You know that anime fans are getting too cynical when their first impulse is to start wishing that a series’ merchandising will do well so there can be more seasons ordered…

This is not like previous years when DVD sales made most of the revenue for anime companies. Nowadays, alternate revenue streams are preferred because they also serve as marketing for the show (it’s what’s commonly heard as “brand engagement”). After all, you can’t download things like toys.

I second the theory about they adapting all the “child” part, and then start the second season (crosses fingers) after the time skip. Let’s hope those toys/cards/whatever sell well, so we can have our second serving.

And Yuuri looks so weird as a blonde; I always pictured her as dark purple haired.