I forgot Ash had braces in just one part of the KOF XI opening and then never again.
Being part of the Falcoon era, I'm assuming it's a motherfucking reference to something else that started running at the same time it started development.
With the remake, looks like they’re going with a modern take on the art, but if you’ll indulge me, wanted to highlight that the original Live A Live had different manga artists at the time design each of the characters for each chapter to make them stand apart.