Genshin Impact Ayato birthday art controversy: Accusations and drama explained
A recent controversy involving Ayato's birthday art in Genshin Impact erupted recently, where accusations of tracing were thrown against the artist. The accused is 花邑まい (translated from Japanese as Mai Hanamura). It is worth noting that people have brought up the artist's past history of tracing, yet that isn't the full story.
The person who started the accusations of birthday art being traced has since deleted their Tweets on the matter. They did not apologize for the damaging claims. This article will cover the controversy regarding Ayato's birthday art and why it garnered so much attention online.
Although the original accusations were deleted, there are other Tweets where the sentiment is still shared. The above example shows the most commonly cited "proof" for the claims of tracing. Another anime character (Bedivere) overlaps Ayato's official birthday art and starts to fade in.
Some might notice highly similar jawlines, ear curves, and placements. This particular video had over 3.3 million views and over 6.4K likes at the time of writing this article.
The above video also covers some other aspects of the Genshin Impact drama. Important developments include:
It is worth noting that the current news indicates that there was no tracing, yet some Genshin Impact players are not convinced.
Some Twitter users even assumed that the birthday art was chimera traced (the act of copying multiple different artworks rather than a single one). That sort of plagiarism would be impossible to prove since various works could have been used rather than a single one.
Nonetheless, this isn't a one-sided episode. Some of the following Tweets are examples of fans defending the artist against the recent controversial claims.
Ayato's birthday art
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