Who Are The Main Romantic Pairings In 'Pokémon Rejuvenation: Where Love Lies Buried Beneath Lust'?

Visual Novel styled Pokémon fan game. The central relationship in the game is between the player character and Aelita, leader of a rebellion to overthrow an evil government. She needs the player character in order to battle, however her trust issues run deeper than a Zoroark’s disguise. As the player uncovers the sad story of how she was forced into human-Pokémon experiments, a more tender relationship can develop between them, though it will be surrounded by many secrets.

Venam is a very interesting rivals-to-lovers option. As the poison-type expert on your team, at first she’s trying to sabotage you in order to prove herself better than you. But beneath her snappish exterior, there are underlying wounds of being abandoned. And as you progress through the story, she begins to open up to you in small ways: by sharing antidotes when you get poisoned, by defending you in battles against other teams of Pokémon despite earlier claims that she detests you. In terms of relationship symbols, her poison types are weak to steel types, meaning that even though she may try to strike you down, you’ll always have the upper hand.

One of the most questionable relationships in the game is with Melanie, a ghost type user who is haunted by her deceased Pokémon. The relationship with the player character is on the verge of toxic, and shows how grief can sometimes distort love in unhealthy yet beautiful ways. Her Pokémon are always there for her, and now she uses the player character as an emotional anchor for her unstable powers.