>>22964131He may not have been a proper rival but he still had more going for him than some of the others and the generic "I wanna be the strongest trainer ever!" or "i'm in this journey for the memories!" shit, its sort of swell that theres more than one person (the player) who actually aims to fight an organisation attacking the region rather than sitting in the back heckling you to go on your own or going into one battle then letting you do the rest.