Hey! since it's been quiet I thought I'd throw out this tidbit about what I think might be a design element for AKI
We know that Street Fighter often takes inspiration from fight manga and the best fight manga I've read in a LONG while has a character with some definite stylistic similarities to AKI
https://kenganverse.fandom.com/wiki/Sawada_Keizaburo
Sawada is an effeminate fighter in the Kengan series and I think some design elements were inspirational to SF
I mean...come on, right?? SUPER similar.
On top of Sawada's general look, his fighting style might have been inspiration for another character since it is STRONGLY inspired by ballet
In fact, check out his build and stance
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say there seems to be a lot that might have influenced Manon as well. In fact, visually there's resemblance between Manon's bangs and her...uh...I am not sure what to call her hair tassels that hang down but obviously it is VERY similar to the look for Sawada. In fact, it is like they took Sawada's hair and split it into two hairstyles...one for Manon and one for AKI.
(the aforementioned bangs and hair tassel...things)
So yeah. What do you guys think?
On another note, since you guys all like SF, if you like fight manga in general AT ALL I highly recommend Kengan Ashura/Omega. EXCELLENT series with amazing art.