Thread:CureLightning/@comment-26426093-20170321071348/@comment-26426093-20180109072907

The latter series was amazing, partly due to its writers not being afraid to explore mature themes like death, bribery, abuse, family troubles, peer pressure and so on in all of its three seasons before the company (Takara Tomy) chickened out and decided to make its spin-off series more children-friendly (a prevalent theme that is common among Western mindsets nowadays), which to be honest left more than just a bad taste in my mouth.

I suspect that the writers of Stars wanted to emulate Pretty Rhythm (the early episodes of Aikatsu Stars Season 1 contain elements that not-so subtly resemble plot points from PR) but in the end Bandai put pressure on them to make the series more children-friendly. "Sighs" And this is coming from a company that puts blood and gore in Mobile Suit Gundam.