Waited a long time for a reply from the scanlator, but never got one. And they haven't posted or logged in since Feb, so here it is.

It got better.

Uh... was there like a contest for "Love Live Alt Reality Eri x Kotori Doujin With them as a Police Inspector and Master Thief and a Balloon-Aided Getaway," or was this outright plagiarism, or just the weirdest case of synchronized inspiration ever?

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/you_are_my_target

Police Inspector Alpaca has the most beautiful eyes in the world.

Uh... was there like a contest for "Love Live Alt Reality Eri x Kotori Doujin With them as a Police Inspector and Master Thief and a Balloon-Aided Getaway," or was this outright plagiarism, or just the weirdest case of synchronized inspiration ever?

People just really like the Phantom Thief set.

Yay, more of this AU! Anyone know what that relationship chart says at the end? I knowing not the only one curious.

Police Inspector Alpaca has the most beautiful eyes in the world.

Uh... was there like a contest for "Love Live Alt Reality Eri x Kotori Doujin With them as a Police Inspector and Master Thief and a Balloon-Aided Getaway," or was this outright plagiarism, or just the weirdest case of synchronized inspiration ever?

People just really like the Phantom Thief set.

Funny thing is, I remember CLAMP using almost exactly the same setup in Campus Detectives back in the '90s. Just now it's using pretty gay girls.

eri x kotori are steal my heart <3

That chart at the end looks important. Does anybody have a translation for it?

All it does is chart the names and organizations of the characters featured and their relationship to the others - either friend (親友) or enemy (敵対)

It just seemed important because Umi and Nozomi are organized with Rin(with no clear connect between them - not to mention Rin's twotiming) and Honoka appears on it alone(maybe a reporter?).

Nozomi - Casino Dealer
Umi - Writer
Rin - This is a guess, because I literally cannot find anywhere with a usage of the kanji 揁, but since 探 is "explore" and because of their role in the story I'm gonna guess something like "investigator."

These three together are labeled "Kaitou Lily White," maybe some kind of competing group.

Honoka - Journalist

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So basically, Kotori turned gay after that night. Good to know.

Eli stole the precious thing?

Uh... was there like a contest for "Love Live Alt Reality Eri x Kotori Doujin With them as a Police Inspector and Master Thief and a Balloon-Aided Getaway," or was this outright plagiarism, or just the weirdest case of synchronized inspiration ever?

The Cutie Panther as phantom thief bit I am pretty sure comes from cards in SIF, as do all the costumes. The tropes, including the balloon-aided getaway, come straight from the broader Phantom Thief genre — I personally first saw most of these in Kaitou Saint Tail, but they go back farther; both CLAMP's Man of 20 Masks and the Detective Conan-adjacent Kaitou Kid reference similar masked superthieves that go back to (I think) the 1940s.