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So with all the rivals BW has, is it safe to say Cheren may not appear at all?

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When BW just had Trip and Bianca as rivals, I figured Cheren would be introduced as well just to round them up.

But now that Kenyan returned, plus Langely and Burungly (who also battle Ash), as well as Luke with his Zoura....it really doesn't leave much room.

For all we know, all these characters could appear in the Unova league as well. Its quite possible Langely is collecting badges too. I don't see any room for Cheren.
 
Bah, I feel like that's the fate of all male in-game rivals as of late (except Jun, but he didn't even appear until the second half of DP!)

I really like Cheren though, so I do hope he gets an appearance...
 
I feel Barry was introduced because the writers knew they just couldn't keep having Paul show up without him getting very stale. Remember at the time Conway just seemed like a one-shot character, and Nando had fallen off the face of the Earth, so it was really only Paul who kept appearing for 100 eps until Barry came.

In BW, we're only 40 eps in and we have 5 established rivals.
 
I thought we all agreed that Cheren wasn't likely to get an appearance after we found out that Shooty's goal is to meet the Champion?
 
Yeah, it's pretty obvious that Trip kind of "stole" Cheren's role... similar to how Ash "steals" the game hero's role every gen... and I'm kinda happy for that, since I don't really like Cheren's design XD Trip is better
Though we can never know for sure... they can always surprise us and randomly introduce Cheren 100 eps into BW (similar to Barry, who some thought was replaced by Kenny due to the whole "childhood friend of the heroine" thing)
 
Maybe Cheren will appear at the big league tournament thing that happens at the end of every saga, and he'll defeat Ash or something. D8 At least that's what I'm hoping for. Cheren is one of my favorite rivals, he needs an anime appearance pronto!
 
I have a little hope that Cheren will appear as the league Big Rival! Either him or White or Black!
They look like really good trainers and would be great to see at least one of them!

In a diffrent way I don't expect him to appear!
 
I don't know if he'll appear or not, but personally I was never a huge fan of him and I don't care if he's in the anime. I don't see the appeal.

But from looking at the number of rivals, I would have to say that it's unlikely.
 
I was hoping to see Cheren since Bel showed up for the series, but I doubt now after finally catching up with the series. It seems that Shooti has Cheren's role, since Cheren's role and goal was to get stronger so that he'd be able to face the champion of the region.

Still, too bad. I really really liked Cheren in the game for some reason. I don't get the appeal either, but he did appeal to me. lol Maybe he'll show up as one of the contenders in the league or something, or maybe he'll have a cameo and Bel'll know him or something like that.
 
No one is safe until Best Wishes ends. They could pull him out for the League.
 
Perhaps Cheren will appear at the prologue of an upcoming movie like Brendan, Lucas and Ethan have. But as for the show itself, Trip basically took over Cheren's role.
 
Not really, because the writer's did pull off quick a lot of captures for Ash; why can't they do the same for rivals? It's not that far out of reach...
 
Is it safe and soon enough to call Luke a rival. I mean he made a movie. I see him as closer to Todd Snap then Nando or Conway. Also Iris and Cilan are entering so he probably not going to enter the league. Unless you have info I am skeptical but I would not be surprised if you did had info.

I'm feeling plenty of room despite Kenyan. Who I guess is a rival now. but meh. No offense!
 
Yah, we've already got enough rivals to deal with at this time. Maybe the guy could be one of those last minute rivals that show up to defeat Ash every league.
 
Yeah....the tournament confirmed my suspicions....Cheren is out. No way would they introduce him after a big tournament like this that gathered together all of BW's rivals.

Oh well, so much for him.
 
We still don't know. Barry appeared 100 episodes in. And Cheren can appear without being a rival. He could be brought in for development for Bianca. They bothered bringing Jasmine for an episode involving Kenny of all people.
 
Gliscor'd said:
Yeah....the tournament confirmed my suspicions....Cheren is out. No way would they introduce him after a big tournament like this that gathered together all of BW's rivals.

Oh well, so much for him.
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Don't forget, that Barry didn't appear in that big tag team tournament that Sinnoh had that featured both Conway/Paul. So its still possible.

It will either be just like Barry (Being very late) or in that actual league itself. Though the chances of him not appearing are also there.
 
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