When a manga gatekeeps itself
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The anime has almost no filler, at least in terms of the overall story arcs. The movies could be considered filler if you wanted, as none of them are based on the manga.
The tournament and training portions are definitely worthless filler.
What's a shonen without a tournament arc?
That's true but MHA has the equivalent of like 5 tournament arcs.
When I say very little filler, I refer to stuff that is not in the manga, not necessarily that the content is worthwhile, at least in the context of an anime adaptation of a manga.
Good god! That arc was textbook filler. Introduce a new character who seems as though he has significance and then literally or figuratively kill him off at the end so that the story is right back to where it started. Like a sitcom.
I mentioned it in another reply, but when I say filler, I refer to parts of the anime that are not in the manga. I always thought of filler as what felt like 90% of Naruto episodes, regardless of the content of the story or the episodes, if they aren't in the original manga they are filler.
That being said some of the filler is good, but I think most ends up being a complete throwaway in the overall life of a series.
The movies are still canon, even if the main series don't reference them too much.