Lavender Fae the Star Ballerina: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/NjAvbAdwxxN9x
Carrie the Star Spelunker: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/Jw8qiNjt9VvwH
Charlotte Church the Star Community Benefactor: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/v37HympHMPri
Bennett Rodarte the Star Bounty Hunter: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/cYLaQpwQYMi
Micah Yandell the Star Archaeologist: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/t3HMMm3Tmx6et
Klifford Pratt the Star Pediatrician: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/anGZJ6kGFWh
Matt Gustily the Star Mechanic: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/VJkwHjpgC9s4f
Ciro Pérez the Star Sushi Chef: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/JWf4fTfnAyNHb
Benjamin Bledsoe the Star Torture Specialist: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/nnbSfZ4SNyG
Shizune Takata the Star Typist: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/i6632rNXirzC
Ivan Ivanov the Star Officer: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/LdxXmyneTAATs
Daniel Kennedy the Star Drill Instructor: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/L5CDTs3bJGpGX
Oliver Abrams the Star Performer: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/W4KXQK4W5E4Z
Sebastian Torr the Star Cleaner: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/iDXb74hamex4A
Brandy Henn the Star Treasure Hunter: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/mcLwmw2ctucw
Nail/Haley the Star Duality: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/fGxmadvhV55T
Enola Gardner the Star Poet: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/fNrSPZPcf8r

Tentmates:

Matt and Benjamin (Orange Tent): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/c7Syjn6deBEsf
Oliver and Ivan (Blue Tent): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/NpDwDtU23Uq
Brandy and Charlotte (Green Tent): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/CBjAbAXxJLWMM
Sebastian and Klifford (Purple Tent): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/CRhTSpZ89Vp7V
Bennett and Lavender (White Tent): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/a8eXqf6FUVU
Micah and Shizune (Yellow Tent): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/EGyvDvad6YZR9
Ciro and Daniel (Red/Black Tent): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/FbMQD4R7WjMvW
Carrie and Nail (Outside): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/4F7EEpwWxNinC

Other:

Brandy and Carrie: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/TDPvf8E73gk
Brandy and Nail: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/rn6gLG8GZtM
Ciro and Ivan: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/WGg6ipnA5r3
Charlotte and Benjamin: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/8B4cSaW7HjpU
Ciro and Benjamin: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/2RdTq6NY6iDk
Bennett and Brandy: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/LDEKcJx6YRi
Sebastian and Bennett: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/RrPYNuPXUwVt9
Charlotte and Bennett: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/WxqEik3DuJ8cX
Oliver and Brandy: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/3m7tP3gpv3KuK
Klifford and Shizune: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/yYPYNGJap9msY
Sebastian and Shizune: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/rcyh2eTzQ7H
Sebastian and Matt: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/jJWrCmLPVYa
Haley and Brandy: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/mMbgAbdT3pc
Sebastian and Brandy: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/xiH7uW27kBhK2
Benjamin and Sebastian: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/7jUY3M3Kt6r
Oliver and Klifford: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/G8c8m3wPpmQc
Benjamin and Oliver: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/6ATEz5Zw4AJnd
Brandy and Klifford: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/cY84DPGH3Ww

Ghost Party: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/Mcjwu7i6L5HFv
Spooky Movie Theatre 5: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/22dB4rTquU7S

Lower Ice Cavern: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/DEbbQcNUTYje

Nail/Haley and Brandy (Fantasy Suite): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/P7cmBBv2VREXP
Enola and Oliver (Fantasy Suite): https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/kE72SHaWJTs9T

Enola and Sebastian: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/hWJjg8y4Wtv
Enola and Brandy: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/2cCMp6KDpyJ
Enola and Ivan: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/6V59962bBTK
Nail and Belphegor: https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/JTXZb2dgcuw

**NOTE: I mixed in the GM characters because they are just as important to the experience as the players. Do note, however, that the only character I outright hated was Micah, because even ones like Ciro and Bruce have better meme potential**

1. Enola - One-chapter wonder, even though we've been seeing stuff from her the whole game. I know Brandy's/my theory the whole time was that she was the mastermind, but I'm so glad she wasn't. She was fun to have as a party member at the end. Her role in the narrative was my favorite thing about the game. A+ to PB for writing all of those poems.

