[ID: A digital drawing of Tsubomi from Mob Psycho 100 drawn in blue tones. She wears a Kuromi shirt, black tie, short skiry, and legwarmers. She’s sitting down and leaning towards the camera /End ID]
“The anime is faithful to the manga… ah, actually, Tsubomi-chan was changed with a ‘let’s make her more like a heroine’ conversation. So, I did so, but reading recent events in the manga I can’t picture her in her anime form (laughs). The manga’s Tsubomi isn’t much like a heroine, so I’ve found myself wondering, if we animate up until this part… just how will we approach it? The anime’s Tsubomi is so bright and sparkly, so she wouldn’t have snot hanging from her nose (vol.13 of manga), would she…? (Laughs). Perhaps we went a little too far with making her a heroine. Maybe, if we do season 2, we’ll turn her back into a normal girl (laughs). Well, Tachikawa-san is clever; I think he’ll find a way to make do with her current design.” – Character Designer Kameda Yoshimichi, quote from Otome Visual 2017
Tsubomi’s design shifting into something more like her manga appearance after a certain event in chapter 100 might genuinely be on the table…
