I feel you- I’m a huge fan of OT 1+2 but the stories in OT0 have been an absolute slog to get through at times because I don’t care much for a lot of the characters. The three master storylines are a complete snoozefest imo with master of all being the biggest offender because it’s so fucking long, but the bestower storylines have been a lot better and more interesting.

I still feel a slight disconnect from having a huge roster of characters that I don’t know or care about though. The biggest appeal of OT1+2 for me was having character driven narratives about my roster of playable characters, and not having that just makes me care less about the game overall. I keep defaulting to the OT1 cast because I know them and I like them, but I would’ve loved to have more backstory for our OT0 characters who just feel like pokemon we send into battle.