>>4317454so were pokemon, animal crossing and others, and yet western drawn artworks of those characters are not allowed
it's about the artist who drew the characters, not the one who designed them
the only real exceptions to this rule that i have seen are when some anon draws oc and asks for feedback, which is fine as long as said anon doesn't flood the thread, and when the artist's work is virtually indistinguishable from proper eastern art, but that sometimes starts flamewars over what kemono is