Today's blog post is about rivals from Pokemon. What are rivals? Well, the rivals in Pokemon are usually just in the games, but some of them are also in the Animes. Rivals are characters who are either a childhood friend of the main character, or sometimes a bully towards the main character. The rivals help the character grow stronger by battling them, and they offer motivation because the main character wants to beat their rival in a Pokemon battle. The first rival was Blue in Generation 1. Blue also made it into the Anime, but his name was Gary Oak instead. There are also many other rivals within the different Pokemon games and Animes, as well.