>>545513719
it's probably cause of the artist not being from the US to my understanding

he really prefers how the style was around the nokori era and pre kokomi stuff, it helped in showing more emotion and the characters looking more "grounded" I guess? I don't know the exact wording for it, but he didn't want to go for something that was stylistic as it can give off the wrong tone and it won't help in a game that's "serious" though he did say it was very marketable
kokomi's art kind of fit the same reasons too but, since it was pretty much OMOCAT's style, you were actually able to take these characters somewhat seriously and they were able to convey emotions while also being cute

i'm not the best at explaining this stuff, sorry
last time I talked to him, he wanted the style look like the nokori and pre kokomi stuff