Well, what is this?! A New Barefoot mod for the long-running Guilty Gear Strive? Yep, its real and it is actually pretty awesome. I knew keeping the game installed would pay off eventually.
Modder Manmadee (from an idea by Falk3) just posted the ABA mod Sadako for ABA on Gamebanana, apparently as a Halloween project. It's literally been a barren desert for barefoot mods in Strive for the past many, many months, so its really awesome to see this. Yeah, its supposed to be a scary/creepy Halloween mod so ABA being barefoot is incidental but hey- I'll take it. I think its actually PERFECT for the character- even her intro plays into the Sadako role. That said, apart from the blood spatters on the dress and the bandages, ABA still looks as cute as she always is- just the creepy Homunculus Goth Girl as usual. The screenshots may look a bit iffy, but in-game she actually looks pretty good.
The only wrinkle is her facial expression in her KO is weird, but not horrible- at least her KO pose is actually pretty good (one of the rare good ones in this game). So yeah- expect to see a resurgence of Strive content soon with this mod now added to my mod folder (and crossing fingers, we get a barefoot mod or two for Queen Dizzy soon too...).