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TanatatTigerTruth wrote: It could work because Tenma was saved during the events of Inazuma Eleven 2. While I doubt that we may never reached the GO era, that doesn't mean that a retcon is still possible. Because Aries is a completely different universe, it's very possible to age up the GO characters as well in order for them to fit the setting.

Also Dark Tenma would be awesome, reminds me of an old fanfiction where Tenma becomes a SEED forcing Raimon into a disadvantage. However a "Dark Tenma" wouldn't necessarily be evil but rather take Tenma's self doubt and anxeity, mutiply that by 2x or 3x, and you would have an edgier Tenma who likes soccer but believes that "things won't work out" and gives up easily as opposed to trying extremely hard.

I would imagine that in the Aries universe, Tenma could either be the same old soccer freak or he only played soccer because he had nothing better to do. (go with the flow~Tenma)

However, I understand that it might be a unpopular idea to some people who may not want the GO characters to butt in so here is some possibilies that Hino could do with the GO characters.

1. Appears as cameos but a largely unrelated to the plot.

2. They are recruitable scout characters in the game similar to how Endou and the gang was recruitable in the GO series.

3. Completely ignored or erased, as to not draw the attention away from the original series.

Yeah, here's what I think:

The Dark/Edgy Tenma would be someone who thinks that soccer mostly brings pain, hatred, sadness, battles, etc.

It could be a self-aware, "joke's on you" concept. It's obvious that some people don't like Tenma, I've even seen people enjoying what will happen to him, it's actually quite sad.

Tenma would be incapable of playing (and/or enjoying) soccer, while everybody plays it. His sadness and anger would grow with time and eventually, he'll get bored with soccer or he will start to hate it.

And it's up to somebody to help and teach him the good soccer he deserves.

But going back here, this Tenma would be the opposite of the pure, innocent kid we know. I like the way you thought about his words. He could say those lines with a smug smile. "Things won't work out the way you want". Or how he refers to soccer as a being. He could say some elitist trash-talk "You're a burden to soccer", "Soccer doesn't like weaklings" His vocabulary would be some pessimist, nonchalant garbage. I wonder how the boy's Azur would look like, lol. Ozrock's would look like the Sun in comparison. It would probably cause some harm to Powai.

And if they take things beyond, a "what if" GO, movie, etc, could also feature stuff from CS. Dark Tenma + "SSC powers" = ???. Wonder how Saru would be related to/with him.

Whether they like it or not. GO trilogy and its characters are loved by many. I don't think people would mind if some GO characters had their cameos and references in Ares. Some petty little babies will probably whine about it, but who cares.

2 seems to be likely already, so I'd love 1.