2. Charlotte - Finally, some good fucking food. Just copy/paste PB's opinion of her and put it here. She was a really good anchor character for Brandy, though, like Bennett whose ranking I wrote before this, she died a little earlier than she should've.

3. Benjamin - I didn't care for Benjamin much until the end, but his writing his really good and effective, and almost everything about him works. Also, I'm of the opinion that this game didn't need a ??? talent and that it's a cliche that needs to die. The only other criticism is that an outsider in a game where the premise is that everyone knows each other was kind of annoying.

4. Sebastian - The first non-GM Panda character I've interacted with. He actually reminded me of Taylor at first for some reason, but that quickly went away. His growth and presence in the story was really well-done, and I liked his promise to Shizune. He was really fun to interact with as Brandy (though I think we should've done more in-thread and that's mostly my fault).

5. Klifford - Not gonna rail on inactivity. I like Klifford conceptually and in practice, though I wish the sock puppets had more chances to be used. I liked his role in Chapter 3 a lot, and his gambling addiction was really effective and felt like it was one of the few vices in this game that was properly utilized, from its foreshadowing on the radio all the way up to his death.

6. Ivan - Really fun to watch his love for the town shine through in a lot of instances. I expected him to kill at some point, but he is another victim of my problems with Chapter 5's plot and structure. Overall the ending of his arc felt rushed as a result. Otherwise, his posts were very fun to read.

7A. Nail - I was very iffy on Nail from day 1. I like his role in the team, though sometimes him outright doing nothing was frustrating. I also think that him being the mastermind was something that was way too obvious as a red herring, so when he was actually revealed to be that it was really weird. I think that maybe if the approach to Chapter 5's entire case was different (something I'll get to later) the reveal wouldn't have suffered as much.

7B. Haley - I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but having another female, blue-haired character who acts like a massive prick that is also the mastermind (or part of, in this case) sounds a little familiar... Nonetheless, I enjoyed Haley for what she was, though I felt she was far more one-note as a result of less screentime, which is fine, really. I had fun figuring out she existed in Chapter 3. Not much else to say about her.

8. Oliver - Better than Taylor. Collin really tried to post when he could, and when he did it was good, so Oliver's slight inactivity I'm willing to gloss over. I liked Oliver just generally being nicer than Taylor and actually having positive interactions with the cast. He's also a good survivor.

9. Bennett - Needed one more chapter to screw around, in my opinion. Also needed to post more, but we've been over that on Discord. I really like his reveal and interactions with Brandy, though. His execution is still my favorite in the game, and the idea of him being a serial killer was good conceptually, but again maybe needed one more chapter of foreshadowing. He felt like a Chapter 4/5 killer in the second Chapter, which really threw me off.

10. Matt - Had a nice arc and was overall fun to watch yell at shit (Ch3 was the best), but Cold's grammar sometimes made reading his dialogue a bit of a chore.

11. Brandy - I know that a lot of you like her, but I feel like I really messed a lot of things up when writing her. After writing Skylar as a mostly un-apologetically mean prick, I wanted to try getting out of my comfort zone and writing someone a little (or a lot) nicer, but not to Nana levels of diabetes-inducing sweetness. I didn't want to give the impression that all of my characters would follow the same mold. I agree with most of Lone's points in particular, especially that her arc doesn't really make a lot of sense. My thing with not wanting to talk to Charlotte and so on in Chapter 3 has to do with the fact that I didn't want Brandy's character to revolve around someone else. Odds are, if I brought up Charlotte and Bennett more, everyone would've been like "Brandy talks too much about those two people what's her personality," or something. Brandy's arc is a lot more subtle than someone like Sebastian, but it's there. Her arc was more built around not wanting to be seen as inferior due to her disability, because I honestly didn't expect Charlotte and Bennett to die so early, which heavily affected the direction I wanted to go. So yeah, Brandy's thing is not wanting to be seen as inferior, which ties into her vice, which is her own self-doubt. She's constantly second guessing herself and wants to be "the hero" (as shown when she gets snippy at the idea of Sebastian and Benjamin always figuring things out, as well as trying to prolong letting Benjamin go free for as long as possible). I agree I could've done better, but it's nice to see that a lot of people liked her anyway since I don't usually write characters like her.

