[Locke]

So am I like the only person on this entire forum who likes Haruto? Fuuu.

Sure, he lacks depth and nuance, I'll give you that. But I like how they made a classic, charming hero who is still flawed. He doesn't steam roll through every fight, he doesn't get everything right on the first go and he isn't perfect at everything he tries but he is still cool and serious enough to be a convincing hero who has achieved just enough to validate his worth. He manages to have big emotional moments and for such a serious character can shift into subtle humour very naturally and amusingly.

I can't help but feel most people don't like Haruto because he is pretty unique, I mean don't misunderstand me there are a million Haruto's out there but I've been discovering more and more that Toku characters usually fit into three categories, 'immortal', 'useless' or 'goofball'. And he doesn't quite fit in any of them and yet sort of fits in all three at the same time. I guess that is a big part of the appeal for me.

I would also find Haruto as bland as everyone else, if he was like King or like Tendou, because to me the mark of a bland Toku hero is one who never faces any conflict he can't yawn himself through.