History StockShonenRival / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/GetterRobo'': Hayato Jin, has all the traits of the StockShonenRival. However he has traits of the StockShonenHero also. For starters, he's not really a rival at all, rather BashBrothers with Ryoma due to them having their fight quite early on and joining him not long after. While his Cynical aspects at times contrast with Ryoma, they both get along due to their enjoyment of combat and violence as their sarcastic, sardonic, dark sense of humor. At no point in the later story does he ever feel the need to prove himself or feel any sense of hidden inferiority complex masked by a superiority complex. In terms of physical strengh, he and Ryoma are on par rather than it being a case were Ryoma has to catch up via training. While most Shonen Rivals act cool and superior in the beginning, only for this belief to be shattered later on due being Can'tCatchUp with the Shonen Hero surpassing them eventually, Hayato has this smug, over confident facade shattered early on initially when it's revealed he's DirtyCoward who loses his cool fighting something he can't understand or easily overpower. It doesn't even have anything to do with Ryoma at all. Afterward, once he gets accustomed to new threats, he quickly reverts to his calm, logical persona. He can be hotblooded and passionate in the heat of battle rather than just cold and calculating. Also, while most Shonen Rivals prefer to work alone and rely on their own strength, Hayato realizes quickly that going it alone will not help him save Earth and instead chooses to rely on team work and ThePowerofFriendship. This is mainly due to the fact that the Getter needs 3 pilots working in tandem to form and control it and a lone wolf attitude will get them killed. Finally, where as the Shonen Rival needs the Shonen Hero to drive them to be better, Hayato actually [[spoiler::Outlives Ryoma in the 5th and final part of the manga Getter Arc, and is left to be the sole remaining member of the OG Getter cast who is left with the task of saving the Earth and humanity.]]

* Before Killua, there was Hiei from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', a cold, cruel, arrogant, and pragmatic little guy who started out as an antagonist, eventually evolving into a begrudgingly respectful rival figure to Yusuke.
* Hayato Jin, has all the traits of the StockShonenRival. However he has traits of the StockShonenHero also. For starters, he's not really a rival at all, rather BashBrothers with Ryoma due to them having their fight quite early on and joining him not long after. While his Cynical aspects at times contrast with Ryoma, they both get along due to their enjoyment of combat and violence as their sarcastic, sardonic, dark sense of humor. At no point in the later story does he ever feel the need to prove himself or feel any sense of hidden inferiority complex masked by a superiority complex. In terms of physical strengh, he and Ryoma are on par rather than it being a case were Ryoma has to catch up via training. While most Shonen Rivals act cool and superior in the beginning, only for this belief to be shattered later on due being Can'tCatchUp with the Shonen Hero surpassing them eventually, Hayato has this smug, over confident facade shattered early on initially when it's revealed he's DirtyCoward who loses his cool fighting something he can't understand or easily overpower. It doesn't even have anything to do with Ryoma at all. Afterward, once he gets accustomed to new threats, he quickly reverts to his calm, logical persona. He can be hotblooded and passionate in the heat of battle rather than just cold and calculating. Also, while most Shonen Rivals prefer to work alone and rely on their own strength, Hayato realizes quickly that going it alone will not help him save Earth and instead chooses to rely on team work and ThePowerofFriendship. This is mainly due to the fact that the Getter needs 3 pilots working in tandem to form and control it and a lone wolf attitude will get them killed. Finally, where as the Shonen Rival needs the Shonen Hero to drive them to be better, Hayato actually [[spoiler::Outlives Ryoma in the 5th and final part of the manga Getter Arc, and is left to be the sole remaining member of the OG Getter cast who is left with the task of saving the Earth and humanity.]]

