>>49507298>Most old seasons are filled with 80% filler episodes with COTD's, there's nothing to return to there.Exactly and it seems that they did not learn from this mistake, bringing us more episodes and filler characters for a season that does not require them.
Now I understand why Alola seemed more dynamic to me, they exploited the secondary characters, so they did not feel like COD, each character had a purpose no matter how small, giving an organic feeling to the series, just compare the lists of useless characters by seasons:
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Character_of_the_day 