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The 'issue' is the same grey area that technically is paying to anyone, be it Patreon or buying them off online sites, for games based off actual anime/game series XD Technically, EVERYONE who has a Patreon or similar where they have stuff for any anime characters is violating copyright, because they're getting money off using someone else's intellectual property, regardless if it's their art or not. With the advent of things like Koikatsu and more recently AI art this has only grown even further as people become more and more aware of the 'morally grey' status of these things which before when it was just actual art made by the people was easier to ignore.Ooooohhh this is context I had no clue about. I'm glad you explained because without this I might've defaulted to thinking Fujino was a thief but hearing its fair use apparently is at least lets me give out a sigh of relief. Almost stopped giving to the patreon since I thought it was an issue.
Likewise, 'technically' Fujino IS 'stealing' in the loosest sense of the work because he's making a game using somebody else's scenes and getting paid for it, but it's the same kinda morally grey stuff nobody cares about. Those creators aren't gonna track you down and force you to pay them for using their scenes on your game/animation even if you're paywalling it for the same reason nobody thinks every Patreon of someone paywalling art of Naruto or Bleach should be reported to the creators for infringing in their copyright :3