I think
absorbed is a more proper word.
Another thing came into my mind. At the end of Cream Lemon: Madou Toshi Astarot, there was a "to be continued" message. Though the episode itself has a proper conclusion, there could have been more of it, they would explain more about the background, like the "fairies trapped in crystal" stuff. Considering that it was released in late 1989, right before the "Tsutomu Miyazaki" affair:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Miyazaki
His crimes and the link to otakudom, directly affected the Cream Lemon episodes in production at the time (three "best hit" episodes, ami sorekara 4), and maybe deeper on the censorship in adult anime. That may explain why a planned second episode was cancelled, and any other episode production dropped altogether (apart from two "extra" releases in 1992 and 1993).