History Main / ReincarnationRomance

* Downplayed and combined with ReincarnationFriendship in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. Catarina's friend Sophia is actually the reincarnation of Atsuko, her best friend in her previous life (a fact both remain unaware of due to Atsuko's memories remaining mostly dormant). The main difference in their current relationship compared to their past one is that Sophia [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer is in love with Catarina]], while Atsuko's feelings were strictly platonic... presumably.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] this trope: it turns out that if you keep falling in love with a person over and over again, it may mean having to watch them die over and over again, [[spoiler: eventually turning into a case of LoveMakesYouEvil. The original version of Noah was never able to get over his grief at repeatedly losing the original version of Mio over and over again and eventually made a DealWithTheDevil, joining Moebius and helping prolong the ForeverWar they had previously been trying to end in exchange for making the two of them immortal. Unfortunately for him, he didn't ask ''her'' first, and when she gets the chance she pulls a ThanatosGambit to help the protagonists, forcing him to watch her die ''again'', [[KilledOfForReal this time for good.]] ]]

** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Juudai and Yubel. Juudai swore in his first life to love [[AmbiguousGender them]] forever, and not only did they hold him to it, but he held himself to it... once he got around to remembering he'd made the promise in the first place. They end up [[RomanticFusion fusing into one being]], which basically amounts to Yubel living in Juudai's mind and giving him access to their powers.

* The Music/DreamTheater album Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory tells the story of Nicholas, who goes to a hypnotherapist to learn about his past life. In a previous life, Nicholas was Victoria, who was killed by her lover Julian in a murder-suicide. Then we find out that [[spoiler: the hypnotherapist is the reincarnation of Victoria's other lover, Julian's brother Edward, who is the real killer of both Julian and Victoria. And the hypnotherapist kills Nicholas to continue the cycle. Maybe he's still angry that Victoria left him?]]

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' has the pretty widespread {{fanon}} assumption that just as Soma Cruz in the ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Chronicles of Sorrow]]'' titles is the reincarnation of [[spoiler:Dracula]], Mina Hakuba is similarly the reincarnation of [[spoiler:Dracula's two previous wives, Elisabetha Cronqvist and Lisa, with the primary "proof" being that her name is an obvious take on Mina Harker, Dracula's reincarnated wife in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'']]. People who [[DieForOurShip aren't fans of the Soma/Mina pairing]] understandably have an issue with this.

* ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName'' has Luka and Yuki, complicated by the fact that as a Duras (basically a high-level demon), Luka is immortal and must wait a long time for Yuki to be reincarnated. When Yuki ''is'' reborn, it's as a man instead of a woman - which doesn't seem to faze Luka in the slightest, but Yuki is ''also'' reborn without any memories of his past life, including Luka.

* In ''Manga/NGLife'', Sirix died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (79 AD). In 2005, he is reborn as Keidai, a Japanese schoolboy. He finds his old love Serena but she is now a boy!

* Nozomu and Rino from ''Manga/MyGirlfriendWithoutWasabi'' are reincarations of two lovers from the author's previous series ''Peach Boy Riverside'', though this is never addressed directly, instead mearly hinted at due to them sharing the ReusedCharacterDesign [[spoiler:and an oblique hint from Nozomu's mother implying that she has PastLifeMemories of another character from the latter series.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' played with this trope occasionally with Dax and the other Trills, humanoid aliens with slug-like symbionts. When one host body grows old and dies, the slug can be implanted in a new host, bringing along the accumulated memories and personalities of the old hosts, to merge with that of the new host. A couple of times, slugs who fell in love with one generation of hosts will meet up generations later and fall in love again, occasionally with gender switches. Led to Star Trek's first (awkward and narm-tastic) girl-girl kiss.

* {{Reconstruction}} in the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/929900 Nightmares Of Time Gone By]]'', where Pyrrha and Jaune are portrayed as this. (Specifically, they're the reincarnations of [[Machinima/RedVsBlue Agents]] [[spoiler:York and Carolina]].) It also counts as SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong; the protagonists' knowledge of [[spoiler:Carolina's]] tragic death in the past enables them to avoid that same fate in the present.

* Jihwan and Yoonjung of the Korean film [[http://asianwiki.com/Time_Renegades Time Renegades]] reincarnate as Geonwoo and Soeun, and meet once again in the 2015 timeline. Geonwoo is pretty much smitten immediately, but Soeun? Not so much. The plot of the movie gets significantly more complicated after that.

* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' Nadja has romanced the soul she first knew as the knight Gregor many times. The main obstacle to their love isn't that he's mortal and she's vampire, but that Gregor for some reason gets decapitated in every single life (including the time Nadja [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence got a little overexcited and did it herself]].

* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Seto and Kisara were reincarnated as Kaiba and... the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. [[LoveHurts This complicates things...]]
--> "[[CargoShip No one comes between me and my Blue-Eyes!]] And anyone foolish enough to try PAYS THE PRICE!"
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Juudai and Yubel. Juudai swore in his first life to love [[AmbiguousGender them]] forever, and not only did they hold him to it, but he held himself to it... once he got around to remembering he'd made the promise in the first place. They end up [[RomanticFusion fusing into one being]], which basically amounts to Yubel living in Juudai's mind and giving him access to their powers.

* In the ''Anime/CodeGeass'' / ''Franchise/TheDCU'' crossove ''Fanfic/JusticeLeagueOfTheRebellion'', [[spoiler:Kyoshiro Tohdoh and Nagisa Chiba]] are the current incarnations of Hawkman and Hawkwoman.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22094059/chapters/52728508 Fate/Stay Night: Heirs]]'' is a ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' fanfic where Rin summons Saber and the two get romantically involved, with the Holy Grail War ending with Saber using the last of her strength to destroy the Corrupted Grail. [[spoiler:But in the post-war segment, it's revealed that Saber's original soul had reincarnated as Lily Pendragon, who regains her memories and love of Rin from when she was her Servant]].
* Used in several post ''Anime/SonicX'' fics [[spoiler:by writers who were unhappy with Cosmo's death to stop the Metarex and the fact that she and Tails were torn apart. Many stories, such as ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12397760/1/The-Fox-and-the-Seedrian The Fox and the Seedrian]]'', feature her returning to life, usually through [[SequelHook the plant in the show's final scene that hinted that she would be reborn]]]].
* ''Fanfic/TheMoonsFlashPrincess'': Averted with Asuna (the reincarnation of Princess Serenity) and Mamoru (the reincarnation of Serenity's lover, Endymion). Asuna see's Mamoru as just her older brother's friend and another older brother figure, and she get's together with Kirito like in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12465714/1/For-Oranges-and-Loyalty For Oranges and Loyalty]]''
** [[Anime/CodeGeass Jeremiah Gottwald and Shinozaki Sayoko]] are both reborn twice in the world of ''Series/GameOfThrones''. First thousands of years in the past to form the Nation of Orange. Then again years before the series, right in time to await their reincarnated lord Lelouch.
** Kallen and Gino Weinberg, HappilyMarried after the events of the series, are also reborn in present-day Westeros. While [[FeudingFamilies Kallen is now a Stark and Gino is a Lannister]], both plan to get married once they are adults.
** Shirley is reborn as a daughter of House Whent, and still harbors feelings for Lelouch, who is now a prince of House Baratheon.

* In ''Literature/GuildHunter'' we have [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Dmitri]] and [[VampireHunter Honor]], the latter being the reincarnation of the former's first wife and OneTrueLove.

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':

* In a ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' character [[http://asktheheiress.tumblr.com/post/10704777538/what-are-the-dream-bubbles-like-what-do-you-do-in blog]], this was Feferi's answer when asked; "What do you do in the [[AfterlifeTropes dreambubbles]]?" [[note]]The narration below is interspersed with a scene of her meeting Eridan in a different life, and agreeing to go on a date with him.[[/note]]

* A verse of the ''[[http://bee-like.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/caurapancasika.html Chaurapanchasika]]'' [[note]]translation by Dawn Corrigan[[/note]] mentions this trope:

** A reciprocal example is Lenobia and Martin. They met as teenagers in 1788 [[note]]As detailed in the prequel ''Lenobia's Vow''[[/note]], but Martin died soon after Lenobia was Marked as a [[LongLived vampire]] fledging. Around 200 years later, he was reborn.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/SuikodenTierkreis''. Maybelle is ''convinced'' that the main character was her true love in a previous life, so they're destined to be together. [[AbhorrentAdmirer He finds this incredibly creepy]]. [[note]]It also helps that the entire "memories of a past life" deal turns out to be an elaborate fantasy she came up with to cope with RippleEffectProofMemory[[/note]]

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': Zig-zagged. The Trolls all have ancestors which they share genes with. Many of the ancestors' relationships manifest in different forms in their descendants. [[note]] Darkleer spared the Disciple, and in the present Equius and Nepeta are in a pale-rom. The Sufferer and the Disciple were in a relationship powerful enough to transcend the quadrants, but in the present Nepeta's crush on Karkat is unrequited. The Condesce had a crush on the Psiionic prolonging his life and suffering with her power, Sollux and Feferi were in a relationship. The Dolorosa was the Sufferer's surrogate mother, Kanaya tends to act motherly towards Karkat. This is invoked where Vriska and Eridan read about their ancestors relationship and try to emulate them, but it quickly falls apart. Mindfang had a relationship with the Summoner who killed her, Vriska attempts to emulate this with Tavros [[spoiler: and she kills him]]. The biggest connection would be the Maryam-Serket one. [[spoiler: Aranea and Porrim were in a relationship that ended after a year, which Aranea doesn't want to talk about]] The Dolorosa was raped by Mindfang in the backstory causing Mindfang to become infatuated with her, and Kanaya has a one sided crush on Vriska. [[/note]]

-->[[spoiler: One day, I'd like it if you could look at me with pride. Like I had accomplished something(something more than finding you again). But I spend too much time chasing you to be anything more.]]

