Yeah man that is exactly why Sakuya is my fav char.
I have actually thinking about rewrite why I chose Lucia as one of my fav girls from rewrite, but the more I think of Akane and Chihaya the more I want to say they are my fav chars… isnt that weird? Reconsidering a choice I have made in past and now I am actually almost changing it…
The main reasons are what you exactly said about chihayas decision to quit gaia, I have realised it some time after I played her route. And one of the main reasons I like her is that she is kinda different.
Even so, after all this, Sakuya is still my numero uno as a Key char.
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Heh, this is an interesting topic.
Overall Favorite: I said this in my introduction post, but my favorite Key character is Komari, from Little Busters. Something about her endless optimism just really gets to me, because even when things get hard for her, she finds it in her to smile both for herself and for others. I also really, really want to eat sweets with her. She seems like a good best friend. Her route also had a huge impact on me when I played it, which helped a lot. The lesson that you need to accept painful things in life if you want to really move on in your life was one I really needed at the time, and still think about today. That goes for Little Busters as a whole, I guess, but it was really driven home for the first time when Komari had to face the death of her brother.
Kanon: Shiori. I guess I just thought she was cute? I don’t know, it’s been a while since I read or watched Kanon, so I can’t give too many reasons as to why, but she’s always been my favorite.
Air: This is a tough one, but I guess it would be Misuzu. Clumsy heroines are just too cute. I guess it helps that she was the man heroine and, as a result, the most developed. Minagi is in a VERY close second though.
Clannad: Kotomi? I don’t know, I really liked at least SOMETHING about all of the Clannad characters, but something about the deadpan humor later in Kotomi’s route just cracked me up. I liked Nagisa, but I wish Kotomi could have had a bit more attention. it helps that I like childhood friends.
Little Busters: See favorite overall.
Rewrite: Shizuru, for sure, although I liked Kotori as well. I think I just really like weird heroines, because that’s the category that most of my favorites seem to be falling into. But Shizuru’s character design in particular is what won me over, even though Kotori’s way of speaking never failed to make me laugh.
Angel Beats: I really liked Iwasawa the best, because even though I’m not the most dedicated at it, I’m still an amateur musician (guitar and vocals), so I found her relatable. I’m really looking forward to First Beat for her route, so she can finally have more attention.
I really like the male characters in several of the games too (Sunohara and Kyousuke especially), but I can’t help but get more attatched to the heroines, I guess.
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nah it’s not weird. I also changed my choice from Tomoya to Kotarou in the other thread.
Right? That’s why Chihaya is actually pretty amazing~
spoiler to her route: she’s even able to bring the possessed Akane back from despair with a ‘talk no jutsu’!
Sakuya is annoying sometimes, but he’s so eccentric that I can’t hate him at all. ^-^
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“shake it Baby, Shake it”
LOL
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Fixed that for you 
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Kanon:
Female- Mai
Male- Yuuichi…although there aren’t many options
Air:
Female- Misuzu
Male- Ryuuya all the way
Clannad:
Female- Ushio, I dunno why I love her so much but she is so cute >.<
Male- Tomoya (as much as I love Akio, I can really sympathize with Tomoya’s life and decisions and stuff)
Little Busters:
Female- I wasn’t a fan of the female cast of LB! so much…I suppose Komari or Rin would be my favorite.
Male- KYOUSUKE AHHHHHH (I love Kengo and Masato too)
Angel Beats!:
Female- I dunno, I love them all. Shiina, Yui, Kanade, Yuri…
Male- Hinata, Hinata is so great. But I also love Noda and TK and Ooyama and Takamatsu and Otonashi and everyone
Charlotte:
Female- Ayumi, which is weird, because I usually don’t fall for the “kawaii imouto” thing
Male- Yuu
EDIT: And my favorite overall characters are probably a tie between Kyousuke and Hinata for the males and Shiina and Ushio for the females
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All aboard the Hinata train! Hinata best character yo
Indeed, I think what I love most about Hinata is that he comes across to me as quite selfless. He’s always there for Yuri, he’s there for Otonashi, he was there for Yui when she needed it most, and he makes a great roommate for Ooyama xD
Speaking of Ooyama, he never stood out to me in the anime, but in the small portion of the VN I’ve seen, I absolutely love him. Like, he’s just so adorable and funny, like a puppy. He reminds me of Riki but says things that make me laugh.
