What’s Going On with Monogatari Novels and BLoved Publishing?

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A Twitter/X user describes Kpoplesbian and Queen of Yunmeng’s previous endorsement of illegal distribution:
you mean to tell me the two people who were encouraging everyone to illegally download the mxtx fan tls and print them via b&n are now being recruited to work in licensing danmei titles…be fucking fr it hasn’t even been 3 years since this incident. THESE PEOPLE DO NOT RESPECT CHINESE TLERS OR FANS. no literally kpoplesbian had pdf files up, vids on ‘how to print ur own mdzs copy!’ and when ppl said she should take down the pdf links, she didnt…and then queen of yunmeng defended by saying stuff like its okay bc it’s impossible for the books to get an official eng tl

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A Twitter/X user states:
quite the opposite actually! the tler said she was personally fine with fans downloading them for personal use, but printing was not condoned since fans were pay a third-party for the printing

The user then provides screencaptures of two statements from K of Exiled Rebels, who was the primary translator for the fan translation of MDZS in discussion. In these screencaptures, K provides the following comments regarding people sharing pictures of the printed versions they made of their fan translation:
saw something similiar in a mdzs facebook group a few months ago… don’t print out other people’s fan translations please!! apart from potential copyright issues, it’s just kind of rude and inappropriate….
printing paper copies via a third party still involves profit

“‘Wait, you printed your own volumes of MDZS?’ So I did this a long time ago, before it became a trend on TikTok, I guess. Before Barnes & Noble, like, shut it all down. It was done years before that. So the original translators of the novel were a group of scanlators called XL Rebel Scans or Scanlations. They have a website. They do mangas. They do manhwas. They do novels. And so they were the ones that first translated MDZS. And I started reading that novel on their website when they were still in the process of translating the whole thing. So I was reading chapters as they were coming out. But when they were doing that, they had made it accessible so that you could copy and paste the Word documents that they were putting out.

So I would transfer the Word documents over to a PDF, transfer it into a PDF, and then I uploaded everything onto Barnes & Noble Press and had them make hardcover physical volumes of the translations. That took a long time. So let me show you. So we have four volumes. Glossy finish of MDZS. This took so long because I was so anal. I went through and corrected all the grammatical errors that I saw. I also went and searched online to find pictures to go along with the story because I like to see pictures in books. So I did character profiles. It took months of work. And I think it turned out okay. I think maybe I should have formatted the text a little bit differently. At that point, I’d been spending like five months on this and I was like, I just want them in print. So I have pictures in the text from the donghua, manhua, and the live-action, that coincide with each of the chapters.”

Blover2021
How did I encourage people to illegally download and print physical books?

[Redacted]
sorry if it seemed like i was insinuating this was what you specifically were doing, i included your video since that was the only video i could find that showed an example of the books that kpoplesbian and queen of yunmeng once promoted

Blover2021
So what exactly are you so heated about?

[Redacted]
it’s disrespectful to the publications and authors when the other two people who i mentioned in my tweet are the ones taking part in licensing more chinese titles despite having shown disrespect towards chinese translators and fans in the past

Blover2021
To clarify they aren’t “taking part” in licensing anything. I AM. They are helping to promote and spread the word of these newly licensed series. Is this not what we, as readers and fans of these titles want? So what exactly do you want out of outing people on social media?

[Redacted]
yeah working together with people who had no respect for the author+tlers by encouraging unauthorized printing of pdfs (which is also a liability for b&n since it’s not their own work, btw) even after the officials came out is not exactly a good look

[Redacted]
considering they were both claiming it was for “accessibility”, there should have been no reason for the pdfs to stay up after officials were announced—but several people said they were still up, so they haven’t shown any respect for officials. why would you work with them, then?

Blover2021
How have they not shown respect for officials? They own them!!! It’s actually none of your business why I choose to work with them.

[Redacted]
owning them is one thing, encouraging their following to print the books and keeping an unauthorized pdf copy in their links is another. and the latter is showing disrespect. sure, it’s none of my business, but people are telling you why it’s a bad idea and you refuse to listen

[Redacted]
it’s going to affect how people view the company, so if you want that, that’s fine! but don’t say people didn’t warn you lolol

Blover2021
What is a bad idea? Keeping copies of the original PDFs? Having them promote newly licensed series?

Blover2021
Awe your concern truly warms my heart. I’m so happy there are people like yourself out there who are so genuinely worried about a random stranger’s wellbeing and their business success

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Ankh, Monogatari Novels co-founder, and their comments in the public company Discord when Blover, Kpoplesbian, and Queen of Yunmeng’s promotion of piracy was brought up. Ankh indicates confusion as to why the issue was important, and indicates that they believe piracy should be “expected.”

