Finally back from the dark side!!

[Gonzai]

Well as some of you know, I have been extremely ill for
awhile now, and pretty much out of comission. I am finally
back to myself (well not completely, but close enough) now,
and I wanted to start watching Naruto again. Is it true that
Naruto has been in fillers since episode 176?? I know that
is a filler, but I haven't checked others. I know that the
new episode 197-198 are suppose to be back on the story.
My question is, do I need to watch anything in-between??

Also, is the manga good?? I so need to catch up with that
as well.

I just got caught up on Bleach, and it is so good now. I
don't want to spoil the good feeling with a bunch of bad
Naruto fillers.

Though, there is little to be said for the Bleach manga.

[Goldknight]

I can answer that question!

The Naruto fillers should be watched. They were pretty smart how they did things this time. They added portions of the manga story into the fillers. They show little things at the beginning and end of each filler that usually fall in the manga. The fillers themselves are all titled "Leaf History" so you get to see little extras of your favorite characters from the original series. So they're actually kind of fun for the most part. My favorite was #196. Laughed my ass off. I totally agree with you about bleach. The anime finally reached the climax and the manga still sucks. Damned fullbring crap.

[duotrouble]

I'm going to echo GK and say yes. Watch them. I enjoyed them unlike the 80 filler episodes in the first series. Those were a pain. I'm loving that Naruto is back on the main story though. Bleach too! YAY! Anime is good again.

[Joost]

I thought some fillers where really bad
But than again, you can fast forward