The light novel "Logic, Lock, Festival~LogicLockFestival~ The Paradox of Detective Killing" ("ロジック?ロック?フェスティバル探偵殺しのパラドックス』 Nakamura AKI) caused a lot of commotion at the end of last year because of the suspicion of plagiarism. Later, the incident was slowly subsided, and it seemed that the problem had been resolved. However, the commotion surrounding the light novel on March 11 was set off again, and it also attracted the attention of readers and industry insiders.

Tracing back to the roots, the Qiē incident all started with the release of the "Logic, Lock, Festival~LogicLockFestival~The Paradox of Detective Killing" in November last year. The book won the "Xinghai Society FICTIONS Newcomer Award" hosted by the Hoshikai Society, and the illustrations for the work were provided by the well-known manga group CLAMP in the industry, so it attracted attention from all sides before the novel was released.

However, not long after the novel was released, some people on the Internet pointed out that the work had a lot in common with the plot of "The Vulgar Fruit of the Emperor" (by Mahoro Furuno), which won the Kodansha 35th Mephisto Award, and it caused an uproar. The Amazon product review column, reader questionnaires, 2ch and other forums of the work have sparked heated discussions, and for a time "plagiarism suspicion" has become the focus of concern of all parties.

After that, Mahoro, the author of "The Vulgar Fruit of the Emperor", was persuaded by friends around him to read the novel that was suspected of plagiarizing his own work, and expressed his thoughts on his personal Twitter. Judging from his statement, he basically agreed with the readers that the work was suspected of plagiarism.

However, at the same time, Xinghai Society, which is the publisher of "Logic, Lock, Festival~LogicLockFestival~ The Paradox of Detective Killing", issued a statement on the company's official website, completely denying the plagiarism of the work. After seeing the statement of the Xinghai Society, on December 6, Furuno Mahoro reported on Twitter again: In early December, he had contact with the president of the Xinghai Society under the leadership of an informant who was connected with the Xinghai Society, and the Xinghai Society never contacted him again.

In addition, Furuno also said that his personal Twitter was originally only used to post information about his works, so after a period of time, he would delete all the tweets he posted. Sure enough, at the end of December, all comments about the plagiarism incident were deleted, and the commotion naturally calmed down. And neither side seems to have the idea of making a big news, so the industry generally believes that this plagiarism incident will not be over.

However, on March 11 this year, Xinghai Club launched a special webpage on the Internet called "Editorial Symposium". mentioned the plagiarism riot in the webpage, and for a while the incident was brought to the public again.

According to the content written on the website, Xinghai Club believes that the so-called plagiarism suspicion "has no factual basis at all, and until now, Xinghai Club has not accepted any questions from copyright owners." The website further stated, "Some people have asked us about the 'interview' that the president of our company had with a copyright owner and his agent, but we would like to say that this is a fabricated fact." ”

This also means that Xinghai Club has officially stated its attitude. That is, it is clearly determined that it does not accept any accusations of plagiarism of "Logic Lock Festival ~ Logic LockFestival ~ The Paradox of Detective Killing", and has not had any contact with Furuno. In this way, it is in opposition to Furuno's statement on Twitter.

In addition, Furuno tweeted on March 11 that he had made a typo and wrote "interview" as "interview" instead of "interview" as stated on the website. However, he asserted again that he had indeed been in contact with the Xinghai Society through the leadership of an intermediary.

At the same time, there is also this paragraph in the editor's symposium: "Even if you delete or retract your own remarks posted on the Internet, I personally think that this is unforgivable for the spokesperson himself." This passage is also clearly a reference to the fact that Furuno had previously deleted a series of tweets.

It's just that as mentioned above, Furuno had told him in advance that he would delete the relevant remarks after a certain period of time, so it cannot be considered that this is a sign that he "retracted his speech". As if to prove this, Furuno explained again on March 11 that his deletion of his remarks would be the norm in the future. And tweeted a clear statement: "If necessary, I will repost the previous statements repeatedly." ”

The commotion caused by "Logic, Lock, Festival~LogicLockFestival~ The Paradox of Detective Killing" should have subsided naturally, but Xinghai Club suddenly ignited the war again, which also confused many netizens. Some people questioned, "Is this for the sake of deliberate hype?" "It's all intentional, isn't it?"

In the face of the action of the "Editorial Symposium" of the Xinghai Society, Furuno will also discuss with the lawyer about the relevant response measures in the capacity of the copyright owner and copyright owner in the future. As for how this incident will end, we will continue to pay attention. But in any case, whether it's a puber's or an author, everyone's most important concern is how to bring better works to everyone, rather than engaging in this kind of offensive war.