That was why I was almost pissed off that the fillers wouldn't last so long. It would really fuck with the flow of the story. Imagine Naruto with fillers every 5-6 episodes. Everyone would be like, "What the fuck is this? It has nothing to do with anything!"Originally posted by: The Heretic Azazel
Doing that too much is really going to fuck with the general flow of Bleach though being interrupted every month or so like that. I'm sure that's why it was decided Naruto would go on such a long filler arc. When Naruto comes back it's going to be huge and without interruption.