Gai Gotou (後藤 劾以, Gotō Gai?) is one of Shirou Emiya's classmates in class 2-C at Homurahara Academy.
Profile[]
Personality[]
Gai is a happy-go-lucky person who is easily influenced by TV, favoring the period drama Abarenbō ShōgunWP, changing his behaviors daily simply because of what he watched the previous night.[1]
Appearance[]
In ufotable adapation of Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works], Takashi Takeuchi thought the designs were a little bit outdated, so he went with those changes.[2] But in the next appearance of Gai in Fate/Grand Order x Himuro's Universe: Seven Most Powerful Great Figures Chapter released in 2017, he is adapted by ufotable as his old design.
![Gai in Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works].](/wiki/File:Gai_Gotou_UBW_Design.png "Gai Gotou UBW Design.png (628 KB)")
Role[]
Fate/stay night[]
He only briefly appears in the Unlimited Blade Works route after Shirou and Rin Tohsaka form their official alliance. Along with other students, he notices Rin waiting in the hallway, and he describes her feelings of frustration of Shirou not noticing her from her expression and posture in such an overly-accurate and ridiculous way that Shirou questions if he was a general in his previous life. If Shirou hides from her, Gotou and the other students continue to narrate her actions until she attacks Shirou with an eraser that flips Shirou over his desk, causing Gotou to think Shirou was performing a "ninja move" and asks to be able to learn it from him. He did not have a design in the original visual novel, and he only obtained one in the first anime adaptation.
Fate/hollow ataraxia[]
Gai appears very briefly, helping Shirou by giving him the description of a "foreign beauty" that was seen wandering around Homurahara.
He also appears for a scene in the "Himuro love detective" segment where he consulted in an attempt to track down Shirou. He remains in character for the whole scene.
Fate/strange Fake[]
In Fate/strange Fake, he is mentioned by Ayaka Sajyou as being one of her friends in Fuyuki who taught her that she was "Ayaka Sajyou".[3] He, along with Shirano Tsunokuma, appear in more details in Ayaka's flashback when Fillia makes her remember her past, with their meeting being that he bumped into her and questioned her appearance. The boys thought she was the real Ayaka suffering from amnesia and thought of taking her to the hospital, but she rushed out before they could.[4]
References[]
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[] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Gotou-kun [Person's name], p.060 [T] - ↑
[] Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Animation Material I - Kinoko and Takashi Q & A, p.041 [T]
Q: I was wondering why they changed Gotou's character designs.Q: I was wondering why they changed Gotou's character designs. <Kusakaki>
Nasu: Don’t be silly. That Gotou can change at will.
Takeuchi: Right? If you've ever claimed to see him, it was really just a figment of your imagination. But really, we just thought the designs were a little bit outdated, so we went with those changes.後藤くんのキヤラデザインが変更された理由を教えて欲しいでこざる。 ＜草柿＞
奈：たわけ。後藤くんは変幻自在でござる。
武：その通り。後藤くんに決まった形状が存在するなどと、いつから錯覚していた？まあマジレスすると、前のデサインがちよつとアレかなと思っていたので'この機会にアレしました。 - ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 8 - Chapter 25: "The Shadow Brings an End to a Journey Out of the Ravine"
- ↑ Fate/strange Fake Volume 9 - Chapter 27: "The Little Red Riding Hood of the Semina Apartments, Unraveled—or, The Mages Shot the Wolf I"