Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160707112925/@comment-734582-20160711082153

Lyan08 wrote: A lot of people don't like fillers, but in this case they're quite interesting and helpful to understand the original idea and what stands behind all these wars and fighting. It's much easier to understand the whole story. I'm 50/50 on this. I just wish the writing was higher-quality so it could at least be a plausible story, but it's annoying that the filler barely deals with it's own problems.

Like, Hagoromo apparently doesn't bother to have ANYONE check how his sons are doing (despite *How* they do it being the criteria by which the successor is selected). He waits patiently for ashura but sends nobody that way to check on his progress. Manga's Hagoromo had little to do with his son's feud, but Anime's Hagoromo is plain neglectful of his sons and definitely responsible for how they are.