she just wants to be a regular girl
And they don't even pay her!
[ID: a comic of characters from I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl. Aika has a grumpy expression, as her teacher, Miss, puts her hand on Aika's shoulder, and says: "Your employer told you to do what?! I demand a meeting with them!"
Then Miss comes face-to-face with Hoshi, in human form as a kid with dot eyes, wearing a hoodie. Miss stares blankly at Hoshi, with a long "dot dot dot" in her dialogue bubble, before she turns around and says: "...Aika, this is a child." Hoshi replies: "Actually, I'm a star!" End ID.]
I get the "what characters inspired [insert character here]" question a lot!
Here's some of em! I was gonna elaborate on each one but I'm lazy hahahaha. I feel like most of them are fairly obvious. Most of these are design-wise but some are based on vibes, or personality. Though a lot of the time a character's vibe and their design go hand in hand.
Seconds before Zira absolutely flubs it (after hearing the words "i love you" coming from Aika even though she meant it in a friend way)
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This is the only time Zira looks cool. I want athletic loser nerd representation so baaaad (because that was me growing up). I was bouncing around the idea of Zira being REALLY good at a sport but was struggling to find the right one. My gf suggested tennis and I loved the idea! She's the best at school but no one actually really cares smh. Her tennis racket doubles as a weapon for when she's gotta help Aika fight!
Meant to do this after Miss won the character poll!
She's got a ton of tattoos. They're in places where she can hide them under a tshirt and shorts and most of them are floral. All of the characters have space motifs (stars, moons, voids, black holes) and for Miss I went with Earth with her green and blue palette. Thought it'd be fitting if all her tattoos were nature based
(can you tell i want more tattoos really badly)
SHE’S HERE!!
Written by me
Filmed/Directed/Edited by Jaymin Khansmith
Aika Voiced by Anairis Quiñones
Poster by @heilos