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Originally Posted by Aoi Kurenai

This turned out to be a lot longer than my initial "Yeah, they tend to plan stuff out" post, but I sorta just vomited what I know all over the place so you'll have to excuse my incoherent ramblings.

Pal, I'm not exactly in a position to judge when it comes to long, rambling posts.

Anyway, I guess my point here is that while Ninninger might not have started with a clear vision in mind, a plan clearly started to come together as it went along. It's not like the guy never thought ahead.

I think you could even argue there's some merit to that style of writing, especially for shows like these that do have somewhat messy productions from time to time. You can just sort of naturally build on things without having to worry about fitting everything to whatever plot beats you've committed to or having the rug pulled out from under you. I think Gaim actually suffered a fair bit from that, forcibly rerailing things that got off track (the final few episodes sort of abruptly getting everything to match up with the premiere's opening scene mostly for the sake of it), or failing to fit things into the existing story with any real purpose (why does Youko exist again?).

Don't get me wrong though. There's a nice happy middle in-between these two extremes. But a show like Ninninger doesn't really call for a big plan the same way a show like Gaim does. As long as the stuff you're making up as you go along makes sense, you're good.