Vilvake
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I was thinking today that it's odd the anime is still releasing fillers. So I decided to look at the numbers.
As most of you probably know, the fillers are ending on July 18th with episode 321. At that point, 81 chapters of content will separate the anime and manga.
You may be thinking, "So what. Each episode covers a lot of chapters."
Yeah, that's what I had previously thought too. However the actual average number of chapters per episode may surprise you. According to (a website NB won't let me link), Naruto: Shippuden, from its start, has only covered an average of about 1.5 chapters per episode. This only accounts for those that are canon, in case you thought fillers were bringing down the average.
That means when canon episodes are airing the anime only gains half a chapter on the manga each week.
Half a chapter.
And here's the shocking part: The manga could release about 162 chapters, and run for about four years, before the anime caught up. And that's assuming not a single filler episode will ever release again.
Masashi Kishimoto on the end of Naruto, from an
It's been about a year since he said that. So the manga evidently has about 6 months left. That also seems to coincide with the recent chapters, where it genuinely seems that the plot is at its climax. He does go on to say it may take longer, but after subtracting out the 6 months, there's still 42 left over from the time it would take the anime to catch up.
So what does this mean, you ask? Here are some possibilities:
A. I screwed up my math or got incorrect information. After all, this sounds completely ludicrous.
B. The anime will start covering a lot more chapters per episode, suddenly, out of the blue.
C. The people behind the anime adaption are money-grubbing wh*res.
D. The people behind the anime adaption have insider information, from Kishimoto himself, that a third Naruto series is being planned. And, thus, they are creating a gap between the anime and manga in order to air the new series without delay.
Option D. sounds familiar, doesn't it? That's because the original series aired fillers for two years, creating a manga gap of about 80-100 chapters. And if shippuden airs more fillers to maintain that same manga gap, then maybe this statistic would also stay the same: Naruto part 1, and currently part 2, both sit at almost exactly 40% filler. The difference between them is less than one percent.
Seeing these numbers, I'm not sure what your perspective will be. To me, though, they strongly hint at a third series. Naruto: Akkipuden, perhaps?
As most of you probably know, the fillers are ending on July 18th with episode 321. At that point, 81 chapters of content will separate the anime and manga.
You may be thinking, "So what. Each episode covers a lot of chapters."
Yeah, that's what I had previously thought too. However the actual average number of chapters per episode may surprise you. According to (a website NB won't let me link), Naruto: Shippuden, from its start, has only covered an average of about 1.5 chapters per episode. This only accounts for those that are canon, in case you thought fillers were bringing down the average.
That means when canon episodes are airing the anime only gains half a chapter on the manga each week.
Half a chapter.
And here's the shocking part: The manga could release about 162 chapters, and run for about four years, before the anime caught up. And that's assuming not a single filler episode will ever release again.
Masashi Kishimoto on the end of Naruto, from an
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sometime before July 21, 2012.It's been about a year since he said that. So the manga evidently has about 6 months left. That also seems to coincide with the recent chapters, where it genuinely seems that the plot is at its climax. He does go on to say it may take longer, but after subtracting out the 6 months, there's still 42 left over from the time it would take the anime to catch up.
So what does this mean, you ask? Here are some possibilities:
A. I screwed up my math or got incorrect information. After all, this sounds completely ludicrous.
B. The anime will start covering a lot more chapters per episode, suddenly, out of the blue.
C. The people behind the anime adaption are money-grubbing wh*res.
D. The people behind the anime adaption have insider information, from Kishimoto himself, that a third Naruto series is being planned. And, thus, they are creating a gap between the anime and manga in order to air the new series without delay.
Option D. sounds familiar, doesn't it? That's because the original series aired fillers for two years, creating a manga gap of about 80-100 chapters. And if shippuden airs more fillers to maintain that same manga gap, then maybe this statistic would also stay the same: Naruto part 1, and currently part 2, both sit at almost exactly 40% filler. The difference between them is less than one percent.
Seeing these numbers, I'm not sure what your perspective will be. To me, though, they strongly hint at a third series. Naruto: Akkipuden, perhaps?
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