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Did you read my comment? I literally responded to this before. I could plausibly see a distinction between regular rival and a "league rival", but the PWC has thrown the latter right out of the window. And some league rivals were leaps and bounds more developed than Bea anyways.

Because Bea has been marketed like one.

I was with your post till this. [citation needed] Even Alain was more developed than Leon.

There are types of rivals, but the definition of a rival has been fairly constant. They’re a person who grows along with you for a common goal, and good rivalries are defined by characters being foils for each other, and they are often influenced and grow thanks to the other person. That aspect...

Bea is literally being marketed as a traditional rival though? The term "rival" has a very, very specific meaning in the context of the Pokémon franchise.

Do you mean literally one return?