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On the DK Trio (spoon.2di vol. 73)

—In episode 9, you showed Cherry Blossom, Joe and Adam's high school days, but how did you capture those three's respective feelings when they met and leading into the present? Also, how were the trio's visual designs in the high school era created? Okouchi-san wrote that those three had this sort of time in their pasts, so if that was the case, wouldn't their attire and such have a delinquent vibe? That speculation expanded into my mental image of them. We weren't able to depict much of Sakurayashiki and Nanjo's relationship, but I figure they've been fighting since this time. I think their relationship probably hasn't changed at all between then and now. And the "extraordinary" thing that suddenly appeared in their ordinary everyday life was Adam. Meeting someone as gifted and charismatic as him, of course they would be affected by that. Anyone would end up admiring him, being attracted (drawn) to him. —Cherry Blossom was especially enchanted by him. He was, wasn't he? We didn't show what Nanjo thought of Adam at that time, but he surely must have felt very similarly. Exactly because it was when they were young, I think for the two of them, the impact meeting Adam had on them was huge. —I think a lot of viewers were just as charmed by Adam in high school as those two were, but were there any points about his design you were especially particular about? Because Adam is someone Sakurayashiki admires (longs for) so much, I wanted his design to be overflowing with charisma. Also, the white gakuran. A normal person couldn't wear that. (lol) And Sakurayashiki and Nanjo wear blazers to differentiate them from Adam. Since Sakurayashiki in particular always wears Japanese-style clothing in the present, I also wanted him to wear western-style clothes as a student. For Nanjo, there was the length of his hair, and I wanted him to seem like a fresh young man who was suited to sports. Chiba-san designed all three of them to show their muscles less than in the present, but that "perfect dosage" was wonderful, so please look at the concept art when it's released!

(Director Hiroko Utsumi, spoon.2di vol. 73)

[specterthief]

jk aiko/adam finally, both in her regular everyday school uniform and dressed to sneak out skating! it took a while to figure out what exactly i wanted to do with her hair but i had to go with the iconic hime cut in the end, since she's the character i most wanted to resemble a classic yuri character.

her hair is based on simone from shiroi heya no futari, widely considered the first yuri manga (though many, many other crimson rose/onee-sama type yuri love interests have had very similar haircuts since) and her uniform is based on the one from maria-sama ga miteru (another very famous yuri series.)

and for her skating outfit, she starts off "borrowing" tadashi's old high school uniform and pretends to be a boy when she first starts sneaking out to skate, hoping there would be less chance of her getting caught and word getting back to her family that way. kaoru and koharu are the first friends she has then that she trusts to tell she's a girl, and while it eventually becomes an open secret among the rest of their gang, they're the only ones who she lets see her with her hood/hat off and her hair down

bonus: all three versions of the jk trio!

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jeezus... after 5 months, i finally got my shit together and reopened my online shop. Feeling pretty good and somewhat accomplished. Baby steps y’know?

So I’ve got some restocking to do, but new listings are up including SK8 heart buttons! over at beanclamshop (dot) com

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