[Redacted]:
Oh it’s fine I’m not mad at y’all it’s just y’alls partner and the stuff she has said and the stuff that her partners have done has spit in a lot of fans faces especially Chinese ones and they are very angry and a the whole printing stuff was just disrespectful to the author And translators

Ankh, Monogatari Co-Founder:
Yes, that’s the gist of it.
Honestly, this is mind blowing to me because way worse shit has happened in the Spanish fandom and no one bats an eye lol
I guess it’s becausae [sic] piracy is to be expected.
(In Spain)

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Two users point out Blover’s promotion of piracy to Monogatari Novels, and correct Monogatari’s erroneous rebuttal that EXR allowed printing of their “Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation” fan translation. They provide screencaptures of the original translator’s statement that they do not want the translation printed due to the exchange of money involved.

[Redacted], in reply to a Tweet from BLover asserting that Monogatari was aware of her behavior online and her printing of fan translations:
Amazing, thanks. @GatariNovels, do you also condone the reproduction of copyrighted works similar to the ones you’re licensing?
For example, what do you think of readers passing around copies of your eventual ebook releases?

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
Hey so from what I understand that was back when there were no official translations available right? I mean a lot of people got to this content through fan TL and when those works were officially released bought them.

[Redacted]
Thanks for responding!
do you think fan-translators have a right to their own work, even when they share it freely with the public, and for it to not be distributed and reproduced against their express wishes?

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
Didn’t the fan tls of MDZS say that it was fine to print it for your personal use? At least that’s what I recall but I might be mistaken.

[Redacted]
quite the opposite actually! the tler said she was personally fine with fans downloading them for personal use, but printing was not condoned since fans were paying a third-party for the printing
[The user shares a screencapture of the translator’s thoughts on the topic, which aligns with their statement.]

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
Oh I see. I didn’t know that as I switched to reading in Chinese since 2018-2019 and wasn’t up to date with fan TLs.

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Further rebuttal of the erroneous claim that EXR allowed printing of their “Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation” fan translation. Monogatari’s social media representative seems to imply that it is fans’ responsibility to educate the company on copyright law.

[Redacted], in reply to Monogatari’s assertions regarding EXR allowing printing of their “Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation” fan translation:
They did not. Fan-translators are all too aware of the legal grey zone around fantls, most of them expressly forbid reproduction and distribution of their work so it stays in their control, when and if they choose to take it down as a courtesy in cases of official translation. But really, I was hoping this wasn’t something that needed to be explained to @GatariNovels.

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
Would you rather I ignored you? How can we learn if we don’t engage and get feedback from the fans?

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
At the end of the day we will commit many mistakes and obviously we expect fans to correct us so we can learn and do better in the future. We actively ask for your input precisely so we don’t go against the wishes of the fandom to which we belong to.

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A Twitter/X user criticizes Monogatari for their unprofessional public image and lacking understanding of the laws in a market in which they plan to do business.

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
I am aware this is a big mistake on my part and I will probably resign and let someone more suitable take my place. I just wanted to let everyone know that the copyright aspect of our products is taken care of.

[Redacted]
have you seen “twitter guy’s” response theyre literally operating under the “do Business first and apologize for doing blatantly illegal acts later” model muskrat likes using

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
We are not doing anything illegal, you can rest assured of that. Some of our past associates did do illegal acts and we have immediately dissasociated from them, we won’t tolerate illegal acts.

[Redacted]
You say that, but the unprofessionalism in your responses so far haven’t exactly communicated that image to your fanbase or anyone new coming in to check out your new company.
Socmed management is literally, trying to communicate a good image of your company online. If the social media management looks like this, how are people going to trust whatever is going on in the background?
How can we trust your company to actually be licensing properly, when their “official” twitter needed to be taught basic licensing/copyright by FANS ONLINE

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
We understand the mistake commited [sic] by our CM in lacking basic copyright law knowledge and that’s why we will be changing our CM.
That being said, you can trust our past record in Spain since 2021.

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Further examples of Monogatari’s representative seeming to imply that it is a reader’s duty to educate and advise a company on legal matters. A user tells them to contact an attorney instead of relying on fans.

[Redacted]
idek what to say. Not knowing isn’t an excuse, the people you associate your brand with matters. Right now, you’re associating yourself with tiktok influencers who blatantly violated copyrights (not grey). People in the fandom (your target audience) are letting you know.

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
I do know. And we will correct that mistake.

[Redacted]
how are you going to correct that mistake? /genuine

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
We will research better and consult with the fandom before deciding to work with someone as well as stop cooperating with people who incited illegal acts

[Redacted]
You should be consulting with an attorney first, not fans

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Users become increasingly frustrated with Monogatari.

[Redacted]
idek what to say. Not knowing isn’t an excuse, the people you associate your brand with matters. Right now, you’re associating yourself with tiktok influencers who blatantly violated copyrights (not grey). People in the fandom (your target audience) are letting you know.

[Redacted]
Where is the reflection, where is the apology, where is the lesson learned, and where is the professionalism.

