User blog comment:Videogamep/Why Fillers Don't Work/@comment-1595565-20140310162539/@comment-1595565-20140310173054

That's understandable. Filler arcs in those two series especially have been known to run insanely long. By the same token, I've felt the same way about some arcs in the manga that I felt dragged a bit, like Impel Down and more recently Punk Hazard. But for dragging in the manga it's more about getting to more plot development rather than finishing it.