absent entirely.
- Playing with Fire: Carola can generate and control powerful flames when combined with her Emboar.
- Prophetic Names: The Village of Protecting Time, anyone?
- Shock and Awe: Ryouga can generate and control electricity when combined with his Zekrom.
- This Is a Drill: Major Hilgreitz, whose Burst partner is an Excadrill, can make drills on his hands in Burst Mode.
- Tournament Arc: 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.
- Transformation Trinket: The Burst Hearts allow humans who use them to turn into hybrids of themselves and of the Pokémon stored within them.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The Seven Warriors got kicked out from Great Gavel in later chapters, prompting them to use Three Generals instead.
