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Recent thread explored different ideas: https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/149138940
picrel is Canepa on Elyon:
>Was the story you had in mind for WITCH different from the one we read in the issues after you left?
>Canepa: Yes, it was darker, more introspective, complex. A slice of adolescent life presented through five very different girls.
>The plot had different levels of interpretation, with ecological implications as well.
>It was certainly closer to manga in terms of themes: there was more attention to the girls' personal lives, to the torments of adolescence. There was no clear division between good and evil: the girls would have been attracted to the Metaworld and pushed to be part of it, passing
>to the other side of the fence. Elyon would have been the first to give in, but they would all have done so to some extent, even going so far as to fight against themselves.