Even though Shinra is the teenage protagonist of a big shounen anime, he doesn’t really act like it. He’s levelheaded, works well with his team, and (most amazingly of all) is properly suspicious of shifty characters who have a reason to lie to him. He’s still naïve in many ways, particularly when it comes to underestimating his opponents in battle, but we can’t deny that it’s refreshing to see a shounen protagonist who doesn’t blindly trust everyone he meets, only to be shocked when they betray him.

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