I finally broke my filler episode habit after a 4 month binge

My watchlist was drowning in 60 episode shonen and I realized I'd skipped every single filler arc thinking I'd come back later. Turns out I never did, and by the time I hit episode 300 I had no idea who half the side characters were. Took me two full weekends with a guide from the Fandom wiki to map out which episodes mattered and which were safe to skip. Anyone else have a system for this or do you just raw dog every anime start to finish?

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seanlee20d ago

I once skipped 47 episodes of One Piece and thought Zoro was a different guy for a month.

fiona_young20d ago

Same here, I tried to catch up on Naruto a few years ago and just skipped every filler arc without looking back. Then I hit the war arc and had no clue who some random jonin were, so I had to stop and Google like ten characters just to follow the fights. Now I just look up the filler list before I even start a long show, saves so much headache.