And if i had to bet, that's only because Savin needed a way to put a stop to the kitsune stuff
Not that it worked much, of course. After that we got the wolf-mama saga.
Thing is, for the most part Tobs doesn't really know half of what he's writing about.
Dude just borrows heavily from other sources, dips what he gets into his own bias and misconceptions, gives it all a tryhard spin, and finally pumps out shit like the bumbling notherner (westerner) bumbling through his interactions with the kitsune (eastern) overlords.