[Redacted]
What even are you doing as a company, trusted with customers money and information, with the authors’ works and licenses, when copyright basics have to be explained to you on twitter, which you’re trying to pass off as “communication”.

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
You can rest assured that we do know how copyright works for our licensed works and we have never had a problem with it. Should be noted that the person in charge of that is not me, I am simply the community manager of the Twitter account.

[Redacted]
I don’t like to tell someone how to do their job, but coming from someone in marketing, if you, a socmed account manager, doesn’t even know the most basic thing about your company’s operations (where the fundamentals of copyright and licensing is not even limited to the USA),

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
I am aware this is a big mistake on my part and I will probably resign and let someone more suitable take my place. I just wanted to let everyone know that the copyright aspect of our products is taken care of.

[Redacted]
Please stop using first person and speaking personally when you’re running an official account

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
Noted. We will make sure to notify the next person who will manage this account.

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Ankh clarifies in Monogatari Novels’ public Discord that the company’s flippant response to concerns was due to the described actions allegedly being not illegal in Spain.

Ankh, Monogatari Co-Founder
Some people will lose their trust on [sic] us as a result of this, however we see this as a temporary batch [sic] as once we start delivering with our high quality products we will regain that trust.

[Redacted]
Their media manager literally was saying shit and I [sic] that’s not how you run a company business. They were being honest, harsh, but honest and their company media manager literally said what was the probvlem that people are making printed copies of MXTx [sic] Books

Ankh, Monogatari Co-Founder
We understand your criticism, however we want to please take into account that copyright laws are way, way laxer in Spain than in the US.
While that is illegal in the US, it’s not illegal in Spain.
Yes, it was a mistake in [sic] our part to have as [sic] CM for Twitter someone who was Spanish
We have since corrected that issue.

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A tweet from Monogatari Novels’ official account stating that they have terminated their partnership with Queen of Yunmeng and Kpoplesbian. There is a follow-up Tweet from the social media representative, in which they claim sole responsibility for Monogatari’s false legal assertations.

It has come to our attention that we have been working with people who incited to do illegal acts in the past.
These people are no longer working with us and we will be more careful in the future.
Thank you to everyone who brought it to our attention.
I also want to sincerely apologize for my mistaken comments and lack of knowledge regarding copyright law in the US. I am just the guy that runs the Twitter account and thus not the expert in our company. I sincerely apologize to the company and to the fans for my mistake.

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A fan on Twitter/X criticizes Monogatari for their public presentation, as well as their lack of legal knowledge for a region in which they intend to do business. Monogatari states they will be replacing their social media manager.

[Redacted]
You say that, but the unprofessionalism in your responses so far haven’t exactly communicated that image to your fanbase or anyone new coming in to check out your new company.
Socmed management is literally, trying to communicate a good image of your company online. If the social media management looks like this, how are people going to trust whatever is going on in the background? How can we trust your company to actually be licensing properly, when their official twitter needed to be taught basic licensing/copyright by FANS ONLINE

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
We understand the mistake commited [sic] by our CM in lacking basic copyright law knowledge and that’s why we will be changing our CM.
That being said, you can trust our past record in Spain since 2021.

Monogatari Novels, Official Account
We will change our Twitter CM in the upcoming days. You can rest assured that we have listened and will adjust accordingly.

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BLoved Publishing
We at BLoved Publishing LLC do not condone the usage of fan translations when there is an official translation available, and that has been understood. We want to bring titles from all over Asia with quality translations and editions, & we’ll aim to do so in a professional way

[Redacted]
oh cmon, i hope rosmei and 7s sue your ass rachael ayers
[The user provides a link to an archive of BLover’s TikTok live.]

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[Redacted]
There is literally a video of your founder telling people to email her for the ftl pdf? Specifically saying its because she dislikes the publisher? Why are you lying [eyebrow raised emoji]

[Redacted]
Liar

[Redacted]
I’ve reported that BLover2021 or whatever to seven seas directly regarding qjj. If you want to translate on your own time, cool. But you can’t call yourself a fan if you’re distributing illegally preventing the author from their hard earned money.

[Redacted]
So the videos are the community’s collective hallucinations?

[Redacted]
Lies! You stole the fan translation’s synopsis of Dear Benjamin instead of writing your own. What quality or professionalism is being demonstrated here?
[The user provides two screenshots that show BLoved Publishing’s website had copied a fan translator’s summary word-for-word. The copied section is displayed below.]

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“”You, you are mine since you signed the contract.” Isaac lived his entire life as a Beta before he became a recessive Omega at the peak of his adolescence. Four years ago, he had only one relationship with a dominant Alpha, the only experience he had as an omega. Then, while Isaac was hiding his Omega identity while running a small flower shop as a Beta, the arrogant but dazzlingly beautiful dominant Alpha Felix came in…” ]

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A screenshot of a Twitter/X post from a user pointing out the similarities between the “rising sun” symbol (left) and Monogatari Novels’ original logo (right).

