People need to remember that I said it isn't confirmed yet. It is still possible it has just shifted. However, this is the only reason that I can think of.
I just don't know why it would shift in airing as it never happens unless something happens IRL or is a special like the Mewtwo episode in Unova. I just wanted to post this because I knew people would ask and think it was banned, plus some media are already assuming it is banned.
The only possible reason for shifting the episodes for this, that I can think of, is that they want to wait until football season. (Although it is more like Rugby)
I think you have a point. They might air it out of order like that episode of XY/XYZ with all the Cosplay Pikachu in it, and of course Ash's face in the Passimian costume will have to get edited to avoid racist connotations towards black people.
As Masterge said, I don't think TPCi is the one behind all the censorship in SM, but rather Disney XD. And that's likely due to their parent company Disney (duh) wanting to keep a family-friendly image so they tone down stuff that they deem offensive towards say, a certain demographic.
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