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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

If people talk about Eiji and Ankh at the expense of Gotou, then that's a huge shame, because he's just as big a key to what makes OOO what it is as anybody else, especially when you consider how much of a recurring archetype Heisei Rider had made out of prideful guys with chips on their shoulders who disapprove of the main protagonist's beliefs and/or methods, and then consider the directions that OOO chooses to take Gotou in compared to them.

...but there'll be plenty of time to talk about that later, so I'll try and restrain myself from raving anymore about him quite yet. I'd say I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on some of those plot developments, but then, I could say that about any random thing in OOO, couldn't I?



Takeru can definitely be a bit naive in his advice at times, but oh man, the Magic Hugs. To this day, one of my absolute favorite things in one of my absolute favorite shows. Ghost places an unreal amount of emphasis on the value of empathy throughout; it's what I feel makes Takeru truly unique, and there are few things that depict it more bluntly than these moments where he simply embraces someone and sheds a tear for their pain. I don't know if it was Fukuda or whoever that came up with the concept and decided to make it a recurring thing, but Ghost as a whole is so much better off for it.

also who is Sawa??? that was clearly Arisa duh

I guess it's less that people never ever talk about them, but it's a general vibe of like...

Okay, actually, and I know this is very specific merch but it's a pattern I REALLY notice whenever OOO comes up in merchandising and how the series gets remembered too.

So, this W statue, right?



W's front and center, but beside him you've got an array of Gaia Memories showing the main Dopants of the series; Accel; and even Eternal, all set against the backdrop of Futo City's iconic look. And sure enough all of these aspects are fondly remembered and excitedly talked about and bought up in an instant when it comes to W fans.

OOO's statue in the same series?



Beautiful, but it's just Eiji, Ankh, some medals and a pair of underpants. They didn't even hide the Greeed in their respective core medals despite having one of each type. And again, I love the look of both these statues (and they're very affordable by the way; at 50$ each I really had to talk myself out of getting them), but one's a lot more representative of the large array of characters you can find in the series while the other's concerned with one very specific relationship. And I find this in other merch and fan response, too -- the SODO and Seihou SHFs of OOO, for instance; very instantly went for a Combo Change gimmick and covering all of OOO's forms while also being very sure to sneak in an Ankh or two early on, and then Birth only got a special (premium bandai!!) SODO set later, AFTER the movie combos set; while Seihou Birth is nowhere to be seen despite all main combos except Putotyra being at least confirmed for release -- in media as well whenever they get OOO back in stuff like Heigen Final or Memory of Heroez the big focus is them. And then of course when it comes to fans they'll go on and on about how great Ankh and Eiji were, and might say very good things about the Births and the Greeed and Hina but you'd have to ask them. Man, I wonder if this is why we've never seen Poseidon or Aqua get any love...

This is just my experience though and I could be having tunnel vision here, but it's definitely what I've seen anyway. I also hope this doesn't come across as judgy because, like, you take what you like from the show and frankly I don't blame anyone for putting all their love into Eiji and Ankh when their relationship is the highlight of the show and has so, so many complexities to dig into. It's just... a bit like getting into Takumi and Kiba but never bringing up anyone else from Faiz, y'know? ... wait i do that, i'm that person


MAGIC HUGS. YES. Like okay yeah that's just describing exactly what's on screen but it perfectly gets what I'm liking about Ghost this time around


And hey, don't feel bad about 'spoiling' stuff and talking about things you like in later episodes! Just means I have to pin your quote post for later