CATDOLL: The cover of the novel "No Game No Life" is suspected of plagiarism. Is it considered plagiarism if the composition is similar?

In the Japanese ACG circle, plagiarism is taken very seriously, especially for works related to illustrations. Many artists have been accused of plagiarism before, mainly in terms of composition. However, many people think that if the composition is similar, it cannot be considered plagiarism. After all, the composition of the pictures is roughly the same. But no matter what, being caught by netizens is not good. Recently, another work was pointed out to be suspected of plagiarism, that is, the cover of the light novel "No Game No Life". After the release of the 8th volume of the novel "No Game No Life", many netizens found that the cover of this issue was almost exactly the same as the composition of a work on P station. Later, some netizens pointed out that the cover of the novel "No Game No Life" was almost all suspected of plagiarism.

The author and artist of "No Game No Life" are both Yu Enomiya. He is a versatile person who is responsible for both the article and the illustrations. In fact, since the first volume of the novel "No Game No Life", there has been a discussion about the plagiarism of the cover of the novel "No Game No Life". Japanese netizens found that the composition of the cover of the novel "No Game No Life" is almost exactly the same as the paintings of P-station or famous artists. This time, the cover of the 8th volume of the novel was accused of plagiarizing the composition of a painting by a P-station artist on April 18, 2013. After flipping the cover of the 8th volume of "No Game No Life" in a mirror image, it can be completely overlapped with the composition of the P-station artist. In addition, the composition of the cover of the 5th volume BD of "No Game No Life" and the cover of the 2nd volume of the novel are exactly the same as the pictures of this artist.

In addition to this P-site artist, the cover composition drawn by Yu Enokimiya is highly consistent with the composition of other P-site artists' works. Of course, this phenomenon of similar composition is very common in the Japanese painting industry. It is really difficult to define whether similar composition can be considered plagiarism or stealing . But before, a Japanese artist was also found by netizens to have "borrowed" a lot of pictures from other artists' works in his fan works, and he had to announce his retirement. In addition, the animation "No Game No Life" also caused a commotion because it directly plagiarized the magic circle pattern designed by netizens. In the end, the production team apologized and corrected the picture before the matter was settled. I don't know what it will take to calm down this time.