Probably something that's been done before, but I do want characters, more specific the young adult characters like Akiko and Emil, to notice that their bodies are growing physically, whether that's getting some muscle or getting thiccer. I have plans to show this in a couple of ways for the characters. Here are a couple of ways I came up.

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For Akiko to notice actually is a sparring session. The sparring partner tells Akiko that her body is growing and cannot maintain the pace she had before. After the spar, Akiko takes the time to examine her own body to find out why she's gotten a bit slower than she was in a story arc prior. Physically, in this arc this change will take place, Akiko is taller and slightly thiccer. Her booba also got slightly bigger, probably because of her japanese half of her.

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