I love how this discussion starts after I start watching the third episode of NHK (BTW, yeah it's pretty good so far), considering what that episode is about. :V
I personally think it's perfectly fine for Etika to talk about that stuff. It doesn't personally interest me too much but, ya know, sex sells.
And let's be honest that was always where half of his fanbase came from.
If I had a Euro for every time I saw someone in his comments section with a name along the lines of "PaluWaifu" and a matching image, I'd be able to buy more than a few things.
Best not to go too deep into that though.
Okay I have a question for those played FF13. Since this is the first time in five years I've played it, I forgot alot of it and I'm on Chapter 10. I'm not sure about the weapon system at the point where I'm a little confused. Upgrades are via items?
Weapon Upgrades are gained via materials, most of which you get via monsters.
In all honesty, don't worry too much about it until Chapter 11. In Chapter 11, the world gets real open and you can more easily find the materials you need and quite frankly, just settling for weapons from chests/shops is good enough for now.