An update:
So with public disdain for GMK growing as well as lack of confidence from vendors I think it would be a bit tone deaf to try to brute force this set as GMK. I'm not partial to the profile as much as I am the colorway. For this reason I'm deciding to swap over to DCS.
It's something that I considered from the beginning when making this set and even did a render or two as seen here. As for sublegends, its something I'd have to consider as the molds would have to be made for the Katakana.
There is a good reason to do this besides the obvious reason which would be lead time. Besides lead time swapping over to DCS would allow for less custom colors to be used (probably) due to a wider range of stock options and more flexibility with child kits which was a big question mark with GMK. The lower MOQs in general should also lend well to this set's feasibility.
We are sitting at around 80 IC responses from GH alone. I have not posted to any other external platform. I'll be realistic and reserved for now and acknowledge that the set may fail completely but I'd still like to make it happen in anyway possible.
The next step is to buy SP color chips and see how many stock colors are viable and some DCS to make sure I actually like it.
Thanks.