(thank you Cyndi lol <3)
Time Gate is definitely a binge-read series, so don't go in there prepared to start off wherever and go from there (but if you take on the challenge, you deserve a trophy and my utmost respect). Being a binge-reader myself, I'm glad that I'm able to draw such an extensive (and sometimes complicated) series. At 223 episodes, 10 chapters, and 230 individual pages and counting, it's only a single snowflake off the iceberg that sinks to the bottom of the Marianas Trench in terms of how big the series is planned to be (... yeah I sorta screwed myself over with that).
In terms of the Winter Fest episode, it's about half the length of a usual chapter, so it didn't take me too long to do it once I actually sat down and worked on it (which took me forever to do /lazy). I wanted to get the gist of the three main characters within the comic, without stretching the episode too long, and I feel like I was able to do it okay with Uzuki and Mitsuhiro's brief - and aggressive - interactions. I do wish I could have expanded on Saichi's participation in the comic a bit more, but I'm still glad I was able to get him into it regardless, being the third most main character of Time Gate: Reaper (however Uzuki and Mitsuhiro are the leading characters, so they were more important to summarize in a mini-sode through their conversations and attitude towards each other; especially because this is what a lot of the first book, Reaper, focuses on).
Overall, if you're looking to read an extensive series that seems to go on and on and on (like I tend to look for which is where it obviously rubbed off lol), with a ton of character interactions, fight scenes, action, and a little bit of horror and time-travelling dabbled here and there, then Time Gate's right up your alley. Don't be deceived by the happy-go-lucky plot of Mitsuhiro and Uzuki on the surface - the snowflake leads to a pretty big iceberg, after all, and that iceberg is filled with a LOT of stuff that would take me hours to even start talking about.
Hope you all enjoy the Winter Fest episode! And I hope to see some of you hop on the Project Reaper wagon