Meaning the protagonist’s has a rival that is obsessed with beating the protagonist but the protagonist doesn’t even know they are rivals but keeps beating them anyway.
Meaning the protagonist’s has a rival that is obsessed with beating the protagonist but the protagonist doesn’t even know they are rivals but keeps beating them anyway.
Sports anime like Umamusume and Medalist do have this dynamic.
Edit: Not adapted into anime yet (if ever) IIRC, but this happens in Bofuri too.
Edit 2: Now that I think about it, quite a few power fantasies (and parodies of this subgenre) have such jobbers.