Genshin Impact Fan Artist Exposed for Pro-Taiwan Independence Comments — Entry Allegedly Made It Into Official Contest, miHoYo Accused of Paying to Suppress the Controversy

A Japanese fan artist who participated in a Genshin Impact fan art contest has been outed for making pro-Taiwan independence (台独/TD) comments — and the community is NOT having it. The original NGA poster asked if anyone had shared the tea yet, and fellow users quickly delivered with screenshot receipts.

According to what the comment section pieced together, this artist had previously shipped Scaramouche in a controversial CP pairing, which triggered a wave of harassment from Chinese fans. Their response? Allegedly making those political remarks out of sheer spite. The artist later came out to explain it was a heat-of-the-moment reaction after being mobbed — but the community wasn't exactly buying that excuse.

The real bombshell, though, came from commenters alleging that miHoYo actually paid to suppress the controversy — posts got nuked, discussions disappeared, and the whole thing just quietly fizzled out. One top-liked comment sarcastically quipped: "Anything that hurts miHoYo's revenue must be silenced" — a savage jab at the company's damage control playbook. Another reply bluntly noted: "If it's on Weibo comments, I guess we HAVE to believe it" — implying the discussion atmosphere there was already being managed and curated.

It's worth noting that this artist isn't an official miHoYo illustrator — they're just a community fan artist who entered a contest. But their work reportedly got selected for the competition, raising serious questions about the vetting process. Some commenters asked point-blank whether this was an official or fan artist, while others sighed: "Whatever excuse Yomi got, this one will get the same" — suggesting this kind of damage control has become miHoYo's standard operating procedure for similar controversies.

One veteran player even commented: "Am I having déjà vu? I swear I saw this exact post yesterday" — which actually confirms that the related threads kept getting reposted and deleted in a frustrating cycle. The core tension here is clear: when a politically sensitive controversy hits, miHoYo's go-to move is to throw money at the problem to kill the buzz and quietly delete everything rather than address it head-on — a strategy that only further alienates an already frustrated playerbase.