Ran into a guy at the con in Austin who changed how I see filler episodes
So I was waiting in line for a panel at Anime Frontier last year, just killing time on my phone. The guy next to me saw I was watching a clip from a 'Naruto' filler arc and he just started laughing, but in a nice way. He said, 'Man, I used to skip all that stuff too, but then I got sick for a week and had nothing else to watch.' He told me he ended up watching a whole filler arc about that one ninja who could use ink jutsu, and it was actually kind of fun because it felt like a weird side story that didn't matter, so there were no stakes. He said it was relaxing in a way the main plot never is. I've tried it since with a few shows, and he was right, it's a different vibe. Has anyone else had a moment like that, where someone's offhand comment made you give something you always ignored a real shot?