User blog comment:TVthePunisher/Bleach Episode 287...start of a new filler arc?/@comment-1248963-20100818031310

I didn't have a problem with the lieutenant's FKT battles, I actually didn't quite notice the extensions and enjoyed them a lot, but Yammy vs Ishida irked me to no end, and the Rukia vs Rudobone was borderline ridiculous and completely different from the manga (when did Renji and Chad come in the equation, I wonder?).

Yes, the filler arcs are a necessary evil, unfortunately, to a point where it's hard to tell which one is worse. I did enjoy the Zanpakuto arc, but when the Toju came it all went wrong. The Bount is internationally known as "the arc that you can just skip" and "Ishida: Sh*t I f**** up". And the Amagai could've been tolerable if Rurichiyo had been cut out of the picture. Problem is the arc is kinda half about her.

But when the Zanpakuto arc came, we heard about it a good time before it started, and we're three weeks before this new obvious filler episode and we've heard nothing, so I highly doubt there'll be a new filler arc soon. As I said previouse a short mini-filler, or just separated episodes like the Beach special. But it won't be more than three episodes.