Why does nobody mention how bad filler episodes were in 90s anime

I was rewatching the original Yu Yu Hakusho last month and it hit me like a brick... I spent years thinking Toguro was some unstoppable force because the anime stretched his arc with like 15 episodes of random ghost fights. Turns out I was just watching pure filler the whole time. The manga wraps things up way faster and makes way more sense. I remember sitting on my couch around episode 60 wondering why the Spirit Detective stuff felt so dragged out. Then I talked to a buddy who read the manga and he was like "you know half of that is made up, right?" Felt kind of dumb but also relieved. Has anyone else had a moment where you realized you sat through hours of filler that didn't matter?

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lee.cole7d ago

Remember the Dark Tournament was actually canon though.

jason_fisher47d ago

Gotta disagree with you there. The Dark Tournament was fun but I always saw it as filler material they stretched out for the anime.