** Matt from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' is a {{deconstruction}} of this trope. He at first appears to be a cool aloof loner that constantly argues with StockShonenHero Tai, but later it's revealed that he's actually overly caring and too concerned with the safety of the other teammates, particularly his younger brother TK. This is what allows him to awaken the Crest of Friendship to unlock more power down the road. However, even afterwards he suffers AesopAmnesia and challenges Tai to a duel in front of the others, mostly out of his own insecurity and because he's jealous that Tai sometimes seems to have a healthier relationship with TK than he does. His Digimon are icy wolf types that materialize into a cannon, in contrast to Tai's fiery dinosaurs that materialize into a sword.
** TK himself was a downplayed example to the new goggle head StockShonenHero Davis, acknowledged InUniverse to be a sort of reprise of Matt and Tai's relationship, but the true rival figure was Ken. Ken was a genius compared to BookDumb Davis, and had respect, stardom, and fans, but lacked any true friends. He saw Digimon as pawns for his amusement, rather than the BondCreatures they are. After he [[HeelFaceTurn reformed from being the evil Digimon Emperor]], he still preferred to work alone until Davis finally got through to him and they did a FusionDance. Afterwhich, Davis and the team went to great lengths to visit him in the real world, as well as on missions in the digital world to let him know they all saw him as a teammate and true friend.

** Koji in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' is a sort of direct reprise of Matt from ''Adventure'', but played straight without the deconstruction. He was the second to awaken his spirit, and spent most of the first arc travelling alone, only sometimes crossing paths with the main group. When he finally does join full-time, he constantly butts heads with Takuya, the new goggleheaded protagonist. They are also able to do a FusionDance and have wolves/guns vs. dinosaurs/swords dynamic in their evolutions. Koji's elemental power is Light instead of Ice, however.

** The second "big fight" between them (and admittedly it is used loosely, especially because everybody else in Class 1-A is teaming up with him against [[OneManArmy Deku]] all [[{{Determinator}} by his lonesome]]) during the Dark Hero Arc is less a meeting between rivals and more a very destructive "GetAHoldOfYourselfMan" to end Deku's runaway (in [[TheRunaway more ways than one]]) MartyrWithoutACause spell [[spoiler:and beating the everliving crap out of Deku does not works -- asking for forgiveness for the decade of being his bully does.]]

** Meanwhile, many of the personality traits associated with the stock Shonen rival are seen in Luffy's other main "rival" Supernova, Trafalgar Law: he's Luffy's ShadowArchetype, [[RedOniBlueOni the blue oni to his red oni]], a far more cynical {{Byronic|Hero}} AntiHero compared to Luffy's optimism, and a PerpetualFrowner JerkWithAHeartOfGold, as well as a TallDarkAndSnarky MrFanservice. However, their "rivalry" doesn't go further than being two pirates both searching for the One Piece (like nearly ''every'' pirates in the series is doing), and is very heavily downplayed compared to the mutual respect and friendship ([[FriendshipDenial even if Law refuses to admit it]]) that forms between them during their long-standing official alliance.

** Meanwhile, many of the personality traits associated with the stock Shonen rival are seen in Luffy's other main "rival" Supernova, Trafalgar Law: he's Luffy's ShadowArchetype, [[RedOniBlueOni the blue oni to his red oni]], a {{Byronic|Hero}} AntiHero who is far more cynical compared to Luffy's optimism, and a PerpetualFrowner JerkWithAHeartOfGold, as well as a TallDarkAndSnarky MrFanservice. However, their "rivalry" doesn't go further than them being two pirates both searching for the One Piece (like nearly ''every'' pirates in the series is doing), and is very heavily downplayed compared to the mutual respect and friendship ([[FriendshipDenial even if Law refuses to admit it]]) that forms between them during their long-standing official alliance.

