Shogakukan Scandal Widens as Second Convicted Creator Found on MangaOne
TheOASG Podcast reports that Shogakukan's MangaOne editorial department admitted it allowed manga creator Shoichi Yamamoto to publish under a pen name after his 2020 arrest and conviction for a sex crime. The department also hid his past from the artist drawing the series. Shogakukan later revealed that Tatsuya Matsuki, the act-age writer convicted in 2020, was also working on the service under a pen name. An investigative committee with lawyers has been formed.