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>He claims it
And Bartz never returns it. It is fairly obviously a one-sided rivalry, and that's certainly what not Meta Knight has with Kirby. And it's not what any of Meta Knights other, better options tend to have with their actual rivals. If you claim Gil's and Bartz' "rivalry" is anything like what MK has with Kirby, that borders on disrespectful.
>he's a reoccurring antagonist
To be humiliated.
>sounds like a rival to me
You seem to be deaf, if that sounds like a rival to you. It sounds like comic relief to me.
>Not like Butz even denies it much.
He doesn't say much to Gil at all. What little he does say tends to fall along the lines of how you'd talk to an annoying dog.
https://youtu.be/S66hvN719C8?t=2262
I mean, look at pic related. Is that what you say to a rival?
>No, those were bad because they were boring
And so is Gil vs MK. It's bad because all the connections are lies, and the fight itself comes down to "sword'. Which is as boring as Esdeath vs Grey's "ice", Misaka vs Killua's "electricity", and Ace vs Natsu's "fire".
> Entirely unrelated.
It is 100% related.