** The character who has the most "rival-esque" dynamic with Luffy is Eustass Kid, as just being in each other's presence seems to immediately make both of them hypercompetitive. However, Kid actually encompasses far more traits of the Stock Shonen ''Hero'' rather than the rival, being just as HotBlooded as Luffy, only marginally less impulsive, even more of a BloodKnight, ''also'' deeply values his crew, and even had red spiky hair (whereas Luffy's is black) and clothing. He's basically what an {{Evil|Counterpart}} {{Jerkass}} version of Luffy would look like, and the two of them have never properly battled each other, instead teaming up for {{Enemy Mine}}s several times.
** Meanwhile, many of the personality traits associated with the stock Shonen rival are seen in Luffy's other main "rival" Supernova, Trafalgar Law: having a personality and outlook largely opposite of Luffy's as his ShadowArchetype, [[RedOniBlueOni the blue oni to his red oni]], a {{Byronic|Hero}} AntiHero who is far more cynical compared to Luffy's optimism, and a PerpetualFrowner JerkWithAHeartOfGold, as well as a TallDarkAndSnarky MrFanservice. However, their "rivalry" doesn't go further than them being two pirates both searching for the One Piece (like nearly ''every'' pirates in the series is doing), and is very heavily downplayed compared to the mutual respect and friendship ([[FriendshipDenial even if Law refuses to admit it]]) that forms between them during their long-standing official alliance.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' subverts this despite having a quintessential example of a StockShonenHero in Luffy, as there isn't any one character that acts as a proper rival to him. The pirates and Marines he goes up against are either genuine enemies or [[FriendlyEnemies friendly ones]]; the very light and friendly rivalries he may have with his strongest crewmates, Zoro and Sanji, are heavily downplayed compared to their rivalry with ''each other''; and anyone who could count as a rival ultimately ends up working together with him in an EnemyMine soon enough. The Eleven Supernovas (with Luffy and Zoro being two) are considered by the world to be this to each other, and while it's the closest the series comes to a rival for Luffy, none of them are a perfect fit:

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' subverts this despite having a quintessential example of a StockShonenHero in Luffy, as there isn't any one character that acts as a proper rival to him. The pirates and Marines he goes up against are either genuine enemies or[[FriendlyEnemies friendly ones]]; the very light and friendly rivalries he may have with his strongest crewmates, Zoro and Sanji, are heavily downplayed compared to their rivalry with ''each other''; and anyone who could count as a rival ultimately ends up working together with him in an EnemyMine soon enough. The Eleven Supernovas (with Luffy and Zoro being two) are considered by the world to be this to each other, and while it's the closest the series comes to a rival for Luffy, none of them are a perfect fit either:

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' subverts this despite having a quintessential example of a StockShonenHero in Luffy; there isn't any one character that acts as a proper rival to him. The pirates he goes up against are genuine enemies; the very light and friendly rivalries he may have with his strongest crewmates, Zoro and Sanji, are heavily downplayed compared to their rivalry with ''each other''; and anyone who could count as a rival ultimately ends up working together with him in an EnemyMine soon enough. The Eleven Supernovas (with Luffy and Zoro being two) are considered by the world to be this to each other, and while it's the closest the series comes to a rival for Luffy, none of them are a perfect fit either:

** Despite some of the other Supernovas occasionally referencing how they're considered to be rivals to each other, none of the others fit the role either; Luffy starts as enemies before forming {{Enemy Mine}}s with Capone Bege and X. Drake at different times, becomes genuine friends with Jewelry Bonney, and is full-on enemies with Scratchmen Apoo and Basil Hawkins.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has a notable role flipped example in which the protagonist Lelouch is much more of a StockShonenRival. Being dark, calculating, cynical and motivated by revenge while his rival Suzaku fits the idealistic StockShonenHero trope better.

*** Hit from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' to a lesser degree, being Goku's primary rival who did not join his team. Hit contrasts Goku by being stoic, serious, and calculating (not unlike Piccolo), but nonetheless treats Goku as a WorthyOpponent who he respects for his strength and his drive. Goku extends the same courtesy to Hit and is eager for further battles with him to better himself.

** Shun Kazami from ''Battle Brawlers'' is one of the calmest and quietest characters in the franchise. He is also a loner who wishes to become a ninja and trains with his grandfather. Along with Dan, Shun created the rules of Bakugan and is thus one of the best players in the game. Unlike most, he uses [[BlowYouAway wind-attributed Bakugan]]. Shun has long black hair and dresses in purple or green, depending on the season. He also has a troubled past due to having a DelicateAndSickly mother, who dies in the original Japanese version; however, the English dub censored this and had her fall into a coma instead.