Then again, every character in AB! says things that make me laugh.
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You haven’t read Heaven’s Door yet have you?
Not yet; since school started I’ve been spending my free time playing FE, practicing the piano, and reading a book called Red Queen 
Once I set my mind to it, though, I’ll definitely read HD.
I was originally thinking Misuzu. first for her obviously pure heart and kindness. But she is not just kind, strong and earnest. Even when she is alone and in pain she still stays strong and doesn’t blame others, she takes everything on herself without feeling sorry for herself. she adorable and impressive and defintiely my second favorite key character. However despite this she is a relaticely flat character, almost too perfect, and every good character needs flaws.
That’s why my number one spot goes to Kyousuke Natsume. I love his carefree friendly exterior mixed with his caring and deep interior. Not only this but he is attractive, intelligent, athletic, etc but never thinks himself as better than others. Awesome and humble. However what makes him interesting are his flaws. the depression he sinks into in refrain really show his human side. He seems like an almost imperfect entity but when everything goes wrong he shuts himself up and gives in. But when Riki proves himself he is willing to move on and accept that Riki has the ability to be the leader of the little busters he really has a special place in my heart as one of the kindest and deepest character key has ever made.
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Well I might as well contribute to this topic by first posting this collage of my favorite Key characters I randomly decided to make a couple of hours ago.
And now I might as well explain myself and my choices.
Kanade (Angel Beats!): First off, she is my waifu as well as my all time favorite anime character, outranking other greats like Kamina from Gurren Lagann and Lucy from Elfen Lied (the latter of whom I considered my waifu until I watched Angel Beats!). I’ve got an undying love for the dandere archetype, Kanade being in my opinion the best example of this type of character. She’s soft-spoken and socially isolated (not really by choice), but still does what she can to help others. I personally relate to these character traits, and is the reason I have pretty much fallen for her.
Nagisa (Clannad): Even though I say Kotomi is best girl when you look at the harem aspect of the anime/visual novel (though where I stand now is just the anime since I’ve yet to read the VN), the way she contributes to the over arching story and Tomoya’s development as a character put her at the top of the cast. She’s almost childish and rather awkward at times, but is still very sweet and charming. More importantly, she gave Tomoya something to care about, someone to call family, and something to live for. I could also go into how her death was a major turning point in Tomoya’s life, but I think I’ve spent enough time on Nagisa for now.
Kyousuke (Little Busters!): The only guy on the collage through pure coincidence/process of elimination, he stands out as one of the very best. He’s charismatic, always looking for a fun time, and sees and treats every member of the Little Busters like family, old and new. However, the main reason he’s this high is because of all of the pain and suffering the he has went through for Riki and Rin to help them grow stronger, make them more independent and less reliant on him, and to prepare them for the harsh reality that awaited them in the real world. Kyousuke is a man who I would be willing to follow into the depths of hell and back while having a blast the entire time.
Mai (Kanon): Once again, I love dandere, Mai being another strong example of one. Beyond that, her chemistry and past history with Yuuichi I felt was the strongest among the girls. I think the one thing about her that appeals to me the most is that how misunderstood she is, whether it be the people in her past or the student counsel.
Yuri (Angel Beats!): One of the character archetypes that I love to see other than dandere and the occasional yandere would be the charismatic leader type characters, Yuri as well as the before mentioned Kyousuke being some of the best examples if you ask me. She’s energetic, playful, and borderline sadistic when she wants to, but is dead serious when she needs to. I think the best quality about her would be her love for those near and dear to her, and I think that stems from how in life she cared for her younger siblings who were taken away from her, and the guilt of not being able to save them lead her to share that same love with the other members of the Battlefront.
