Hase is ridiculously overrated.

*Drops mic*

100% agreed. He was around for a handful of episodes and solely existed to advance the plot to "oh shit peeps can die". There literally isn't enough of him in the show to validate, in my opinion, the love I see for the character.

While we didn't get to see much of him, the stuff we did see was pretty sweet. He was the fighter, the trainer, the one not afraid to go up against anyone. You have to remember, when Gaim (and Ryugen till he discovered his identity) were afraid to go up against Zangetsu, and Bravo was too busy fawning, Kurokage was the one fighting him and, when Zangetsu tried to disengage, chased after him to continue the fight.

I can only imagine how strong Kurokage would have tried to become if he hadn't died. He had limitless potential and Jonouchi was a great sidekick to his eagerness to fight.

Hase, why did you have to be like Kaito?

He was victim of the early Gaim hype machine with "ERMYGRD GAIM HAS DEATHS? POST-DECADE RIDER HAS NEVER HAD ANYDEATH, SO MATURE AND DARK GO UROBOCHI!"

Didn't W and wizard have deaths? :eyebrow

Speaking of Hase, do you think that his SHF release will include a mass production driver, too? Like, for troop building.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...un-d3hy9gm.jpg
WAZZUP, BITCHES?!

They did. And that exactly proves my point about the overhypers brushing aside the facts about Rider since W to put Gaim on their "untouchable" pedestal.

Or you know, people actually liked the character regardless of him dying.