>>63377606This is nothing but speculation, but I think it might be because the copyright situation for Kuro is a lot more complicated. She is technically not a cover or Mito creation and not officially acknowledged anywhere. Her old design was basically just a palette swap OC that bordered on plagiarism, so it would be hard to commercialize. I imagine that might be why it took 3+ years for Kuro's model to finally get made and why it had to involve a whole redesign. To my knowledge, before the redesign, Kuro only ever appeared as a guest in three 3D Lives with the palette swap 3D model and in one of her Line sticker sets. Then there is also that mysterious 2021 collab that was suddenly cancelled on the same day for unknown reasons and never came back and the fact that Kuro has never appeared in a collab other than to sing a song with Watame in a 3D Live once. Fubuki also mentioned that Kuro's palette swap 3D model can't be used anymore now that she has her own design, so maybe abandoning the old design was part of the deal for getting the permission to get the redesign. Who knows. Kuro is still not listed on the official website after her redesign, but at least she has Mito's stamp of approval now. I don't think he ever acknowledged the old design, but has drawn her several times after the redesign. To a lesser extent, the same thing happens with all her mascot characters, the only one that consistently appears to represent her in official stuff is Fubura, which is the only one that is a cover creation. Might be easier for them to do because they have creative control over it.
