Libre’s B Boy editorial department announced today (16th) that the BL manga “The Unwanted Prince Marriage” (tentative translation, original name: いらないPrince’s Son-in-law Entering), originally written by Merorico and illustrated by Akari, will cease serialization due to the editorial department’s An apology announcement was issued for creating a file for publication without the permission of the original author.
According to the announcement, the editorial department did not submit the proposal of the artist akari to the original author for confirmation, and then directly created the file for publication. Even after the problem was exposed, the editorial department realized that the content deviated from the original work, but did not take appropriate measures and continued the production business.
Moreover, during the process, the editorial department provided inconsistent explanations to the author, and also made errors in the update progress, which not only damaged the original author’s trust, but also violated the original author’s rights.
The editorial department stated that it has been deeply aware of the seriousness of the problem, and after many consultations with relevant personnel, decided to stop serializing this work. The relevant procedures for stopping serialization will be gradually advanced in the future. I sincerely apologize to the writers, readers and everyone involved. In order to prevent such problems from happening again, in addition to deeply reflecting on previous wrongdoings, we will re-examine the supervision mechanism.
The serialization of “The Unwanted Prince’s Marriage” ended with the 18th episode.
The details are as announced by the Be-Boy editorial department account.I would like to sincerely apologize to all the readers who have supported “The Unwanted Prince’s Marriage” up until now. https://t.co/6u4swdiUos
— 🌼merorico🌼 (@mero_or) December 16, 2024
In fact, in addition to “The Unwanted Prince Marriage”, another manga this year, “Tsundere Villain Richie Lotto, Live Host Endo-san and Commentator Kobayashi-san” also stopped serialization due to editorial oversight. In an increasingly saturated comics market, if publishers fail to fulfill their supervision obligations, similar problems may become more and more common.
👉Further reading:Due to improper editing and supervision + the content was leaked in advance, the comic version of “Tsundere Villain Rizelotte, Live Host Endo-san and Commentator Kobayashi-san” has been discontinued.