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TOP 55 Most Interesting Anime Characters

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People who added this item 4 Average listal rating (15 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 0
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (8 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 0
'I can cut the lines as long as I understand the death behind it. This means I can kill anything, even if that thing is a god.'

From Kara No Kyokai

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SSS+

[Light novel version has a little influence. Requires a certain amount of analysis of her development and her personnality with a high difficulty level.]

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People who added this item 3 Average listal rating (20 ratings) 8.8 IMDB Rating 0
'It's all useless.'

From Madoka Magica

-Analysis progression : almost ended

-Current class : SSS mid-tier

[Manga version has a little influence. Requires an outstanding amount of analysis through everything around her with an EXTREME difficulty level. The biggest involvement i've seen so far.]

"Homura" means "flame". A flame who will burn you until you understand her completely. However, her very existence has the purpose of providing the light of truth. This person is made to show how the world needs to change and she will remain the one who everyone hates because the truth becomes central to her soul. Of course, with all of that pressure, she may also begin to lose control and temporarily enter a hostile state after something important is nearly lost. Holding onto the truth may also become difficult when reality is bending itself and the world no longer seems the way it once was. In these cases, the flame will falter and cease to function until it can research and adapt to the situation enough to re-orient itself.
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (14 ratings) 9 IMDB Rating 0

' ... '

From Serial Experiments Lain

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : SSS~

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People who added this item 7 Average listal rating (25 ratings) 9.3 IMDB Rating 0
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From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni AND Umineko no Naku Koro ni

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : SSS~

[SPECIAL CASE]

-Undetermined amount of analysis concerning her multidimensional poems, her tricky games, her thorny metaphors and her "link" with a certain human pawn. Umineko's anime version is useless and incomplete, thus VN version (and manga version in a certain way) is the important one. On standby.
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (1 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 0
'No one fears death. They fear the life that leads up to death. If one could die without suffering, no one would fear death, right? Being alive is, itself, an exception. The natural state of things is death. And life is, itself, a kind of sickness. When the illness is cured, your life vanishes.'

From Subete Ga F Ni Naru


-Analysis progression : almost ended

-Current class : SSS-

-Novel version give a little more value to this outstanding character. Requires a huge and complex analysis of her thoughts, her words, her acts...

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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (6 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 0
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (8 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 0
' Good and bad are human concepts, so something that is not human cannot be classified as neither good nor bad.'

' Humans must think about living on. And, must also understand death. Most important, we must learn to understand the truth.'

From xxxHolic


-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : SS+

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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (8 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 0
From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SS+

[SPECIAL CASE]

-Requires an important analysis of her very existence and her "link" with a certain entity. Anime adaptation highlights her personnality. VN version, the important one, will give her many more depth.
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Ougi
'When the world is filled with red lights signaling danger, the world is safer than usual. But when it's filled with green lights signaling safety, it creates a place more dangerous than anywhere.'

From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : SS mid-tier

-Requires a pretty high level of analysis of her sarcasms, her deconstructed paradoxes, her situation scenarios and her foreshadowed acts in the story.
People who added this item 3 Average listal rating (10 ratings) 9.3 IMDB Rating 0
'The only thing waiting for you outside is a world of death.'

From Ergo Proxy

-Analysis progression : ended with a doubt

-Current class : SS mid-tier

-Requires a certain amount of analysis with a high difficulty level. One of the hardest.
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'One can destroy only things, one cannot change. This is so for me a person who left in the womb everything that was needed.'

From Tokyo Ghoul

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : SS mid-tier

-Requires a little level of analysis. Manga version has a high influence.
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Lucy
'When you are miserable, you need something that is even more miserable than you to feel good about yourself. Aren't we all monsters inside?'

From Elfen Lied

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SS mid-tier

-Manga version gives her more value. Requires a little/certain amount of analysis with a pretty high difficulty level (it's well hidden).
People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (0 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 0
From Harmony

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : SS mid-tier

-Requires a certain amount of analysis with an intermediate difficulty level.
People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (6 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 0
'Pino's reading a book !'

From Ergo Proxy

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SS mid-tier

-Requires a little analysis of her spiritual rebirth with a moderate difficulty level.
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'You're you. 'To be like you...' - it's not so ambiguous as that. No matter what you do, no matter how you change, it doesn't mean a thing. you're just you, no matter what.'
'So ephemeral and weak. But its shining with all its might. Thump, Thump, like a heartbeat. This is the light of life.'

From Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SS mid-tier

-Requires a little level of analysis and a neutral understanding of some of her acts which voluntarily are misleading.
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (6 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 0
'I always thought of humans as intelligent dominoes, since they tend to follow each other.'

From Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SS-

-Requires a little amount of analysis with a pretty high difficulty level. Novel version has a little influence.
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (2 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 0
'Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends. Our vision is protected by our common sense. Humans cannot live outside their box... under normal circumstances.'
'There are two ways to escape: escape without a purpose, and escape with a purpose. I call the former 'floating', and the latter 'flight'. You are the only one that decides which of the two your view of the world from on high was.'

From Kara No Kyokai

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SS-

-Requires a lot of analysis through her words.
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'Let the rain wash away your last days'

From Wolf's Rain

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : SS-

[SPECIAL CASE]

-Requires a little amount of analysis with a moderate difficulty level.
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (10 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 0
'It really shouldn't be all that uncommon - having a wish you'd go so far as to trade your life for. I think there are a lot of people in the world with wishes and desires like that. If we can't think of anything, it just means that we really haven't had anything that bad happen to us. We've had too much given to us and have become dull and stupid.'

