Agreed on the Houshin... I found the ending very sad as well.

Re: Shaman King. Yeah, Yoh is the laid back one, although he does want to become SK. It's Ren and Anna who have the ambition, and there's all these other people who are backing Yoh up and have their hopes riding on his success, and the need to prevent Hao from taking ultimate power that make him go forward.

HXH: definitely. Gon and Killua have no mission (talk about immorality: Killua's a stone cold killer). It's only Kurapika that does have a goal. I have to admit this has been making HXH very boring for the past few vols.