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The biggest challenge with Shichi’s (and all my tengus’) design is that 90% of his emotion is in his eyes. As you know, a character’s expression is a mixture of their eyes, mouth, and eyebrows (not counting body language). With him, there’s not much I can do mouth-wise and his ‘eyebrows’ are incredibly subtle (and sometimes non-existant).

This drawing is an example of how his beak/face can stay exactly the same, but his expression shifts with just his eyes.

And yes, Sagiri will definitely make an appearance again. Lucky for me she only ever has one expression — disappointment.