User blog comment:TVthePunisher/Bleach Episode 287...start of a new filler arc?/@comment-1248963-20100818024041

Of course I agree with Mohrpheus in that the filler arcs should disappear altogether, but I guess we have all settled with the fact that, with the anime consuming 2-3 chapters weekly, it will eventually catch up with the manga, and so fillers are "necessary" so that the manga can have more material for the anime to "animate". Fillers have always been atrocious and will probably always be, but I guess I'd rather have some awful filler with a nice opening and ending and the always enjoyable Omake, than having no Bleach at all.