'Fairy Tail' Author was asked if fans' expectations regarding certain pairings ever influenced the story's development:
"I never change my narrative because of readers' needs or expectations. I'm certainly happy to see readers discuss their wishes, but ultimately the decision rests with the author. I pay attention to this feedback, but I don’t take it all at face value."
"This might be a phenomenon unique to Japanese culture: what’s most captivating isn’t usually the state where two people are already together, but rather that period when they love each other yet haven’t officially established a relationship. That’s the most heart-fluttering stage. As for whether they’ll actually end up together in the end… well, that depends on my mood."
@behindzerosp I completely understand your POV, but the case for One Punch Man Season 3 was too chaotic to be counted as merely "animation enthusiasm." The director and several of the staff received death threats and provocation from people with large followings.
I feel this person's pain. Nowadays, people search how many cuts a show has on Sakugabooru before they watch it. The concept of community has corroded into a pile of horrendous, staff harassing, over-entitled (fake) larpers.
Nowadays, otaku don't have waifus or husbandos; they have goats.
Instead of "kamige", they call everything peak. They don't indulge in the story, only consume and move on.
Ppl don't show love and support, they create drama and harass others.
There is no community anymore.
KADOKAWA CEO Takeshi Natsuno says Japan's anime industry has become structurally weak because there are "too many" small companies operating independently
"Animation studios are the same. There are countless tiny companies, each with its own president and executives."
Natsuno argued that creators are being spread across fragmented studios instead of being merged into larger companies capable of competing globally with firms like Disney and Marvel
"If we don't act quickly, the anime industry is going to be hollowed out too."
@jortiqui@Rixi0303 Classifying anime as horny and unhorny is honestly unrelated to production. Chained soldier S2 had almost 2 and half years of confirmed production with a competent director. OPM S3 had less than 7 confirmed months of production.