[Redacted]
ummm GatariNovels

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A screenshot of a deleted message from Monogatari Novels’ official Discord server. The message is from the company co-founder, Ankh, and is in response to a user notifying him of rising concerns on the topic of the “rising sun” similarities.

Ankh (Monogatari Co-Founder)
We will look into it because yeah being associated with the rising sun would be…interesting to say the least. In the bad sense of the word.

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A screenshot of a deleted message from Monogatari Novels’ official Discord server. The message is from the company co-founder, Ankh, and is in response to a user notifying him of rising concerns on the topic of the “rising sun” similarities.

Ankh (Monogatari Co-Founder)
Kinda ironic, given how I am a historian and did my thesis on the forgotten holocaust in Asia.

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In the official Monogatari Discord, Monogatari’s fans deride critics who accuse the logo of resembling the “rising sun” symbol, and make a “replacement” logo consisting of a middle finger.

nookgaming
Here’s one they can use for the people hassling them [laughing emoji]
[The user shares an image of the Monogatari logo with the sun replaced by a middle finger emoji.]

[Redacted]
[The user reacts with a laughing anime girl.] How much do I have to pay for you to officially use it?

[Redacted]
just change the sun with the moon [The user reacts with a shocked Pepe the Frog.]

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Monogatari fans ask company co-founder Ankh how much they would have to pay Monogatari to use it, to which Ankh replies with an unprompted racist joke about Vietnamese currency.

[Redacted]
this ^

nookgaming, in reply to: “How much do I have to pay for you to officially use it?”
I quickly put it together with this website just for the joke, but it actually looks kind of nice [laughing emoji]

[Redacted]
Let’s make it happen

Ankh [Monogatari Co-Founder], in reply to: “How much do I have to pay for you to officially use it?”
10 million vietnamese dong

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Monogatari fans ask company co-founder Ankh how much they would have to pay Monogatari to use it, to which Ankh replies with an unprompted racist joke about Vietnamese currency.

[Redacted], in reply to Ankh’s comment: “10 million vietnamese dong”
Aren’t you selling your pubic [sic] image a bit too cheap?

nookgaming
All these poor Vietnamese guys missing their dongs wouldn’t agree [grimace emoji]

Ankh [Monogatari Co-Founder], in reply to: “Aren’t you selling your pubic [sic] image a bit too cheap?”
Ok, 10 million and 1. Last offer.

[Redacted]
Bring up the contract

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[Redacted], in response to Monogatari’s August 4 announcement that they would be changing their logo:
HELL NO????? Just because it reminds someone of something, doesnt mean they are the same thing AT ALL. They really saw a rising sun and went “IMPERIALISM”???????? It makes no sense to get a company to change their logo over a slight similarity.

A deleted post by Monogatari Novels. The deleted post can be seen here [ Image source (25) ], and reads:
We understand your point of view, however we believe the best way to prevent emotional damage to anyone whose family or country suffered at their hands is to change the logo. They have suffered enough, they should not have to suffer while enjoying their favorite media.

[Redacted], in response to Monogatari’s deleted post:
If every time i saw some logo that bore a slight resemblance of something problematic and demanded they change their logo, i would probably be kicked out of the country [crying emoji]

[Redacted] [Warning: the user’s account content indicates that they are an individual with Japanese nationalist views.]
Please do not believe the Chinese and North Korean propaganda. It wasn’t until half a century after the war that they began to make such claims. Propaganda is being carried out on a budget. In fact they are a criminal state.
[The user shares staged propaganda photographs of Japanese soldiers interacting with Chinese and Korean citizens during Japanese occupation.]

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August 8,. 2023: Monogatari shares their new logo on their official Twitter/X.

Here is our new image. With this change and the awareness that we have gained, we will continue working with renewed commitment to build bridges between cultures and bring unforgettable stories from East Asia to readers in English around the world.

