>>45753293If you watch the mainline series from the very beginning and survive Kanto and Orange, you'll be numb by early Johto and dead by late Johto, and it doesn't get much better from there.
>>45753409>You should never watch any anime that is longer than 26 episodes. Anything longer is bloated and thus not worth your time.This, but I'd extend that to 52 for when that was the standard amount for anime at one point. Of course, there's always that rule to watch a couple of episodes from the start to see if it's worth going further.
>I'm pretty sure by episode 26 Ash & friends have left the island of giant pokemon and from then on it becomes a slog.That was 17, episode 26 was the Celadon Gym and his 5th badge in Kanto. If we're going by Pokémon League progression, the slog didn't hit until after Fuschia in episode 32 where next one, Cinnabar (Saffron for some reason was 4th), wasn't until episode 58.