** Shun Kazami from ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''. Shun is one of the calmest and quietest characters in the franchise. He is also a loner who wishes to become a ninja. He trains with his grandfather. Along with Dan, he created the rules of Bakugan and thus is one of the best players out there. Unlike most, Shun uses [[BlowYouAway wind attributes]]. Shun has long, black hair and dresses in either purple or green depending on the season. Shun has a troubled past due to having a DelicateAndSickly mother. In the Japanese version, she dies but the English dub censored it and had her fall into a coma instead.

* Hayato Jin, has all the traits of the StockShonenRival. However he has traits of the StockShonenHero also. For starters, he's not really a rival at all, rather BashBrothers with Ryoma due to them having their fight quite early on and joining him not long after. His while his Cynical aspects at times contrast with Ryoma, they both get along due to their enjoyment of combat and violence. At no point in the story does he ever feel the need to prove himself or feel any sense of hidden inferiority complex masked by a superiority complex. He can be hotblooded and passionate in the heat of battle rather than just cold and calculating. In terms of physical strengh, he and Ryoma are on par rather than it being a case were Ryoma has to catch up via training. While most Shonen Rivals act cool and superior in the beginning, only for this belief to be shattered later on due being Can'tCatchUp with the Shonen Hero surpassing them eventually, Hayato has this smug, over confident façade shattered early on initially when it's revealed he's DirtyCoward who loses his cool fighting something he can't understand or easily overpower. It doesn't even have anything to do with Ryoma at all. Afterward, once he gets accustomed to new threats, he quickly reverts to his calm, logical persona. Also, while most Shonen Rivals prefer to work alone and rely on their own strength, Hayato realizes quickly that going it alone will not help him saved Earth and instead chooses to rely on team work and ThePowerofFriendship. This is mainly due to the fact that the Getter needs 3 pilots working in tandem and a lone wolf attitude will get them killed. Finally, where as the Shonen Rival needs the Shonen Hero to drive them to be better, Hayato actually [[Spoiler:Outlives Ryoma in the 5th and final part of the manga Getter Arc, and is left to be the sole remaining member of the OG Getter cast who is left with the task of saving the Earth and humanity.]]

* Before Killua, there was Hiei from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', a cold, cruel, arrogant, and pragmatic little guy who started out as an antagonist, eventually evolving into a begrudgingly respectful rival figure to Yusuke.

** Outside of [[HeterosexualLifePartners his relationship with Iruma]], Asmodeus is very much a Stock Shōnen Rival: tall, very powerful and aware of it, quiet, smug, and unfriendly towards anyone who isn't [[UndyingLoyalty Iruma]] or [[VitriolicBestBuds Clara]]. He clashes with hot-headed Sabnock Sabro all the time, contesting his decisions, arguing with him over every little thing and constantly trying to prove he is better than Sabnock in every way. This has led both of them to act reckless and put themselves in danger, or at least waste time for whoever is unlucky enough to be on the same team as them.

** Outside of [[HetersoxualLifePartners his relationship with Iruma]], Asmodeus is very much a Stock Shōnen Rival: tall, very powerful and aware of it, quiet, smug, and unfriendly towards anyone who isn't [[UndyingLoyalty Iruma]] or [[VitriolicBestBuds Clara]]. He clashes with hot-headed Sabnock Sabro all the time, contesting his decisions, arguing with him over every little thing and constantly trying to prove he is better than Sabnock in every way. This has led both of them to act reckless and put themselves in danger, or at least waste time for whoever is unlucky enough to be on the same team as them.

** Outside of his relationship with Iruma, Asmodeus is very much a Stock Shōnen Rival: tall, very powerful and aware of it, quiet, smug, and unfriendly towards anyone who isn't Iruma or Clara. He clashes with hot-headed Sabnock Sabro all the time, contesting his decisions, arguing with him over every little thing and constantly trying to prove he is better than Sabnock in every way. This has led both of them to act reckless and put themselves in danger, or at least waste time for whoever is unlucky enough to be on the same team as them.

