Two people arrested on suspicion of “early discovery” of manga posted online before magazine release. Tohoku was accused of posting images of manga magazines on the Internet before they were released, an act known as "early discovery" Police suspect that there were other people involved and are conducting a detailed investigation into the operation.

According to the police, in response to the investigation, the two denied some of the charges, saying, ``I have not made the images public.'' The publisher reportedly received over 1,000 complaints from readers asking to cancel their subscriptions in nearly a week.