Asanagi created by Asanagi. It was fated.

I find it a little funny how it looks like he made his artstyle … safer(?) for her. It’s still pretty dang lewd though. That belly especially.

She just raided the wardrobe of her sister, Draculina Last Origin

That Manjuu on the right is trying to give us the R18 version.

Random_Fanguy said:

I find it a little funny how it looks like he made his artstyle … safer(?) for her.

Because the devs edited it quite a bit. It still looks a bit like his style but I don't understand why they edited it to the degree they did. They hired him to draw/design her because of the name connection, right? So why not make her look as Asanagi-like as possible? Maybe they just wanted the art to fit in more with the rest of the game, who knows. I think it's also worth noting her design is quite similar to post #5684239

Strobe_Red said:

Because the devs edited it quite a bit. It still looks a bit like his style but I don't understand why they edited it to the degree they did. They hired him to draw/design her because of the name connection, right? So why not make her look as Asanagi-like as possible? Maybe they just wanted the art to fit in more with the rest of the game, who knows. I think it's also worth noting her design is quite similar to post #5684239

They are afraid of vanillafags malding.

I wish they'd be more careful about the artists they hire.

Steak said:

I wish they'd be more careful about the artists they hire.

Careful in what way? They obviously knew what they were getting when they hired him. Asanagi himself acknowledges the changes on the version he uploaded, so clearly they discussed it with him, whatever reasons they had for making them.

It's not like any of the controversial hentai artists they've hired in the past hurt their image, so I'm not sure what they need to be careful about.

blindVigil said:

Careful in what way? They obviously knew what they were getting when they hired him. Asanagi himself acknowledges the changes on the version he uploaded, so clearly they discussed it with him, whatever reasons they had for making them.

It's not like any of the controversial hentai artists they've hired in the past hurt their image, so I'm not sure what they need to be careful about.

The difference is everyone knows asanagi, so it's more like controversial AND well known.
Though I agree with Strobe Red, if you see his concept over final edit, the edit adds a lot of shading and detail enhancement. His art style in general looks too manga-ish and contrastive to most AL's art. So it's kinda killing two bird with one stone I guess?

blindVigil said:

Careful in what way?

His reputation proceeds him. Guilt by association and all that.

Steak said:

His reputation proceeds him. Guilt by association and all that.

Because his reputation has totally damaged Azur Lane's. Can you stop complaining about things that aren't actually affecting anything, much less hurting anything?

Again, there's no way they didn't know what they were getting when they hired him. If they thought they needed to worry about it, they wouldn't be hiring well known, even infamous, hentai artists.

We truly live in the era of no such thing as bad press.

Steak said:

We truly live in the era of no such thing as bad press.

Doubt that people look at it and dont simply assume that Manjuu just made a set up of the century and Asanagi is obligated to finish the punchline.

I've never heard of Asanagi the artist before so I don't know his reputation much.