Stuff You Would Consider Manga Filler
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Yeah, no way is Fishman Island manga filler. As shit as Fullbring was as well, it still isn't filler, since events from it lead into the following arc.
Aside from the ones you mentioned:
Hunter X Hunter
- Zoldyck Family Arc
Saint Seiya
- Next Dimension
Hokuto no Ken
- All the events in between Shin's death and Rei's intro.
- All the Ryu events in between Kaioh's death and the Bolge Arc.
Gintama
- Over half the manga. (But really good filler)
Kinnikuman
- Planet Rakka Arc
Sakigake!! Otokojuku
- Fuin Rakanjuku Arc
Aside from the ones you mentioned:
Hunter X Hunter
- Zoldyck Family Arc
Saint Seiya
- Next Dimension
Hokuto no Ken
- All the events in between Shin's death and Rei's intro.
- All the Ryu events in between Kaioh's death and the Bolge Arc.
Gintama
- Over half the manga. (But really good filler)
Kinnikuman
- Planet Rakka Arc
Sakigake!! Otokojuku
- Fuin Rakanjuku Arc
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I can agree with what is said above.
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Fullbring I'd say is close enough - if you skip it you'd arguably miss very little as long as someone tells you "Ichigo got his powers back and these characters were involved, sort of." Fishman Island's rather important regardless of quality - if that's filler then so is Little Garden, Thriller Bark, and a number of other arcs I'm sure. The arc had been explicitly planned for a long time and was a necessary turning point in the series, plus the Poseidon reveal especially is *kind of* a big deal.
As for Gintama, I don't know if I'd really call anything that doesn't pertain to any kind of plot or Gintoki's past or something of that ilk to be "filler." That's just the type of series it is. Filler implies that you can skip it or that it's just pointless in some way (regardless of quality), and in the case of Gintama you definitely shouldn't because it's primarily a comedy series at the end of the day. It'd be like calling most episodes of a sitcom filler, bar the ones with a sizable amount of legitimate drama and/or character progression/regression.
As for Gintama, I don't know if I'd really call anything that doesn't pertain to any kind of plot or Gintoki's past or something of that ilk to be "filler." That's just the type of series it is. Filler implies that you can skip it or that it's just pointless in some way (regardless of quality), and in the case of Gintama you definitely shouldn't because it's primarily a comedy series at the end of the day. It'd be like calling most episodes of a sitcom filler, bar the ones with a sizable amount of legitimate drama and/or character progression/regression.
