Thread:Seol404/@comment-26180030-20190728092923/@comment-26180030-20190728214451

Yes, because the networks wanted it to be less dark cause it was supposedly scaring off the little kids. Even though the complexity of the show and exploring just how deep having a monster inside you will make you fall was what got the show it's popularity in the first place.

It kind of pulled off the opposite of the Iron Man cartoon at the time, where the first season was bland and inoffensive with very little to do with the comics, while the second season was deep and explored actual drama while adapting many episodes from the comics.