>>190900205So what story did they "steal"? From what I know, all their projects were based on their special winner prizes, and that's literally why writers enter the contest, to have their works published and even animated. I'm having a really hard time putting any sort of trust into the words of a mentally ill criminal who just murdered dozens of people.
Though I can understand people wanting to believe it, not only out of malice and hatred against KyoAni, but because it resembles a logical explanation. Humans always try to find patterns and reasons as it enables us to amend behavior in order to avoid risks. In cases like this, we're at a loss, as most probably there is nothing we can do to avoid some random loony attacking us. The chaos in the universe is hard to bear.