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>So you agree?
Well yeah because a part of why he has no personality is that the story kept focusing on things that didn't matter to him.

>You're mindbroken if you think two men being friends has to only exist for shipbaiting. It's an appropriate addition for both characters and doesn't have to "amount" to anything. It just is.
Did it amount to anything? No. Was the rivalry important to Phainon? No. Did the rivalry reveal anything about Phainon or Mydei? No.

>Wrong, they're fun bros and I liked it.
You like it because you're a fujohomo, you have no standards.