this amuses me a great deal x3 i'm not sure why, except maybe their expressions, but it does

it's funny, because their actual personalities are like this divided by 10, but that's what makes doing a cartoony version so fun. Taira is sarcastic (in his head) and easily flustered, but somewhat arrogant and haughty. Rieru is just a sex bomb on two legs and he knows it. He has no boundaries. I had to boil it down to the basics for the sketch, but it actually helped me understand a lot about the characters! :D I think I realized you can tell a lot about your characters by the expression you give them in a single representative cartoony pic. :D

well, the personality exaggeration definitely makes it fun to look at x3 and i can kinda see how it could help you understand them better. it'd kinda be like saying 'ok, these guys are only gonna have one expression to describe them, what is it? go!' x3