#this is my first 'i didn't notice she was holding corn in this scene' post I need to reread the manga 😭

[p2ii]

ive been kinda ehh abt 03 atlas/daichi's 'white boy dreads' but upon looking at the manga (which is even more inconsistent with his hair texture) and closer at the anime I think it's most probable that it changed after he became a robot.

^pre death

^post death

(also manga pre and post)

which means that this is a design choice Tenma made (while manga daichi made the choice to become a robot, we don't know how much say (if any) he had in the specifics or than 'give me as many weapons as possible')

but like... why? if it's to differenciate between them the green eyes already do that, and it's such a weird detail to change. I wonder if that means that his hair is made out of something sturdier than synthetic hair (considering his other child robot is atom who has metal hair, I don't think hes that focused on the finer details, or it could be his love for robots and their (visible in this case(?)) 'otherness')

anyway I've kinda steered my own design to have the same shape but as ribbons instead of 3d/tubes but I wonder if wires as hair could be a fun design choice too...