12. Shizune - This was not the game for this type of character. I like Shizune a bit, but this was not the game to use her in. I recall Franzise saying she didn't think the game would literally just be caves, so that might have something to do with the choice to use Shizune. You could tell Fran was tired with the story's tone by Chapter 3. Shizune didn't belong in this setting, unfortunately.

13. Daniel - He was good. Very one-note, but entertaining enough for me to not mind him living a long time. Yeah that's it.

14. Belphegor - Just an overall uninteresting Monokuma-type character. He was just too... dry. Like, there was just something I can't put my finger on that put me off of the character. I think it's maybe that his introduction was really good, but the rest of his time on screen was just a huge departure from that threatening first impression.

15. Carrie - Was a fun first victim and played the part really well. For a shitpost character, she was very entertaining.

16. Lavender - First killer who was fine, I guess. Nothing to really say about her.

17. Ciro - The most frustrating character for me. Lone's general apathy for the game really didn't help at all, and seeing Ciro just do random shit with little regard for others was really grating. I only have Nina to compare him to, so I guess she was better. That said, Ciro is a funny meme. Who else could dive into a moving car, move a large man out of the driver's seat, and start driving?

18. Bruce - This game didn't need a mascot character. At least, not a talking cartoon bat. I get that there needed to be a helpful GM character, but there had to be a better way to do it. Bruce broke the tension and took me out of the game nearly every time he spoke, which is why I'm glad he was barely present in the last two chapters.

19. Micah - You were all there for that day on Discord. I don't think I need to repeat myself. Nanjo stepping up to the plate was cool, though, but by that point it was too late.

BONUS: Beelzebub - Didn't really like his character arc :/ The part where he said that all women are thots really didn't sit right with me sorry bro

SC’s F5 Character Ranking


Althea Agnes- Easily the best character from this game and to me, probably my favourite F character ever. Althea was funny, well written and pure. Even when she attempted to kill I really felt bad for her and I felt even worse seeing her realise that she couldn't save her grandpa. It was even better seeing her try to atone and put in the effort during trials. I also liked how she provided the more human reactions to all the bad things that happened in-game, and her backstory was pretty great too. My biggest criticism is that her attempted murder didn’t have too much of an effect on the cast afterwards but that’s more on the others than her. Overall, fantastic character. Had a lot of fun with her and my FTE with her is one of my personal highlights of the game even despite its rather chaotic ending. Doot really played her well and I’m glad she was given a chance to survive because she really deserved it.

Elijah Miller- I didn’t initially suspect I would be putting Eli this high, but here we are. Eli was a pretty cool guy and was one of the more helpful people in the trials. I was a little sceptical of him in the beginning given his talent and his dry, snarkier personality but he really grew on me through the game, especially in chapter 4. Guy was dedicated and also had some of the more humane reactions to a lot of things in-game. I liked the Ryan subplot as well as how it was handled. It gave a good closure to his character overall, and it was also an interesting moment for Evelyn to react to which also helped a lot. He did play the straight man role really well and could have been good protagonist material had he survived, though his motive was also an interesting antithesis to his character. Not sure I would put him above Anissa or Simon but he was definitely good as a character in his own right.

Nicos Agne- And right after Eli we have the other chapter 4 killer here! Nicos was a pretty funny guy who I wish I’d gotten to know better. He was cool and humorous and provided a lot of levity in the cast. He could have survived the game and I wouldn't have minded but I’m happy with his role as Hoshiko's killer. His motive was good and explained his actions well. Wish I learnt more about him but he’s my second favourite Pancakes character for sure (behind Ryuji). Never dipped too low for me either unlike other characters.

Vic Terry- It says a lot about the cast that Vic is this high even despite killing in chapter 1. Still, guy was pretty cool. I liked his simplistic talent as well as his silly pun name. He really felt like an F1 character in that regard and worked very well, leading to some of the more amusing moments in chapter 1. His motive was also really good and the murder being an accident really fit him. His backstory was also a good twist which made use of the futuristic setting rather well. Biggest complaint about him though would be his typing style, which really did bug me a lot and got on my nerves a bit, but he still does deserve to be this high. It did help him a lot that he died early on so we had mostly positive memories of him, though.

