>>46825362Alright, let me analyze BW due to the fact that Iris will return soon and autists here get triggered by posting anything XY related. Here are episode chains (meaning that the episodes in a chain cannot be separated by some unrelated one and have to be watched in a certain order):
>1-2 (Series setup) >5-6 (Striaton)>14-16 (Nacrene)>21-23 (Castelia, would be longer if not for Fukushima)>24-25 (Bianca with the gang)>38-42 (Club Battle Tournament)>47-51 (Nimbasa)>57-61 (Driftveil)>62-64 (Chargestone Cave)>67-73 (Mistralton and Donamite)>75-76 (Twist Mountain)>78-79 (Icirrus)>80-86 (Ash changing his destination from Opelucid to Virbank, Roxie's gym, Meloetta's debut an beginning of BW2)>89-94 (If you are picky you can ignore 89 because it is the Dragonite capture episode, then we have Junior Cup and Humilau)>96-97 (recycled fotage arc ft. Lanto-T)>100-101 (Opelucid)>102-108 (Unova League, can exclude 102 for the same reason as 89)>109-111 (Begining of Season N, trip from Nuvema to Aspertia)>117-119 (N's sisters)>120-122 (Team Plasma finale)>141-142 (BW finale)I used Bulbapedia episode order btw. I ignored the prolonged periods of Meowth, Meloetta, N and Alexa being with the gang due to them being the only link between some of the episodes they appeared in. Even if we ignore those the series has at least 75 episodes with a direct connection to a one before or after them which makes 52,8% of the series as a whole.
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