>>55382076I actually did and it makes me happy someone picked up on that. Gyaru aren't inherently bad girls but they are considered a rejection of Japanese social and beauty standards. Even Rouka skipped class and violated dress code as a kogal. I feel like pokemon, especially gen1 had a very rebellious energy and I wanna lean into that. I wanted her rival to be the opposite of a Gyaru without losing that rebellious attitude and I ended up going with a goth. And then just made her a gothic lolita for flavor. (And I know that gothic lolita and goth aren't the same thing. But in her case she's both.) And Oriko is meant to be an actual delinquent to play off Rouka. They both don't follow dress code and hate authority but in Oriko's case she spends her free time smoking and picking fights. She kinda brings out the rowdiness in Rouka but Rouka brings out the girliness in her.