Evelyn Dø, alias Eve- Yeah, seriously. Your eyes aren’t fooling you, Eve is indeed in my top 5! She was still a good character in her own right though. I really liked how she wasn't first victim but played up to be that way. Her mannerisms and style of speech were also quite amusing and fit her well as the Monokuma figure of the game. The only reason she isn't even higher is because she was deliberately subdued in the later chapters to prevent her outshining the other students. Though even with that she still places this high, which speaks for itself.

Hoshiko Izumi (played by the GMs)- No I'm not kidding, you guys will get no bullshit from me! I absolutely loved how you guys wrote her in her trial and her post-trial. She was quiet as hell but well-meaning with great motives, and felt like a pretty complete character despite how little we actually know about her. Well, not that little, but still, it kills me that Mecha was inactive again after making such a unique character concept with the twins thing but whatever.

Marshall Keyes- Marshall was an interesting character who contributed a lot to the group dynamic. He definitely made an impact on me and had meaningful interactions and relationships with a good deal of the characters. His personality was good and I appreciate the difference he made overall. So why is he so low then? Mainly because of the way he died. I did appreciate the steroids twist a lot and it explained his behaviour very well, plus the fact that he destroyed Eve’s physical form was also good. In the end though it still felt too anticlimactic that he had to go out in an event like that and the lack of reaction to his death also felt underwhelming. Perhaps if he had gotten a more involved role, I would have preferred it but now it’s too late for much more, so ultimately he stays here.

Kyoya Okamura- I really got excited by the idea of Kyoya at the start of the game, mainly because of the hilarious gimmick and talent. But it wore out by chapter 1 and it lost its charm, leaving Kyoya as a character who was...alright, I guess? I appreciated how genuinely empathetic he was and how nice he was but I feel we got to learn surprisingly little about the boy himself before he died. And if the way Marshall died was anticlimactic, Kyoya’s was even worse. It worked as a motive for Eli to kill but for Kyoya, it just felt awkward and unfitting, contrasted with the pretty badass ending Hoshiko got. I also thought he didn’t make use of being ‘seen’ in chapter 3 as well as I would have like him to. I did like the slight backstory reveal at the end of the chapter 4 trial but at that point it didn't feel enough to make him really feel complete, which soured him a lot for me. Probably my least favourite JM character, honestly.

Olivia Watson, alias Skylar Culver- Skylar was an interesting character for me. I really liked her a lot at the start of the game. She had a fun personality, could be witty but could also act like a jerk sometimes. Her talent was pretty fun too for an F game. Unfortunately, as the game went on I grew to like her much less, even flat out disliking her at a lot of points. I thought that her posts got more laconic and annoying to read, even though they still had that creative flair to them; and she just became more and more of a jerk, to the point where it just seemed to be a weird flanderization of her character more than anything else. That said though, her role as the mastermind in the end was good and she definitely benefited from the role the most out of all the survivors. It did explain her jerkiness quite well and she did put up a good confrontation in the end. That said, I still would have preferred if she just didn't act like a jerk anyway, because she could be pretty brash about it and it felt very unsubtle. Her post in chapter 4 literally celebrating student deaths felt a little too over the top, for example. I also feel kind of sad that the twist also meant that ‘Skylar’ really was just a façade, which to me took away from the character a bit. That said though, she’s still one of the better characters, at least among the final cast. It’s really hard to put into words how I feel about her at the end though, because my feelings sort of went all over the place regarding her. Ultimately I think this is an appropriate position for her- she’s high enough mainly for creativity in concept and personality but low enough because of a few glaring flaws which worsen her in comparison to the above characters.

Nana Izumi- Nana was also a strange case for me, because I didn't really like her for a good deal of the game. I thought her talent as well as her personality seemed quite onenote and bland; and her naïveté, while amusing at times, didn't really do much for me. Then chapter 4 came with her sister’s death and while I appreciated what it did for her character, it felt pitifully little. Mainly because their relationship didn't really feel that natural for me. I’ll concede that none of this was on Nana, but it still dampened her character development for me. That being said, I enjoyed the look at how she was coping with surviving all alone in the final chapter and how absolutely drained and miserable she was while still trying to normalise herself. It was pretty interesting and made me appreciate her character more. I can see why people like her but for me, it didn't really change that she was mostly just sort of the same for the first four chapters, which ultimately did damage her for me. She’s still fine character-wise but it did feel mildly disappointing to me seeing her stay the same a lot. Honestly speaking, she’s probably my least favourite, maybe second least favourite Franzise character (after Ohishi) at this point.

