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1) Raizen is very powerful
2) he's daring
3) you know what they say, the older the wiser
4) he's a born leader
5) he keeps his promises
6) he knows how to handle situations
7) you gotta love his hairdo
8) he has self-control (by not eating humans)
9) he's respected
10) he has a lot of friends
11) he has a lot of worthy enemies
12) he's famous
13) he has a mind of his own
14) he exudes self-confidence
15) he's the ancestor of Yusuke Urameshi
16)  long. silver. hair
17)  the markings, tattoos, whatever you want to call them, on his face and elsewhere . wow. body art.
18) the bandana. gotta love a guy with a fashion sense. and speaking of fashion sense, he .doesn't. wear. a. shirt. he can pull OFF not wearing a shirt. at his age, that's very impressive.
19) pointed ears are much cooler than rounded ears
20) the eyes. have you seen his eyes? those are good eyes.  he can run on all fours and revert to almost a completely instinctual beast and STILL be cool , and have enough presence of mind to keep old promises
21) underdeveloped character = PLENTY of opportunities for fanfic writers to fill in the blanks
22) he inspires loyalty (check out the legions of followers  plus his old gang of friends)
23) he IS also loyal to the people he thinks deserve it (not only did he not kill the lady doctor, he also stopped eating humans entirely)
24) he's self-sacrificing (starving himself because of that promise, how tragically romantic...)
25) he. is. a. lord. of. the. makai
26) He’s plain hot. There’s nothin’ more you can say about that.
27) Every girl loves a bit a muscle.


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