Seriously this has to be the pokemon game with the worse cast of all, even it's nu pokemon siblings have characters with lots of fans, no one gives a shit about Kalos Gym leaders but they love the Trial Captains, Galar/Paldea GLs so it's not a "new bad old good" problem

>shittiest non existent rivals, even Hau and Hop have an arc and development and Paldea btfo both even Shauna's coomer appeal is lost against Nemona's

>most forgettable gym leaders, they are bad but not "haha two coccons, only one line" bad that makes them memorable like Johto's and serve no challenge either or memorable unique strategies like Whitney, Norman, Flannery, etc

>Even more forgettable E4 and female Champion that does jack shit that even coomers forgot

>Non existent admins right next to gen 2 literal nameless NPCs, Lysandre being the game's ONLY actual character and even him is rushed as fuck

Seriously what the fuck happened? Who was the lead designer? It couldn't be the same from SM/SwSH/SV because those game had characters loved and cherished by fans