you just have a different idea of what filler is compared with anime viewers is all.
IDK why many anime viewers put up with crap..
Here is Tp4Tissue patented Anime viewing system.
Step 1:
Only ever bother with "finished animes"
Step 2:
Thorough read of the episode guides
Step 3:
Go through anime watching only well animated action scenes and chest boing! averages to 2mins per episode
Step 4:
Feel Great about the fact that you've saved yourself 4hrs on 13 episodes, 8hrs on 26, etc, etc....
Contrary to popular belief,, I Fking LOVE ANIME.
most don't, you can smell filler a mile away, when you get a wiff of it, just wait 2 weeks and see if they're done with the filler arc.
plus filler is just there, the wife watches ALOT of korean drama on hulu, i'll be on the computer, i sorta know what's happening, and with korean dramas it's usually like this
if it is a 16eps series
1-3 will be introduction
4-8 will be main plot
9-10 willl be the high point
11-13 (maybe even 14) will be pure garbage, maybe even filler or just all characters will be at a standstill/impass
15-16 series wrap up
i have skimmed through at least 30k-drama's this way and the forumla is the same, which isn't to say most anime isn't like that either, but usually anime filler is for the long eps series
bleach
naruto
one piece
(i didn't even know bleach ended almost a year ago, lol, i kept wondering why hulu didn't update the series for months...)