Do you sit through the filler?
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Do you sit through the filler?
For those of you out there who've purchased the orange bricks, do you sit through the filler, or go straight to the battles of each saga?
Me? I sometimes think that sitting through the filler doesn't make sense, but then I have this paranoid idea that by skipping it, I'm cheating myself and being no different than the other folks out there who do hate it. Don't get me wrong, the filler in the series' was always important, because it allowed us to get to know the characters, and made new-comers understand what was going on. With me, though, I already know what's happening in every saga and why characters are doing what they're doing.
I've never attempted to do this, but I've always thought of it.
Me? I sometimes think that sitting through the filler doesn't make sense, but then I have this paranoid idea that by skipping it, I'm cheating myself and being no different than the other folks out there who do hate it. Don't get me wrong, the filler in the series' was always important, because it allowed us to get to know the characters, and made new-comers understand what was going on. With me, though, I already know what's happening in every saga and why characters are doing what they're doing.
I've never attempted to do this, but I've always thought of it.
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A while ago I had the idea to use video editing software to reduce an episode to just fights. Problem is it would have taken too long to do.
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Re: Do you sit through the filler?
Noooot all of it, or even most of it. Unless you count counting how many lines it took for the Toei animators to make Goku appear muscular while he's making a Genki Dama for Freeza as "getting to know a character," then sure.Ultimate_DB_Fan wrote:Don't get me wrong, the filler in the series' was always important, because it allowed us to get to know the characters, and made new-comers understand what was going on.
But no, I don't ever "skip" filler. If I made the conscienscous choice to watch a particular part/saga/episode, I'll watch it completely. Of course, that hasn't actually happened in a good while due to filler.
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I like filler because it have somthing new to me who read all of the manga beginning to end.
Filler like Garlic Jr. are absent from the manga and I get interested in it despite the flaws
Filler like Garlic Jr. are absent from the manga and I get interested in it despite the flaws
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Generally the only reason I watch the anime is if I want to see some specific filler scene. If I don't want filler, than I just read the manga.
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Considering my favorite episodes were mostly filler (The Saiyaman/Flight Training "OMG SHIPPY" arcs), I definitely do.
I personally love most filler, honestly.
I personally love most filler, honestly.
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There is that part of it, but generally that's only the case if the filler is funny or it's a fight/extending a canon fight. Filler that is simple, out-and-out time-wasting froth just annoys me because it tend to be awful. Like fake Namek or Goku having to repair the spaceship, or the tv crews filming the Saiyan battle. That stuff just saps my enthusiasm because the only thing it does is delay and slow down the story without being at all entertaining or interesting.SHINOBI-03 wrote:I like filler because it have somthing new to me who read all of the manga beginning to end.
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Wait, there's a filler of Goku... fixing... his spaceship...?!
I WANT TO SEE IT!!!
I WANT TO SEE IT!!!
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Yep. Complete with a Doctor Who-esque spacesuit. Can't remember which episode it is, though...SHINOBI-03 wrote:Wait, there's a filler of Goku... fixing... his spaceship...?!
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I'm pretty sure it is like 041 or 042. In fact, if it weren't filler, it'd be in the very next episode of Kai, but thankfully it'll be skipped over.Saiyavenger2941 wrote:Yep. Complete with a Doctor Who-esque spacesuit. Can't remember which episode it is, though...SHINOBI-03 wrote:Wait, there's a filler of Goku... fixing... his spaceship...?!
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The filler I skip is the fake Namek stuff, Bulma and the crab, the Garlic Jr. stuff, and the Afterlife Budokai stuff. I do like a lot of the Saiyan arc filler with Gohan's training, the driving episode, and some of the Great Saiyaman filler. If the filler is stuff that drags things out instead of making original storylines (five minutes on Namek) and it's not particularly exciting then I just use it as background noise while I get some exercise, read a book, or talk to a friend online.
The only time I don't skip over anything and continue to pay attention completely is if I'm watching the show with friends. When I'm watching it with a group (or even just one other person) and we can sit and comment on this and that while it's playing, I find myself very focused on the show even when the filler is on. It's mostly when I'm by myself that I tend to get distracted while filler is on.
Also, if it isn't filler but it's drawn badly, I don't really pay 100% attention. I pay enough attention that I get what's going on but I don't focus on it too much. The bad animation just can't draw me in at all while the stuff that looks the most like Toriyama's art style tends to suck me right in.
The only time I don't skip over anything and continue to pay attention completely is if I'm watching the show with friends. When I'm watching it with a group (or even just one other person) and we can sit and comment on this and that while it's playing, I find myself very focused on the show even when the filler is on. It's mostly when I'm by myself that I tend to get distracted while filler is on.
Also, if it isn't filler but it's drawn badly, I don't really pay 100% attention. I pay enough attention that I get what's going on but I don't focus on it too much. The bad animation just can't draw me in at all while the stuff that looks the most like Toriyama's art style tends to suck me right in.
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Yeah, that was filler. Anyway, I usually don't skip the filler. When I want to get through the series fast, I read the manga.LeprikanGT wrote:I hate the episode 'A girl named lime' more than almost any other filler; that and at the very end where Goku is protecting the eggs.......god i hope that was filler.
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If anyone hasn't already said it, the "Adventures of Son Gohan and Videl" filler was almost unbearable to watch. Son Goku's afterlife filler wasn't too good, either.
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