i forgot to mention this in the last ask, i knew i was missing something!! before curren!! before sirius!! way way back!! opera o was the first character i took note of because she's voiced by soramaru. i'm a milky holmes fan and then a nico yazawa fan. so she stayed in my mind. why did i forget this...
as for opera o herself, i really love her. i love 99 in general. i love the real life history...
opera o herself, the end of century overlord, magnanimous and kind... maybe a little too loud... encourages her rivals to beat her but is still too strong. her strength makes her lonely despite everything. she's kind but what she did in her wake some may consider not very nice. (00 gen wouldn't...)
it's a very clever reflection of the basis since TM opera o became more and more unpopular as time passed. it was also said that his way of winning was boring (always clinches it at the end). i don't agree, but i'm a person from the future, i could only imagine goint to the races and being disappointed TM opera o gave another curbstomp performance.
i also like that a lot of her mannerisms are lowkey based on wada jockey, since TM opera o was a special horse to him (even though TM opera o stopped listening to him after a while and was better off for it🤭 wada jockey has grown since, he was just a rookie)