Shaa, an illustrator widely suspected of tracing the illustrations of other artists, has now been the subject of plagiarism himself in an unusual case of reverse (or possibly revenge) plagiarism.
The cover for Nogizaka Haruki volume 1, published some time ago and illustrated by Shaa:
The promotional art for upcoming generic anime Rio RainbowGate:
There is some suspicion that that this is intended as a slap in the face to the unrepentant plagiarist Shaa, although were it not for the similarity of the text it might sadly be quite believable that both were ripping off some unknown third illustration…
lol this article made my fucking day.
I think Writer have a another motivation for posting this article. Too Zoom up pics to explain.
And once again a severe case of “who gives a s♥♥t”. Imitation, flattery,.. anyone?
They’re a Mexican saying that goes “steal from a thief and you get 100 years of pardon”, and for very good reason :3
Spelling error much!?!? LMAO Haruki……………