Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4436931-20160903172355/@comment-4525039-20161213091339

Firststef wrote: @Garchopex i think you're right... But old characters don't make new stories... We already know the background of these characters therefore we know how they will react... But the thing is... There are just sooo many old characters that ... I don't know about you but i'll be watching the old characters more... More focus on kidou, someoka, gouenji, fudou, kageyama less on Asuto's hair, more on Haizaki, but this will do every Inazuma fan. They will focus on the old characters.. I mean c'mon i'll be watching eisei's every move... And if it loses... Screw kira hiroto cuz its his fault... I mean cmon tatsuya, desarm ,gazel, burn, ulvida midorikawa its too op!!!

Also... Three forwards? Just why? It is not a good idea! Haizaki will screw the shit out of the girl-keeper (D) the yuuma comes, then Hiroto comes, then aphrodi comes... Just wtf guys thats how hino treats ladyes? Endoh i understand... He s a demon inside... Hes strong... But having your goal guarded by a girl who's getting blown away all the time would make you want to put asuto in the goal! Well, I would think differently. It not that the old characters don't make new stories, in that the setting that they are in allows them to interact differently from the original series.

What I perceive that Garchopex doesn't like about the focus on the original characters is that either the writers or the audience gets too caught up on their appearance that they forget that it's not their story. The newer characters get pushed off or ignored because people are too focused on the old ones.

And I agree, this was done quite poorly in the first season of Inazuma Eleven GO where most of the old characters that are not Endou, Kidou, or Gouenji have very minimum roles and often seems like they were forced to appear because fanservice.

However, the reason why Aries in particular is different is because this is an entirely new background. Despite the fact that their personalities remain mostly intact, their setting and relationships has changed greatly. Shirou seems like he harbors an inferority complex towards Atsuya. Tatsuya's conflict with Kira Hiroto has the juxpostion between good, yet adopted son and the rebellious real son. They now have different stories to tell, because the timeline has changed.

This is very different from appearing in GO as adults for nothing but "I am an adult now".