This article is intended solely for awareness and documentation purposes.
It addresses a case where GameLeap writer Gerry Minkova has been observed copying original content from WaifuPulse without permission.
This is not meant as a personal attack or insult, but rather a record of actions that directly affected WaifuPulse’s work and reputation.

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1 Google’s Response Does Not Match Reality
2 Update: GameLeap Writer Files False Defamation Report After Getting Caught

Plagiarism has been a problem in online journalism for a long time, and it has gotten worse since AI chatbots became common. Many writers now use AI tools to create content, and that has affected the quality and originality of news and content. This is not the first time I have seen a big publisher copy my content, but it is happening more often now.

A side-by-side comparison of both articles by GameLeap and WaifuPulse. Video is unlisted, though!

Google has been constantly talking about high-quality content over the past few years, but in reality, the updates they roll out hit small websites, even if they are run by people who are experts in their domain. At the same time, big publishers with strong authority still show up high in SERPS even when they copy content from smaller publishers.

GameLeap is a perfect example of this. Their writer, Gerry Minkova, has been copying articles from my website, WaifuPulse, rewriting them via AI, and then publishing them. The worst part is that those stolen articles rank higher than the originals on Google. This is frustrating because the writer clearly does not have any knowledge of anime or manga. It is just content made to rank, without any real knowledge behind it. Below I have attached a screenshot of my article on Will Sae Itoshi Play for Japan in the U-20 World Cup in Blue Lock? Gerry did not even bother checking the article has too many of my unique takes on this topic, and they copied everything from the start to the bottom, used the same panels for the same arguments as well. You can check the above video to compare both articles!

Textual Plagiarism, Same player list. Same conclusion. Just a few synonym swaps.
GameLeap Is Letting Writer Gerry Minkova Steal Content from WaifuPulse
Most obvious Content Theft by GameLeap. No one else uses the term JFU Chairman except me, not even the author.
GameLeap used the same exact theory and arguments I came up with and arguments

Another article I did on Grand Blue Season 2 Key Visual, I did not cover the news before so I decided to cover the announcements, new cast comments together in one article, Grand Blue was announced last year and in February 2025, new cast members were announced, Gerry did not bother checking that I am covering an old topic and copied that as well! The only unique thing that they did was instead of publishing character designs, they published the images with comments! Otherwise, the whole news article is a copy-paste of my article, and they did not bother giving credit either.

GameLeap Is Letting Writer Gerry Minkova Steal Content from WaifuPulse

I started WaifuPulse in December with the goal of building a reliable place for anime and manga news, recaps, and reviews. I have watched over 1000 anime, read 500+ manga, and I cover at least 5 to 10 anime/manga series regularly. This site is not just content, it is something I have been building with care and time.

But websites like GameLeap don’t even try to hire experts. They just let one writer cover everything, scraping smaller websites for material, and using AI tools to reword it. It is a content mill approach, and yet it works on Google.

Earlier, a similar thing happened with ComingSoon.net, which is owned by Evolve Media. They were copying my Blue Lock guides. Their chief editor reached out and apologized. Someone from Evolve Media also contacted me and said they fired the writer. But a few weeks later, I saw the same thing happening again, under a different author profile. So I assume they just changed the author and continued the same practice.

Google’s Response Does Not Match Reality

Google recently published a post after their I/O event, where they said websites should focus on helpful and unique content that actually satisfies users. Here’s what they said:

Google wants to show content that fulfills peoples’ needs. Focus on making unique, non-commodity content that visitors from Search and your own readers will find helpful and satisfying…

But even after saying this, Google’s systems still rank big websites that copy content. Their AI Overviews and Gemini tools also often cite those copied articles while ignoring the original publishers.

I found three articles that GameLeap stole from my site. All three are ranking well in Google, while my originals are nowhere to be found. What’s the point of writing helpful content if it just gets stolen and ranks better on a bigger site?

I love anime and manga, and writing about it is something I enjoy. But it is hard to stay motivated when all your hard work can be taken and ranked higher by someone who barely understands the topic. Writers like Gerry Minkova are getting credit and traffic for content they did not actually make. That needs to change, otherwise search engines will just be a big piece of AI Slop!

Update: GameLeap Writer Files False Defamation Report After Getting Caught

After I published this article with proper comparisons, screenshots, and a side-by-side video, the GameLeap writer who copied my work decided to escalate things instead of apologizing.

Today, I got a defamation notice from Hostinger, my hosting provider. The report was filed by or on behalf of Gerry Minkova, the same writer who copied multiple articles from WaifuPulse.

The notice claims that my article somehow defames her. But if you read it, there’s no personal attack, no insult, and no false claim. I only explained how my original content was copied, and I backed it up with actual links, screenshots, and a comparison video. That is not defamation, that is documentation.

To make things clear, AWS (Amazon Web Services), who hosts GameLeap, reviewed the complaint I submitted and replied that:

“The content or activity you reported has been mitigated.”

AWS accepted the DMCA, and the copied content was taken down from their end. So the same content that GameLeap took down after a copyright claim is now being used to file a false defamation complaint against me. That makes no sense.

Under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, Section 106), I have the exclusive rights to my original work, including the right to control reproduction and distribution. What happened here was a violation of that. My work was copied, rewritten with the help of AI tools, and published under someone else’s name, without credit.

I have already submitted all the proofs again to Hostinger, including:

  • The original article links
  • The copied article URLs
  • A side-by-side video
  • Screenshots with timestamps
  • Confirmation from AWS about content removal

Despite all of this, instead of accountability, the response was a false accusation of defamation. It’s sad that creators who get copied have to go through more trouble than the people who actually copied them.

I will keep updating this post if anything changes. But for now, the record is clear:
The content was copied, AWS removed it, and I have done nothing wrong.

Let’s call it what it is: this is not defamation, this is just someone trying to silence the truth.

If your best idea is someone else’s work, you’re not a writer, you are a thief.

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Last Update: June 2, 2025