Zou! One of the two people on the ship Howard enjoys spending time with so far.
Given that a huge portion of his time on Stacy he's felt that no one will take him seriously because of his age, the fact that Zouichi seems to believe him capable and intelligent puts Howard at ease around him (even if their first encounter was Howard flailing and yelling "what do we do someone tell me what to do whaaat"). Howard generally trusts Zouichi, though not with his own moral failings, since he pictures Zouichi as a pretty stand-up person and would rather keep Zouichi on his side. He's thrilled that he's finally found Zouichi's sense of humor and could see himself growing pretty close to Zouichi, especially since he thinks Zou's pretty smart in addition to being a zombie-killing BAMF.
Re: Howard Bassem
Given that a huge portion of his time on Stacy he's felt that no one will take him seriously because of his age, the fact that Zouichi seems to believe him capable and intelligent puts Howard at ease around him (even if their first encounter was Howard flailing and yelling "what do we do someone tell me what to do whaaat"). Howard generally trusts Zouichi, though not with his own moral failings, since he pictures Zouichi as a pretty stand-up person and would rather keep Zouichi on his side. He's thrilled that he's finally found Zouichi's sense of humor and could see himself growing pretty close to Zouichi, especially since he thinks Zou's pretty smart in addition to being a zombie-killing BAMF.