Akesumi But Out Of Context

akesumi but out of context 😌

OMG YES!!!! This is perfect!!! That and maybe HaseMaru as well!

i am 100% normal what are you talking about

adjusted her outfit a bit

i love diggers i wish silly people were real

I was suddenly thinking about this and I can't help but want to put in inspiration from Revolutionary Girl Utena (namely Utena's "Adolescence of Utena" design). Kinda as a double reference to that anime and the prince from the ballet combined with Odile.

Namely the shorts and top style and turning Sumi's shoes into tall boots. The coat is gonna have the tails but maybe altered a bit.

...God I really need to watch this anime. But yeah, what do you all think??

So I have been struggling with my own Odile Sumi redesign and this is what I came up with so far using her concept art as a chart of some sort. Like parts of her canon design is fine actually (the coat is to die for!) and it can actually still fit the theme I'm going for but idk. I'm still thinking about it.

Full notes to help:

-White in lining and underside of coat (inspired by the P5 Manga Vol. 11 cover)

-White ruffles and either black or white gloves (the latter because, I still like the potential symbolism) [fixed errors]

-Shoes either stay black or changed to red.

-End of coat tails inspired by Ella

-Replace with tights.

-Black feathery skirt

-Definitely a haircut like my own edit/HC. New ribbon? Unsure.

-White border on the mask (also inspired by P5 Manga cover)

Further notes not pictured:

-The possible red shoes idea was recycled from an idea I had for a redesign I did a while back. It would have been a reference to the film, "The Red Shoes."

-The symbolism thing I think about with the gloves: So... I very briefly mused about it a long while back but I can't help but feel like her having red gloves can not only be her whole thing with Joker but also symbolic of her subconsciously thinking she still has "Kasumi's blood" on her hands since during her boss fight, she outright feels like she "killed" her sister and would rather run away from the truth of it all. Her gloves changing could be symbolic of her acceptance of it, that it wasn't really her fault. White or black is what I'm still deciding on since both could coordinate well but I'm also tired of the small amount of gatekeeping with the idea of, "gloves = elemental affinity" thing. Overanalyzing? Yes, but still would have been neat!

-I'm not SUPER confident in it but I want to attempt it too so... I just want to make her look different, but I worry about it still feeling like a Joker knock-off. I had more majorly different design ideas, but they didn't click oddly. Also small confession: Her, Joker, and Zenkichi (and my PT Maruki to an extent) being coat tail besties is becoming my lifeblood! Still feedback would be nice if you so desire!

Bigger version of the manga cover (I know it's probably the lighting but I love how there's a border on her mask and how there appears to be white on the inside and lining her jacket a bit):

And yes, the coat tail idea was loosely inspired by Valjean's design but probably different. Sumi and Zenkichi bonding make my brain go brrrr!

I found this meme on tweetr and immediately thought of Akesumi dynamic XD