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Well this was made for people "who played the 1st" so I take it thier audience is reaching towards teens and young adults, hence the do edgy shit like this. Not that it's solely for mature audiences but this would be more PGish vs Y7 or Y like the regular anime. Kids today would be interested or familiar of RB so the studio is aiming for the older audience.
Besides it's going to be online internationally