Nina Smith- After letting it sit for a while, Nina is alright as a character to me. Not really that great but she definitely didn't piss me off as badly as say, Bud or Shirly at least. Was decently active and memorable and was surprisingly helpful in trials considering her personality. Her being the chapter 2 killer was definitely a pleasant surprise and was well timed. I was glad she didn't overstay her welcome like a good deal of the characters did. Still could be a far too edgey and way over the top with some of her posts to the point where I stopped taking her seriously as a character, which was pretty damaging. Definitely not the worst of Lone’s characters, at least.

Evelyn Rosemary Scythe- And now we get to my own character. I know you're probably going to think I’m a narcissist for ranking my own character this, but I’m going to subvert that by saying the opposite. Overall, I feel kind of unsatisfied with Evelyn and I definitely concede there were some missed opportunities with her. This is mostly on me and not really on the GMs. She was pretty generic and blended in more compared to previous characters but also didn’t have too much group chemistry with the other characters. Also didn't have too many shining moments and I wish I took more advantage of the prosopagnosia thing than I had. I did like the relationships with the characters she bonded with and I liked how she became more emotional and amiable as the game went on, plus the fact she was helpful in the last two trials was nice, but she definitely felt too bland and so-so for her character to really work well. Overall, I’d probably put her in the lower half when ranking my characters- not as great as Terry or James or even Cox (though I know most people would probably put her above Cox) but at least she’s not Chisami? I can definitely understand if people rank her much lower than I did though, since she didn’t really do that much for a good portion of the game.

Gawain Hall, alias ADAM- Adam was surprisingly alright. Pleasant, amicable and really helpful during trials as well! I liked the twist that he was Siri’s brother, though ultimately that didn't change much. Still, he was sort of bland and generic, but ironically he might be my second favourite Kachu character behind Silas.

Takumi Tsukuyomi, alias Honda- Honda is extremely weird to talk about for me. In a way, he’s sort of my guilty pleasure of the game. Not that he’s bad or anything. His concept was pretty interesting to me and I liked his talent. His personality was very pleasant at times and he could be pretty amusing too. He also had mostly positive relationships with the rest of the cast, which was nice (though I feel his relationship with Skylar didn't feel expanded upon that well in-thread). There was also just something...really nice about his posts that resonated with me for some reason, leading me to like him a lot more than I expected to. That said, he still did have a lot of his own problems. He could be passive and a little unhelpful at times during the trials and his DL posts were mostly just adequate. I also kind of found it weird that he smoked cigarettes and used modern swears, since that was a weird contrast with his talent, and his backstory seemed surprisingly edgey for him. Still doesn’t really make me like him less. If anything, even though he’s ranked this low, he’s actually my second most ‘liked’ survivor behind Althea, subjectively speaking. He was just enjoyable to me in a strange way. Definitely Salem/Joker’s best character by far, though that’s not saying much. I can understand if some others rank him lower than I did, though I was reasonably close to putting him above Adam.

Nick Anderson- Nick was pretty unmemorable as a character overall. I did appreciate his role as a teacher and thought it made for an interesting dynamic, but sadly I don't think it really got used to its full potential. He was pretty bland and generic as a character to me as well, to the point where I even forgot he existed in chapter 2. He was also pretty passive which definitely did not help him stand out at all within the cast, and his writing style just felt out of place in an F game. I liked his post trial originally, but in revisiting it...bleh. I have nothing against “thank you friends” post trials as they’ve been termed now, but it just felt too generic and silly for me to swallow, especially since it was coming from someone who didn't have much chemistry with the rest of the cast as well. I did appreciate his passing down of the torch to Marshall at least, and their rivalry in-thread was interesting. The most I really have to say for him is that he died pretty early on and got a semi-decent sendoff, so at least he never outstayed his welcome in comparison to some of the other characters.

