#its purely manga based (escpet for mamoru cus no good references)

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#this is also why i still think sakou was pretty close compared to the other 2 designers #theres nothing in takahashis design thats manga based except for costume design and even then the vibe is ALL off #infact he was closer to shinsobans style back in s1/2! just takahashis style frfr is literally a nothing style #a blank slate for tadano to jump off of to make her weird 90s pug face amalgam #its not exactly Itoh's 90s but its not exactly manga either... not really shinsoban... but its clsar shes tryna mimick Itohs 90s #ill even be funny and say sakou took from Tamegai cus the bangs are kinda similar in fluffiness and shape #and he even went to be more manga accurate (in a 90s anime era anyway) #he still had to jump off itoh obviously cus obligations contuing from the last season #i have a post in it but like she used kanzenban for sure sakou said so herself but she wanted it to be a more modern esque style which like #honest to god ill never know what that means cinsidering loli and moe is the trend for the past decade #but blending cute and elegant was the goal and thats naokos style its cute and elegant not just cute #the bodyshape too in sakous style is very tankobon era while kanzenban and shinsoban is more like a brick tm #trapezoid shaped #she was close honest to god #thats probably why ppl think our style is some weird take on Crystal like its not though #its purely manga based (escpet for mamoru cus no good references) #like its not crysyal fanart its manga fanart to its very core #it just feels like a better sakou style cus sakou was actually *that* close to hitting a similar jackpot #like idk persinally she was pretty close just needed a lot of work she didnt have time for #our design took much longer (years) than hers (months) #and theres even 20 years of work behind our design cus ive been studying Naoko's style since I was like 10 years old