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Aoki originally added a simple yellow hairpin to the character, but it was left out in the series due to various animation issues. It was added in the compilation movies by Aoki's suggestion, and she changed the hairpin's shape into a fortissimo symbol.
Because of the character's tomboyish personality, Aoki said that she wanted to express both boyish and girlish qualities to the character's design; as a result, she said that the design plan of the magical girl figure was not determined until the last few drafts.
In her magical girl outfit, Sayaka is designed to look like a knight that appears in a magical fantasy setting, and wears a cape and asymmetrical skirt.
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