Yuiko (Little Busters!): I guess the main reason she’s here is because of how layered she is. She can be rather erotic (and she has the body to pull it off too) and seems to find a bit of a sadistic enjoyment out of messing with the other characters, but she also has an insecure side to her. Another aspect about Yuiko that I’ve fallen in love with is being able to ship her with Riki. At first, this doesn’t really seem like much since Little Busters! is more or less a harem (though I would personally argue for the latter), but it is for the fact that Riki was able to unintentionally teach her how to experience emotions, appreciate the company of others, and what it felt like to love, giving her the most depth of anyone in the cast behind Kyousuke and maybe Haruka.
Haruko (Air): What can I say about Haruko? At first, she seemed like a bad parent: drinking and distancing herself from Misuzu, but she honestly did everything she could for Misuzu. Again, she put a lot of distance between herself and Misuzu, but not because she didn’t care for her (quite the opposite actually), but because she didn’t want to get too attached to her in case Misuzu’s father was to come back for her.
Nao (Charlotte): Very similar to Kyousuke and Yuri, the first thing that appealed to me about Nao would be that she falls under the charismatic leader archetype, but there are several things about her that reminded me a lot of Yuri beyond the fact that they both play the role of leader in their respective groups: add a touch of tsun and have her be more in touch with her romantic feelings (even if it needed some work in the end) and you have one of my favorite characters to come out this year and one of my favorite characters from Key.
Yumemi (Planetarian): The best way I can describe Yumemi would be a symbol of life and hope in a word of death and despair. In the post apocalyptic hell that is the Planetarian setting, she provided a sense of normality. I also loved how she was able to soften the hardened and damaged Junker over the course of the visual novel: her presence acting as some true happiness in an otherwise ruthless world. I think the largest part of her character would be not only her sweet and kind nature, but her child-like innocence and her blind ignorance of what’s going on outside, making the events of the story hit that much harder. Who knew a visual novel with only two characters would end up producing on of my favorite characters from Key? I sure as hell didn’t expect it.
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My favorite Key’s character. This is a hard one, I like almost everyone the VNs of Key that I had read, I even liked (rewrite spoiler?) Suzaki and Brenda, well Brenda was actually for reading the AMIGO description that Kotarou made(Justice Boobs)
Now to chose my favorite, Hinata, because he is so badass, the only sidekick to actually get a GF and he is so amazing that he is even the MC of one manga.
But, Yoshino よしの ヨシノ 吉野 written as luck and field (rewrite spoiler) It matches a lot with his role in Akane’s route by the end) he got the first place because of:
WOW WOW WOW YOSHINO MINNA OMAE NI KANSHASHITERU WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW.
He made me laught a lot in common, in fact I fail to understand why some people didn’t liked the Yoshino humor, that hymn/fansong for Yoshino is the best Key joke that I saw.
Also: “mama, peel this pear for me”, Not even Kotarou nor Kotori were able to withstand this.
Another favorite of mine are Shizuru, Mai and Kotomi, they are so lovable, maybe I like girls who are easy to tease and act cute when they seriously follow the joke.
As a side-note, Tomoya may have loved Kotomi more than Nagisa Kotomi was waiting for him for so long
But this girls doesn’t compare with Yoshino and Hinata, they are the best Key characters.
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Favorite Key character. Durrrr, Shizuru, no doubt. Her story is just beautiful, and might not appeal to everyone, but appealed to me very beautifully.
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My two favourite characters have always been and remain to this day Nishizono Mio, and Natsume Kyousuke from Little Busters.
If anyone has ever personally spoken to me before then you’ll know just how deeply I was inspired by both in a such a way that encouraged me to in my real life to pursue choices I never thought I would ever dream of following.
Letting go of deep rooted regrets from the past and battling with ones own self to accept their place in the world, coupled with someone who embodies will-power, with an unwavering determination to reach their goal no matter how difficult the path ahead might be.
