I guess Melia is our story protagonist. She's our MC who can talk. In comparisons between Reborn and Rejuvenation, a common point raised, is that in Reborn, our PC is a sideshow to the Gym Leaders( and apparently they are based on real life people?) and the Gym leaders get all the cool scenes and plot relevant dialogue, while in Rejuvenation our PC is still a main character despite attention given to other Gym leaders.