So one pet peeve I have with Ginga is how it handles aging. I am okay with them having characters have slightly exaggerated lifespans since real dog lifespans would probably make a lot of the stories impossible but Ginga takes it way too far. You could say that maybe this is a universe where dogs have the same lifespan as humans…buuuut that theory goes out the window once you remember that Ben canonically died of old age sometime in GDW.
I know the characters from GNG are most likely just still alive for nostalgia's sake, but as the series gets more sequels it gets tiring seeing them still get so much focus. I wish they could just pass away from old age or die heroically in battle already (I know that sounds terrible lol). Gin, Cross, Kurotora etc. should've kicked the bucket long ago, please let them so the next generations can have the sole spotlight.
Another pet peeve relating to this which is also the focus of this drawing is how characters who were young puppies in GNG (or were born soon after that manga ended) aren't portrayed as elderly at all. So I decided to draw them how as the old dogs they should be.
I've mentioned before that to me nothing after GDWO is canon and this takes place in my AU/headcanon/sequel thing. All four of Weed's kids are leading Ohu, Weed and his friends are retired, Gin and the other oldies have either passed away form old age or died in battle, and everyone who was really young during GNG are retired senior citizens. There's other elderly dogs still around but I decided to just focus on these four. Also Ken and Kagetora are each other's husbands.
For this I lightened my headcanon colors for them and added white to their muzzles.
