User blog comment:Takeshi kun21/More Rule 63/@comment-10380701-20140710101523

Maki and Hisei... well, their story is an interesting one. A bit of a history lesson.

Maki is actually his second genderbender, Noname being Hisei's original genderbender before she became a character of her own. In response, Maki was created, with little to no change in character whatsoever.

Well, that's what I thought.

Name-wise, Maki was chosen because it's very close to Hisei's non-RWBY name (Max). Besides that, their surnames have nothing to do with each other.

In terms of appearance, the only similarity between them is their palette, but Maki uses more paler colors while Hisei uses bright colors. Also, Maki is a head shorter than Hisei. When it comes to iconic accessories, Hisei trades his hat for Maki's glasses.

Personality is mostly unchanged. Mostly. Maki inherited most of Hisei's laid-back attitude, but amps the swear factor. It developed from there and she became batshit crazy at some point.

While mostly similar most of the time, in terms of abilities, they're polar opposites.

Weapon mastery-wise, Maki uses a shorter, lighter sword to contrast Hisei's ginormous-ass sword. She's also far faster and fragile. She's also not very bright, while Hisei is sharp-witted.