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Bleach TYBW scene as cast react in shock
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How Many Episodes Of Bleach Without Filler Are There?

There's a lot.

Filler can be a real drag when youā€™re binging an anime and sadly Bleach is truly plagued by it. The iconic Shonen series launched at a time when filler was standard for ongoing shows, and now it means youā€™ve got a ton of content to skip on your next binge.

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How Much of Bleach is Filler

Bleach Filler EPisode scene of cast on the beach
Screenshot via Studio Pierrot

While Bleach is 366 episodes long, only 203 of these are considered canon. That means almost half of the series is filler which wonā€™t surprise anyone who has undergone the task of binging the whole thing.

Bleach has a filler problem for the same reason many other shows do, stalling time until the manga can progress further. Most weekly anime series have run into this problem where the anime starts to catch the manga, and while the author is working on more of the original story, animation studios use filler as a way to still give fans their fix. More recently weā€™ve seen this problem seriously impact shows like Boruto.

The good news for Bleach fans is that theyā€™re still getting more canon material now. In fact, all of Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War is considered canon and adapted directly from the now-completed manga run. In fact, if you include all 26 of the current TYBW episodes your Bleach canon watch-through will be increased to 228, which is a decent chunk of Shonen greatness to enjoy.

If itā€™s your first time watching Bleach and you have the time, keeping the filler in might be worth it. While some of it is very bad, other parts are a lot of fun and it will give you an experience closer to what initial fans felt while it was being broadcast. However, if youā€™re looking to rewatch the show, or donā€™t have a lot of spare time then weā€™d suggest sticking to only the canon and skipping the filler.


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Ryan Galloway
Ryan is a Senior Staff Writer for The Escapist who has been working at GAMURS since 2020. He covers a wide variety of topics between anime and gaming and boasts a degree in Journalism from Murdoch University. Email: [email protected]