>>106295596It's not that implausible, though. Elira had JUST arrived in Japan a few hours before the termination notice was published. On a work visa.
A work visa whose validity was tied to her continued employment with Anycolor.
Do you see what I'm getting at? Do you see how easy it would have been for the suits to coerce her into destroying her own career just to spit in the face of someone they don't like?
There's also Japan's infamous anti-defamation laws. It would have been easy for the suits to convince Elira that choosing not to do the black screen could be interpreted as "illegal" under those laws, and that she could face three years in prison for not being the company's mouthpiece - doubly so if they told her this before she had a chance to confirm with a Japanese criminal defense attorney whether or not they were telling her the truth, and triply so if they told her that the act of talking to an attorney is itself grounds for immediate termination (and which had actually been mentioned in the termination notice)
The anti-defamation thing is also why Petra had to claim that keeping the Riku worship scene in her 3D showcase was 100% her own idea.
