Maekawa is just as much of a hack as Flynn and /sthg/ needs to stop dickriding him just because he's Japanese.

Both of these faggots fundamentally hate the basic Sonic vs Eggman dynamic that made the series popular in the first place. Maekawa literally wanted to redeem Eggman after SA2 and turn him into a good guy, and the only time he came close to writing a proper Sonic vs Eggman story it was actually Metal Sonic in disguise (Heroes).

Flynn does the exact same shit. He admitted on Bumblekast that he actively avoids writing Sonic fighting Eggman because muh complex storytelling, and he constantly deflects to half-baked secondary villains. That or he makes Eggman a reluctant ally. Sometimes both.

They both create OC donut steels that completely step on existing characters' toes. Shadow was literally designed to replace both Knuckles as the rival AND Metal Sonic as the dark reflection of Sonic. He also stole Tails' role as Sonic's friendly rival who could meet and surpass his potential by being important with Chaos Control, something Maekawa bullshited and only allowed his own OC and Sonic to use.

Tangle does the same shit. She's supposed to be the "tough girl" but she steps all over Amy, Rouge, Cream, and Blaze's roles. The only reason people don't complain more about Tangle is because Flynn tied her to Whisper's sob story lesbian subplot.

Most importantly, both of them want to completely change what Sonic IS.

Flynn wants to turn mainline Sonic into his shitty SatAM fanfiction with muh Freedom Fighters and war stories. Maekawa wants to turn Sonic into some isekai anime bullshit. Neither of them actually wants to write SONIC stories. They want to write their own original nonsense.

Maekawa wants to make Sonic like a fucking Michael Bay movie, he was inspired by Armageddon to write SA2's nonsensical plot.

Flynn and Maekawa are the same type of pretentious hack, one just has nostalgia protection because he wrote during the "golden age."