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Alain does get new Pokemon, which is more than I can say for Dawn unfortunately, but having such little screentime and seemingly only being brought back to hype up Leon, which in itself is an odd choice considering only long time fans would know how ridiculously overpowered he was in the first place, would probably negate that.
Unlike most of Ash's other rivals, Alain doesn't seem to be that popular or well received. Plenty of people like Gary, Paul and Gladion is one of the two video game rivals that were actually handled well in the anime. The only one is Barry. I'm sure that winning the Kalos League is a big issue since people are clearly still upset about it years after the fact, but even before that, Alain didn't really have a lot going on for him. I remember fans liking that the Mega Evolution specials focused on someone besides Ash, but aside from being not Ash, I don't remember a lot of people really liking Alain. It also probably didn't help that his rivalry with Ash started way too late into XY's run. It made sense why when Ash-Greninja is what started their rivalry, but considering how important that rivalry turned out, I think that they started it too late. Making Alain more overpowered over time definitely didn't help matters either.
Unlike most of Ash's other rivals, Alain doesn't seem to be that popular or well received. Plenty of people like Gary, Paul and Gladion is one of the two video game rivals that were actually handled well in the anime. The only one is Barry. I'm sure that winning the Kalos League is a big issue since people are clearly still upset about it years after the fact, but even before that, Alain didn't really have a lot going on for him. I remember fans liking that the Mega Evolution specials focused on someone besides Ash, but aside from being not Ash, I don't remember a lot of people really liking Alain. It also probably didn't help that his rivalry with Ash started way too late into XY's run. It made sense why when Ash-Greninja is what started their rivalry, but considering how important that rivalry turned out, I think that they started it too late. Making Alain more overpowered over time definitely didn't help matters either.