Artist Accused of Plagiarism in 'For All Time': Denial Met with Social Media Evidence

Recently, the ACG community has been heated over allegations of plagiarism involving an artist. In response, the artist issued a statement vehemently denying the claims, asserting that they had never engaged with or followed information regarding the target game. However, the internet remembers—netizens quickly exposed the artist's social media activity, revealing numerous 'likes' on fan art of the characters involved, including a piece featuring Zhongli, directly contradicting their claim of ignorance.

The comment section erupted in chaos. Users pointed out that the game the artist works for has a notorious history of 'pengci' (a term meaning to stage a fake collision to extort others, used here to describe baiting drama with other popular games), including jabs at titles like 'Honor of Kings' and 'Flowerist'. The debate on plagiarism versus 'inspiration' remains intense: many argue that as professional creators, they should at least know how to 'avoid suspicion' (避嫌). Others sarcastically questioned if the artist was blaming the client for the angle, wondering if the alleged theft was a coordinated move by the official team.