If "filler" was overseen and approved by the manga's author, it's not filler. The author gave it their stamp of approval, so it's just extra content.
Oh good, another "shounentard posts about filler" episode. I needed this.
Whether it's approved by the original author or not doesn't matter. If they wanted that kind of thing in the original series they would have put it in. Not to mention all the claims of the mangaka being okay with or spearheading content outside of the original manga is always dubious. Like the claim that Oda was heavily involved in the live action One Piece series.
Thank you OP for strengthening my belief that the Naruto franchise ended a long time ago and every episode since Shitpooden is filler.
>>284106181You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes something filler.