Unlike Stephanie Meyer though, this director’s work contributed to some of the most destructive trends to the medium(s).

So why should his opinions matter?

Your existence is the problem

I’m not trying to be “woke”, this isnt even a matter of culture either, that’s a flimsy excuse at best. It’s also not that its women being sexualized, its that it is underaged girls, put in skimpy clothing that panders to certain nasty folk, and it’s simply not okay. Neither is the sibling romance stuff. In fact anime used to make it rather obvious that lusting after young women was NOT okay, and now it’s changed to treat it the exact opposite way. Someone brainwashed the Japanese or something I tell ya.

Yes, SOA is trash.

This will lead to an issue where the expansion at first appears successful but then dies very heavily because the Blue Ocean while big as an audience will decline proving they are inconsistent and then the fans who liked their works aka Red Ocean moved onto something else. This is why trying to appeal to everyone will eventually be losing both the core audience and the audience they would like to have. Simply because they lack the balance needed to Keep their core in Japan and Overseas while expanding outward for more audience especially in Asia. Also there will come a point they will need to make a decision of long term(Core Audiences) vs short term(Global Audiences).

Those who stay true to themselves will eventually win and those who chase money and trends eventually lose long term. It’s something Japan needs to be aware of. But unfortunately it will be a hard lesson to learn because big megacorps in Japan are out of touch vs the medium and smaller company counterparts.