preface: Again, I’m not mad another translator is doing the translation. I even expected it. But, when you offer the two other novels to the original fan translators, you best fucking offer it to all 3 original fan translators
Hey everyone, Addis here. I need to explain something to everyone because y’all don’t understand.
K’S TRANSLATION IS NOT THE ONE BEING PUBLISHED BY 7 SEAS.
K spent 2 years during high school translating GDC for fans. And what happened when it was officially announced to be published?
Fucking 7 seas asked Suika to do the translation, not us.
And what’s even more fucked up, is that Suika accepted without even asking us or approaching us. Neither did 7 seas.
BOTH OF THEM DIDN’T EVEN CONTACT US.
We had no idea GDC was being officially published until it was officially announced.
So please STOP CONGRATULATING US. IT PISSES ME OFF.
I think people kinda assume that there was some kind of secret deal made between us and suika and 7seas, but there wasn’t. We weren’t even sent an email, Tumblr, Facebook message ANYTHING. we are super easy to contact, but they didn’t do fucking jack shit. Just offered it to Suika. So fuck them.
And those of you asking us to not take our translation down, if you want to bitch anyone out, blame Suika and 7 Seas, because WE at least are going to be doing the RIGHT THING so that the author gets paid and the support.
I honestly don’t give a shit about GDC any longer. Those two entities made me hate the entire fandom.
At the beginning I was just going to never say anything, but you know what? K and I were really hurt over this. K lost sleep and she was so upset. Now she’s reconciled over it, but not me. I’m just even more pissed off.
YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO HURT MY PEOPLE.
So fuck both of them personally. I will never support either. I’ll only support K and she wants to do the right thing by taking the translation down. I respect her decision, but still, I will never respect 7 seas or Suika and I don’t give a flying fuck if they know it.
K had nothing to do with this post, it was all me so don’t blame her for what was said.
I’m done. It’s not like anyone would have expected something else from me anyway. Like I say in our discord,
BYE DICKS!

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A deleted post from Monogatari Novels’ official Twitter/X:

It’s fine to criticise us and correct us on our mistakes. What I will not tolerate, however, is people telling us, telling me, that we licensed Soulmate due to it being popular. Soulmate helped me through a rough stage of my life and I decided to license it out of love for it.
It’s not only one of my favorite manhua, it’s one of my favorite stories altogether. Full stop. I am more than happy to receive criticism, that’s how we will improve. But I will not tolerate anyone insulting my passion for this work.
I’ve read it in Chinese, in English and I own the physical versions of the French and German edition, despite the fact I speak no German at all. I went out of my way to make an omnibus edition so it would be cheaper for everyone and thus attract more people to discover this amazing work. So please, do try to not speak without first asking. And enjoy this fantastic work while you’re at it.

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January 19, 2024: Monogatari officially announces their acquisition of two baihe titles on their Twitter.

Okay, dear readers, sweet fellows. Get ready, your LESS-BE-AND-S are here!
Rejoice, young ones! Your prayers have reached the Tiān!
Two [sic] Qǐng Jūn Mò Xiào’s titles… WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH TOO!!!!!!!! “Female General and Elder [sic] Princess” and “Clear and Muddy Loss of Love”!
Both “Nǚjiāngjūn hé Chánggōngzhǔ [sic]” (Female General and Eldest Princess) and “Jīngwèi Qíngshāng” (Clear and Muddy Loss of Love) join our catalogue as our new licenses.
Stay tunned [sic] for more news of all our yet-to-publish titles in [sic] the nearest possible time!

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The promotional sheet for Female General and Eldest Princess.

ENEMIES TO LOVERS | BAIHE | SLOW BURN | CROSS DRESSING
Lin Wanyue took the name of her younger twin brother Lin Feixing to enlist in the military, vowing to kill every single Hun under the sky as revenge for the killing of her family and her entire village at their hands.
In the palace, the Empress has passed into heaven, leaving the sixteen year old Eldest Princess and eight year old Crown Prince to depend on each other for survival.
A woman who pretends to be a man in order to give justice to her people and a strategic all-knowing Eldest Princess. This is their story.

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The promotional sheet for Clear and Muddy Loss of Love.

REVENGE | BAIHE | SLOW BURN | CROSS DRESSING
The Luo River, a natural moat, cleaved the vast land into two realms – the Northern Jing and the Southern Wei. On one side stood a carefree Prince of the Grass Plains, once devoid of worries and sorrows. On the other, a lawful Princess, favored greatly by the Emperor.
A devastating war transformed the Prince of the Grass Plains into an orphan. She who had laid dormant for ten years had originally planned to become a sycophantic official, to manipulate the enemy kingdom into chaos, but she was appointed as the Fuma (Royal consort) at the Qionglin banquet.
How will this grudge from a fallen kingdom and devastated home will be settled? A revenge story filled with politics as well as an angsty romance!

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A screencapture of a July 25, 2023 Twitter/X thread in which Monogatari Novels promises a fan looking for leaks of PDL’s work that they would “specially like” watching their upcoming stream. PDL is the author of “Female General and Eldest Princess” and “Clear and Muddy Loss of Love.”

[Redacted], in response to a Monogatari Twitch stream announcement:
pdl leaks when hehe

Monogatari Novels, official account:
You’ll specially like watching our stream

[Redacted]
LET’S GOOOOO i will be attending no matter what

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A screencapture of an August 2, 2023 Twitter/X thread in which BLover, then still associated with Monogatari Novels, told a fan gushing over “Female General and Eldest Princess” that they should “wait a little longer for an exciting announcement.”

