Yeah, I think Ryukishi07 might have hit the George R. R. Martin zone where you do anything but write the next book.

here's my conspiracy theory

r07 knows that ciconia phase 2 will have insanely high expectations for it, so he's churning out a bunch of slop so people will lower their standards into the dirt once it finally comes out

granted

I don't actually believe this

but also like ryukishi WHY