Kawahara lamented, that while TIS and AO and other such titles scattered across his notes now lost to digital enclaves were the works he put more passion into, and whose collective worldviews he admitted were of greater personal interest to him, SAO instead would be the only project to take of, one that eventually would also even garner global recognition! … A fact he just couldn't understand but would nevertheless be obliged to roll with under the duress and blackmailing of editor Miku, now a comfortably rich CEO and a robust family man who profited off the gamble, fattening his pockets, while he -Kawahara- remains yet infinitely busy, lost to labor for mysterious cabals; indeed, it is no surprise the man in his 50s can't write much anymore, even if he wants to.
Yes, for SAO, it was (and still is) an immense success… one so certain in its enormity, that it again would lead to the author's lament, a strangulation, a discomforting palpation that would disease the source novel volume 18 onwards.
This begun following an interview somewhere in the states and elsewhere where questions of why SAO had 'rape, and so much cruelty' 'why can't you give the succubi more agency!?' were brought up, flying left and right, many a prompt of this sort… Kawahara's hands were after this instantly tied, so clearly evident by the response he gave: "these will be fixed.".
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-01-21/sword-art-online-author-reki-kawahara-says-female-characters-should-not-be-treated-as-trophies/.142337There can be no doubt about it: those questions being brought up over such a huge audience created a butterfly effect too strong. Editor Miki would not overlook it. He did not overlook it. Fate for this would would alter.
…And so, the intensity of SAO would thereafter dim, its antagonistic element reduced always to something 'acceptable'. Worse yet, Kirito would now be artificially directed to forever project a family friendly atmosphere at all times… he never again will break past the yoke of 'good' disposition.
Not long after, the time-keeper would throw his watch, and now finally, with SAOP9, SAO has injected homosexual gay characters into its cannon. Leyshren Zed Yofilis head first, who killed his dad for denying gay love, his mother consequently committing suicide in response.
… Kawahara and Miki the sinister would even employ, or rather accept the staunch (not well known) communist feminist misandrist Keiichi Sigsawa of Kino's journey fame to write a spinoff 15 volumes long, further poisoning the well, and add onto this the pathetic mystery spinoff SAOM.
Because of all of this, It's rumored Kawahara has begun focusing on the 1% female fans and will now be writing BL, or that Kawahara doesn't really write anything anymore and someone else does it under his name, or an LLM does everything ( as he toils for the cabals ).
A similar story can be found in NISIOISIN, who looks at his loli celebrating past in shame, and detaches himself from its association altogether, citing the 'anime as anime and the novel as novel with nothing to do with it.' Shinobu would go from a fearsome yet strongly beloved character of infinite strength… to the pathetic 'child' of a succubus called Senjōgahara who would divorce and remarry Araragi incalculable times, an event Nisio used probably to make it transparent her bonding prowess was a destroyed thing after consummation with several other men, giving credence to the rumored sexual intercourse she must've had with Kaiki and, presumably shino meme or even both at the same time. Nisio probably would use this sort of a way to 'trick' and 'teach' the pure fans into what a real female is like. He's quite the feminist weak cuckold after all.
And again, another similar story in Goblin Slayer where Kumo Kagyu would be forced to write an entire volume of a black looking character repeatedly pushing forth the message 'blacks are not goblins'… this being a book published during the aftermath of the BLM insanity. He caved in. They all caved in. The pattern's painfully obvious, the work got gutted anyway.
When something is too popular, it's done for.
Japan is always 10 years behind.
Well, those are my thoughts on things I'm interested in and how they're going.