[Redacted]
I’ve only read General and Princess but it’s so cute and so gripping [crying emoji x 4] the characters’ chemistry is so good [heart emoji x 3]

[Redacted]
Right?!?!?? It’s so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLover
Right!!!! It’s so good! Wait a little longer for an exciting announcement [heart emoji]

[Redacted]
[The user responds to BLover with an excited gif.]

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An image of a TikTok comment section, in which BLover (listed as “Rachael Ayers”) is discussing the previously covered dismissal of Monogatari’s social media manager. BLover is open about the fact that they previously served in the U.S. Military, thus explaining the use of the term “intel buddies.”

[Redacted]
Until all 3 of you are just no longer working with them. I guess? They also seem to want to like shut down that publishing company

[Redacted]
I can’t believe they harassed that poor publishing company’s Twitter accounts. So bad that the twitter person Quit…

BLover
Yeah I think I’m gonna contact my intel buddies and get them to do a background check on these three people cause I feel something is off with them

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An image of BLover continuing to engage in heated arguments with users on Twitter/X.

BLover
What exactly is your objective here? Do you or don’t you want more officially licensed danmei/baihe? Because assue [sic] you, you’re sabotaging that objective.

BLover
I don’t have a master list of danmei

BLover
Are you that miserable of a person to spend all your time starting shit? I feel sorry for you. Start a new hobby or do something that brings you joy so you don’t bring your misery into other peoples lives

[Redacted]
Please, don’t delete any of your tweets.

BLover
I’m not the chicken [chicken emoji] you are

[Redacted]
Tagging @MonoNovels here too

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An image of BLover continuing to engage in heated arguments with users on Twitter/X. BLover shares their belief that it is their money that is funding the licenses that Monogatari Novels has in production.

BLover
The only reason I decided to create my own business & partner w/ Monogatari was because of my love & appreciation of
danmei/baihe & my wish to get more official English publications of these works.

[Redacted]
once again, my original tweet never said anything about your business or doubted your love/appreciation (although your behavior has certainly given rise to doubt now)
the focus was always on those two other content creators

BLover
Since y’all seem to know it all and how to run a business properly; better than anyone else then you guys can go ahead & start your own publishing company & license the titles “most” of the community want to see. Good luck to you.

BLover
I have invested all the money I have in funding the licensing of these titles for the danmei/baihe community but all I’ve received today has been hate, negativity & false accusations. I’m out of patience with this toxic community & I no longer wish to fund this business venture.

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An image of BLover expressing their desire to be unblocked by their critics.

BLover
So it’s so funny that people are shit talking about me on this app but apparently too [sic] scared of me to unblock me so I can see what bull shit they’re spewing lmao!!! Cowards!

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An image of BLover’s alleged child defending their mother from critics.

[Redacted]
update: rachael ayers is now TRYING TO DOX us because she kept losing her arguments on twitter

[BLover’s (Alleged) Child]
i don’t know why you are so butthurt that you are trying to victimize yourself. why would a mother of two, my own mother try to dox you after being doxxed herself. you guys just can’t help but trying to make unnecessary drama. you all act younger i am.

[Redacted]
BLover is this actually your child? if it is, please stop involving them in your internet fights. it is dangerous for a minor, who may even be too young to be on twitter, to be partaking in this. do better as a mother.

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Other users strongly discourage others from interacting with the alleged child out of concern for their online safety. BLover does not deny that the individual is their child. A user calls out BLover and points out the safety risks of allowing an alleged child to become involved in a heated online argument with strangers on an emotionally fraught topic.

[Redacted]
reminder that BLover choosing to involve her child in this situation is very concerning and i highly advise against interacting with her child since they are a minor. choose to be the responsible adult in this situation and do not engage with that tweet.

[Redacted]
huh what happened

[Redacted]
drama related to this tweet i made. the person i’ve been clashing with on twitter got her child to come on here and take part in the whole situation

BLover
Stop spreading misinformation/lying on this platform. I never “got” her to do anything. She’s old enough to make her own decisions & have her own social media accounts.

BLover
When you people decided to bring this drama into my real life, & started stalking/harassing me at my place of work you got my family involved. Of course she’s going to find out.

BLover
Of course she’s upset that you people are threatening my job; one that I love, so it natural for her to feel outraged on my behalf. My children love & care about me & hate to see my job/livelihood being jeopardized by stupid twitter drama.

[Redacted]
i understand wanting to defend her mom, but as her mother, especially since someone crazy enough actually DID contact your irl work, i think you should advise her to stay off and provide support offline instead. i don’t have any interest in your personal life but other ppl might

[Redacted]
even if she is old enough to take care of her own online presence, that doesn’t mean you should just let her be exposed to people who are clearly at odds with you. i have a younger sister and i know for sure i would not want her to be involved, so why would you for your daughter?

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BLover accuses users of faking concern for a minor’s safety. A user urges the alleged child to disengage from the drama. The user presses BLover to confirm or deny the alleged child’s identity.

