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>They were still professional athletes some of them were also Olympic athletes.
Who had no name brand recognition that would help advertise into a normie market.
Do you think just being an athlete makes you universally known?
It's like thinking some random game dev on final fantasy tactics promoting HSR is the reason it got famous LOL.
>So again not a BL,a show aimed at the general audience which is why it did well.
BL-Adjacent means a show designed to attract the BL crowd but it doesn't primarily follow a BL format.
>Muh general audience
True the general audience LOVES scenes like pic related.