#bring back Maos lashes 2024

[mahousakura]

Most Random Pet Peeve for the Mao Manga

who took away Mao’s original eyes?

I LOVE eyes in art, they say soo much about a character. When Mao initially came out I was captivated by Mao’s face, but especially his eyes. They are angular and sometimes he has lashes (which need to be brought back). It showed his character was serious, calm, and cool. It made him stand out and he looked very intriguing, and just generally kinda slay.

Then his eyes eventually started becoming rounded around the 4th volume. I wondered if the eye change was supposed to go with his character arc of him becoming softer, more open— BUT NO!! I stumbled across Takahashi’s sketches and WHAT DO I FIND?? SHE STILL DRAWS THEM THAT WAY.

His eyes are still mainly angular and angle upwards in the sketches, as opposed to the downward angle, or just total roundness, of the final works. It bothers me how often times his eyes are rounded, but then also can be angled upwards properly. It feels inconsistent and I think there’s more to it that makes it feel wrong, like his face shape but idk. This can also be said about Nanoka from the start to now, her eye’s have changed but much less drastic than him.

Anyway, I just wish the people bringing her sketches to life were more true to his original character design/her sketches. In some of the sketches he looks much angrier, his eyebrows look more aggressive and his eyes much smaller yet it didn't come across that way in the final. I wonder how much is Takahashi now and how much is assistant’s helping, cause I have noticed sometimes his eyes return to angular, I even spotted a hint of lashes recently. Or it’s all her drawing — in which case whyyy nouu please change it back <3

(L-R: ch 203 vs 213)

So in the end all I'm asking is; if Mao does get an anime I am begging on my hands and knees that they keep his character design from the beginning or they start to bring it back in the manga cause I’d be so happy T . T