Rose Péchard- Rose was a pretty gigantic anticlimax as a character. I thought she was good initially in the first chapter and had a fun, unique personality (though even then she wasn’t that high); and her role in chapter 2 was also pretty good and out there. The fact that she was willing to desecrate Vic’s corpse to protect herself was stupid but felt in-character for her. And then...chapter 3. She didn’t do much but I thought her dying was a good move at the time. And then...she didn’t. This not only made the cast feel pretty bloated, but also felt pointless for Rose’s character, mainly because F took zero advantage of it to develop her character further. And so instead, she just stood by the sidelines doing pretty much doing jack squat, and I forgot she even existed on multiple occasions. The fact that she didn't even do anything useful in trials also was ultimately to her disadvantage and her passivity alone pretty much made her one of the worst survivors just by default. At least had she stayed dead during chapter 3, I would have placed her three or four spots higher. I can see why F wanted to live longer than chapter 3 for once, but I think he definitely should have had a better plan for developing Rose beyond that, because she felt like a big waste of a character by the endgame.

Annabella Hale- Annabella was pretty bad as a character. I felt nothing about her during the first two chapters and barely even remembered she was a character at all. Her passiveness combined with her antisocial personality made for a pretty bad fit for the cast. Then chapter 3 happened and made her even worse by taking her away from her dolls. Instead of using this to further her character more, she just kept rambling on about her dolls non-stop, which was repetitive as hell as well as extremely irritating in general. Felt very unpleasant to even try to talk to. Then chapter 4 happened and with Kyoya’s death, she finally managed to exhibit a little something most well-adjusted humans happen to possess called “emotion”. And while this was a sight for sore eyes and I liked her emotional breakdown followed by her change in attitude the next awkward cafeteria scene, it also was just a case of too little too late. Because it took four chapters for her to reach this point, which meant tolerating her till then and even then she hardly really made use of it in the following DL and trial. So overall, she ranged from bland to just unpleasant for me and was definitely a pretty horrible character. That said, I at least appreciate the attempt at developing her character, even as late as it was, though it didn't end up mattering that much in the end.

Siri Hall- Well, after letting more time sit, Siri still does nothing for me. I even went back and reread her chapter 1 posts to see if I was missing anything else to her, but nope. The problem I have with her was really that she died too soon. I know Jirou was busy and wasn’t actually planning to live longer but even still, it just felt too sudden and left a sour taste in my mouth, especially since I felt like I never got to properly know her. I’m not sure if I would have liked her more had she lived longer, but I’d have at least appreciated it more. I guess she was kind of nice, and the scene where she got drunk was kind of amusing, but it was hard to really get much from. Even her being Gawain’s sister didn't really change much for me. I think it might have just been her typing style which put me off. This is also why I generally don't like making first victims who aren't played by the GMs (or someone who’s not really in the game). It makes for a huge shock at first, sure, but once that subsides it kind of just hits you that you barely even knew them. And with the amount of subs who didn’t even get to do anything at all, it can feel pretty disappointing for someone like Siri to just come and go, as it feels like a waste of a character slot. Apparently she is more popular with the others though, so I might just be alone in this opinion altogether. Still, I definitely think it’s more effective in the long run to let more “serious” players in rather than wasting a slot on someone who won’t even really get a chance to develop their character.

Taylor Fournier- Taylor is easily the worst of the actual characters for me. Even though he wasn't actually a survivor himself, he pretty much epitomises the worst traits of the other F5 survivors. Those being his bland character concept, his passivity, his antisocial personality (which was especially prevalent at the start of the game) and just not really doing anything interesting at all. Personality wise his lack of socialising with the others, especially early-game, hurt him severely and he pretty much was like just a quieter/more vulgar/less charismatic version of Bryan in that regard. Him being the Ultimate ??? also didn't help matters and just made him blend in more, making him feel kind of like nothing. Even his talent reveal did nothing for me and he just sort of continued being boring afterwards anyway, albeit slightly nicer I guess? His post trial in chapter 5 was also sort of the same and changed very little of how I thought of him. As a character, he’s definitely one of the biggest disappointments of the game to me. Not quite as bland as Liza, I suppose, but by god does he come close in a lot of respects.

