^ well a lot of the characters are still young and underaged, so it’d be weird for them to be dating the MC, Lumine or Aether, who’s over hundreds or probably tens of thousands of years old with what fans are speculating their origin to be. The characters are already over-sexualized by the community as it is, it’d probably get even worse.
The author just directly gave each of them the same haircut as one of their moms lol. It’ll take a while but I’m looking forward to them showing up in the manga. One of my favorite parts in the empire section was the cooking arc
^ I can assure you I believe that Kougi has developed his/her art style so close to the original that many who are new to sunshine probably thought they were canon
From what I remember someone said in another forum, in the later volumes they more or less become established as canon, hope the anime gets a second season so we can see it happen.