Girls' Frontline 2 Monopoly Event Reward Features Hexagram Stars — Combined With 'Young Lion' Weapon Sharing Name With Israeli Fighter Jet, Players Cry 'Cyber Israel'

A gacha game's event reward icon managed to make players think of Israel — and that game is Girls' Frontline 2. After a previous scandal where the weapon named 'Young Lion' (幼狮) coincidentally shared its name with Israel's Kfir fighter jet, the Monopoly event's 'Lion's Mane Medal' reward has been exposed for featuring two hexagram stars in its design. The community erupted.

Quick context: earlier, a weapon in the game called 'Young Lion' was flagged by players as sharing its name with the Israeli Air Force's Kfir ('Young Lion') fighter jet. At the time, the studio and its defenders dismissed it as pure coincidence.

But the 'Lion's Mane Medal' from the Monopoly event strikes again — its design clearly contains two hexagram stars. If the weapon name was a coincidence, what about this? The original poster laid it out plainly: 'Now we also have a medal with hexagram stars as supporting evidence.' The implication? One incident can be brushed off. Two in a row is a pattern.

The comments section turned into a full-on archaeological dig. One player pointed out: 'Other games might get the benefit of the doubt, but this is Girls' Frontline 2 — it's hard not to read into it.' They added: 'Even if it really is a coincidence, doesn't this company's art team have any awareness? Or is management such a mess they can't even handle this?'

Players went even deeper. Someone dug up the fact that the game had previously censored the keyword 'Hamas,' and declared: 'They banned Hamas from day one — this is a game with a clear political stance. What's there to doubt?' This is now a three-piece evidence chain: Young Lion = Israeli jet name, hexagram stars on the medal, and Hamas keyword ban. Any one alone could be coincidence. All three together? That's sus.

Others directed their fire at the dev team itself. The comments veered into discussions about a key project member's overseas study background — someone claimed she 'studied this exact topic abroad' and had a foreign boyfriend. While these allegations are completely unverified, it shows the community's suspicion has expanded from in-game content to the people behind it.

And of course, the memes came out in full force. One player snarked: 'Maybe that's where all the funding comes from' — a jab at Girls' Frontline 2 seemingly having infinite resources despite reportedly underwhelming revenue. Another quipped: 'Every single update is drama — GFL2 is the only game I know that functions like a soap opera.'

As of now, Sunborn (散爆网络) has not responded to the hexagram star controversy. But for GFL2's community, trust has long been depleted after countless 'coincidences' piled up. As one top-voted commenter put it: 'Anyone still bold enough to slap hexagram stars on things in 2024 — I have to respect the audacity.'