Originally posted by: Mastercus
Originally posted by: masamuneehs


Appreciation for all anime and all parts of anime is impossible. It is against human nature.
I also am a thrue anime lover and really like Naruto.

But I don't like the fillers, why? I believe they are done in a half-ass fashion. You can see the animation quality slacking. You can see the crappy writing. Do you appreciate a microwaved dinner the same as a home cooked one?

What most people can't stand is how they portray the characters. I can agree with that, because sometimes I just see some of my favorite characters acting like idiots, getting beat by a bunch of crappy enemies etc. It's like carefully building the foundation and the first few floors of a building, then hastily throwing up a few more floors built of poorer-quality material, in a pathetic attempt at mimicking the previous floors or to serve to implement a gimmick.

Granted, sometimes the fillers have some good moments. But that's like wading through a river of shit to find a hamburger. Are you really going to enjoy that burger amidst a deluge of crap?

*sigh* me and my metaphors....

To Each his own I guess...
But I still strongly believe that the fillers do serve a purpose. sometimes they give you a little more insight into the charcter's personality. However, in your case it seems that the fillers are there to show you how perfect the actual story line is and that one can hardly add any episodes that can compliment its perfection.
On a lighter note yes you are full of metaphors hahaha.. do you study Literature?


I kind of disagree with you on that on that fillers give you more insight into a character's personality. Most of the time filler saga's just mess up character's personalities making them say and do things they normally wouldn't do or just exaggerate it, which is similar to what someone stated previously, that it makes some character's look like idiots. I personally can't say I've seen a filler saga where I saw some real insight into a character's personality that I could understand that character more, and there is a reason for that. Fillers sagas are fillers because they are created and the script is written by the production company itself and has no link to the original author/creator of the series and character. So, how can a filler saga really give you insight into a character's personality if it wasn't created by the author itself? All that does is create a false personality that is, sometimes, opposite to what the author had created, and on top of that, usually the things that happen in fillers dont tie into the main story once it comes back, so really, it gives no insight what-so-ever and i.m.o , alot of the time is just a waste of time.
That's why I agree that probably 1 episode long fillers would be a bit better sometimes then drawn out ones that have to drag out usually crappily written storylines and exaggerate character's personalities. I know that fillers are necissary to keep the show running when it catches up to the manga, but I think they could do a better job at them.