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Originally Posted by Switchblade

It was a bold choice to make Ace a side character at the start of the show and focus more on Keiwa and Neon instead. I don't think it really worked, though, as I never got much of a sense of who Ace was as a character, Neon got sidelined in a way that looks really sad sandwiched between Sakura and Rinne, and Keiwa just plain sucks.

I'm currently nine episodes in, and I frankly don't give a crap about literally anyone in the cast.

And the main reason why is that this show decided to pull the same sort of storytelling technique that Build did(which I also didn't like): Shove a load of drama right upfront without letting the viewer know who in the heck anyone in the cast even is first.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It's definitely not going to be a show that's built to your tastes, as I understand them? None of the main cast are quite meant to be people you'd want to hang out with, and the whole game show theming means it's also deliberately emphasizing its artificial nature in a way that probably goes against the usual sense of atmosphere you tend to look for?

I mean, you aren't wrong, but here's the thing:

At its core, this is a Death Game show. Most of the characters being awful and/or selfish people kinda comes with the territory, I get that.

But that doesn't mean you can't still have them be interesting or well developed, ya know? Like, Micchy from Gaim is a pretty trash dude, but I atleast got him to a degree, and his arc overall made sense and he atleast had his relationship with Kota going for him.

With the cast of Geats I just like don't care. At all.

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There's reasons it's doing all the stuff it does, of course, but based on all the opinions I've seen you express on these shows over the years, it's tough to imagine Geats will do much to win you over unless you really actively try to approach it on its own terms. Not that I want to presume too much. Feel free to tell me I'm way off-base and you actually meant it's boring because Ace is just way *too* likable and endearing way too fast!

To me Ace honestly just comes across as a poor man's' Haruto from Wizard.

And believe me, I'm doing my best to try and jive with whatever the show presents me. It's not like I'm trying to pretend this show is some deep examination of society/capitalism/the gaming industry or whatever.

I just don't understand the thought process of "here's a character's' entire life story upfront." Especially in a show with nearly 50 episodes to utilize. Like, call me a douchebag if you want, but, if I don't get to know a character even a little bit, I kinda just don't care. Every time a character in Geats makes some grand speech I just sorta roll my eyes because I know next to nothing about them other than the trauma they're currently dumping on me.

For comparison's' sake, I'm also currently watching GARO: Versus Road, which in the same span of time as Geats right now has managed to do way more in terms of literally everything. And that's including having characters who I'm interested in seeing the stories of.