The episode that made me rethink skipping filler arcs

For years I skipped every filler arc in every anime I watched. I thought they were just time wasters that messed with the pacing. Then I got to episode 178 of Hunter x Hunter 2011, which is mostly filler that adapts a bonus chapter. I almost skipped it but gave it a shot because I was bored. That episode gave me more background on Kite and Gon's dad than anything else in the series. It actually made the Chimera Ant arc hit way harder for me later on. Now I at least check filler guides instead of blindly skipping everything. Has anyone else had a filler episode change how they felt about the main story?

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bettymurphy22d ago

Oh man, the Goku vs Frieza filler fight in DBZ actually made me care way more about the final battle!

david_stone22d ago

Felt the opposite actually. That Kite flashback felt tacked on and kinda ruined the mystery for me. Hunter x Hunter was better when you didn't know exactly how Gon and Ging connected.