nonono, axed means that the searies stopped suddenly by the editors to make room for other series, I don't think it's the authors intention to just stop abruptly
probably he wasn't expecting to be cornered, so executing the plan or not seemed futile
he'll probably talk about what was his initial plan in the future? idk
This is not that bad, but I expected something more like, actually showing their training and sometimes we'd get some fan service here and there, but this also works