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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Being longer might have helped No. 6, but I don't think it would have saved it. No. 6 had inherent weaknesses that added length alone couldn't fix. The problems with No. 6's ending go beyond it simply being rushed (though that is a factor).
Besides, No. 6 was extra-compressed due to being an one cour noitaminA show. That cost it an episode or two compared to what most other one cour shows have.
I never bothered with Chaos;Head so I can't comment on that. I haven't finished Apollon so I can't comment on that yet (I will say that I'm fine with its pacing through the first half, though).
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The problem with No.6 was the way the fantasy element came out of nowhere in the last couple episodes -- if they'd had time to set it up earlier, it could've worked. As for Sakamichi -- the show ended up doing two Christmas episodes within the space of four episodes.
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Steins;Gate I'll grant you, but I'm not sure about Chihayafuru. Chihayafuru even had to drag out the dreaded recap episode. And honestly, I lost interest in Chihayafuru and have yet to finish it. So for me, at least, Chihayafuru being two cours probably didn't help.
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Chihayafuru worked for me, and what made it work was that it had time to breathe. Yeah, it did do a recap, but that was more because they only needed twenty four eps to reach a good stopping place in the manga. The material couldn't've been compressed into 12 or 13 eps without making it too fast.