User blog comment:Avolling/It's All In The Phrasing/@comment-1393830-20100401142954

I dont think it is so much the introduction of new terminology that brings these arcs down. I will say that my favorite of the arcs was the zanpaktou rebellion but not because it did not introduce new terminology. I liked it because it felt like it was actually Bleach. The other arcs seemed as though they were just thrown in there to fill up space. I think that Kubo being a part of this arc really helped it.

On the opposite end, the beast sword arc is by far the worse. This is due to its entire lack of overall plot. No episode carries into the next. Each episode is its own contained little story that does not feel like a bleach episode even because they try and make it cute and likeable but that brings it down.

The Bount arc was my second favorite because it had plot and developed its characters. We got back story and by the end, I felt we knew the characters well.

Amagai's arc suffered from switching view points. It was confusing having to switch between the story of that girl, of kumoi, of Ichigo and of Amagai. The plot really never thickened until Amagai is revealed to be a traitor.

It is not words that drag down the filler arcs but a general lack of plot and bleach feel