If Bakuman taught me anything, it's one of the facts of the manga business that authors can't afford to design complete, wholesome stories because they need to submit n proposals to the publishers, one after another, until one finally catches fire. So, it's more like settings, not stories. I have no doubt that's also the reality, not just Bakuman, considering how dodgy many of the series are if you look at the bigger picture.
Although I'm not sure what you mean by this.
Episode 8 - HS
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Very traditional. Men fight and a woman can't understand it, meddles, and manages to make them stop fighting - for a little while. But I suppose he can't be half bad if he was the prime minister during the military expansion and during the reconstruction of the country and the increase in citizens' general quality of life. Livi just needs to keep a close watch on his wife as she doesn't quite seem to realise what's acceptable and what's not.
Looks like they will be travelling to Nike's home country in the next episode. I was actually expecting such an episode sooner or later. Very smart of Nike; if Livi comes to like the place, he might not anymore threaten to burn it to the ground!