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>you would think with the influx of people getting in, there would be also be a proportional influx of new western fanworks
There is, but western output tends to be more low impact, insular stuff compared to eastern projects.
Methinks the language/culture barrier plays a large part. Western efforts are front-loaded on translations, trying to unpack mythology references and cultural tie-ins that are obvious to the Japanese (and other east asians to some extent), not having an equivalent to doujin spirit, etc. Also notice how a lot of western works either downplay the "eastern fantasy" aspect for fear of fucking it up, or warp it into something else out of convenience. They can still be decent, but rarely top shelf because of it.