Cheat Slayer depicted villains with similar likenesses to other works’ protagonists
The editors of Kadokawa‘s Monthly Dragon Age magazine announced on Monday that writer Homura Kawamoto (Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler) and artist Aki Yamaguchi’s new fantasy manga Isekai Tenseisha Goroshi -Cheat Slayer- (“Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer-“) has been canceled after one chapter.
The magazine’s readers had pointed out similarities between the villains in the manga with particular characters in other works. In response, the editorial department reinspected the manga and determined that there would be problems with depicting characters with such similar likenesses as villainous, and thus may be viewed as intentionally denigrating particular works. The department apologized to creators of such works and others involved, and stated that it…
