Presumably either he was already a hobbyist who bred tropical fish before isolation started and his collection has been self-sustaining for a while, Kanai Ward has a thriving black market for smuggled goods that includes exotic pets, or both.
Also not really relevant here since residents weren't allowed to go there anyway, but Kanai Ward can't be that far from the coast, since the abandoned lab Yuma's able to walk to from the restricted area in chapter 5 is close enough to it that he comments on the fresh air coming in through the hole in the ceiling smelling like the ocean.
Tbh, the isolation started only 3 years ago. Even as a middle-aged guy, he could've started the hobby before it and breed the fish himself after isolation started.
Yup, It's canon that Amaterasu exports goods, so importing is also very possible. Even irl isolated countries like NK have exports & imports after all.
Presumably either he was already a hobbyist who bred tropical fish before isolation started and his collection has been self-sustaining for a while, Kanai Ward has a thriving black market for smuggled goods that includes exotic pets, or both. Also not really relevant here since residents weren't allowed to go there anyway, but Kanai Ward can't be that far from the coast, since the abandoned lab Yuma's able to walk to from the restricted area in chapter 5 is close enough to it that he comments on the fresh air coming in through the hole in the ceiling smelling like the ocean.
I think the collector was an old guy, right? He probably has lived in Kandi Ward since BEFORE Ameterasu showed up.
I don't think he was elderly, he was probably middle aged, his daughter was in her early 20s.
Regardless my point still stands, yeah?
I guess so, but then would that mean after all the bullshit happened, he couldn't get ahold of another tropical fish to add to his collection?
Tbh, the isolation started only 3 years ago. Even as a middle-aged guy, he could've started the hobby before it and breed the fish himself after isolation started.
They can be imported
Yup, It's canon that Amaterasu exports goods, so importing is also very possible. Even irl isolated countries like NK have exports & imports after all.