fairy tail 100 years quest was a corporate decision rather than personal decision by mashima

deg said:
Did Mashima intend the Fairy Tail sequel? “No.” It was the decision of “corporate.” “When I was working on the original series, it never occurred to me to have a sequel.” To be clear, the 100 Years Quest is no less a labor of pride for Mashima. “So the storyboarding and storyline development is all by me. There are moments where I even surprise him [Atsuo Ueda] in the direction where the story goes.” https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2024/hiro-mashima-confesses-that-fairy-tail-was-born-out-of-his-loneliness/.216924

confirmed the manga publisher is just milking the cash cow