#ahko

Ended up cranking out some more GFs!!!

Ahko is very lovable!! Her adorable design, constant grin, and laid back nature makes a very charming combo, and her sincerity and openness makes her very easy to love. I think what really grabbed me about her introduction was the loneliness to her character, despite all of the above. Feeling like she was constantly at a misstep with others and not communicate herself at the pace everyone else expects from others...I feel like that experience really informs her flavor of kindness and her patience with others who struggle to connect with others (like a later GF).

Uto really is the embodiment of reading Moomintroll as a kid and going 'man, Snuffkin is the coolest...I wanna be just like him....' and then recreating the best you can while you're still a kid trapped in an urban city who doesn't actually want the inconvenience of that kind of life physically or mentally. The fact she does recognize deep down that this is all bs on her part and will break character is a nice balance. They do say fake it til you make it, and Uto hasn't made it yet, but I admire her dedication to faking it. Chase your wanderer vision Uto!!!

also, art of kusuri thinking ahko reminds her of a clefairy (possibly the specific one from the pokemon manga?)