 <unk> has ranked highly in the Weekly Shōnen Jump popularity polls for the series , continuously placing in the top ten and reaching fourth place in one poll . The last such poll was in 2011 , in which <unk> was in ninth place , behind <unk> and ahead of <unk> . Merchandise based on <unk> has also been released , including action figures , key chains , and patches in both his Part I and Part II appearance . <unk> customers voted him as their sixteenth favorite black haired male anime character . <unk> CEO Hiroshi <unk> referred to <unk> as one of his favorite characters from <unk> . 
