Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1018594-20150604121840/@comment-945885-20150605152913

The problem with the anime original arcs is that, even when they do tackle legitimately interesting topics, they're mostly structured poorly, written poorly, and animated poorly. The stakes are low, the stories have low stakes, they're not well tied into the overarching story, and they just generally lack the feel of a Kishimoto-penned story arc.