This ship is the antithesis of everything Modern Higurashi and it's new modern fanbase stands for, Satoko has always been the heart of Higurashi and Keiichi as always been the one willing to protect and die for that heart for Higurashi itself. Gou is the firm rejection of the soul of Higurashi and of everything it once stood for. This ship invokes such ire and hate due to it threatening the fantasy Goutards have built for themselves.