I know naught of this Kazuma of whom you speak. I might like that character, but I don't like Hugh. I just think he came up empty and comparatively the player has more meaningful interactions with Colress, Ghetsis, The Shadow Triad, N, Iris, Skyla, Juniper, Bianca, Alder, Drayden, Rood or literally almost anyone else in the story despite their significantly less screen time, and I would argue that even his little sister who says like one sentence is more interesting because she was actually the one who was robbed and not him, and she had the dream of the Zoroark. Sorry, I just really don't see what this character is offering me, maybe some day I will.
I do think he has a solid design though, and am glad that you were able to give him some love that the poor guy is starved off from me. Lol