Lisa Ryūgō/Meta

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• Lisa represents the Apple Lisa computer from 1983, Apple's first commercial computer with GUI and the predecessor of the original Macintosh.
  • Her full first name Arisa was to match with her predecessor Alan, referencing how the Lisa was initially developed to be a modernized version of Apple II, before it was revamped with a GUI due to Steve Jobs' visit to Xerox PARC in 1979.
  • Her last name Ryūgō refers to the old reading of 林檎 (ringo), which is Japanese for apple.
• Her design is heavily asymmetrical in reference to the computer's screen placement.
• Her color scheme references Apple Lisa hardware and floppy disks , in addition to the rainbow details reminiscent of Apple's old logo.
• Lisa's occupation as an artist and florist is based on Apple Lisa's GUI and the paint program featured in its desktop screenshot, which also portrayed a rose in a vase.
• Lisa ia a close friend of Nix, based on how the Xenix operating system was ported to Apple Lisa in 1984.

Misc.

• Lisa's outfit was designed by herself to keep her posture straight since she has back problems.
• She was originally slated to be the "face" of Iconochroma after Alan, but stepped down and let Masaki took her place.
• While she's the heart compared to Nix's brains and Estelle's energy, Lisa is quite intelligent and is well-versed in other fields such as writing.
• Lisa has a graphics tablet and its shape was inspired by an unreleased Apple tablet prototype from 1983.