From: tenchsama@cox.net   
      
   "Chris Kern"  wrote in message   
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   > On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:47:10 -0400, "ten/mark"    
   > posted the following:   
   >   
   > >(and doom tree is 100% filler).   
   >   
   > I wouldn't say that.  I guess there is some difference in the   
   > definition of "filler" -- for some series, "filler" means episodes   
   > inserted that were not in the source manga, often while the anime   
   > waits for the manga to get further ahead.  But Sailor Moon is so   
   > different from the manga that I use "filler" to mean episodes that do   
   > not advance any overall plot -- in other words, they are used to fill   
   > the space between major plot development episodes.  In the case of the   
   > Doom Tree arc, the "overall plot" is just what is covered in the 13   
   > episodes of that arc.   
   >   
   > -Chris   
      
   What I meant is that Doom Tree wasn't at all part of the manga, while all   
   the oter story arcs were (at least in some way).  It was created for the   
   anime to give Naoko-sensei time to get further along in the manga story.   
   Once that arc was done the anime roughly follows the manga again. It has   
   often been reported that Naoko-sensei was very unhappy with the doom tree   
   story line.   
      
   ten/mark   
      
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