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Where is the source that says that Stiyl looking like an adult was due to art
direction mistake?

I remember something about "old" vs. "new", being interpreted wrong...

I think it was on the [Toaru Majutsu no Index
Wiki](http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com), but I'm not sure...


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Where is the source that says that Stiyl looking like an adult was due to art direction mistake?


The [Toaru Majutsu no Index
Wiki](https://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Toaru_Majutsu_no_Index_Wiki)
does say it, on both [Stiyl
Magnus](https://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Stiyl_Magnus#Design_evolution)
and [Kanzaki
Kaori](https://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Kanzaki_Kaori#Design_evolution)'s
design evolution sections, but it doesn't actually give citations for its
claims. The actual source is from Haimura Kiyotaka, the novels' illustrator,
[on his blog](http://r-s.sakura.ne.jp/w/i01.htm). A translation of Stiyl and
Kanzaki's sections:

> ※ステイルは当初からイメージのズレが余り有りません。衣装は上からマント・ローブ・黒シャツ黒ズボンとなります。
>
> ちなみに、魔術側のキャラは１巻当時から、科学側のキャラに比べて年齢と外見の差異が著しいですが、
> コレには一応理由があったりします。詳しくは神裂のラフで後述。
>
> There has not been much change in Stiyl's design from the very beginning.
> From top down, he wears a cape, a robe, a black shirt, and black pants. By
> the way, ever since their introduction in Volume 1, the gap between age and
> appearance in the magic side characters has been much greater than in the
> science side characters. There is a reason for this. See Kanzaki's rough for
> more.
>
> ※神裂はパーツが多かったので一番苦労しました。この段階ではジーンズのカットが随分と中途半端です。
>
> （ステイルの項から続き）１巻の本文初稿を読んだとき、はいむらが抱いた印象は、 「…ああ、これは『オトナの理屈』に子供が反抗する話なんだな」なのでした。
> つまり、１巻時点の魔術側キャラであるステイルと神裂は、主人公である上条の目線からは、
> 「子供にとって、嬉しくない建前や理屈を並べる大人」に見えたハズなのです。
>
> 当時はさすがに、『禁書』がココまで長期に続くとは思ってもいなかったので、
> ２名は上記の印象に従い、年齢不相応の造型にしました…そして、７巻辺りから徐々にそれを後悔する羽目に。
>
> Kanzaki's design had a lot too it, so hers gave me the most trouble. At this
> stage, the cut of her jeans was only partway. (Continued from Stiyl's rough)
> When I read the first draft of Volume 1, I came away with the impression
> that it was the story of children rebelling against the reasoning of adults.
> That is why I thought Kamijou would have seen Stiyl and Kanzaki as adults
> that used reasonings and principles that a child would refuse to accept. At
> the time, I never thought Index would continue this long, so I went with my
> impression of the two and gave them designs that did not really match their
> ages...and by about Volume 7 I was starting to regret it.


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