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* As punishment for anybody skipping the [[Filler|Bount Arc]], the producers of ''[[Bleach]]'' left the three mod-souls so people could go "WTF who are these guys" and be forced to see their origins. But then again, they're just there to create ''even more filler'' so no one would blame you for skimming a synopsis or twelve.

** Kariya from the Bount Arc also makes a Cameo appearance during Ichigo's Vizard training, which pretty much makes anyone go "WTF who's that?"

* Given that ''[[One Piece]]'' has been [[Long Runner|running since 1997]], Eiichiro Oda understandably tries to avoid locking out his readers, which can be difficult given the fact that almost [[Chekhov's Gun|everything]] and [[Chekhov's Gunman|everyone]] in the series is of [[Kudzu Plot|some importance]] even if you don't follow the series from the start. Given that collecting every volume of the story released so far will set you back a few hundred dollars, he understandably puts short flash-backs into the story as well as summaries of the various arcs. To offset this, volume 50 is clearly labelled as a good "starting point", complete with recaps, backgrounds and a new direction for the story.

* Recent chapters of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' are heading this way; the later arcs make little or no sense unless you have a very good grip of the earlier ones. This is even more pronounced with the OVAs, which make ''no'' sense whatsoever unless you've read almost the entire manga.