User blog comment:Fallowstar24/The Good and Bad of Filler Arcs/@comment-1384274-20110128011225

Personally, I loved all of the fillers; arcs and canon episodes. Mainly because I like the characters. I love all types of fictional stories so it's not hard for me to get into a lame storyline and like it. Just so long as it has a full, complete ending, unlike School Days and the Elfen Lied anime. Zanpakutou arc was entertaining. The zanpakutou spirits all had very colorful characters, and the Toju weren't too bad besides the fact that we didn't know who wielded them, and that their mindlessly rampaging. The high points of these two arcs was that we got to see all kinds of characters showing their true selves more openly. I mean it's not every day that we get to see Nanao actually care about something besides work, or Chojiro at all. And then there are the bonds that they all share. (Hmm... I believe Fade To Black also touched on the subject of "bonds.") There's always positive points hidden somewhere, even in Gin's death. Just don't ask me to list any. You just need to keep an open mind to fictional stories. Side stories are basically just for laughs anyways, so lighten up.