Famous Anti-Mihoyo Content Creator Publicly Apologizes and Ordered to Pay ¥500K in Final Ruling

Breaking news in the gacha gaming community: a notorious anti-mihoyo content creator known as 'Fanshu Connoisseur' (real name Li Yang), who boasts over 5 million followers on Douyin (China's TikTok), has been ordered by the court to publicly apologize to miHoYo and pay ¥500,000 RMB (~$70K USD) in damages. This is a final ruling — there's no room for appeal.

According to netizens who dug up his background, Li Yang holds a master's degree in Geodesy from Wuhan University — one of China's top 985 universities and home to one of the country's best geodesy programs. Many were surprised, saying his online persona never gave off 'elite university graduate' vibes. Some even found his thesis on Zhihu, noting that while his formatting was sloppy, the actual content held up better than other Wuhan University alumni who've made headlines.

Interestingly, Fanshu had already stopped making anti-mihoyo content for about half a year, but the legal consequences caught up regardless. As one commenter pointed out, what matters is when he was sued, not when he stopped. According to forum users, his 5-million-follower Douyin account had been nuked multiple times, and he was reportedly the single biggest force behind destroying miHoYo's reputation on the platform — effectively forcing the company to retreat to sites like Bilibili.

The ¥500K sum raised eyebrows, with commenters noting it exceeds the combined payouts from previous similar cases involving other anti-mihoyo creators nicknamed 'Mi Ba' and 'Gang Pen.' Legal-savvy users explained that in cases like these, companies often don't actually pursue the full payment — the public apology itself serves as a far more powerful deterrent, functioning like a Sword of Damocles that prevents repeat offenses.

The most viral quip from the comment section: 'miHoYo is the first company to get a Wuhan University graduate to publicly apologize — a certain Mr. Xiao couldn't do it, OPPO couldn't do it, and neither could the mobile version of Rock Kingdom. But miHoYo pulled it off.' Others joked that the ¥500K essentially made him a 'premium whale' for miHoYo, with someone quipping 'I admit he loves miHoYo more than most of us' — after all, his livestream titles consistently featured miHoYo games, suggesting he could never truly quit.

All in all, this prolonged legal saga between a prominent anti-mihoyo creator and the gaming giant has reached its definitive conclusion. For Fanshu Connoisseur, the half-million yuan price tag plus a public apology is a steep lesson. And for the broader anti-mihoyo content ecosystem, this final ruling's chilling effect may prove far more significant than the damages themselves.