almost the same for me. loved arakune from the beginning, tried him out, but somehow couldnt get into the playstyle. so i tried out the rest of the cast and decided for hakumen.
sill by far my favorite character. tried out jin later and became quite good with him too.
still arakune remained in the back of my head and with bb portable i started practicing with him.
still its kinda hart for me, so much to look out for>_< 6c loops working now though:D
maybe hell become my main in the future