Concept art - Reika first design (Patreon)

Originally, Reika was gonna be a sword and shield fighter, using the shield with her right hand, but soon in the process we came up with the idea of changing the Gunlances from medieval lance + tower shield into oriental lances with bullets, so we did this. The original Gunlance for Reika was wider than the one that appears in the comic, but some people said it looked to heavy so we made it lighter.