i didn't watch g before he appeared, i started watching because of him; my friends had shown me scharhrot's design prior to that (when he only had the vampir card) and i was like "mmm there's potential but i just think if vanguard wants to win me over they should have some twink use this guy" and then some twink appeared. i marathoned every episode in like 2 weeks and got caught up right before sg episode 32 (satoru v mamoru) aired