▁the ▁story ▁presented . ▁G at oh ▁and ▁Sh iki ▁Dou ji ▁had ▁a ▁close ▁relationship ▁in ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁the ▁nov els . ▁G at oh ▁gave ▁Dou ji ▁freedom ▁in ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁such ▁as ▁S ag ara ▁and ▁Leon ardo ▁who ▁were ▁given ▁multiple ▁tra its . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁G at oh ▁also ▁gave ▁Dou ji ▁references ▁for ▁" gent le men " ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁story . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁G at oh ▁did ▁not ▁find ▁difficulties ▁in ▁creating ▁a ▁balance ▁between ▁sci - fi ▁and ▁real istic ▁elements ▁since ▁multiple ▁Japanese ▁series ▁like ▁T ets uj in ▁ 2 8 ▁and ▁Maz inger ▁Z ▁already ▁provide ▁the ▁dem ographic ▁a ▁mixture ▁between ▁those ▁elements . ▁Origin ally , ▁Dou ji ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁characters ▁were ▁too ▁real istic . ▁Bel ieving ▁the ▁te en age ▁dem ographic ▁would ▁not ▁like ▁them , ▁the ▁author ▁changed ▁them ▁so ▁that ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁cool er ▁characters . ▁While ▁the ▁du o ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁difficulties ▁with ▁the ▁nov els ' ▁serious ▁story lines , ▁they ▁still ▁had ▁problems ▁with ▁comedy ▁▁ ▁Ch id ori ▁and ▁S ous u ke ' s ▁relationship ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁Japanese ▁comedy ▁due ▁to ▁how ▁the ▁two ▁interact . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁more ▁interesting ▁dynamic ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁leads , ▁G at oh ▁wanted ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁ways ▁S ag ara ▁and ▁Ch id ori ▁interact ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁tired ▁of ▁female ▁characters ▁requiring