Turtle Soup

I don’t know when it started, but my passion for Girls’ Frontline began to steadily decline. And I don’t know when it started, but I began to feel disappointed with Micateam. Perhaps it started from the day Girls’ Frontline broke the login streak, or perhaps it was because of some things that happened this year, but in any case, there’s no going back.

When you add it up, it’s been over 3 years since I made contact with Micateam. When I first joined, it was because Yuzhong’s ambition caught my eye. I admired it. I’ve had a good time, a really good time over the past three years. I’ve been able to draw what I wanted to draw, and the atmosphere in the company was very good. All the four bosses were good to me and my life here was very fulfilling. People on the outside thought so too. However… time is an excellent torture device, and Yuzhong’s ambition was greater than I imagined.

The truth is that there are many things that I shouldn’t be talking about and which I have no right to talk about. After all, being “parachuted” into a position is a move by the investors and it’s probably everyday dare for people with a lot of work experience. However, to a lad like me, whose first job with Girls’ Frontline was my first foray into society, it’s possible that I couldn’t accept it all right away. Yes, everyone wants to make a good ACG game, and perhaps when the first “red-lettered mandate” came down from the “parachute”, some of us protested and it angered the upper management. Then the first firing came within a month. This was the first time I heard about someone being fired for copying gun information from Wikipedia during translations. When I asked Yuzhong about it, he said that the guy’s contract was up. But in truth, it was not up. It was a lie, there were countless lies, and ever since I made my prediction on Weibo in December, I had heard countless lies. Even until yesterday there were still lies. I know that not rocking the boat is important, but I don’t want it to be founded on lies.

Originally, I should have handed in my resignation letter in February. Many people spoke to me, but Yuzhong was the only one who didn’t take any time out to talk things over with me aside from confirming things with me over the phone and QQ. That night, I cried until 8 AM in the morning. I bared my heart to a lot of people, but in the end I didn’t expect that I would be betrayed by people I deeply trusted, who even went so far as to make things up about me and say I was making up rumors outside of the company and telling outsourced artists not to draw for GF. The office had become a tense and combative place for me…

Ahhh, I really am tired. When I took the initiative and left the Micateam chatgroup earlier, I did so in the hopes of gaining a small measure of peace. During these two weeks of peace and quiet, I sorted things out in my head. I ought to respect the people who choose to stay and work, so I chose to leave. I planned to go in April, because I wanted to use the April team-building activity to bid everyone farewell, but… I guess there’s no chance of that. I ought to be receiving a request to quit next week. I might have some lingering feelings when I think back on the past 3 years, but I definitely don’t regret them. I was very happy, and in the end, I want to thank everyone in Micateam - thank you.