Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-45051074-20200620005016/@comment-38952966-20200804053225

DirePresent wrote: Well, Chariot Requiem had the shape of the arrow on its neck even when Diavolo was holding the true arrow in his hand. GER could work on the same premise (Giorno invokes him, he appears as he was before with the same exact shape even when it doesn't have the arrow anymore).

Regarding Giorno keeping the arrow, that doesn't need any complex explanation. He had to conservate it to avoid it falling into the wrong hands. Also, he wasn't going to leave the arrowhead thrown there on the floor. Plus having a way to create new stand users may come handy for the new Boss of Passione.

I didn't mean to suggest that Giorno would just leave the arrow lying about; rather, that he contemplated and deliberately decided not to destroy the arrow (which implies he could of he wanted to). I don't think Giorno would risk letting the arrow fall into the wrong hands (considering how hard he just worked to get it) unless he needed it for GER, but that's just my guess.

It's definitely possible that GER is permanent, but I think Araki meant to leave it intentionally ambiguous, and my reading is that it probably isn't.