characters meme + fanart

Long characters meme, which I will this time do properly for anime characters.

In the interests of equity, I will only do male characters from shounen series (uh what?)

First, select ten fictional characters (from any medium) by whichever method you like best. Then answer the questions below.

1. (Hunter x Hunter) Killua Zoldyck
2. (D.Grayman) Allan Walker
3. (Black Cat) Train Heartnet
4. (Gundam Seed) Athrun Zala
5. (Gintama) Hijikata Toshizo
6. (Tsubasa RC) Fai Fluorite (I swear his name sounds like toothpaste)
7. (Inuyasha) Inuyasha
8. (Yakitate Japan) Azuma Kazuma
9. (Saiyuki) Cho Hakkai
10. (Hikaru no Go) Touya Akira

...lol...I haven't read half these stuff in years O__o

( Meme, starto! )

Now, to commemorate this meme involving Allen, here's a fanart of him:

Okay seriously ==; I started this picture years ago, when I still read D.Grayman, and I decided to finish it off this year after digging out references for his complicated uniform coat.

I liked Allen, for a while anyway, although that wasn't enough to keep me entertained by a series that came across as a retread of all shounen conventions, albeit in a slightly less annoying way than other shounen. He was sweet and bumbling and yet strong-willed and determined. He was probably the only character that really set this manga apart from others of its ilk. Cold efficient bishounen rival with angsty past, check. Sweet cute girl with no distinguishing personality, check. Funny loud-mouthed but loyal sidekick, check. Random non-descript mascot that makes incoherent cutesy noises, check.

I know D.Grayman has other merits, and it's probably gotten better than the first 100 chapters I read, but I totally understand why it has been described as a series of deja vus.

It's terrible, I've done more fanart this year than I have in my entire life...

...There must be a mathematical flaw in the above sentence O__o;