My review may be biased. Shaman king was one of the first manga I could read. What I liked deeply in this manga is that the hero doesn't have the typical personality of the main character of Shonen, big-mouthed, stupid, gets angry for the smallest thing and rushes into the heap despite the superiority of the opponent. No, Yoh is calm, he knows that he is not the most intelligent but this does not prevent him from being very mature. He has a simple dream but he knows that he has responsibilities, that he must take care of them before he can realize this dream. What differentiateshim the most, and what the other characters realize as time goes by, is that he is apathetic, but that doesn't stop him from completing his growth.