Talk:Izumi Miyamura/@comment-26150899-20150521050858/@comment-25035274-20170320001711

People change, and manga/comic creators often change a character's appearance as their emotional state changes. Miyamura's "gothy" look in part symbolized his inner pain, turmoil, and the fact that he felt utterly alone in the world (he only started piercing himself as a way to deal with the pain of his lonliness). As he's grown closer to Hori and his friends, those feelings have subsided, and his appearance has changed with them.