Hey, you guys remember that time Arlong had Nami completely wrapped around his finger, so Luffy beat the shit out of him to free his friend? No reason for me to mention it, none at all.
PBS and Sesame Street have existed in the US basically since television was even a thing, and it did it off a budget from ACTUAL taxation as well as donations. Japan, you're crazy. So are you, UK. TV taxes are nutty.
I totally get why this ended so quickly, I'm glad the author ended it pretty definitively. It's good to see a story that actually crafts an ending instead of just losing steam and crawling to a halt.
No answer to the overarching, necessary question: why the hell are these two hamstringing themselves? Kinda important, author, need it to care about these ditzes.