I feel like they really fumbled the bag with Apollos character.
His backstory gets retconned in every single game
In AJ they have that stinger at the end thats hes actually the son of Lamioir and Trucys older brother, making him a member of the Gramarye family. Despite this being a big twist at the end of the game, its never brought up again
Then in DD his backstory revolves around this guy named Clay who was apparently Apollos best friend in the entire world despite never being mentioned before. I mean, I guess thats ok but it feels very undercooked.
Then in SoJ hes actually the son of some military warlord and the adoptive brother of Sad Monk. Like what the fuck? Where did this come from? What about the Gramaryes? I guess the writers forgot
I remember when I got to case 2 of SoJ I was really excited because I thought they were going to finally follow up on
Apollo being a Gramarye.
Then they just didnt. It was weird.
I feel like the writers really were just making it up as they went. And dont get me started on Athena. I dont dislike her per se, but I find her to be a really pointless addition to the cast when there are already plenty of characters who needed more development (ie Apollo). I also resent her for effectively sidelining Trucy
SoJ is the worst game in the mainline series imo