Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160121155254/@comment-734582-20160122080500

FatMan2539 wrote: I am yet to actually watch the episode, but I'm just confused as to why the anime is doing all this filler seeing as the manga ended ages ago and thus no longer needs to stay X amount of pace behind. Because they can. Naruto is a hugely successful anime, and the lack of canon material never stopped them before, it won't stop them now.