It'snot just combat experience; IIRC when it comes time for a regiment to be reformed, either because it survived to the end of a Crusade (which, lol) or because it was so shattered that it needs to be reconstituted (far more likely), an honour guard consisting of the most decorated survivors are sent back to the homeworld with the regimental flag/banner. That Nightsider there seeing her family again isn't just a veteran survivor, girl is a friggin' surviving war hero. This girl could probably shake hands with Commissar Cain as an equal, not that he'd see it as such.
With that being said, and something that I always as a mandatory standard: shoutout to Nisakusa for those amazing drawings. Extremely kind and fun artist to talk with! They certainly deserves more recognition imho.
i do have mixed feelings about this. on itself this is impeccable art, but as a taihou lover this does seem to lean more on her being a sexy seductress than nuanced expressions showing her more complex personality (hiding insecurity behind yandere act, loving and caring on the inside etc). but even that characterization is developed through 6 years of successive skins and official manga depictions. this design feels more befitting for the OG taihou than her current incarnation.
dish's design and art style has been hit or miss for me, but thats just my personal preference. felt nothing about Kronstadt but absolutely loved Musashi's kimono maid skin, that was beautiful. and not to mention Owari becoming a breakout character and artist's favorite despite not even being the main girl of her batch and not even having a full l2d. (that was Unzen, but Owari still got 4x the fanarts here than her.)
its definitely not that dish is a bad artist. it has to be Manjuu's communications with artist getting sloppy bc this isn't even the first or second gaffe this year. (Anson got taken out back, Nagato META's face changed for no reason). after all if its Manjuu commissioning an artist, then its fully on them to explain the specific characterization needs and supervise results. and they've had ample time to consult and demand changes. maybe resources are spread too thin between Promilia and the new 3d dorms and the need to compete with the newer gfl2 and wuwa and stuff, but this doesn't have to mean slipping up on their core business model which is selling character designs.
and dish is not even the most problematic artist manjuu ever hired, we've had US big seven's old artist (bad art, plagiarism) and shouhou and old nagato's artist (openly antagonizing the company and other artists). or artists who got headhunted to other companies and abandoned their designs (realmbw, Eugen & Northamptons artist). for all his faults, if there is any, none of which is worth sending personal threats and doxxes for. a lot of the things ppl accuse him for (not having l2d or bad l2d quality) isn't even in his control. and past interviews do indicate Manjuu having strict vetting process and make very specific demands on artistic direction or details for its commissioned designs. it really looks like some of the community's worst people lashing out their toxicity for the flimsiest excuse.
and we ain't going to see his art for the near future since he's quitted
The first two colums of Renko's last bubble probably mean something like "I'll let you look at it for a short while", but since I couldn't find a translation for what seems to be either "代見" or "代貝" I can't be sure so I left it untranslated.
Do we actually know for certain that any of those arts or the mindscape art are related to her current status, though, or is that an assumption? I thought that it could be a brace just based off of its design but I don't think we'll get any real details until the patch releases later today.