From Madoka Magica

-Analysis progression : ended for now

-Current class : SS-

-Requires a certain amount of analysis with a challenging difficulty level.
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'Staying misfortunate is negligence. And not trying to become happy is cowardice.'

From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S+

-Requires a certain amount of analysis with an intermediate difficulty level. Depends a bit on how involved you are and to what extent you push into the thinking circle about her existence as a doll and her role in the story.
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (1 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 0
'Then Iโ€™ll curse both the future and this world and let go of the unbearable tomorrow too. In a place where no voices can be heard, Iโ€™ll stay there alone.'

From Mekakucity Actors/Kagerou Project

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S+

-MV version of her has a certain influence. Requires a little amount of analysis with a moderate difficulty level.

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'I told you, anything is OK, like saying you want me to end all my sentences with 'nyu' for a week. Or that you want me to not wear underwear to school for a week. Or that you want me to wake you up every morning for a week, wearing nothing but an apron.'

From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S+

-Requires a little level of analysis.
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (1 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 0
From Sarashi Asobi

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S+
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (8 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 0
From Ef - A tale of memories

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S+
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (1 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 0
'The way you hold back your tears despite your pain, and try so hard to smile...'

From Plastic Memories

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S+

-Requires a little analysis of her development.
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'It appears that the me inside you is not the true me. To be able to share absolute, unwavering pain with everyone... I believe that's what happiness is. If you don't regain your pain, I don't believe you can obtain true happiness.'

From Kiznaiver

-Analysis progression : ended for now

-Current class : S+
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From Mekakucity Actors/Kagerou Project

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S mid-tier

-MV version of her stories has a high influence. Requires a certain amount of analysis with a moderate difficulty level.
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (3 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 0
'Child of Man. What do you seek from this world?'

From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S mid-tier
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (0 ratings) 0 IMDB Rating 0
From Harmony

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S mid-tier

-Requires a little/intermediate level of analysis.
'I don't have any friends. I never thought that was a problem, but apparently society does. I don't understand what I say that makes people so mad. I don't understand how they feel. I know that's because I haven't properly socialized. I've tried to learn, I've tried to study up on it, but I just don't know what's right. Am I really unapproachable?'

From ReLIFE

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S mid-tier
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People who added this item 4 Average listal rating (22 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 0
'Who is Madoka? Is she an anime heroine or something of this kind? I wonder...'

From Madoka Magica

-Analysis progression : ended for now

-Current class : S mid-tier

-Requires a little amount of analysis with a low difficulty level.
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'Maybe there are copies of me on countless world lines. Maybe all their minds are connected, forming a single 'me.' That sounds wonderful, don't you think? Being in all times and in all places. A strong love for someone... a strong belief in something... a strong desire to convey something... If all those things go beyond time to create 'you'... ...then that would be magnificent.'

From Steins Gate

-Analysis progression : ended for now

-Current class : S mid-tier

-VN version has a little influence.
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From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S mid-tier
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From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S mid-tier

-VN version has a very high influence. Requires a little level of analysis. This character shows an incredible exercice of introspection in parallel of a psychological demolition.
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From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S mid-tier
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From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S mid-tier
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People who added this item 1 Average listal rating (11 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 0
From The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S mid-tier

-LN version has a deep influence. Requires a little level of analysis, but she's hard to read due to her emotionless state and her hidden acts.
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People who added this item 0 Average listal rating (3 ratings) 10 IMDB Rating 0
Ein
From Requiem For The Phantom

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : S-

-VN version doesn't influence.ย Requires a slight analysis.
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People who added this item 5 Average listal rating (19 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 0
From The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

-Analysis progression : ended for now

-Current class : S-
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From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S-
People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (16 ratings) 8.4 IMDB Rating 0
From Fate Series

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : S-
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People who added this item 3 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 9.7 IMDB Rating 0
From Danganronpa Series

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : A+
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From Danganronpa Series

-Analysis progression : not ended

-Current class : A+
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People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (12 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 0
From Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : A+

-VN version has a moderate influence.
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People who added this item 4 Average listal rating (13 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 0
From Monogatari Series

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : A+
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People who added this item 3 Average listal rating (18 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 0
From Mirai Nikki

-Analysis progression : ended

-Definitive class : A mid-tier
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In the most objective way as possible (based on my current watched list), it shows females characters who deserve a quite particular attention and present a certain originality in their own respective perspective.
Females characters who give us a message, who make us think about a subject or an idea, influence our thoughts, share a complex point of view, make us develop an empathy or other feelings etc...

This TOP 50 bases itself on criteria such as :
-a relationship between depth and personnality of the character
-a presence (or a justified absence) of certains vertues such like : devotion, self-sacrifice, questioning, self-mockery etc...
-a presence of an implicit aspect which obliges us to analyze a character and invest ourselves to understand him : his words, his psychology, visual details, a symbolism...
-his contribution to the story's development
-his concept (way to be introduced, exploited and completed, in an explicit or implicit optic)
-his character development
-his plausibility
-his background.
As a matter of fact, in a rare case where a character possesses all these things at the same time, he'll be generally top-ranked; but a speciality (with only 2-3 criteria) sometimes gets the upper hand over the versatility.
A manga or novel version of the character is counted if that makes him better or worst.

Rating system : "+" = high-tier, "-" = low-tier, "no sign" = mid-tier and "~" = undetermined-tier.

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