A few months ago we talked about “Mery__S2_“, a popular Internet artist recognized as one of the pillars of“Hyouka“. It turns out that “Mery__S2_“I was in charge of sharing illustrations of the protagonists for several years Eru Chitanda and Hotaro Oreki as a couple.

Let us remember that “Hyouka” is known as “romance bait”, precisely because many of those who started watching the series thought it was a romance story and progressed through the episodes expecting a romantic development that never happened.

Although the artist started uploading cheeky illustrations It turns out that this morning his fans were shocked to discover that he had decided to delete all of his social media content. and leave the following statement:

• «For now, I'm going to take a little break. I'll continue drawing Hotaru because I really like her. I won't delete my Pixiv account or profile, so don't worry, hehe. The truth is that I've been dealing with this since 2022, but I've barely shown it in the last two years. I've been through a lot of things that I couldn't talk about. I understand that it's inevitable when there are so many people. I'm going to rest for a while and then I'll upload more drawings. I know I've bothered you a lot during this time, thank you and I'm sorry. I'll take a break and come back. I'll be doing live broadcasts from time to time, so if you're bored, stop by.».

From the wording, you can easily tell that this is not a sick leave, But the author was having to deal with a series of offensive and harassing messages through his Twitter account. In fact, before deleting his content, he shared some of these messages from the user “@yutorleu” where he wrote:

• «I'm tired of looking at the previous illustration. It works! Don't make your next creation your personal property! Swear! You want followers who trust you and money. You're unhappy with money, you're a piece of shit, get out of here!».
• «I've been watching this from mery_S2_thinking it's funny, but as expected, people overseas have also criticized it. Since they're spreading much more content than the author, I can only see this as blasphemy or hijacking the work».
• «It's because I blocked you, criminal! Don't go, scum. After all, Koreans are still Koreans! Get out, trash! Don't pay too much attention to the author».

Although the comments were made in Japanese, Japanese netizens discovered that he was simply translating his comments as his words were wrong. in many places:

• «I saw that yutorleu has some weird kanji, so it doesn't seem to be Japanese. But in the Japanese screenshot of the same post, the kanji were normal, so it can't be concluded that it's foreign. The text looked a little strange, but what he says and does is already pretty crazy, so who knows?».
• «This user yutorleu, who pretended to be Japanese and was a stalker, waited for the Hyouka illustrator to delete all of his illustrations and then deleted his account and disappeared. It's really worrying. It says the account is blocked and someone else took the ID, but there's no certainty that it's actually someone else.».

Unfortunately, “Mery__S2_” has not given any indication of when she will return to share her talent with the “Hyouka” fan community.who are already discussing this situation:

• «WHO THE HELL HARASSED HIM? HYOUKA FANDOM IS LITERALLY DEAD, NO UPDATES SINCE THE LAST NOVEL AND SOMEONE WITH HIS RETARDED MENTALITY ONLY SAYS STUPID THINGS AND MAKES MERY FEEL REALLY BAD! I'M SO ANGRY AS A HYOUKA FAN!».
• «Dude, not my favorite artist, bro… WHY? Whoever harassed you, I hope you kill yourself».
• «Damn, I hate Twitter and its users, the only person who kept the fandom alive is leaving us. Wipe Twitter off the face of the earth, please».
• «Whoever harasses her, you are a lifeless piece of shit that stays in her room.».
• «Today my day was ruined, all because of an idiot wanting to get the attention of an artist who only shared her love for Hyouka through her drawings. What the hell, the truth is that my mood got worse».
• «To be honest, posts like “this artist has been carrying the Hyouka fandom on his back for years” or “I switched to 5 different fandoms and they’re still with Hyouka” DON’T HELP. People who post things like this over and over are just looking for viral tweets now and sometimes it can feel like».
• «A well-known artist harassed for drawing what he likes. 10 years of fine art of the missing Hyouka ships».
• «I love your art, my friend... and I always will. I'll wait for your return. I've been following you for a long time because I fell in love with your drawings. You're my hero now LOL Take a break, my friend. You're brilliant».
• «Please take care of yourself, Meri! We all love your work».
• «Sempai, don't focus your attention on a few individuals, just look to your future. We are happy that you continue to create works of art. Please no longer pay attention to the words of people you don't like and only focus on yourself and the people you like. This is advice from someone who was a bully in his early days as an artist, who didn't care about others and only drew what he wanted. Thank you again for the art and I hope you recover soon.».
• «There are thousands of people who love and support what you do, including me. You are a fantastic artist. I hope you post here again soon.».
• «For many people, your art is the reason why Hyouka is still alive and present in our hearts. I'm sorry that some people were mean to you, but remember that many of us love your art with all our hearts. Take care!».

Source: Official Twitter Account