What it appears to be is that Reigen acts all full of himself but is actually a good person. He has a ton of development in season two but you can tell that from the start of s1 as well. Sure, some of the stuff he does is questionable but he never outright scams his customers. A really good episode for seeing his true self is the one where Reigen and Mob have an argument. At first, he tries to keep Mob from hanging out with friends because he's afraid of him leaving for good, but then he realizes that what he did was wrong and even tells him "You've grown up so much." He definitely cares about the other kids too, and even tries to lead them to safety instead of having them fight claw at the end of s1. He and Serizawa also get along well and they can have a great relationship (romantic or not) as long as Reigen gets more character development and grows a bitas a person. sorry for the long reply, hope this helped (tldr yes, Reigen is a good person genuinely)

Glad to hear it. (sorrry for the really late reply) You are a gem, this is exactly what i wanted to hear so your ok luv haha. Ive kind of recovered even though there are shorts that reported him to take advantage of a women canotically (which i havent seen) i could link it if anyone wants. But anyways, yeah, You love him or you hate him. I do keep in mind that in the reigen spin-off (spoilers) serizawa got the crap beat out of him when he was thrown against the wall and reigen didnt even bat a blonde eyelash at it (end of spoilers) it kind of betrayed that he was choosing an option that was best for everyone. hmmm, im just thinking.

They'll probably change a lot of things in the anime too, bones has been doing a great job keeping the good aspects of the story and altering the bits that aren't so great :)

I've gone back and forth like this with my opinions about MP100 in general, especially when rewatching the anime. I too often feel like I ignore things that I think are wrong, and am only seeing the good in people and story because I like them and I fear that clouds my judgement. However, I believe this feeling and mindset is incorrect, and it represents our fear to believe in the good in people and being afraid to actually hope and believe in "happy endings" being really possible.

Reigen is flawed and does bad things sometimes, but so does everyone. The proof of someone's true character, I believe, lies in looking at all their actions as a whole. Many times Reigen's actions can be argued to only appear good and there are some reasonable explanations to claim his intentions were actually self-serving. But again this can always be done about anyone or anything to try and skew what happened from a distorted perspective in order to fit with what people want to believe. However sometimes people do things that are simply undeniably actions of bravery and kindness. And at the end of the day, we have to ask ourselves what actions are more important and meaningful. What defines someone's character more: Giving someone a job and calling them a friend, or what kind of facial expressions they have at certain times?

In the end, it's not about "either they are good or bad" when it comes to people and their actions. It's always more complicated than that when it comes to judging people. It's unfair and incorrect to make judgements about someone and about situations based on other things that person has done. The two matters are seperate and unrelated. "That is one thing, this is something else." Reigen is a good person who cares about people, even though he may not show it all the time. Serizawa has been taken advantage of by someone in the past and used by them, but that doesn't mean it will happen again to him with other people like Reigen.

We have to trust in people sometimes and believe things will work out even though we don't know for certain that things will go the way we want, because that's how it always is in life. Serizawa believed nobody would ever need him or want to be his friend because of the way he is and because of his actions in the past. He believed that what happened in the past would always happen, that he would always be anxious and hurt people and could never change, but he was wrong. I think it's equally wrong to judge Reigen or anyone as "bad" or "beyond hope" because of some of their past actions and mistakes, and it's the same kind of self-defeating mindset that Serizawa was plagued with.

I do see on what you say and i, whole-heartedly, thank you for taking time to answer. It was well said. What i like to pick up on is the fact that reigens own intentions that are disclosed to us as a "reader". It is a insite on how he thinks and how he does certain things to his own benefit. Not to stir the pot but in my experience he seems to things with his own personal gain in mind (Very few and far in between examples). He isn't as perfect of a character (and in a way, makes him seem more realistic), but hes the kind of inpulsive, dive in head first that makes him so iconic. On a seperate note, i have mentioned before that i've heard claims of him taking advantage of a woman which is in the canon (i'd have to look up on that again). There are just some radical things that hes done to wound his used-to-be perfect image where i was questioning if he was even a good person anymore. My views on the character have healed mostly but its just the lingering doubt that surfaces once in a while. At least some people have traits where its more exceptable and some have even turned over a new leaf (ex:Teru) not saying they dont have negative traits though. Reigen hasnt changed and is firmly in place to when he has been. Theres no growth. I've lost my train of thought and i guess this post is long enough so ill stop here without a proof-read.