I love Shinkouhyou so much and he’s just my favorite character in all of Houshin Engi. He’s truly an amazing edition to the series and he charms me plus make my heart flutter! I adore his smug and eccentric personality, his cat motifs, his ability to intimidate people with ease, his eyes, his looks, how intelligent and badass he is, his Raikoben, his smirks, his cunningness, Shinkouhyou being very powerful and the strongest Doushi, his comedic moments, the way he sticks to being neutral instead of showing explicit allegiance towards anyone and how morally questionable he is, the fact that he has a giant kitten as his Spirit Beast (Kokutenko), his laugh, and my god I could go on and on. It’s so fun seeing how Shinkouhyou would jump from either Taikoubou and Dakki’s side because he wanted to be entertained by the Houshin Project and not because he’s on anyone side. Also Shinkouhyou’s manga, Houshin Engi, is also just a phenomenal read and I love it whenever he appears. I like how he appears in chapter one and makes a strong impression on me which is good. Also, I love how strength and being a neutral character who doesn’t side with anyone basically kept him alive because so many Houshin Engi characters drop dead like flies and I’m just so happy that he made it to the end of the manga unscathed. Also while the old and remake anime are terrible adaptations of Houshin Engi, it’s nice to see Shinkouhyou get animated and both of his seiyū (Akira Ishida and Kosuke Toriumi) did an amazing job voicing my man. Shinkouhyou’s neutrality makes his character a very unique addition to Houshin Engi, a manga filled with character alliances and powerful leaders. Also I like Shinkouhyou proves that you don’t need to be a Sennin to be considered the most powerful and dangerous man to have ever lived as he is Doushi with the strongest (Super) Paopei called the Raikoben and the strongest Spirit Beast named Kokutenko. Lightning, cats, and clowns really fit those characters as lightning can have quite unpredictable nature just like how he is very hard to read, cats fit his personality very well and he has cat motifs like with his big eyes and cat claw gloves as well as the addition of Kokutenko, and his clown outfit makes him look like a trickster and you could say that he can fall under the “dangerous clown trope” by being the strongest character in the verse and that a lot of people are intimidated by his power that not even Dakki or Bunchuu would fight them and these two will literally fight anybody but not Shinkouhyou because his mere presence radiates power that will not allow anyone to attack him carelessly and this makes him rather dangerous. Unfortunately I’ve seen people call Shinkouhyou useless because he spends most of the manga making comments about the story but to me, he’s far from useless and this thinking is a result of people not understanding his character. I don’t think Taikoubou would’ve survive dealing with Dakki as well as he did if it weren’t for Shinkouhyou constantly watching his every move to feel a sense of entertainment and I truly believe Shinkouhyou would’ve interfered with Dakki trying to kill Taikoubou if she ever did because he clearly takes interest in Taikoubou as his rival. Plus, Shinkouhyou was the very first person in the manga to find out about the existence of Jyoka and her relation to the Houshin project. Also his constant commentary about the plot has really helped me understand a lot of the story to be honest. I’ll forever love Shinkouhyou and I’m just really passionate about his character like I love Shinkouhyou so so so much! I absolutely love him so much, he’s so perfect and important to me! Shinkouhyou will always be my favorite Houshin Engi character ever, he means so much to me and that’ll never change!