I'm not dissatisfied with Part 4 - I like it much more than Part 3! I don't think Part 4 has been bad for filler at all. jankenboy is the first time I felt like an episode just hadn't paid off in anyway. I just mentioned it because I'm a little wary of this new alien plotline, and I might not have been had it not been for jankenboy. Part 4's pacing has been really good.
I meant to say dissatisfied with the format, but yeah I should've been clear on that.
LOL people getting their underwear in a twist about people complaining about "filler". It's pretty obvious that "Filler" = doesn't meaningfully move forward the plot or character development in a meaningful way AND is boring.
I mean, a post above yours defines filler differently even though they enjoyed Pearl Jam, so clearly not obvious.
But it highlights why filler discussions aren't going to go anywhere, because of differening definitions and stark opinions on the very concept of it. Especially with how much subjective the term has gotten. I view filler as time consuming. Something that spends so much time on one thing when you know damn well from the get go nothing valuable will be shown or gained.
For me, once Josuke vows to protect Morioh from any threat, not a singular or group threat, and Part 4's slice of life format reveals itself, I'm hesitant to call certain arcs as filler when it's, I feel, the very point of the show despite having an actual main antagonist. If Janken Boy and Tonio happened in Part 2 or Part 3, an episode where Joseph out right stops his training to play RPS or the SD crew stops their journey to Egypt to eat Italian, I'd probably say that'd be filler. But in 4, its narrative goals, which were establish the first few episode, prevents me from doing so.
So I dunno, lets just move on I guess.
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