User blog comment:Lemursrule/BLEACH 359 Review: The Runaways/@comment-1837917-20120208041658/@comment-1837917-20120208045802

Ahh, true, I hadn't considered slots in terms of anime. As for the plot, I'm guessing it would take more money to get Kubo to come up with something for a filler arc, so then the studio would get their own writers to design it.