I'm SO SO GLAD Yangma-nim didn't go on a prolonged hiatus because of that Shutline fiasco....

I really did not heard of that can you explain pls?

This is also the reason why Flashlight S2 was delayed because Yangma couldn't even hold a pen during this entire event. She had to get therapy because it already compromised her mental health. However it seems that Kyou was still not satisfied once season 2 came and aired it out on X, even saying it's "up to the readers", meaning they're leaving it up to the readers to judge if their accusations were true, essentially sending their followers to harass Yangma on social media. Good thing most of the readers are on Yangma's side, saying the claims and "proofs" that Kyou had were outrageous and too far-off to be called plagiarism. People even said that if that was plagiarism then Kyou plagiarized JAXX's Walk on Water too because the theme and American setting were similar. Kyou had to mute his comments because of the backlash. Yangma-nim also released a statement regarding this and that's where it was found out about the bullying and harassment from Kyou's end.

Yangma had to take a break from work, thus the brief hiatus, but it's great that she's back.


P.S I might be wrong with some of the points, anyone can feel free to correct or add more context.

Idk why the first comment's not shown, it says it has to be approved first but I'll add the changed version here in case it won't be approved:

From what I gathered: Kyou, the author of Shutline, has accused Yangma, author of Flashlight, for pl@gi@rism. Citing "similarities" of their works from various panels and posters. They have the same publisher, Lezh1n, so Kyou kept h@r@ssing Yangma through the company and even set rules for Yangma to continue working like there should no similarities between the two works from chapter 20 onwards of Flashlight. Yangma was constantly b*llied but kept quiet (we really didn't know until it blew up on X) and tried her best to follow the rule set by Kyou.

This is also the reason why Flashlight S2 was delayed because Yangma couldn't even hold a pen during this entire event. She had to get therapy because it already compromised her mental health. However it seems that Kyou was still not satisfied once season 2 came and aired it out on X, even saying it's "up to the readers", meaning they're leaving it up to the readers to judge if their accusations were true, essentially sending their followers to h@r@ss Yangma on social media. Good thing most of the readers are on Yangma's side, saying the claims and "proofs" that Kyou had were outrageous and too far-off to be called plagiarism. People even said that if that was plagiarism then Kyou plagi@rized JAXX's Walk on Water too because the theme and American setting were similar. Kyou had to mute his comments because of the backlash. Yangma-nim also released a statement regarding this and that's where it was found out about the bullying and harassment from Kyou's end.

Yangma had to take a break from work, thus the brief hiatus, but it's great that she's back.


P.S I might be wrong with some of the points, anyone can feel free to correct or add more context.

I was close to not supporting that stupid bitch (I pay chapters when I do have the credit). Her brain is more narrow than her bottoms hole

Me too! I do support authors that I like when I have the budget (even buying out all the chapters at once), I just lurk on here to test the waters on manhwas and if I don't like it, I won't continue reading and won't buy the official release.

Shutline was good but not THAT good for the author to behave that way and I hated them for that so I unfollowed them on X. Shutline's current progress is also meh, unlike Flashlight's where I'm on edge and excited on Yujin and Aaron's relationship. In fact people were comparing Flashlight and Shutline and said Kyou's characters were ugly and it's a reach to compare them to Aaron and Yujin's beauties i love this community lmao

I love shutline but this mess and the way the story is lacking intensity it’s making me want to drop it for quite a bit

yep same, I loved both actually but after the issue i lost the will to read Shutline for a bit so I haven't been keeping up with the updates

Thank you for explaining

np!