What's the problem with Ghost?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:58 pm
So I've been thinking about this topic for a while (I specifically waited to until the show was properly over) but I think the biggest problem with Ghost is the Demia plot which is mostly written by Mouri and Hasegawa. As a writer, I know what it's like working on a project and working with others can either make a show a disaster or improve it quite a bit. It's usually the former and I think that's what happened to Fukuda (the main writer) while doing this show.
To me, the first arc (mostly written by him) is nicely written and almost flawless. After that, he writes on and off until Makoto gets the Deep Specter eyecon and that's where I think he wanted to move into the final arc. However, due to having to fill up a certain amount of episodes and include a final form (which I think should've been Grateful) Fukuda may have ran into wall on where to go. He knew how he wanted this to end but didn't know how to fill in the gap. Hence, Mouri and Hasegawa incorporated the Demia plot to fill in such gaps. Looking back at the episodes, Demia was hinted throughout but never came into play until Fukuda became absent in the 30s.
It even leads me to think that Fukuda doesn't care for Mugen either. It's an OP form that doesn't encompass that power of the luminaries. While I do understand, that Mugen is suppose be like some representative of humanity's infinite potential, I think Grateful did the job pretty well but of course toy sales call for a new product around the 30s. On that note, I do blame some of the flaws on toy sales since that had to be incorporated.
Back on topic, I felt like the Demia plot was unnecessary and we could've ultimately reached the conclusion we had without it. Most of us were wondering what it was for the first half of the show. It was like the writers didn't know what to do with it. It sounded cool but ultimately failed in execution.
Last note about the writers, I felt Mouri was a decent secondary writer to this (as he is with most shows and movies) but I wasn't a big fan of Hasegawa's writing and after doing research on him and finding out he's written quite a few of the episodes I don't like in Drive, Fourze, and W; I really don't want him to write for a while if at all.
This is just my speculations on the matter. I'm one of the few people that actually like Ghost but I will admit it is hugely flawed by all this. What do you guys think?
To me, the first arc (mostly written by him) is nicely written and almost flawless. After that, he writes on and off until Makoto gets the Deep Specter eyecon and that's where I think he wanted to move into the final arc. However, due to having to fill up a certain amount of episodes and include a final form (which I think should've been Grateful) Fukuda may have ran into wall on where to go. He knew how he wanted this to end but didn't know how to fill in the gap. Hence, Mouri and Hasegawa incorporated the Demia plot to fill in such gaps. Looking back at the episodes, Demia was hinted throughout but never came into play until Fukuda became absent in the 30s.
It even leads me to think that Fukuda doesn't care for Mugen either. It's an OP form that doesn't encompass that power of the luminaries. While I do understand, that Mugen is suppose be like some representative of humanity's infinite potential, I think Grateful did the job pretty well but of course toy sales call for a new product around the 30s. On that note, I do blame some of the flaws on toy sales since that had to be incorporated.
Back on topic, I felt like the Demia plot was unnecessary and we could've ultimately reached the conclusion we had without it. Most of us were wondering what it was for the first half of the show. It was like the writers didn't know what to do with it. It sounded cool but ultimately failed in execution.
Last note about the writers, I felt Mouri was a decent secondary writer to this (as he is with most shows and movies) but I wasn't a big fan of Hasegawa's writing and after doing research on him and finding out he's written quite a few of the episodes I don't like in Drive, Fourze, and W; I really don't want him to write for a while if at all.
This is just my speculations on the matter. I'm one of the few people that actually like Ghost but I will admit it is hugely flawed by all this. What do you guys think?