* ''Anime/AquarionEvol'': The main couple, Amata and Mikono, are the reincarnations of the below mentioned Apollo and Silvia, the main couple from ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion''. [[spoiler:[[LiteralSplitPersonality Kagura]] is ''also'' Apollo's reincarnation and is in love with Mikono too. In addition, there's revelation that Apollo was the reincarnation of Apollonius' dog who was in love with Apollonius' human lover and wished to be reborn as a human to be with her.]]

* ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'': During the ancient war, [[spoiler:Meliodas and Elizabeth]] were cursed by their respective leaders, The Demon King and The Supreme Deity for falling in love with each other. [[spoiler:Meliodas]] was cursed to live forever and never die no matter what. [[spoiler:Elizabeth]] was cursed to reincarnate into someone who will grow up exactly like her except for her memories, and if she ever gets her memory back, she ''will'' die within three days' time, and the cycle will begin anew. Even if [[spoiler:Meliodas]] tries to distance himself from her, she will fall in love with him and will invariably die while [[spoiler:Meliodas]] can only watch.

* Deconstructed in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''; Kinzo's delusion that his and Beatrice [[spoiler:Castiglioni]]'s love is forever [[spoiler:even after her DeathByChildbirth]] caused him to [[spoiler:attempt to carry on that love with their ''daughter'' Beatrice Ushiromiya, who couldn't understand or return her father's feelings, and raise her by telling her she had the soul of a witch. It's all but outright stated that Kinzo raped her after deluding himself into thinking she was her mother's reincarnation. [[ChildByRape Beatrice III happened as a result.]]]]

** Before [[spoiler:Yui]] disappears [[spoiler:Hinata]] promises that he will marry her in their next lives.

* ''Anime/AquarionEvol'', thought it ALSO plays with it as well. Amata and Mikono are, indeed, the reincarnations of the below mentioned Apollo and Silvia from ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion''... [[spoiler: Except [[LiteralSplitPersonality Kagura]] is ''also'' Apollo's reincarnation... '''and Apollo was never Apollonius' reincarnation to begin with'''.]]

* [[PlayingWithATrope Soooorta used]] in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. [[spoiler: After Miaka goes back home and leaves Tamahome behind, he strikes a deal with [[PhysicalGod Taiitsukun]]: she will reincarnate him into a normal human man and send him to Earth so he can find Miaka, but he will lose his memories. He's reincarnated into Taka, a young man some years older than Miaka, and they soon find each other.]] [[spoiler: But after some time, trouble starts brewing again...]]

* ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'': [[spoiler:Éléonore is the great-grandniece of the original Francine and inherited her memories from Aqua Vitae. Narumi inherits the memories of Bai Yin, Francine's husband, from Aqua Vitae after he disappears from Masaru's life. They become a couple at the end of the series.]]

* ''Manga/{{Kurohime}}'' The manga ends with [[spoiler:Kurohime's male reincarnation and Zero's female incarnation reuniting with each other in a case of LoveAtFirstSight]].

* The big reveal of Meliodas' and Elizabeth's true relationship ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', with a heavy dose of YankTheDogsChain. [[spoiler:During the ancient war, Elizabeth and Meliodas were cursed by their respective leaders, The Supreme Deity and The Demon King for falling in love with each other. Meliodas was cursed to live forever and never die no matter what. Elizabeth was cursed to reincarnate into someone who will grow up exactly like her except for her memories, and if she ever get her memory back, she ''will'' die within three days' time, and the cycle will begin anew. Even when Meliodas try to distance himself from her, she will fall in love with him, her powers and memories would return, and she would invariably die while Meliodas can only watch.]] It's something worthy of ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}''.

* ''Series/GuardianTheLonelyAndGreatGod'': Between Sunny and Wang Yeo. They don't end up together in this life either, but the finale shows them reincarnated again as ordinary humans and this time they appear to be hitting it off smoothly.

* ''Film/TheMyth'' is about the forbidden romance between an ancient Chinese warrior and a Korean princess, which ultimately leads to the princess being trapped in a cavern of immortality and the warrior perishing in a later battle. The film then shifts to modern-day Hong Kong, with the warrior now reincarnated into a present-day archeologit who later returns to the cavern and realize the princess is ''still'' waiting for him.

* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', the titular character's wife, Durga, gets killed at the end of the first chapter, while [[spoiler:Asura himself [[TheHeroDies dies at the end of the game]]. In TheStinger, it's revealed that the two have reincarnated into the modern day, once again as husband and wife]].