Sticking my dick into an ongoing dipshit civil war is probably a mistake, but the (recap?)anon here
>>54064727 is basically making the same "argument" I have in the past by comparing Serena's arc with Dawn and May's in numbers. I think it's a reasonable way to discuss pacing if nothing else, which is all the anon here is doing. It's a bit frustrating to see it pulled into whatever tantrum is being waged in said civil war. SM doesn't really have the same beats as AG/DP/XY, so more numbers are hard to come by, but it's worth pointing out that by episode 14, we have a pretty good idea of what all of the Alola cast is currently pursuing or wants to do in the short term. In XY, we don't get that sense of goal with Serena until episode 40 at the earliest, so the first season is kind of painful to get through. That's been the totality of the argument as I've used it.
Also the Trails series is good, more people should play them. 