This is an old design of Alicia and Kasernage before I decided to change them from High Schoolers to Adults.

One of the main reasons why I changed Alicia from being 16 to 22, is because I have gotten older. As I have aged, I also decided to age Alicia that way I can fit more adult themes into her personality and past.

Sometimes I wonder if that was the right decisions, for most magical girls aren't in College. But I thought it would make her unique, showing that college kids though may seem very adult-like are actually still childish in many ways.

I also wanted to make her College age, because of her looks. Alicia is a little plump and curvaceous. I thought some might find it incredibly inappropriate if she was 16 looking like this. Though to be honest, I looked like this when I was 15, and I've known some girls who were more curvaceous than me at 15 too. (I don't know what's in the milk)

But I decided to make her older, to put the emphasis on her inner struggle. Plus I didn't want her skipping school a lot to fight crime. I wanted to make it seem as if, yes she struggles with school, but her crime fighting doesn't get in the way of it. Plus to be honest, when you get older. It's a bit harder to write for a younger audience, I have begun to forget what it feels like to be in high school. And I don't want to get the experience wrong because I forgot how it feels.

So I made her close to my age, so it's a bit easier to write her in various scenarios that I can put myself in, without thinking too much about. What a 15-year-old girl would do? I can just ask myself, what would I do instead.

I know this was an unusually long journal entry. But I thought I might show you some of the old designs for Alicia and Kasernage before choosing the design I have now.