FFS
I though that Hatater came back, but it's an old art, just a recent upload.

He died from a covid back in 2020, idk what do you expect to see

Snorky said:

He died from a covid back in 2020, idk what do you expect to see

Died in 2020? He bookmarked art 3 months ago:
https://www.pixiv.net/stacc/hatater

Snorky said:

He died from a covid back in 2020, idk what do you expect to see

He disappeared in February 2021.

This visual novel was recently published in Steam, but under a different name.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2132480/Touhou_Fading_Illusion/

Varell said:

He disappeared in February 2021.

This visual novel was recently published in Steam, but under a different name.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2132480/Touhou_Fading_Illusion/

i remember seeing that on steam, never knew he was involved. guess i'll give it a try.

There was a postabout him in that VN's VK community, so i'm going to translate it

feb 9 2022
Greetings, subscribers!
This post isn't about the VN as such (info about it will be later this month), but about a member of our team that many of you probably know. It's about the hatater (hater). I ask you to read it to the end.

The point is that today marks exactly one year since I last contacted him. On February 9, 2021 at 02:24 Moscow time he sent me the last message that said "looks like I've caught a super combo - (food) poisoning and neck pain, sorry for disappearing" and I never saw him after that. And it wasn't just me, but all his friends that I've been able to contact. Also, there was no activity on his pixiv for a year. I could assume that he just got fed up with everything and took an indefinite vacation (after all, our project is almost exclusively voluntary, and he doesn't have to report to anyone), or, for example, he has a serious health problem, and is unable to contact anyone. But before that, in the summer of 2020, he took the time to email me from the hospital at a time when he was sick with covid, which he said was quite severe. And in general during the whole time of our acquaintance he was a mature and responsible person who works with IT (or something like that, I don't know for sure) and understands that suddenly disappearing somewhere for such a long period is not a good thing, especially when you have some task in the project. In view of all this, I would venture to guess that something terrible has happened to our fellow soldier. I won't mislead anyone because I don't know the exact details, but every day the odds of seeing him again are getting smaller and slimmer. Wherever he is, I hope he's okay. But if there happens to be some people reading this post who have accurate information, then please write about it in the comments or DM me (link to team leader's profile).

Anyway, I think I owe him a lot, because without him our project could have sunk in the very beginning of its voyage. He was the one who advised us to use the picture resolutions we've been using so far. It was his sprites that exemplified, and still exemplify, the variety of emotions and gestures that are enough for any occasion. He helped for a cause to us, to a musician from our team (with album covers), and to other people he knew (from their words).

If he does not show up, I think people should remember him as a responsible, committed and enthusiastic Touhou artist who has suddenly gone missing. So let this post be a kind of tribute.

See You Space Cowboy...! in english

NightjarInaJar said:

There was a postabout him in that VN's VK community, so i'm going to translate it

Sad. Thought it might've had to do with the Ukraine war and he got drafted. 2 years later and he's still not shown up so I guess I got to expect the worst :(

B17Bomber said:

Sad. Thought it might've had to do with the Ukraine war and he got drafted. 2 years later and he's still not shown up so I guess I got to expect the worst :(

Optimistically I think he’s okay

If you’ve ever been in critical condition, like after a car crash you’d know it totally rewraps your brain. Hater got deathly sick twice in quick succession.

He was open about being miserable, messed up in the head, burnt out, I think (hope) he just changed his ways or whatever. I know a lot of people like that, especially in my family.

I like some of his art but it clearly wasn’t a healthy outlet for him.

So I’m not trying to be sunshine and rainbows. But realistically, he’s like a 40 year old guy that got close to death, possibly matured because of that. If so, maybe it’s for the best he left all this behind
(though a “hey I’m alive, goodbye” would’ve been nice to hear)