The remake keeps changing more characters outfits to black for some reason, even in the opening of this chapter Dayner used to wear dark blue but now she dons a black outfit.
Let's all pray Duke Artian is still alive in this version. Or don't, idk.
This also extends to Lispen who has had a similar colour swap in his outfit under the cloak.
I'm not sure what is causing the change here... but maybe the Artian household colour scheme has been readjusted?
Seems like the author has really skipped over the scene of the Helios employee being bribed by Lanoste to get Shic into the investigation team (?), because in the old version it occurred here but it is still absent in the remake.
People who read the old version probably picked up on it, but the design of our fake black magician has been changed.
He used to have darker skin and freckles, which have been removed in the remake in favour of pale and smooth skin like Blow.
I can understand the reason for the change; they mention that the "fake" isn't a handsome man like the black magician of rumours. The implication that someone with those features might not look as good as someone like Blow on account of them could be taken in a discriminatory way.
As someone who does have a darker skin tone I personally didn't mind the old version, instead I took it as part of the comedy that someone who looked that drastically different could pass as you-know-who with just dark hair and a hood and was funny. But I do think the remake is a much better way to have things... it packs its own punch in a way that people who may have vaguely seen him from the distance could still have been fooled. (But Shic isn't someone who would have seen him from the "distance.")
In the old version when lamenting over Shic chasing after the black magician Lanoste comments "To think he's chasing after some guy instead of a girl..." this has been changed to "I can't believe he's still chasing after him." If this is a dialogue change and not a TL variation, this has likely been changed to fit modern sensibilities, but on a level it almost makes more sense for him to comment such when his next line to comment on it being sad. (Since it puts more emphasis on the hopelessly chasing part.)
The old version features Shic really looming over the poor fake who's backed up against a table unable to escape him. But the new version features him simply moving in close to him.
The older version feels like it emphasises how the fake wanted to run but simply could not and was trying to bluff his way out. In the newer version it seems more like he thought he could successfully fool Shic while still being intimidated by him deep down.
The old version also features more expression on Shic, as we see him initially smile like he's amused at the idea before his face is contorted with rage at the insult and false lead.
But in the newer version he remains as impassive as ever. It's similar to the auction in the remake; where he did have more of a reaction to Tessiana despite her not being the one he was looking for before, but in the remake he just seems bored the whole time instead.
The explosion scene in the old version had a much bigger dust cloud and very clearly coincided with how Lanoste raised his arm like an accidental pointer.
But we have more perspective and buildings in the remake, plus Lansote has his arm down which make it harder to visually spot the explosion imo.
I assume the arm being lowered is due to the author not doing wide panels anymore, but I feel like we could have benefitted from a larger-looking explosion at least.
