Yeah I legitimately find Hokuseiho's matches interesting and entertaining. He's got such a weird, awkward style, especially the way he goes for one-handed sideways grips or the way he will just lean on people for forever.
He had several bad matches this basho where he got bullied by smaller rikishi really easily which makes me wonder if he has some kind of injury but I'm rooting for him to continue improving his unique style.
I never saw Kakuryu compete unfortunately as he retired before i started watching. Hakuho's last zensho yusho was when I got into it. I had heard something about how Hakuho was the Lebron James or Michael Jordan of sumo and that got me curious.