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I remembered some /a/nons talking about this back when the scandal was first made public, and there was another famous mangaka who had a scandal of his own. I'd forgotten who it was, but I remember now (because it got brought up in an unrelated /a/ thread).

Toriko's creator, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, was caught with violating child prostitution laws and was arrested, had his manga (his popular work prior to Toriko) canceled. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but it was suspended for four years and I believe was dropped afterwards.

So yeah, Mamare's sentence was what, a couple of months? I don't know what the Japanese find more severe, but if Shimabukuro could get away with that and go on to make another hit(?) series, Mamare who didn't even get LH canceled still has a chance. Anime season? Maybe not (and even if there will be one, that'll be years in the future regardless of a scandal). But the franchise itself isn't dead, at least for now.