Same. Just finished up RCG 2 and he's there again.

I've seen more and more people I respected and even look up to turn out to have terrible beliefs or at the very least, flimsy morals.

Absolutely. You learn so much about people in a social setting, even a company sponsored social setting

I enjoy Cirno a lot. If you make more, consider Suika Ibuki and Seija Kijin

I second this. It has a pretty great setting and the combat is way more guard/parry oriented than I thought it would be.