(I need a facepalm icon, but alas.)

Really, this is all seems rather juvenile from my standpoint. Granted, I'm not condoning plagiarism of any sort (in fact, it disgusts me), and there are certainly similarities, but can't there be some other means to an end?

And perhaps this is insensitive of me, but I sincerely wish this is a rumor and Hoshino is on hiatus for, again, health related reasons. (Better than a lawsuit, at any rate...)