Trust & literacy

Editorial policy

We publish original Soft commentary and Mirror satire about romance-drama patterns — not pirated plots, stills, or someone else’s paragraphs. If you’re here before checkout: this is what we stand on.

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Hana Yori Dango Editorial policy — patterns over piracy.

What we publish

Original trope definitions, essays, glossaries, and Soft fiction inspired by patterns
Mirror roast and syndrome naming — satire of devices, not people
Original merch designs sold as Soft / Mirror catalog
Global English, ESL-friendly — literacy without gatekeeping

What we refuse

Episode-by-episode plot lifts and long dialogue quotes
Official posters, stills, OST audio, subtitle files
Scraped fanart of copyrighted characters
Piracy / illegal stream directories
Copy-paste from other recap sites — we read, then rewrite in KCJ voice

Soft World

Craft before the joke

Soft explains why a device works — rewatch notes, culture bridges, care without spoiling whole arcs as default.

Tropes · Essays

Mirror World

Roast the habit, not the human

Mirror exaggerates storytelling habits — rain confessions, contract clauses, mid-season amnesia. If a joke stops being affectionate, it doesn’t ship.

About the roast

Fan art & assets

On this site, “fan art” means work we create or commission under our license — or clearly CC0 assets. We do not host unlicensed character art uploads.

People

Mirror roasts tropes and storytelling habits. We do not punch down at actors’ bodies or private lives.

Merch

Catalog designs are original Soft/Mirror work printed on demand. Support legal streams for the shows you love; wear the pattern commentary here.