Hot take: filler episodes in long-running anime are actually important for pacing

I keep seeing people skip entire arcs in shows like One Piece or Naruto because they call it filler. But I watched Bleach from episode 1 to 366 last year, filler included, and the payoff in the canon arcs hit way harder. The breather episodes let you care about side characters so the main story has more weight. Has anyone else noticed that skipping episodes makes the main fights feel rushed?

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