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>Adol Christin's design "generic" and not overdesigned
But the catch here is the attempt of "generic" protagonist by 90s designer standards is still less generic than the attempt at unique designs by modern developers. This happens because the mental frame of the creators was in another place in space-time, in which everything was made to look cool. There was a change in mentality and that caused the change in design.
>but I can't think of a recent, relevant JRPG protagonist
Easy. The protagonist of Metaphor looks like a generic femboy. Despite the design clearly trying to look unique (heterochromia included).