>>100909170>fundThat’s a red herring. They disclosed having to PRODUCE their personalized merch (meaning creative control AND production decisions).
Mio talked about it on occasion, including about re issuing her hoodie.
https://youtu.be/XEE-VR6tW-oSome (like FWMC) also talked about which merch is more worth for them (bday and anniversary) and the general idea that they have the production cost of their personal endeavors fronted by the company and then docked from their sales is also confirmed (Marine and more recently, Laplus).