

Mio, who is a student at Reiji and Ellen's school, is introduced in episode
20. It quickly becomes apparent that Mio's friends all wear different
uniforms. This is most obvious in ep. 22, where we see a photo of Mio with
Sanae and Ellen, after which Hirono, Sanae, and Ellen appear.

[![Mio with Sanae and
Ellen](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AJ8le.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AJ8le.png)

[![Hirono, Sanae,
Ellen](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nUEkR.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nUEkR.png)

Why do the female students not have a standardised uniform? I have never seen
such an egregious case of this. Other examples of differing uniforms are much
easier to explain, and none of the reasons there seem applicable to _Phantom_.

  * In _Sailor Moon_ , Rei is a transfer student and wears her old school uniform. She claims to have been unable to find a new one in her size. No one else wears anything different.
  * In _Kare Kano_ , students do not all wear the same cookie-cutter uniform, but it is explained in the manga that the school offers a variety of styles for students to wear. It is also very clear that ultimately, these uniform combinations can form a coherent image for the school. In contrast, it is hard to imagine that these girls' uniforms from _Requiem for the Phantom_ come from the same school.
  * In _Kill la Kill_ , everyone except for the student council and Ryuuko seem to wear the same uniform. The student council and Ryuuko have been set apart from the other students, so it is not unreasonable that they should dress differently.


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Why do Mio and her friends seem to all wear different uniforms?


The school may have different uniforms for each class. This seems rather
unlikely for the same reason you ruled out reason 2. In [Tari
Tari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/13333/Tari_Tari) for example the girls in
the music program have a dress while the other girls have skirt and shirt and
tie.

It is possible that the school doesn't mandate a uniform but the girls decide
to wear something uniform-like anyway because wearing a uniform at highschool
is part of the culture. Out of universe it also helps establish that the
setting has moved to japan.


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