Ok, first thing first... I've been reading this forum since Naruto 49 came out, just never posted before, so Im not really new here ^-^
On to the topic...
A while ago we heard there was a chance of a filler arc coming up, especially since the anime is entering the current manga saga.
Everybody expected that everything (for a while) after the sannin battle would be a filler... though we saw on last weeks preview that in ep 98 Tsunade will tell Lee to quit as a Ninja... so Sasuke would be already awake, and thus the 4th saga begins...
Now... in the manga we are currently watching Sasuke and Naruto fight, in the "end" of the 4th saga... ok... so here's my thought...
Many people I know (and many of this forums users too) are thinking that maybe after this battle ends there will be a "time-jump"... well... my two cents are in that if there is indeed a time jump on the manga, when the 4th saga ends in the anime it WON´T go directly to this "future saga", therefore handing us the filler saga where we could have several options... like:
1) usual training...
2) original character's (which the director wanted)
3) Missions of all the other teams beside Team 7 (minus Sasuke that is)
4) Sasuke's life @ Orochimaru's
Just a thought... I mean... getting the filler saga right now will just screw the anime time line, and if the manga does have a time jump... filler saga would have the right time to appear (right time as in not screwing current timeline, nor canceling the show nor ending it just cause it catched up to the manga).
Opinions ^-^?