See, I liked Hiro in Japan, I just think it went on past the point of being interesting. If they would have condensed it down to three or four episodes long, it would have squeezed all of the important points in and shaved off the excess baggage in the storyline. And my main problem with his love story with Yaeko was that they made her out to be someone who could take care of herself in the beginning of the storyline and then proceeded to spend the entire adventure latching her on to either Hiro or Kensei. She had this great potential to kick a little ass and they didn't even do anything with it.

As for the rookies, I think he shouldn't drag Monica (who is a faaaabulous character and possibly my new favorite) into the mess that is Maya and Alejandro. That storyline is a disaster area, while Monica is one of the most likable characters they've got right now.