Kissaki

• Bloom into You - girl falling for girl though
• Whisper of the Heart - movie
• A Sign of Affection
• From Me To You
• Maid Sama!
• Tomo-chan Is a Girl!

First two I rated Great 9/10, second four I rated Very Good 8/10.

I don’t see how trademark and copyright law would be a hindrance. Any multinational company and any company with global markets has to gain this expertise, and they contract lawyers to do so.

Steam can do it. Bandcamp can do it. Netflix can do it. Amazon can do it. What is supposed to be so different for manga or anime?

What do you mean by traditional material?

I can see your argumentation being followed by misguided production management, but I doubt it’s necessary or can positively influence world-building.

All kinds of mechanisms and progression can be presented naturally, intuitively, and embedded within the world. I doubt a noticeable number of people are so far gone they can only understand the world through the interface of video game interfaces.