#one pace has been a godsend though because the anime pads the shit of its episodes

[kuzunoha14th]

I think it depends on how it's done and if it's actually good filler (admittedly that's very subjective). I loved that episode of DragonBall Z where Piccolo gets his drivers license. That was great, but at the same time I don't need multiple episodes of filler at once (and certainly not entire arcs).

genuinely one of the worst things that’s happened to television in the last few years (exacerbated by streaming services) is death of Filler. going from 20 episodes to 8 because “we didn’t really need that episode where the main characters went to the beach right? it had no long lasting effect” but we DID!!! we needed to see how they act without the Big Bad Plot and to establish the dynamics between the characters and lay in the sun (do they forget sunscreen? how do they react to a thieving seagull? do they get buried in the sand or do they do the burying?). the plot isn’t everything. the action doesn’t hit as hard without the quiet moments. give us character development and our little scenes back