Reverse: 1999 Official Account Caught Liking Arknights Rerun Post — Players Lose Their Minds (and Their Shoes)

Another legendary moment in the gacha game community — the official account of Reverse: 1999 was caught liking a post about Arknights' 'Shine Upon Me' rerun event! The devs themselves are apparently keeping tabs on the competition.

The story is straightforward: a netizen discovered that the official Reverse: 1999 account had liked a social media post about Arknights' 'Shine Upon Me' rerun event and shared a screenshot on Tieba (a major Chinese forum). The news quickly spread to NGA, where at least 5 more users confirmed they had also witnessed the like. The original poster tagged the post as a 'small but sweet piece of gossip,' clearly acknowledging that while the drama was minor, it was amusing nonetheless.

However, the comment section went off the rails almost immediately. A user named JohnFKennidy opened with 'side note' and proceeded to share a field report on 'what feet actually smell like after wearing stockings and leather boots shopping,' single-handedly derailing the entire thread into a foot odor discussion. What followed was a chaotic debate about foot fetish tropes in anime culture — some earnestly explained that 'stinky feet are purely a fantasy for shut-ins,' while others joked about a 'foot smell collaboration,' and the scene became wonderfully absurd.

Of course, some comments were actually on topic. One user expressed genuine excitement about a potential crossover, praising Reverse: 1999's storytelling and saying that full voice acting in a collab would be an absolute treat for story enthusiasts. Another commenter dropped a key piece of context: 'YJ (Hypergryph, Arknights' developer) and Yostar actually hold some shares in Bluepoch (Reverse: 1999's developer), so a collab might actually happen?' However, a skeptic shot back with '1% shares and it's an indirect investment — big deal,' suggesting the relationship isn't as close as some might hope.

All in all, this 'official account liking incident' was most likely a social media manager's slip-up or a case of account management oversight. In the gacha community's notoriously reactive environment, an official account liking competitor content counts as a minor PR blunder at minimum. But judging by the comment section's reaction, most players weren't actually mad — they just seized the opportunity to meme it up. As for whether a collab between the two games could ever happen — well, with those shares on the table, one can always dream.