>>52594164She's everything I ever wanted out of the friendly rival trope.
>actually a good trainer, the best trainer in the region either>she's not trying to catch up to the protagonist and inevitably failing because you're the protagonist>actively guiding you into being the best you can be>WANTS you to kick her ass as hard as possible>completely single minded battle autist who will fight you from sun up to sun down95% of her personality is 'let's have a Pokemon battle' and that's BASED. She knows what she's about. Arven is really really good too honestly, probably one of my favorite Pokemon characters ever. Penny is alright but needed more screentime as herself, which Area Zero helped with a lot.
