So seeing as we've all seen the infamous pictures of all the badges in what looks to be sequential order, I've begun to become skeptical as to whether or not this is truly the order. In case you haven't I'll show it here:
Now, as you can see the top 9 badges are all in chronological order from which was received first. So first thought would be that all the others are correct, right? I'm thinking not. A good amount of these do seem logical, but a few badges are giving me some doubt.
Let's think about the information we have so far. From what we have, it looks like Samson, Terra and Ciel are all involved with Agate's circus. And in the screenshots we just got from Ame, I believe Samson is depicted in the first one and obviously Terra in the second. This would lead me to believe that we will most likely be fighting both in said episode, or perhaps only Samson. Well if Terra isn't fought in this episode, then for sure the next one? Doesn't seem that way. Looks like we're facing Charlotte. When we departed from the twins, Shelly, and Charlotte's family, it seemed as if they were splitting between the gym towns of Charlotee and Saphira. The towns named were Labradorra and Calcenon. So because of that, her gym battle seems completely off between Terra's and Samson's. After Terra, it looks like we have Ciel, which looks perfectly fine. After that is Adrienn. I honestly think Adrienne's battle fits nicely only if everything with the circus has wrapped up by then. Other than that, I wouldn't be upset about a venture back to the Coral Ward. Absolute perfect sense right here considering what we've seen in Shade's gym is Titania and Amaria. I'm assuming some sort of drama occurs between or after your battles with Titania and Amaria that caused Titania to give her the shove. So I honestly think that makes sense. Hardy is where I get somewhat confused. We know Aya abandoned her gym to go somewhere with Hardy, (where, I cannot exactly remember.) But in our episode 12 preview, we know that Aya is going to be somehow involved, rather close to home than far away with Hardy. So why exactly is Hardy stationed so far away sequentially? Next is Saphira, who I honestly believe fits perfectly at the top. My only thought though is that with Saphira being so far away, I can't imagine going that long in the storyline without Anna. It's obvious she has quite the significance within the storyline. And knowing Nostra, he is probably very upset that Anna does not have her pendant.
But anyway, that's enough ranting from me. I'd love to hear what you all think about this sequence and how accurate you think it is.