I know that the English translation of Zatch Bell got cancelled eight volumes short of the end of the series, because I was working in a comic store at the time and we got complaints. I never got into the series myself, though, and couldn't write for it.
Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Currently estimating I have another 4k to go, and have been averaging a bit under 500 words a day, so on track to either have a completed draft by the default deadline or at least be close enough not to panic. Whether I'll still have time to write treats after the edit is more up for debate.
Re: One thing that will definitely happen in your Yuletide fic
My placeholder fic is done, so I now have until the 24th to finish the fic I actually wanted to write and then swap them over and label that one as a treat.
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