... that stolen plotlines thing feels like a revelation pulled straight out the ass. Why does he even do that? I fail to see how this even benefitted him... like maybe you get a better final product if you combine a good plotline with good drawings, but surely you just could... make two people involved in the creation of the manga (like he actually suggested in his initial excuse)? How is this even worth it, a decent risk of getting found out for relatively little payoff?
That guy is not an evil mastermind, he's just a dumbass.
Well, I can certainly see how it would look better to be the editor of one brilliant author doing everything one their own instead of an artist combined with multiple writers for their various stories.
But yeah, dumbass he is.
