Arezu

Warning: This entry contains minor spoilers for Pokémon Legends Arceus

About

Arezu is a character in the 2022 video game Pokémon Legends: Arceus. She serves as a warden to the Noble Pokémon Lilligant and later acts as the hairdresser in Jubilife City. Her design inspired fervent fandom among Pokémon fans online shortly after her debut, and she has inspired a significant amount of fan art.

Origin

Arezu first appeared in the "Nobles" trailer for Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which was released on September 28th, 2021. On the Pokémon website, her description reads, "Arezu feels a great deal of responsibility as a warden, and because of this, she tends to try to solve problems all by herself. She is tasked with the care of a certain lady Pokémon." This led to speculation that she was tasked with taking care of an unrevealed Hisuian form of Pokémon,^[1] which turned out to be Lilligant. She appears relatively early on in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which was released on January 28th, 2022.

Spread

Arezu quickly generated a fandom in the Pokémon community. The day she was revealed on September 28th, 2021, artists began creating fan art of the character. User @rariatoo^[2] posted art of Arezu, gaining over 1,000 retweets and 6,900 likes in roughly four months (shown below, left). User @gonzarez1983^[3] also posted art that day, gaining over 2,900 retweets and 12,800 likes in the same timeframe (shown below, right)

The volume of art intensified after the release of the game in early 2022, particularly the amount of NSFW art. Some of the more popular, SFW art posted after the release of the game include a piece by @kdruknihs^[4] that gained over 1,900 retweets and 12,000 likes (shown below, left) and a piece by @JU1CYP1NEAPPLE^[5] that gained over 950 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below, right).

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