BLover
Safe your fake concern for minor safety. No one’s buying that from a person who’s continuing to harass me. How about you do better as a human.

[Redacted]
@[BLover’s (Alleged) Child], since your mother isn’t going to do her job properly, here’s a piece of advice: do not join the drama and delete that account, especially if you are not 13 yet (it’s against the rules). enjoy your summer break normally.

[Redacted]
if your child is joining the drama without your knowledge — i do not think you should be telling your children about beef online. so again, do better as a mother and stop acting like a child. (if this is not your child, perhaps you should report them to twitter for impersonation.)

BLover
Apparently you didn’t get the memo but one of you thought it was a smart move to bring this shit show away from social media into my real life; threatening me at my place of work! You think my kids are stupid? I’d bet they’re both smarter than all of you.

[Redacted]
is this confirmation that this is not your child? if so, then i suggest you report that account to twitter, like you have with other accounts. if it’s your child, i suggest you have a talk with them about internet safety, something you can learn about, too.

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The user continues to press BLover to confirm or deny the alleged child’s identity, and denies any involvement in sending emails to BLover’s former workplace.

[Redacted]
is this confirmation that this is not your child? if so, then i suggest you report that account to twitter, like you have with other accounts. if it’s your child, i suggest you have a talk with them about internet safety, something you can learn about, too.

[Redacted]
you’re barking up the wrong tree if you think i had anything to do with anyone sending an email to your workplace. learn how to control your emotions and be professional if you want to actually run a business.

[Redacted]
that account is claiming to be your child. get her offline for her own safety. letting a minor defend you online is dangerous, and the fact you did not outright deny that the account is your child is concerning.

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BLover publicly states that the individual is not their child, and thanks them for their support regardless.

[Redacted]
update: rachael ayers is now TRYING TO DOX us because she kept losing her arguments on twitter

[The image shows that the account made by BLover’s (Alleged) Child has been deleted.]

BLover
Yo! This isn’t even my kid! [laughing emoji] but thanks [BLover’s (Alleged) Child] for your support! [“I Love You” in American Sign Language emoji]

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BLover publicly states that the individual is not their child. They accuse their critics of spreading misinformation.

[Redacted]
reminder that @/rachadg98 choosing to involve her child in this situation is very concerning and i highly advise against interacting with her child since they are a minor. choose to be the responsible adult in this situation and do not engage with that tweet.

BLover
Reminder that @[Redacted] is once again spreading misinformation/lying! This is not my kid!

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BLoved Publishing, publicly criticizing the author of “You’ve Got Mail: The Perils of Pigeon Post”; a danmei released by Seven Seas Entertainment.

[Redacted], quote-retweeting a post by Seven Seas promoting the release of “You’ve Got Mail! The Perils of Pigeon Post”:
Reminder that the author writes danmei solely for money reasons while simultaneously being both hompphobic [sic] and transphobic!!!

BLoved Publishing, official account, in reply to the above post:
True. Sadly I will have to skip this one [crying emoji]

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BLoved Publishing, reposting a complaint made to Aloha Comics regarding a damaged book. There is no indication that Aloha Comics had been unresponsive to the user’s replacement request.

[Redacted]:
@alohacomics got my books but the lack of shrink wrap + using a bubble mailer resulting in the dust jacket getting torn :/ is there a way to get a replacement jacket??

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BLoved Publishing, sharing comments from users criticizing Monogatari Novels for allegedly unprofessional behavior in their dispute with BLoved Publishing.

[Redacted]:
Sorry but PR is everything. A company that just shits on another company and publicly airs shit that should be solved behind closed doors vs one that doesn’t mention any of it except to reassure customers they’ll be getting their books, I know which one gets my business.

[Redacted]:
This is the most unprofessional thing I’ve ever seen. Your first priority should be your customers, no [sic] who owns the rights. BLoved has clearly always had the customers at the forefront. Even if you wind up with the rights in the end, you’re still scum.

[Redacted]:
We preordered titles from your website, you take payment for them right away and can’t even tell us that the release date had been pushed back. When we ask what’s going on you don’t give a proper explanation. Now all this drama with another publishing company makes everything [The tweet is then cut off by the character limit.]

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A fan-made meme: “Friendship ended with 7s entertainment, now monogatari novels is my best friend”

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Monogatari Novels Official Twitter/X, replying to the meme’s original creator.

I fucking love this, thank you so much. Having worked for over 12 hours today was worth it just for this meme [cry-laughing emoji]

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An image showing that Monogatari Novels reposted the meme to their official Twitter/X account.

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An image providing proof that Monogatari Novels used the meme as a background in their now-deleted Twitch streams.

