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I don't get this obsession with Mine. We had a Tv Tokyo producer openly disparaging Tatsuki, so acting like everything could have come from just Mine is silly.

>Tatsuki with a team of like 5 people had complete creative freedom as neither Mine not Kadokawa cared anymore
>Then Mine returned... he wanted HIS IP back

Mine just usually gives creative freedom to people working alongside him. Just check the Arcade Gamer Fubuki or Sgt.Frog animes and compare to the manga (also the Sgt.Frog and Fubuki characters in Seven of Seven).

Note Mine wrote the initial script of the first episode and was the one who established the core Kaban/Serval cast (removing Mirai who was initially meant to be a recurring character in the anime too). Tatsuki did rewrite many lines there, but it was still just rewording/changing them, rather than scrapping it over and starting from zero.

Mine also was doing those guidebooks during season 1.

I won't deny something might have soured later on considering the radio silence from him after this situation started. But this image that Mine had completely abandoned Kemono Friends and suddenly jumped in when it was a success is a complete lie. He was constantly posting Kemono Friends art too on twitter back in those days.