I think the question and answer arcs are about 1 million words each, putting the total closer to 2 million words. But once it was finished I wanted more.

For myself the biggest problem was the very long peaceful intro in episode 1. It’s a long time before anything happens (lots of world building and setup)… although when the “fishy aroma” music track finally drops the impact is amazing. And it just gets crazier and crazier from there.