Guilty Gear Strive Johnny Stage 9 Ending

[@matmil5]

"And when the world needed him the most, he returned"

[@golden5171]

he dosent want to break her heart

[@gorade1901]

Gosh darn it Johnny, break her heart so she can move on, she's a disaster of passion rn

[@benjamincuevas9627]

​@@gorade1901I wouldn't risk it. She might enter her Yandere phase.😅

[@somegoodsoup7008]

​@benjamincuevas9627 Chonny js about to get the Totsugeki spam of a lifetime!

[@GreyscaleFady]

ELPHELT MENTIONED ELPHELT MENTIONED ELPHELT MENTIONED 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 ELPHELT FOR SEASON 3 LET'S GOOOOO

[@penelopermolai]

Hey guess what

[@wafflespice4817]

Correct.

[@TheMoistifyer]

YOU CURSED US ALL

[@Mclucasrv]

hoo boy

[@deltacosmic5358]

Jhonny and the other jellyfish pirates: how do we tell her

[@gorade1901]

The biggest development I want for May is moving on at this point. I don't know that I find "I wanna f my dad" as endearing as Daisuke does, I'd rather have her be better off, but idk if they have any interest in doing that.

[@vincentgeiszler3749]

See I don’t think she sees Johnny as her dad though. Like I agree I’d like her to be able to move on, but she just doesn’t seem to see him that way

[@deplizz7859]

i like the idea that since may was the first and the oldest of the crew she sees herself as the "mom" and johnny as the "dad"

[@underplague6344]

I love the way he says "hoo boy"

[@Democrab]

Sojiro Sakura would be proud

[@Artemi22]

​@@Democrabbased reference

[@Zermall]

Oh men,the confession

[@JohnnyGuiltyMan]

Whoa boy... The foreshadowing...

[@kas-mos_2561]

Elphelt drop 👀

[@petershirou892]

Literally just an mention bruv

[@kas-mos_2561]

@@petershirou892maybe 🙃

[@ohenthevoidwatcher3939]

@@petershirou892 it is and sure we got happy chaos, but i say keep hopes up, we got two of the valentines aka ram and jack-o, so if we don't get Elphelt it'd just be something that stands out xd, sides she's adorable

[@NrettG]

@@petershirou892 So was ABA with in Asuka's route. So maybe we get Elphelt and ABA this season. God I hope so. I just want ABA back.

[@Valvadrix]

​@@ohenthevoidwatcher3939 I mean, having Happy Chaos doesn't even matter. Johnny is the third katana user, so it's not like they mind having multiple characters with similar weapons.

[@thefinalboss4471]

Who's gonna tell her?

[@helsreach8954]

ELPHELT MENTION

[@iamasnail8654]

so are johnny and may dating? or is it still just may loves johnny but he sees her as a family member instead of a lover?

[@Valvadrix]

It's the latter, I'm pretty sure. May is an adult now (I think she said in Xrd that she's 22), but Johnny took her in when she was little, so I can't imagine he thinks of her as anything more than a daughter.

[@admiralzaalkorisvasqwib-qw2547]

They aren’t dating, Johnny is just really hesitant to put his foot down and dose May with water saying he will never view her as a romantic interest. Sadly the longer her refuses to do that, the more deluded she becomes and harder to break. Now Elphelt has come out of nowhere and given her horrible relationship advice

[@The_Pikaboi]

Johnny alway has and will think of May as family. But he also doesnt want her to be upset so he dances around it

[@AlienX281]

If they were canonically dating 🤢

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

​@@admiralzaalkorisvasqwib-qw2547 well there is always the "Amy Rose" option - May growing out of obsession and finally charming Johnny by just being a reliable friend. But then again, Johnny may still only see her as adoptive daughter. Either way - only the future Guilty Gear games may show us the truth.

[@SpooksRule921]

this was my first ever time seeing stage 9 on any character, had no idea a secret 9th stage would show up if you don’t drop a round on 1-8 lol

[@Mene0]

Nice. Are you going to upload the rest of the interactions?

[@onyxjones8926]

Okay the most biggest important question is how old is May?

[@underplague6344]

Early 20s i believe

[@truegraham6780]

Vaguely in her 20's

[@onyxjones8926]

Okay the more important question is HOW?!

[@truegraham6780]

@@onyxjones8926 Cause as Ky's mentor Kliff Undersen can attest to. Ki magic is good for the skin. Really gets rid of those wrinkles.

[@danthespaceman9747]

@@truegraham6780 unironically cannon

[@OGMudbum]

It's honestly bothering me knowing that most Strive players who've never played Xrd Sign aren't aware of May's age being "revealed" in the Story mode when talking to Chipp. Even if it was muffled, you can still hear her saying "twenty-something". Bunch of young grasshoppers that never played any of the Xrd games...smh. WHEN'S GUILTY GEAR XRD REV 3???

[@Mint_Teal16]

It was like one of the first things that happen in Xrd which makes it funnier. It’s like the joke about how Persona fans don’t play their game.

[@gorade1901]

I know in the dub you can clearly hear a number, but I wonder if the same is true in Japanese. Couldn't tell.

[@pian-0g445]

@@renexuz1and even then, the implication of the scene is that she’s much older than she looks.

[@iamstylishaf12222]

​@@gorade1901 No, the Japanese audio she literally says "blah blah".

[@Butterfreeftvr]

Elphelt mentioned so happy 😊 A.B.A Dizzy Elphelt come back please 🙏

[@AstridStarPrincess67]

You got your wish(Idk about dizzy tho but she might be coming in too)

[@TamaraBloodhoof]

Followup from Astrid, you have gotten your full wish come true.

[@Butterfreeftvr]

@TamaraBloodhoof yep Dizzy came back and the queen herself looks amazing can't wait to play/main her again

[@RandomtheRando]

dear god

[@Butterfreeftvr]

@RandomtheRando what is it?

[@mattsandvig7868]

Was May always that tall or was Johnny always that short?

[@Model_En]

she got bigger in strive

[@doovid4322]

Johnny looks smaller in strive

[@kirkfogg8366]

Love how everyone except the bottom comment missed the point of johnnys lyrics in his theme, they do relate all towards may and its literally him saying that he's a ladies man but there's only one diamond he loves out there and he's no longer afraid to tell her. Its literally his character arc conclusion of getting over that fear of somehow messing it up.

[@gorade1901]

I disagree with your interpretation entirely, and if it is correct, it would be irrefutably worse for Johnny's character. He's still her adopted father after all, nothing will change that. Besides, the subtext I find rather obvious from this ending is that he still can't bring himself to tell her he *doesn't* love her that way, to avoid breaking her heart as she jumps to conclusions. Johnny's theme is about *himself,* his personal philosophy/attitude towards life. If you took the line "no age can judge him" the way I think you might've I think you took it too literally.

[@beefylovelord7385]

Johnny's theme is the theme of his mains waiting for his arrival to the next GG game. He'll come! He'll Come! @@gorade1901

[@steelsymen5529]

Elphelt and May canon interaction?