Why transfer schools if they could just remodel her face/height and personality?
Who says they can? The fact she has to transfer seems to imply that they can't.
They might not be able to remodel her personality considering its taken 17 years to develop but they could remodel her face, height and voice pretty easily. It's probably just cheaper to have her switch schools though.
Her failure to always fit in could be more apparent among adults, as being a child is easier than being an adult. Less responsibilities both social and towards school/work, shorter operating hours, etc. And at seventeen you can use a close to adult sized robot to play a teen.
I think that Transferring her every year might mean that most other teens wouldn't have enough time to figure out that she's not an ordinary girl. And since her goal is to not get special treatment that's pretty useful.
Actually, I would figure it might actually be easier to blend in as an adult. If you're an adult and you don't talk much at work and act serious, they just think you've got a stick up your butt. There's always people who fade into the background, and people just leave them alone and forget about them. But as a child if you're all overserious and formal and your attempts to play are awkward it's going to seem weird. And if you're too quiet, you might well get bullied, and then you have to figure out a human reaction to getting bullied. School is a high pressure social environment.
Anyway, the talent responsible for "Collectors" is tackling something heavyish. I'm looking forward avidly!
