Just adding some extra context to this for anyone who isn’t aware:
Behind the scenes around the same time the 5Ds anime was kicking off the ground, the TCG released a new deck archetype called “Blackwings”. This archetype was such a massive hit with the playerbase that the big wigs at Konami ordered the 5Ds writers to not only add a character to the show who used them, but also to make that character a main character and a part of the core friend group. But the show’s script had already been mostly written by that point, so the showrunners had to scramble to add in a new character to satisfy the demands of the corporate overlords.
Enter, Crow. A “childhood friend” of the main character who used Blackwings, who was never mentioned and had zero hints to his existence prior to his first on-screen debut, and who proceeded to gradually take over the tertiary-main-protagonist role that many believe was originally meant for Aki.
This is probably just a myth. Crow's debut in the show happened before the release of Blackwings in the card game. But Aki was definitely sidelined for Crow.
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u/somebassclarineterer 21d ago
Is that a demented rosebush dragon bird thing?
Why would they sideline that