Finally got to try some blazblue and picked up the H-man. He's sweeeeeeeet. Yet I find that I'm getting better results using him as a punish character, baiting my opponents into things I know they will do. Winning tournies with Hakumen is probably gonna require reading through the other character threads, as I found it very useful to know what my opponent could do when standing up and such. Also is it just me, or am I getting really lucky when I start a match off right away with 6C, as I find the sheer range on it tends to net me a free combo. Due to how far away you are from the opponent at the beginning, it's pretty much perfect baiting range. If they try to attack, 6C comes out too fast and you net a free combo. If 6C whiffs, they will either run away or rush forward to attack. You can then easily either chase them if they're running, or if you can tell they're coming forward, rub out 6D for a counter into a combo.
I was finding it highly amusing that people were getting caught by this tactic in the beginning of the match, which allowed me to cleave off about 25-40% of their health.