LUKA !!

Like in Alien Stage she kinda just wasn't really there? Like the fundementals of her relationships are the same but still.

However, the criticism I've seen of Mizi's design in this AU is surrounding it being 'too pink' or 'showing too much' and I feel like the intentions behind this go over some people's heads.

Yes, Mizi's more pink than ever, and her outfits both human and zombie are revealing. This is intentional; she is being objectified and sexualised intentionally, she is a hyperfeminised persona of Mizi as this is what gets the fans and attention on stage.

You're well in your own right to dislike her design, however that does not make her design fundamentally bad in any way. Far from it.

In the closing of ep 1 Ivan was shown to be presumably a zombie due to being chained up/restrained. With the nature of the Zombie Stage zombies being somewhere between alive and dead and also visibly still sentient to some degree, Ivan would still have the same crush/obsession with Till. Presuming like Mizi and Sua they know eachother as children, even if not it could be a hallway crush or something.

Watch me be completely wrong, but!! I will talk none the less.

First and foremost though, alien stage was always a criticism of the entertainment industry specifically the K-pop industry. This in itself isn't anything new, the metaphor was there and the clearer meaning very clearly shone through, especially, dare I say in relation to fan perception of characters.