Quote Originally Posted by Abdula
Not that, this

Oh, that's just my own prediction. I'm pretty confident the chapter-per-episode ratio will increase after this too, but we'll see

Most people think these fillers weren't necessary, but here's a little math: If Shippuuden had gone at a 1.5-2ch pace(lets just say 1.75 average) over 100 episodes, as of episode 100 it would have only been ~20 chapters from the manga again. Right now we would be in Part 1's crisis again.

But now they can safely charge through the next 2 huge arcs without worries, that's basically where I get that idea from