[Shin Densetsu]

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Originally Posted by badlander86

So a somewhat realistic take on a guy with zero fight experience slowly learning that the world is filled with dark ego and ambitions eventually learning the ropes long enough to hold his own against the best of them is just not a character that appeals to you then?

Seriously, Shinji was an everyman amongst uber-Riders that came before and after Ryuki. That most people don't see that makes me a little sad. Instead we get weak sauce character development from protagonists like Tsukasa, Tendou and a plethora of other one dimensional Riders up till W.

He wasn't a badass. Was he an idiot? Maybe idiot is too strong a word. Idiotically naive maybe. But he had a hell of a lot of heart and made the sacrifice many talk about but few ever commit.

As to whether he could beat Asakura? Yeah he probably could. Ren probably could too. Both were held back by conscience. See, Ren tried to hide that he had one while Shinji was always there trying to appeal to his opponent's humanity...or what little of it there was in most cases.

He was clumsy and lacked a little common sense, but I didn't think he was an idiot. As a character it's possible he had the most depth in the series.

Shinji didn't want to fight until it was absolutely necessary to preserve life. However Dark Shinji showed that should he tap into his held back rage, he could destroy. Then Episode FINAL proved that even his regular self was stronger than his dark side, so that says a lot about him.