No, and a lot of people do say that, and I think that's like 99% to do with the anime
The Boundt, Zanpakuto Spirits, and the Gotei 13 Tales filler arcs are all genuinely good, and the leadup to thefinal confrontation with Aizen and other things really helped keep the series going
Then you have Thousand-Year Blood War which is a whole other thing I can describe as "holy fuck i'm so glad I kept reading"