>>520845No one really cared about the plagiarism aspect of it. There's far more heinous shit in Shonen Jump that succeeded, including things that created actual, tangible public outcries from PTAs and the like.
TPGW failed because it was mediocre with a somewhat interesting set up for the first chapter and immediately shit the bed from chapter 2 onwards in every single possible avenue safe for, like, the quality of the art.
But alas, this conversation is entirely off topic.