Onmyoji Writers Exposed for 'Petulant Writing' — Demanding Praise While Producing Trash, Anonymously Roasting Player Criticism as 'Garbage'

While other gacha games are busy fighting over which character gets more screen time, Onmyoji's writing team has already "evolved" to a whole new level — they've stopped pretending entirely. Veteran lore critic "YuanWuJin" (元五斤) dropped a massive exposé slamming the writing staff as the ultimate combo of favoritism, retconning, nonsensical logic, broken power scaling, and butchered character arcs. And this time, the person getting personally screwed over? That would be YuanWuJin themselves.

Let's look at the "masterpieces" from the two writers called out. YuanWuJin pinned Onmyoji's writing problems on a "toxic male and female writer tag team" — showcasing screenshots from both the male and female writer's work, declaring that even bottom-tier web novels would cringe at this level of writing.

Then came the anonymous confrontation incident. Back in March, YuanWuJin posted a critique of the story's repetitive tropes — only for an anonymous account to swoop in with an essay-length rebuttal, labeling the post as "garbage." The irony? The story arc that launched during that exact period (the Six Realms arc) turned out to be the most poorly received content in recent memory. Players noted: "Have you ever seen an anonymous poster write in rhetorical parallel structures? That specific vibe of 'flexing culture while seething with jealousy' isn't something a normal person could replicate."

Now for the juiciest part — a leaked screenshot from a private group chat associated with a user dubbed "Fly 3.0" (苍蝇3.0) surfaced, where a suspected writer declared that **"writers need positive feedback."** This instantly became the most quotable line of the entire scandal, perfectly encapsulating what players are calling peak entitlement: the people responsible for what's widely considered the worst storyline in Onmyoji history are demanding players give them encouraging words?

YuanWuJin shared that out of 12 months this year, 8 had terrible story content. They've written tens of thousands of words of detailed analysis and criticism, complete with screenshot evidence — and it was all for nothing. The quality never improved. The post specifically called out that Onmyoji **actually has staff monitoring NGA forums**, meaning the writing team is fully aware of player backlash yet continues to push their favored storylines. "This isn't just incompetence — it's deliberate antagonism, and that's far less forgivable."

The comment section erupted. A top-voted reply lamented, "Looking at this for one more second would make me explode — every single hit is true damage." Others asked, "When did YYS get this bad?" One particularly spicy take compared it to the workplace: "When I screw up at work, can I tell my boss I need positive feedback to keep going? ZEN's internal work culture must be incredible." Another player went scorched earth: "You write trash, refuse to quit, and throw a tantrum demanding praise? We're not your parents — why should we coddle you while you roll around in the mud?"

Players also drew comparisons to other gacha titles. Some argued that even Honkai: Star Rail's Cloud Five and Genshin Impact's post-4.0 storylines weren't as terrifying as Onmyoji's past year, noting that "the only reason YYS writing hasn't been mocked into oblivion is because the game has fallen off the radar." The infamous "seven years of buildup" excuse was also roasted yet again. One screenshot was predicted by netizens to become a legendary meme.

As of posting, the writing team has not responded to any of this. Commenters are already calling for an official statement next month, but if history is any indication, players will probably just get served another round of terrible story content instead. YuanWuJin closed with a parting shot: two years and tens of thousands of words of feedback amounted to nothing. Now with hard evidence of both the anonymous confrontation and the "crying for positive feedback" chat leak on the table, it's up to the devs to decide how long they want to keep playing deaf.