Shinji is a great character, I love the morals he held himself to during the war and is slow rise to badassery.

I remember watching a gif about Shinji's actor in a tv show doing his pose in front of a mirror and failing to jump through it.

Yeah, Shinji sure has great development. And he's so likeable too :D When I was scrolling tumblr one day, I came across a shot of him covered with blood and let out a silent shriek at the sight- not because of the blood but more because I thought "Oh my god, no, not poor Shinji!". I really care about the riders I like x,D

Yeah... too bad he died. :( You know, he could have easily prevented his death I think, but that would've changed the ending of Ryuki though.

I really don't remember a scene like that happening so it might be me and my occasionally forgetful memory :o

I could go on for a ages about why Shinji is my favourite character but then I would be writing on this post for a while :D

I recommend using spoiler tags on that one because I spoilered just that particular moment before I watched the end of the show and it lost some of the effect for me.
Well, I found it interesting, but the ending wasn't ideal imho, so I wouldn't mind if it was changed. But then again, this sure made Shinji memorable in a way.

It's from what Xros was referring to in his post.

Yeah, same with me writing about Kenzaki :D

I forgot to use spoiler tags. :o I apologize. :lol

Then go edit it, before someone else sees it and gets angry xDD

One thing I liked about Shinji (which is something I liked about Kouta as well) as that we see him noticeably becoming more skilled as a fighter throughout the series coming to a point where we even see him holding his own against Knight. Shinji's also great because he was treated like a nobody for most of the plot. He wasnt some chosen one with unmatchable skills like Tendou Souji, or godlike power like Kouta or Kenzaki. He was the punching bag for a lot of the series until he became an excellent fighter in his own right.

Kenzaki didn't have godlike power. He sure obtained power at some point (which isn't necessarily that great because of how it backfired, same with Eiji and Kouta), but up until he gets King form, he sure was quite a punching bag as well. You could make a drinking game of all the times where he gets hit out of the blue and isn't able to do anything in the first half of the series.

Well I'm referring moreso to the end of the series in regards to power ups. Even with Ryuki Survive, his power wasn't quite as OP as, say, King Form or Hyper Mode.

I also have to watch through Blade again lol