Yesterday we told you that Homura Kawamoto’s most recent manga, ‘Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi: Cheat Slayer’ was canceled by the publisher after publishing its first chapter.
Monthly Dragon Age magazine made the decision after seeing the public reception of a story that placed the heroes of isekai like Kirito from ‘Sword Art Online’ as the villains.
Because the protagonists of the genre often arrive in a new world with cheats in their statistics, in Kawamoto’s work they became terrible beings, capable of murdering other people and unleashing their darkest secrets.
Despite the fact that they had other names, readers quickly figured out that they were the protagonists of ‘That Time I got Reincarnated as Slime’, ‘Hamefura’, ‘Overlord’ and ‘Mushoku Tensei’, leading to strong criticism for mess up your favorite series.
Until yesterday the controversy had remained among the fans, but this Tuesday the authors of other works spoke out against it, resulting in a public apology from Kawamoto:
“I deeply apologize for all the pain, concerns and uproar I have caused to everyone associated with this incident. I created a work that lacked due consideration and I am ashamed to have caused an incident like this. Looking ahead, my shame for my actions will encourage me to create better works. I am deeply sorry ”.
The industry response
Among the authors who spoke out against it is Fuse, the creator of ‘That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime’ who called the parody excessive.
“I have received an apology from the Dragon Age editorial department. For an author, the image of the character is important, so I ask him if he makes a parody, not overdo it ”.
While the creator of ‘Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation’ defined the manga as “Cross the line” through his official Twitter account.
“Make the protagonists of what we call isekai be the villains and make them do vile things” ← No problem.
Making characters that are clearly borrowed from other works ”← I’m not going to say it’s not a problem, but it’s not a big problem.
Make characters that are borrowed from characters in other works, and then turn them into villains and make them do vile things “← This is crossing the line.”
If we have anything left of all this controversy, it is the crooked line of what is correct and what is not in the industry, since a parody of well-known characters is apparently an aberration, but a story where the hero was a pedophile in his life past is perfectly normal.
