>>149273358It's a company first, regardless of the opinions of a few higher ups once it's absolutely clear shit ain't profitable they cut back. They aren't solely focusing on an American or mostly western audience anymore, even reducing it to a small scene that can be edited out isn't enough, it'll get warnings or outright banned in other countries.
>>149273396You'd think they'd get that, the only people vehemently defending shitty tokensim whenever it got criticized were tumblr era slacktivists, spicy straights, ally normies and disney adults.
>>149273450Elio caring about the environment mostly amounted to him repurposing junk he'd find at the beach, that's it. Like incorporating into sandcastles, capes and shit, its in the artbook. So it's not like it was particularly preachy either.