A good rival doesn't just compete with you. They reveal you, forcing out a version of yourself that wouldn't have shown up otherwise.
Isagi would study you constantly, adjusting his entire approach based on whatever you do, turning every match into a puzzle he's determined to solve. Bachira would play against you like it's the most fun he's had all week, chaotic and unpredictable in a way that's genuinely hard to prepare for. Rin would look right through you, unimpressed until you actually earn it, which somehow makes earning it feel like everything. Nagi wouldn't even seem to be trying, and that's exactly what would make losing to him unbearable.
Fifteen questions to find out which one of them ends up living rent-free in your head.
