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I think my Sonic fan buddy told me about this one scene where a character angst'd over a post-mortem character. (Shadow and Maria?)

Then there was another in which a chick had to die to save the others and the incident scarred her love interest prominently. (Cosmo and Miles?)

But I might be wrong since I wasn't all too interested when she raved about the anime. Yeah.
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There’s ton of “deeper” connections you can make about the official (as in licensed and approved by Sega whether it is main continuity or extended universe or whatever) material. There has been philosophical, idealistic, environmental, and other statements stated by several writers through the characters and stories they tell. Presuming otherwise shows a real lack of comprehensive understanding and pretending otherwise is insincere. I've been involved in the fandom for longer than I've been RPing, so trust me when there is a lot more to Sonic then it gets credit for.

Are a lot of the fans utterly insane? Yeah. Doesn't matter.