User blog comment:TVthePunisher/Bleach Episode 287...start of a new filler arc?/@comment-1904799-20100819173513

I agree that it's way too early for the suits (or as Nel put it "studio executives") to start producing ANOTHER filler arc. It'll happen at some point, sure, but not this soon. There's no way. That being said, it's odd that we'd suddenly jump to some unrelated side-story about a magic lamp. I also don't like that the episode before it "Ichigo's Return! Protect Karakura Town!" has a somewhat-vague-sounding title. The last vague episode title was "Towards a New Battle" which led into the Zanpakuto Unknown Tales filler. It's also true that we typically get a few one-off filler episodes before an arc starts... so technically speaking, it all adds up that a new filler arc is on its way. But practically speaking, it ain't gonna happen.