I don't think Maruo is going to be around for long, I can't remember if he's safe or what, but he's easily the most forgettable fish and I cannot for the life of me remember a moment he actually did anything beyond just being there and being lolfat. I still think they've all been told to play shit up for the cameras. Jon's been leaning into the whole Andrew Tate shit very heavily, there's been several unprompted mentions of mentions of media considered "weird" (MLP, Twilight, anime) so I think there's some level of coaching going on. I don't think it's a bad thing, it definitely provides entertainment, but I don't believe for a second these things come up unprompted in any way.