It was reading into these 2 characters at a time of my life when I truly needed it which cemented Little Busters as a story which meant so much more to me than any other work of fiction I’d ever experienced, and it was largely the influence of how powerfully Mio and Kyousuke’s characters resonated with me.
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It probably doesn’t need to be said, but my favorite Key character (and naturally also my favorite Key female) is Haruka.
I think she has the best of any of Key’s character route (so I’m not including After Story, Refrain, Moon, Terra, or Planetarian here), but there’s lots to be said about her personality as well. I usually tend to dislike the super energetic playful types, but the way that personality factors into Haruka’s actual route was really well done and almost sort of served as a sort of deconstruction of the archetype. I think she’s also probably the only Key heroine who has such a heavy amount of absolutely wrathful dialogue. Her VA did such a great job conveying just how goddamn angry Haruka was during the events in her route - you could really feel Haruka just seething with hatred of Kanata, while also being frustrated because of how their relationship used to be. You could feel her anger as she rather immaturely lashed out at just about everyone and everything because of how her family is.
Perhaps above all, Haruka probably just had one of the most downright shitty situations of any Key character. This just makes it worse when you realize her energetic behavior is just her trying to cover up her feelings, as well as a deliberate ploy to get Kanata in trouble. The fact that her route was relatively grounded in reality and didn’t have any supernatural elements just made her troubles seem so much more relevant and real, and that made it really easy for me to feel sympathy for her plights.
Also, her route ending had one of the most glorious feelings of catharsis ever, and I really liked the fact that it sort of hammers that no one was really specifically at fault for what happened.
As far as my favorite Key male character goes, Little Busters once again takes it away with Kyousuke. Nevermind just how goddamn enjoyable the guy is, I think he’s one of the most brilliantly written characters in Key’s arsenal, and a interesting example of deliberately using a “perfect” character who doesn’t need any development to great effect. Kyousuke really feels like the proper protagonist - it’s ultimately him that got the childhood friends together, and it’s by his charisma that they’re still together at the start of the story. I had the distinct feeling that Kyousuke easily could have gathered the girls into the group on his own. Really, the development of Riki is basically getting Riki to become more like Kyousuke. You can really see just how Riki’s character is progressing based on his relationship with Kyousuke. This all culminates in Refrain, which literally has Riki recreating the events that led to the formation of the original Little Busters group.
Also, Kyousuke’s farewell scene man. I sort of like how Kyousuke’s sort of perfection leads to his own emotional turmoils being out of focus for most of the story, then suddenly he just delivers this grand, heartfelt speech that makes you realize that he probably feels the shittiest out of everyone. He loves the Little Busters more than anyone, and despite being the one who tried the hardest to make Riki and Rin grow, he truly doesn’t want to leave them either. He wasn’t childish like Kengo, and manned up and did what he had to do despite how much it fucking sucked. This one scene alone was all it took to elevate Kyousuke to being my favorite Key male, and I honestly think it’s the most powerful moment in Key history. Kyousuke’s VA just fucking hit it out of the park here, it really felt like the dude was bawling his eyes out as he just laid Kyousuke’s emotions bare.
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High five, man.
The Mio faction shall reign supreme!
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I also love Haruka the most. Her route was actually one of the best ones in the anime for me, heck, she was the best one. (I’m an anime-only for LB).
Other than Haruka, I also love Shizuru’s character
In her route, it showcases a lot of things about Shizuru, such as the fact that she erased her memories of her parents, and now they don’t even know who she was. Such a tragedy. But she still has hope. Then she looses more things. She even lost Kotarou in the end, his human form at least. The one person she cared the most about. She lost Touka. And then to make things worse, Shizuru and Kotarou couldn’t stop Kagari from having Salvation.
Shizuru must be one of the best Key-girls that was ever created. Personality-wise, character design-wise, trait-wise, and musical-wise (insert Carnation) (Insert Koibumi).
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