Concerning the q&a with the producer

[xmysticgohanx]

"Who’s the strongest out of all these? We asked producer, Atsushi Kido.
The God of Destruction Beerus is overwhelmingly strong, but if we leave him out, then I think the strongest fighter is Goku Black. I’d say he’s used Son Goku’s power as a base and evolved in his own, unique way."

Who are "of all these"? I'm assuming there was a picture or something to go along with it?

[VegettoEX]

The Yamamuro spread on the pages showcases Merged Zamasu, Trunks, and SSB Vegetto, but there's no way of knowing if the question is in relation to those three characters specifically, or if in typical vague Japanese fashion, it's just a general question.

I think everyone needs to remember that these types of Q&As are not meant to be independent hard journalism, but are always collusion and an extension of the marketing.

[xmysticgohanx]

The Yamamuro spread on the pages showcases Merged Zamasu, Trunks, and SSB Vegetto, but there's no way of knowing if the question is in relation to those three characters specifically, or if in typical vague Japanese fashion, it's just a general question.

I think everyone needs to remember that these types of Q&As are not meant to be independent hard journalism, but are always collusion and an extension of the marketing.

Wow so it's impossible to know who they meant? The spread must not be related to the question because neither Beerus or Black is there

Concerning your second point, being a collusion/extension of marketing doesn't make it less valid tbh

[VegettoEX]

No, of course it doesn't make it less valid, but when these kinds of very short Q&As are published alongside related, promotional spreads (rather than as standalone pieces)... well, it can be easy to conflate their importance to extreme levels. I'd just caution people against that. It's a neat little piece of trivia he tossed out, but it's also very locked-in-time in relation to what they're talking about. And again, we also have no idea how much context was given to Kido there about what would be on the page spread. That's all!