sentences:  Ain't It Cool News' Scott Green qualified Sena as "a rather likable put upon hero and visually interesting lead".Carlo Santos of Anime News Network (ANN) noted Sena fell into "the archetypal "shōnen" protagonist" and "the underdog who falls and gets up over and over again" mold, but praised Sena, calling him "the polar opposite of those talkative, obnoxious, up-and-at-'em heroes that populate so many other series".Writing for Mania.com, Jarred Pine also called Sena an archetypical character but noted him as a "very likeable" character.