This is a mix bag for me - I
DO like the
concept idea and that each girl has a different flower but it's still very basic/online free-lance artist level in it's execution.
The dresses could have benefited with more individuality - like for example giving Michiru a shawl, accentuating Minako's orange shoulder sleeves etc.
Setsuna and Hotaru are the best though - their outfits really stand out.
The art is meh - I think Haruka, here, best illustrates the problem with Tadano's body anatomy; super long legs but tiny stomachs/upper bodies length. They look juvenile yet not at the same time - it can get quite weird like Makoto and Rei here.
I must say I'm getting some serious Winx Club vibes here with the very similar dress patterns that have no distinct pattern of their own and the similar poses of one hand down and one hand up.
https://flic.kr/p/2oBbSdq
Seriously does Tadano not know anymore how to input expressivity and body language into her art?
Is this supposed to be like the 'manga' and Takeuchi's covers' generic poses?
These are not setteis, come on! Put some fun in there!
Especially since these are supposed to be the girls in 'fashion' which a lot of animes do for the goods line-up and they bloom of expressivity.
https://flic.kr/p/2oBbSdF
https://flic.kr/p/2oB6XRB
Can I have some personality going on in here, please?
Where's Minako's whimsical self, Rei's sassiness, Michiru's ohime-sama/Madonna vibes, Haruka's Takarazuka references?
They're all wearing jewelry and have their birthstones as necklaces, couldn't they have slightly upped their hairstyles with 'rich-party' hairdos?
Does Toei not care that much anymore or Sailor Moon has been relegated to the 'boring' magical girl line-up?