>>47103117Cheren is a discount, watered-down Blue, and I'm not even talking about how useless Bianca is. I don't really hate them as characters but I wish they wouldn't interrupt my journey constantly to make me their therapist. I can see they tried something but they shouldn't have.
I don't remember Juniper doing anything, or not more than Rowan at least. (or are you talking about the father?) And it's not the role of the professor to confront the evil team anyway. I don't see how it's a positive.
The gym leaders actually doing something was cool, yeah, and some other things. The final at the League with the castle was cool too, but it doesn't salvage everything.