To be honest, I don't like the outfit very much. It feels overdone and cluttered, with too many things going on at once. The bunny-ear antennae with an orbiting crescent moon and random audio jacks look particularly silly.

Wait... this isn't a joke??? This is Rin Penrose's new design???

I mean... it's her prerogative, but seriously, this genuinely seems like a cliché "virtual idol" design that Rin would reveal on April Fools' Day. Is she reinventing her persona or something?

CrystalLeaf said in comment #2598341:

Wait... this isn't a joke??? This is Rin Penrose's new design???

I mean... it's her prerogative, but seriously, this genuinely seems like a cliché "virtual idol" design that Rin would reveal on April Fools' Day. Is she reinventing her persona or something?

The long and short of the rebrand that she brings up is; 1. When she was with Idol the original Rin was a rush job
2. She was on her way to get a 2nd outfit right before resigning from Idol, so that was scrapped (was going to be a new artist back then too).
3. She drew up plans for her own outfit right after leaving, but felt she couldn't complete it with the artist for language and money reasons.
4. Years later with just the design she was just done with it.
And after that, new design, new artist etc. and we're here

CrystalLeaf said in comment #2598341:

I mean... it's her prerogative, but seriously, this genuinely seems like a cliché "virtual idol" design that Rin would reveal on April Fools' Day.

Yeah, that was my initial reaction too. I thought Rinako Bellerose was basically her way of saying she'd never do something like that, so seeing a similar concept being done in earnest a few years later is incredibly jarring. As you said, it's her perogative, but it's still strange regardless.

demu said in comment #2599161:

1. When she was with Idol the original Rin was a rush job

If that's the case, I genuinely couldn't tell. I think the original design was pretty solid, even if it was made in a short amount of time. Seems odd to cite that as a reason for rebranding, as the design being rushed isn't particularly obvious.

I noticed the fancy nails, but I miss the colored inner two-sided gloves. Neat thing.

I can confirm, the water thigh does have water physics. Redebut video: https://youtu.be/Nw4hFhJDwuw?si=_qLUczfEeVKQk19A

BKaz20 said in comment #2599403:
If that's the case, I genuinely couldn't tell. I think the original design was pretty solid, even if it was made in a short amount of time. Seems odd to cite that as a reason for rebranding, as the design being rushed isn't particularly obvious.

It's less about the design's quality, and more about Rin can't ask as many changes as she wants because 1.0's artist has tighter deadline due to being the second artist hired for the job (the first artist was not making progress, so hired a second one)

Here's the short (6 minutes) horizontal video explaining it titled: What happened to Rin Penrose https://youtu.be/_OQx3tLXWXA?si=Z0w_-0y2nMi1OPFZ