Bleach Anime Filler Guide: Which Episodes to Skip and Which You Might Actually Enjoy

Skip the unnecessary! Here’s a Bleach filler guide on what to avoid and which episodes are actually worth watching.

If you’ve ever attempted to watch Bleach, you probably know the struggle: one minute, you’re watching an intense battle, and the next, Ichigo is off fighting some completely irrelevant villain you’ve never heard of. Welcome to the world of Bleach fillers.

With 366 episodes, Bleach is full of thrilling fights and, frustratingly a ton of filler. Over 40% of the series consists of non-canon content that doesn’t affect the main story. While most of the anime can and should be skipped, a few episodes are surprisingly entertaining even in filler. Yeah, you read that right!

So, here’s your ultimate guide to Bleach fillers; what to skip and what’s actually worth watching.

What Are Filler Episodes in Bleach?

Filler episodes are anime-exclusive content that don’t follow the manga and have no impact on the main story. Since Bleach was adapting an ongoing manga, the anime often ran out of material and had to create filler arcs to give the manga time to progress.

While some anime manage to blend fillers seamlessly, Bleach did not...