The results may surprise you…
Out of curiosity, I wanted to see how many students had colored nails in this game, and to my surprise, there were a lot more than I expected…
As a side note, I know this looks like some weird wikifeet fetish kind of thing but I promise you it is NOT. All I can say is I noticed the nails, and I decided that the people deserve to know about the little details they might have missed.
Ako
Despite having four different sets of sprites, it’s only Ako’s dress sprites that have visible nails. You can see this consistently across her L2D and her chibi model that both her fingernails and toenails are painted purple.
Asuna
Asuna’s light blue fingernails are only visible on her school uniform sprites.
Eimi
Eimi’s nails are painted pink. This applies to her swimsuit outfit as well, though it doesn’t seem like her chibi model’s nails are painted.
Hanae
Hanae’s fingernails are painted pink, though it’s a bit difficult to notice at first. Similar to Eimi, it doesn’t look like her chibi model has the painted nails.
Hibiki
Both of Hibiki’s hands have differently colored fingernails. On one hand it’s blue (or purple, going by Hibiki’s color scheme), the other is yellow. The chibi model’s nails are also painted in the same way.
Izumi
Whether or not Izumi’s nails are painted depends on who’s doing the art. On her swimsuit sprites, and her iconic ‘octopus’ L2D, her fingernails and toenails are painted red. Though, in other swimsuit story CGs, they remain unpainted. Likewise, only her fingernails are painted on the chibi model.
And there’s more! Although she normally wears gloves, you can see her fingernails in her On Your Mark gym outfit sprites, where they are (gasp) unpainted! She only paints her nails when she’s heading for the beach, it seems.
Izuna
It’s hard to notice at first, but swimsuit Izuna’s fingernails (and toenails) are painted gold.
Kayoko
You can see Kayoko’s fingernails in all three of her outfits. It’s only while she’s wearing her dress that she paints her fingernails black. Her nails are also painted black on her chibi model.
Karin
Believe it or not, Karin has blue nails, only visible on ONE hand on her school uniform sprites.
Kikyou
Kikyou has black fingernails and toenails. You can see her black fingernails on her chibi model.
Kirara
It shouldn’t surprise you knowing that our resident gyaru Kirara has red painted nails, considering her L2D involves her sticking her toes in your face while she holds up a bottle of nail polish. Indeed, the chibi model’s nails are also red.
Kokuriko
You thought I’d skip over the NPC characters? Nonsense…
Makoto
I’ve been trying to get through this whole list without shoving someone’s foot in your face, but alas. Makoto demands that we MUST witness her toes if we’re to catalog all the nail colors in the game. She’s wearing gloves over her hands.
Mashiro
Honestly I had trouble telling whether Mashiro’s nails are painted or not. Considering that POPQN is the designer, and he also gave Eimi painted nails, I’m going to assume Mashiro’s nails are supposed to be painted red/pink here. Her swimsuit outfit’s nail colors are even more ambiguous, visually. The chibi model has unpainted nails as well.
Momoka
Behold… The gremlin of the council digs through her bag of chips with these green/blue painted nails.
Neru
Does it surprise you knowing that Neru’s nails are painted black? It might, because there aren’t many places where you can see them. You can only see them poking out slightly on her main sprite. By contrast, bunny Neru’s nails are not painted at all. Her chibi model’s nails are unpainted, and you only ever see her painted nails in a couple event CGs. Take a second look at the Aris and Neru arcade machine CG and you’ll see Neru’s nails in all their glory.
Side note: In the 1.5th anniversary art, you can see that Neru’s toenails are painted black as well.
Niya
Niya’s got her nails out for everybody to see (her toenails are also painted black).
Pina
Pina has pink painted nails. Similar to the other characters with pink nails, the chibi model doesn’t show these.
Saya
Saya has black nails, but only for her casual outfit. Not visible on her chibi model.
Shigure
Are you a real Shigure fan if you didn’t remember her purple nails on her ICONIC futon L2D? For the Shigure OBSESSED, you might know that her toenails are painted purple on her hot springs sprites as well. Her chibi model’s nails are also painted, making her only one of two chibi model characters with painted toenails (the other one is dress Ako).
Shinon
All gyarus must have painted nails, no exceptions!
Shizuko
Shizuko’s fingernails and toenails are painted pink, but ONLY for her swimsuit outfit.
Shuro
Like her ‘mom’ Kokuriko, Shuro also has black painted nails. Which I suppose makes her the youngest character in the game with this trait? Her toenails are also painted black.
Tsurugi
Tsurugi’s long, scary fingers indeed have painted black nails. This applies to her swimsuit version as well, although you can only see ONE of her nails during her L2D. Despite all this, the chibi model’s nails are unpainted for both versions.
Wakamo
You can see Wakamo’s black nails on her sprites and on her chibi model. Her swimsuit outfit also has painted nails, except they’re purple instead. And YES you can see her toenails and YES they’re also painted purple. The swimsuit chibi model doesn’t have visible painted nails, however.
Yukari
Only Yukari’s normal sprites have painted nails. They’re not visible on her chibi model or her L2D.
Miku
I’m just throwing this in as a bonus, but Blue Archive’s Miku also has painted nails. They’re not visible on her chibi model.
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