User blog comment:TVthePunisher/Bleach Episode 287...start of a new filler arc?/@comment-1268838-20100818022044

Personally, I think they just need to stop this filler nonsense altogether. It has always annoyed me that unlike other series, Bleach has this ridiculous need to completely interrupt the canon material at awkward times with these side stories. After the Forest of Menos arc, they just flat out gave up trying to insert them into the flow of canon events (though given how fast-paced the manga is now, I doubt that's possible). As far as the latest episode sounds, it almost sounds like it's going to be an omake or something. As long as it isn't another long arc with overdeveloped filler characters, I'm okay with it.