If you buffered it during a light doesn't that mean the light connected so it's still overall a good thing? Since you can react and are plus.

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Nope, for lights it doesn't need to connect. That means when I go to parry the attack, I run straight into it instead. Just means I need to be more careful with using parry after lights.

Learning Ken. Ryu is just starting to feel more and more pointless to keep playing despite how fun he is. Moving to the dark side.... It's not so bad.

Least it's not Luke.

Yeah Ryu does kinda suck. He'd be good with just a few small buffs though so maybe he still has a chance. Kinda the same way I feel about Manon tbh. Feels like her and Ryu in current state are only going to get worse as the meta develops.

Ryu is still a solid character, he just lacks the crazy shit that make good characters good. Manon just isn't that great, only real get-off-me is level 1, and ends up playing more like a typical grappler than a hybrid one such as Laura.

Denjin is supposed to be that crazy shit for Ryu, but it always ends up being more valuable to get Oki than to give it up for Denjin in it's current state. Also prevents Ryu from using the fireballs in general without expending the charge. So unlike Ken's Quick Dash (Run) which actively enhances his gameplay without needing to prep it in advance, Ryu's Denjin ends up being a detriment usually. He's the opposite of characters like Lily who rely on their stocks because they aren't all that solid without it, he instead is a solid character that gets no real benefit that outweighs his typical gameplan from his charge. The most the charge can do is be threatening and add a little bit more combo damage to a character who already hits you like a truck.

Simply can't compete with characters like Luke with Sand Blast and Perfect Knuckle, or Ken's insane corner carry and overall pressure when they can do everything Ryu wants to do but better as a result.

Dhalsim.