>>50900852>ESL wall of text>shipshitNigga do you really not understand that the anime is literally only a vehicle to sell merchandise and all decisions made regarding it are based on that fact? Any 'filler' in the story serves the main marketing purpose, and since it's not a seasonal show, they have to pad out the story with lots of it.
>If Koharu takes so much screen time it is because they want to sell Eevee merch>If they focus on Ash's battles, they're trying to sell shillmon merch>if Dawn shows up for the millionth time, they want to move more Piplup merch>if Serena shows up, they want to sell furshit merchIt's that simple. Grow the fuck up.