Shippuuden has a lot of fillers here and there but in the long run it's worth it for me. Some fillers are okay, they actually add story to a lot of characters, others are just horrid and pointless. In a sense it adds a lot of tension and build up to the main story.
It will not shy away from death either in the characters, which is personally one of my very favorite things about this show. I can't stand it when people survive miraculously by some freak-cause.
Overall I highly recommend this anime. Maybe skip the fillers at most.