* Sabnock Sabro from ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'' is a subversion: he openly declares himself protagonist Iruma's rival, yet he has a lot more traits in common with a StockShonenHero than Iruma does. Sabnock is hot-blooded and reckless, and he has made it his life's goal to become Demon King because of how cool it would be. He's entirely focused on achieving that and goes to extreme lengths to climb the ranks, such as beating up a teacher on the first day of school or taking a shortcut through a dangerous valley his class was explicitly told not to go through during a race. Both situations have [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistic outcomes]]: picking a fight with a teacher landed him in the Misfit Class for the school troublemakers, and taking the shortcut almost got him ''killed''. However, his mistakes also gave him the chance to meet and bond with Iruma, leading Sabnock to see him as a WorthyOpponent and declare himself his rival in the quest to become Demon King.

* Teruki Hanazawa from ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' is a deliberate subversion, as he shares a lot of traits with the Stock Shōnen Hero: he's bombastic, charismatic, surrounds himself with friends (or rather, delinquent lackies), and works hard to be the strongest psychic around. The reason why he's a Rival and not TheHero is that the actual protagonist of the series is Mob, a shy, stoic kid with plain looks but amazing levels of psychic power who's intuitively great at using it, but doesn't like showing off and is in fact ''scared'' of his powers. Teruki, who considered himself the main character of the story and believed that MightMakesRight, is not too fond of Mob at first, first calling him weak for not wanting to use his powers, then accusing him of thinking he's too good to fight with Teruki with his powers rather than his fists. He's knocked down a few pegs after he suffers a humiliating (yet unintentional) defeat at Mob's hands and becomes his friend, but he still considers him [[FriendlyRival his rival]] and vows to keep training so they may one day be equals.

* Sabnock Sabro from Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun is a subversion: he openly declares himself protagonist Iruma's rival, yet he has a lot more traits in common with a StockShonenHero than Iruma does. Sabnock is hot-blooded and reckless, and he has made it his life's goal to become Demon King because of how cool it would be. He's entirely focused on achieving that and goes to extreme lengths to climb the ranks, such as beating up a teacher on the first day of school or taking a shortcut through a dangerous valley his class was explicitly told not to go through during a race. Both situations have [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistic outcomes]]: picking a fight with a teacher landed him in the Misfit Class for the school troublemakers, and taking the shortcut almost got him ''killed''. However, his mistakes also gave him the chance to meet and bond with Iruma, leading Sabnock to see him as a WorthyOpponent and declare himself his rival in the quest to become Demon King.

* ''Manga/{{Teppu}}'': Natsuo is a deconstruction of the trope. Natsuo's life doesn't revolves around trying to crush Yuzuko to the degree, say, [[Anime/DragonBallZ Vegeta]] does [[spoiler:and in the end she doesn't wants to be friends with Yuzuko and finds her defeat humiliating.]]

* Sabnock Sabro from Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun is a subversion: he openly declares himself protagonist Iruma's rival, yet he has a lot more traits in common with a StockShonenHero than Iruma does. Sabnock is hot-blooded and reckless, and he has made it his life's goal to become Demon King because of how cool it would be. He's entirely focused on achieving that and goes to extreme lengths to climb the ranks, such as beating up a teacher on the first day of school or taking a shortcut through a dangerous valley his class was explicitly told not to go through during a race. Both situations have [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistic outcomes]]: picking a fight with a teacher landed him in the Misfit Class for the school troublemakers, and taking the shortcut almost got him 'killed'. However, his mistakes also gave him the chance to meet and bond with Iruma, leading Sabnock to see him as a WorthyOpponent and declare himself his rival in the quest to become Demon King.

* Sabnock Sabro from Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun is a subversion: he openly declares himself protagonist Iruma's rival, yet he has a lot more traits in common with a StockShonenHero than Iruma does. Sabnock is hot-blooded and reckless, and he has made it his life's goal to become Demon King because of how it cool it would be. He's entirely focused on achieving that and goes to extreme lengths to climb the ranks, such as beating up a teacher on the first day of school or taking a shortcut through a dangerous valley his class was explicitly told not to go through. Both situations have [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistic outcomes]]: picking a fight with a teacher landed him in the Misfit Class for the school troublemakers, and taking the shortcut almost got him 'killed'. However, his mistakes also gave him the chance to meet and bond with Iruma, leading Sabnock to see him as a WorthyOpponent and declare himself his rival in the quest to become Demon King.