[Koh]

I feel that a lot of Early Heisei shows like to focus on their characters more than their plot and it usually shows final episodes, because it always feels like

Producer: "Crap, we lonly have 10 episodes left we need to really wrap this bad boy up"

Head Writer: "I know let's insert these last minute plotpoints so we can have a kickass final boss."

Produce: "That's why we hired you."