User blog comment:Kronika X Cetrion/PG Proposal: Pazu/@comment-39032584-20191120194220

Being a fan of this movie, I'd say yes, he deserves the label just as much as Sheeta. He went out of his way to help a girl he didn't even know, even if it meant putting himself in harm's way on a number of occasions, like Sheeta, he never used lethal force when dealing with enemies, and he ultimately played just as big a part as her in stopping Muska's attempted worldwide conquest by using the Spell of Destruction with her and crippling its weapons (not to mention they did it with the expectation they would probably die, even though they ultimately survived by having their fall broken by those viens underneath the castle). He may have temporarily walked away when he was offered money by Muska in exchange for forgetting about Sheeta and finding Laputa, but even that was reluctant on his part, there wasn't much he could do to protest this without getting himself killed, and he quickly went back to save her when he had the chance, so considering the circumstances, that really can't be held against him either. If anything, he really wasn't given a choice and forced to do that.

So to summarize, he's a very kindhearted, helpful and selfless young man with no real corrupting qualities and a strong sense of justice, was driven simply to find and discover Laputa so that he can prove his father wasn't a liar, rather for any selfish reasons like greed, and did a number of admirable things along the way, especially considering he's probably only 12 or 13 years old (just guessing on that last part).