Aether Gazer's New Female Character Branded 'Mannish Broad' — Leakers Allege Male-to-Female Redesign, Forum Astroturfing Triggers Full-Blown Meltdown

Right after a male character tanked the game's revenue, Aether Gazer (aka 'Big Eye' / 大眼) dropped another bomb — a new female character getting absolutely roasted as a 'mannish broad with a punchable face.' Even juicier: leakers claim she was originally designed as a male character, forum posts about it are being mass-deleted, and suspected bot accounts are flooding the comment section. The censorship is doing exactly what you'd expect — Streisand effect in full force.

According to the original post, Aether Gazer had already burned players by releasing a 'little boy' (小男孩) male character that caused revenue to nosedive. Instead of learning their lesson, the devs dropped a new female character in today's update — and players immediately tore into her, calling her a 'mannish broad' (批脸男人婆). The OP straight up wrote: 'After the little boy character killed the revenue, today's update serves up a mannish broad. Meanwhile, the game's forum section is crawling with bot accounts (赛博生命).'

The comment section exploded, but opinions were heavily divided. Some players roasted hard: 'Cut off the chest and chop the braid, and it's literally a dude' — arguing the design lacks distinctly feminine features. Others pushed back: 'How does this look like a man? Those are massive honkers' — saying it's just a cool, tall martial arts lady archetype, and you can't call every non-cutesy female character 'mannish.' Some genuinely confused players simply said, 'This character looks fine though? What's the drama?'

The real juicy leak came from one commenter who claimed: 'I remember someone mentioning this was originally a male character that got redesigned.' Another user corroborated by noting that 'discussions about this in the mobile game general section (手综) got deleted a few days ago,' and posted what appears to be an earlier concept version of the character. Looking at the earlier design, the character's physique does appear notably more androgynous.

Veteran players offered a more macro-level take: 'Just another test — they think last year's revenue was acceptable, so they're back to chasing dreams (追梦) again.' They added the real tea: 'It's not the first time they've pulled this cycle — release male characters, crash the revenue, then push out waifu bait as a life raft (卖骚鸡续命).' This points to a recurring pattern: male character → revenue tank → panic release of fanservice girls → repeat. Some players even dug up an older character called Ryuki (龙切) for comparison, speculating the current version was 'rushed out overnight after all the backlash' — implying the devs already made emergency revisions to the controversial art.

Beyond the character design drama, the OP specifically flagged 'massive bot activity (赛博生命) happening on the game's forum section,' suggesting the publisher is deploying astroturfing accounts to control the narrative. Meanwhile, discussions are being mass-deleted from other sections — a combo that's only making players angrier. Classic 'delete first, ask questions never' approach. As for how this 'mannish broad' saga ends? Guess we'll have to wait for the next revenue report to do the talking.