Eroge illustrator don Tony has apparently come to the attention of 2ch’s Plagiarism Police, who compare his Mio Sugiyama, of eroge Fault!!, to Mio Akiyama, queen moeblob of K-ON!
Whilst vanishingly few would seriously ascribe this to plagiarism, the combined resemblance to Mio Akiyama and Azusa Nakano, in several key respects, is undeniable…
The truth is another better than anime!
Getting right!
Mio Sugiyama is cuter.
yet another reason why I hate 2chan. It’s full of dumb people who whine about the littlest things.
Isayama Yomi, also known as the original design of Akiyama Mio.
Guys, her name is only off by one stroke and half a kanji. It's a generic design, but apparently a take on Akiyama Mio. The thing is that's almost never plagiarism in Japan – it's doujin. Even famous mainstream artists draw other artists' characters, sometimes erotically. Nothing wrong with that – it'd be plagiarism if he traced the cels or something.