>>53554293I like Barry, he is a nice simple rival with a nice simple arc that isn’t just “I am now the pokemon professor or a champion or some high ranking guy” shit, his arc is him learning to not rush everything, to let thing simmer, instead of going full on non stop, why not slow down a bit, explore the area, train you mons properly
Not everything needs a clear goal or some bombastic ending, and honestly, this is how more pokemon rivals should be (but better executed of course), kids need some real life lessons and some generic random shallow “do not le bully” crap