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One thing I think most of us can agree on is that the 2nd cour's pacing is too slow, and it's seriously hurt some of the characters.
It's abundantly clear that yes, the original plan was 13 episodes and a movie, not 26 episodes. It's pretty clear they had to think of all sorts of little diversions and scenarios to fill up the added run-time caused by shifting from a movie to 13 anime episodes. Berger's exposition episode, the whole Mikumo rescue operation drama (and Walkure being imprisoned because of it), the "fix the ship" episode that started cour 2, and maybe even the trial in this episode, were probably all hastily created just to fill-up all the added run-time. The original 13 episodes + movie idea probably had much cleaner and smoother plotting/characterization.
The good news is that the padding probably ends next episode. The bad news is some characterization damage has already been done, and the first cour's excellent sense of forward momentum has been destroyed here in the 2nd cour.
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