I did read the manga for a while, but its one of those cases ,where I'd rather see it in motion. On the other hand I don't want to watch pointless filler. Nothing ever happens in the filler, the main characters become exceptionally weak and it doesnt make sense, or even fit the rationale of a series. When I jumped from 56-72 it was as if nothing happened. Naruto was still training outside of town trying to figure out his new jutsu. Otherwise I would have had to watch pointless crap about zombies and stuff. If I want Zombies i'll read Walking Dead.