The above image compares a scene from volume one of the To Love-Ru manga with an illustration aired recently on TBS late night enertainment program ランク王国 / Rank Kingdom; the illustration, or copy thereof, is apparently by Hiropyon (Hiroko Kamata), a minor tarento (presenter) working on the show.
She is known for her interest in the otaku sphere, and as here has apparently at times shown off “her” illustrations on the show.
Call it a trace, an outright copy, or whatever, it seems almost undeniably based on the manga… Not a major piece of plagiarism, especially compared to what we have seen before, but hardly seemly, especially without any attribution, and on TV.
damn.
smaller boob isn’t right.
The traced drawing doesn’t have much sex appeal to me.
A santa hat and a bathing towel?
Better variation next time plees <_<
Well, she’s cute at least.
Eh, I wouldn’t call it a trace, used To Love-Ru as a basis yes, lots of artists do this with live models.
Still, could have done something to try and make it more original.
she wearing a hat in the copy, isn’t that original enough?
No, what are you, her publicist? There are a few key differences in design, but the body structure and layout remain the same.
If she wanted to be original, she could have switched arms or rose one of the knees or different hair style, or make it a dude.
Anything to make it not a copy.
indeed
I think he was being sarcastic.
O_O WOW…