This is a toon rendering test, based on one of the gallery pictures.
An exercise in learning toon settings, plus a lead-in to the black & white processing which is needed for the manga. Notice especially the toon-ness of the face, contrasted with the 3D appearance of the clothing... something else to fix...
Although the early plans were to produce a toon appearance in the final output, this changed during pre-production into a toon-influenced semi-realistic look that is not anime and not real, but completely self-consistent.