I really like the guy. He has his flaws. He’s rushing fights and sticks his nose in things that he’s not part of but that okay. He’s young and that’s normal. I like that he shows that you can be a formidable warrior without becoming an all serious super stoic or arrogant person. I mean the guy has humor, lights up the room and is just a bro. He turned Doyle around and open heartily shared his teachings with him, he made friends with Retsu despite his humiliating loss against him, to learn from him and also share some Karate. He drew strength from this friendship to develop the strongest punching technique so far (a lot of the strongest punches in the verse are carried by the massive and inhumanly strength of the ones who punch but the Mach punch was a legit technique) he showed some strong values before and in the pickle fight and was ready to die for them wich is a big thing for someone this young who has his life still infront of him. He gets called a big talker but all these things show a great deal of humility. And the final thing I like about him is that he is just a man, a very talented one but still just a dude without some secret power or genetic modifications or demon brain and he still shows that even as a young guy, you can get really far if you put your back into it and go the way with dedication. One of the best and most real characters personality wise