The Bount arc in Bleach wasted 45 episodes on boring new villains. It stalled the main story and did not make me care about the cast at all. Filler usually just kills the show's pacing for no good reason. I tried watching it and ended up taking a long break from the series.

Man, you're SO right about filler getting a bad rap! I forced myself through the Bount arc in Bleach once and yeah, some of it drags, but those random downtime episodes with the whole squad just hanging out? GOLD. What was the one filler arc or side story that actually made you go, "Okay, THIS is why it matters"? Like, when did it really click for you that it wasn't just wasting time?

Yeah, heard a mechanic say scanners miss the simple stuff sometimes.

What xenarobinson said about surveys being ignored hits it. Taking down posts just shows they care more about the policy than the problem. It's a bad sign when they silence people instead of listening.

Stuck with the same leather cover for three years now. Filled it with grocery lists, meeting notes, and even pressed a concert ticket in the back. The spine's cracked and coffee stained a few pages, but flipping through it tells a full story a bunch of empty new books never could. You just get used to your own system, right?