You wrote:
Who's Kiyone, though? [...]
I've not seen the Mihoshi special, so I don't know if she's from
there, or if you created her. If you did, good job. An excellent
foil to Mihoshi's antics.
Kiyone hasn't had a "real" appearance in the OAV universe. She was
Mihoshi's partner in the Mihoshi Special, which was a story told by
Mihoshi, who was obviously not remembering it very well and making up
at least 50% of everything she said. (She was also the villainess in
the Pretty Samy music video, but that doesn't count... :-) )
What do we know about her, *counting animation only*? Not much. We
know she's very level-headed and that Mihoshi is slowly driving her
mad, but that would be true for just about anyone. :-)
So, that pretty much allowed me a free hand to craft the character. I
decided to cast her as a stuck-up overachiever whose life is turned
upside down when Mihoshi enrolls in the academy.
------RM