When asked whether it’s a bold move for the main character that’s a girl to win a duel for a bride, he says that it _IS_ the future, so he felt there’d be more diversity in values than now, though he didn’t intend for it to be so drastic.
When Miorine mentions same-sex marriage as being normal, Suletta is surprised, which indicates a sort of cultural difference.
Ohkouchi agrees, saying that while the show depicts the future, it might be caught off guard by the fact that it’s commonplace.
Suletta embodies that hangup as confusion. She’s representing the audience with her “Huh?!” moment.
He tried not to make the characters’ emotions distant, things like not getting along with their parents, maybe liking a girl, being nervous about their first class, etc.
“Family” is a focus in the work too. Ohkouchi says it’s an easy subject to understand, but it’s not the only aspect.
There’s also love, the corpo world, friendship, but also breaking down (aka analysis), conflict, discrimination, etc.
The discrimination between Earthian and Spacian starts as an extension of the school caste to create an entry point.
When asked about Guel, he says he didn’t expect people to love him so much.
As for the three families, he can’t comment much on Shaddiq, but says Elan is the first love for Suletta, Guel is the first enemy.
Emphasizes that it’d be a waste to have a character like that just tossed away after the first ep, so he’ll be involved later.
After ep 6’s revelation with Elan, many were disturbed/uneasy, and so the joke of “well, it’s Ohkouchi, so…” started.
Laughing, Ohkouchi says that not ALL of his works are like that, though they do have to depict things that aren’t all fun.
He says that both the school, corpo, and adult lines will gradually come together.
The school aspect won’t disappear entirely.
The producer asked him to write the PROLOGUE to be separate from the story (rather than between ep 8 and 9)
He also didn’t see himself writing the novel either.
After he was asked to write it, he felt that it’d be more interesting to watch the show if you included it.
He’s quite happy seeing the reaction from fans online regarding the show.
No one knows what’s going to happen next, but everyone sharing their thoughts, predictions, videos, etc, is one of the few advantages of creating a new show.