[Redacted]
I just got jumpscared by my own meme HAHA

Monogatari Novels, Official Twitter/X
We hope you don’t mind us using it lol

[Redacted]
i don’t, i’m really honoured actually !!! [crying emoji, heart emoji]

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Sept 7, 2024: BLoved Publishing makes a post claiming their sole ownership of The Legendary Master’s Wife (Novel) and How to Survive as a Villain (Manhua) licenses they had once allegedly shared with Monogatari Novels, and also stating that the baihe titles were “facing unresolved issues.”

We at BLoved Publishing regret to inform readers that due to unforeseen circumstances, the release dates for “The Legendary Master’s Wife” and “How to Survive as a Villain” have been delayed. Additionally, these titles will now be exclusively published by BLoved Publishing, instead of the initially planned joint release with Monogatari Novels.
Moreover, the Baihe novels “Female General Eldest Princess” [sic] and “Clear and Muddy Loss of Love” are facing unresolved issues. While Monogatari Novels is still managing these titles, final decisions on their future publishing arrangements are pending
agreement.
Our top priority is to ensure the delivery of the best possible translations of titles to our readers. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience and understanding as we address and resolve these challenges and issues. Further updates will be provided once more information is available.

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Sept 8, 2024: Monogatari posts the following statement in response to BLoved’s statement the previous day.

To address recent claims, Monogatari Novels would like to inform its readers and friends of the following points:
Monogatari Novels holds the exclusive publishing rights and ownership of licenses in our name for the English translation of the following titles:
The Legendary Master’s Wife
How to Survive as a Villain
Female General And Eldest Princess
Clear and Muddy Loss of Love/JWQS
The Legendary Master’s Wife and Female General Eldest Princess [sic] will be published in the fourth quarter of this year, while How to Survive as a Villain and Clear and Muddy Loss of Love are scheduled for publication in the first quarter of next year.
We are working hard with full support from the authors, translators, and respective team [sic] involved to bring these works to life with the love and quality they and the community deserve.
Moreover, we recommend disregarding any comments on this matter that do not have our explicit approval.

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November 27, 2024: Monogatari Novels posts to their official Twitter/X:

To our readers,
We inform [sic] our partnership with BLoved Publishing LLC has ended, and they will no longer be affiliated with Monogatari Novels.
With gratitude,
Monogatari Novels.

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November 28, 2024: BLoved Publishing posts to their official Twitter/X:

BLoved Publishing values transparency and professionalism in all our business dealings. We wish to address the recent situation regarding the English release of four Chinese titles initially contracted in partnership with Monogatari Novels.
Bloved Publishing disputes recent communications by Monogatari Novels, and will be taking legal actions to address ownership and other issues with Monogatari Novels.
Until this matter is fully concluded, neither BLoved Publishing nor Monogatari Novels has the right to print or electronically distribute any of the four titles.
We remain committed to resolving this matter fairly and continuing to provide translations to our readers. Thank you for your patience and support.
For those customers who wish to cancel orders made on our website, you may do so by contacting us at contactblovedpublinshing@gmail.com [sic]

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Monogatari states that they do not use MTL.

[Redacted]
Have you even addressed whether EXR is even using MTL for this official translation?? Bc homieeee no matter how long you delay releases, the community will literally eat you alive if we find out a release has mtl or even “edited” mtl and u wont last long as a publisher [shrugging emoji]

Monogatari Novels, official Twitter/X
We can guarantee we do not use MTL at any point of the process

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In response to fan concern about Monogatari’s choice of translator for “The Legendary Master’s Wife” (discussed earlier in this article), Monogatari states their Spanish releases were translated by proficient translators and did not use MTL.

[Redacted]
Hold up. Are they really using MTL? That’s extremely unprofessional.

[Redacted]
It seems like it, apparently none of the “translators” know either chinese nor english very well…

Monogatari Novels, official Twitter/X
We do not use mtl at any point of the process. Every chinese title we released in Spanish was translated by proficient translators.

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Monogatari states their Spanish releases did not use MTL.

[Redacted]
monogatari uses mtl for official publication? this can’t be real whattt

Monogatari Novels, official Twitter/X
We do not use mtl at any point of the process. No single book released in Spain featured MTL.

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A post from Monogatari Novels’ official Twitter/X account. The post was made on January 30th, 2025. The company had previously made no indication to buyers that there would be a change of cover art / logo design for “Female General and Eldest Princess” Vol. 1.

Monogatari Novels, official Twitter/X
Preorders for FGEP have started arriving! Please look forward to them arriving on your doorstep any day now.

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A closer look at the new cover of “Female General and Eldest Princess” Vol. 1.

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An image of Monogatari Novels’ website, taken March 13, 2025. It shows that they continue to advertise the old cover art / logo design for “Female General and Eldest Princess” Vol. 1, and have no disclaimers indicating that it does not represent the final product.

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An image of Monogatari Novels’ website, taken March 13, 2025. It shows that they continue to advertise the old cover art / logo design for “Female General and Eldest Princess” Vol. 1, and have no disclaimers indicating that it does not represent the final product.