Hoshiko Izumi (played by Mecha)- Well, you guys probably all saw this one coming. Yup, last place goes to the biggest non-character since Rina and Liza, Hoshiko! At least the way Mecha played her, which is to say not at all. I think the reason Hoshiko is so infamous now isn’t because of her inactivity alone. We’ve had several others before who were also way too inactive. And in some ways, Hoshiko is actually better than them. Her talent was nice and I liked the idea of the twins thing in theory. Some other character stuff like her sleepiness, her bag and her love of her sister were pretty neat as well, and as previously mentioned I did actually really appreciate her role in chapter 4. But you know what really makes Hoshiko worse than all of the other inactives? She lived for four chapters. At least with the other inactives, you could say they all did get offed early on, like chapter 1 and 2, maybe 3 at most. But Hoshiko lived for 4, literally 4 goddamn chapters! And she barely even posted in any of those four chapters, about as much as some people have in a single chapter! Like even by chapter 3, she made a grand total of one post. This was also another reason I didn’t like chapter 3 not killing everyone, because it felt like such an absolute waste of time. She barely had any in-thread chemistry with her own sister, leaving poor Franzise all on her own! And since Nana couldn’t do much about it, she also suffered for her sister’s inactivity. The subs must have felt even worse. I know I would be pretty pissed seeing someone live for that long without even doing anything. She felt like an absolute waste of a character slot and I’m heavily disappointed Mecha just gave up like that halfway through. One could easily argue that she is the worst F game character, and honestly? I would be easily inclined to agree.




And that brings us to the end of my ranking! It took me far too long to write, but it’s finally done with! I definitely did have a lot to say in the end though, so let me end with a writeup on the cast as a whole.

If I had to sort these characters into tiers, Althea would be in S-Tier for sure. Then Eli till Hoshiko played by the GMs would be in A-Tier; Marshall till Skylar would be in B-Tier; Nana till Nick would be in C-Tier; and then Rose till Taylor would be in D-Tier. Hoshiko played by Mecha would be in a special ‘Meme-Tier’ just because of how long she lasted despite not doing anything. Marshall and Kyoya are admittedly somewhat borderline on A/B-Tier as well but ultimately I felt it was more appropriate to move them down to B-Tier. Same thing goes with Nana being in B-Tier, since I felt there was a considerable difference between her and Nina but she did feel more C-Tier than B-Tier.

As you can tell, a lot of these characters ended up somewhere in C/D Tier, with an abnormally small number of characters ending up in A-Tier. This pretty much is an accurate representation on how I feel about the F5 cast. Far too many characters were extremely bland and generic in personality (and I’ll admit I was also a part of the problem in a sense) and just felt entirely forgettable.

The survivors also happened to be mostly people who emphasised these problems especially, making them perhaps my least favourite set of survivors in an F game yet. I had a huge problem also really liking a lot of them and the general passivity only worsened things for me. In a sense, it might be about as bad as F2’s cast, which even though it had its bad eggs, its good characters were really good. For the most part here, my feelings towards a majority of the characters were primarily indifference and apathy, which is even worse than normal dislike. The fact that I wasn’t really able to get the cast at all really did hinder my enjoyment this game by a lot.

I’ve already mentioned it several times now but the chapter 3 “gimmick” of nobody actually dying was by far the biggest drawback for the cast. It really sucked that nobody died at all and felt meaningless, especially since everybody mostly forgot that it even happened next chapter and hardly even referenced it, which sucked a lot. It also just made the cast feel super bloated more than anything and the fact that the people who were roaming around the jungle were the exact people who were enjoying themselves in the carnival felt stale. It was an ambitious idea but it hindered more than it did help. And despite how many people died in chapter 4, the remaining cast still were too high in number, which was pretty sucky, especially since almost all the “great” characters died just leaving behind the C and D-Tiers. It just wasn’t impressive at all.

I think some blame for this also does fall onto the length of the game itself. It is by far the longest forum game I’ve participated in at a whopping three months, and I’m sure it’s the same for most other people as well. I’m sure others have had other stuff happening for them which they didn’t expect to take place during the game, and for some that would mean this game needs to go on the backburner. So in a sense, it’s actually not too surprising how many people were inactive during the latter part of the game especially. Though that doesn’t excuse some people who never really posted anyway, be it in trials or DL.

Ultimately, my cast ranking for each F game goes like this:

F4> F3> F1> F5> F2

I don’t think that this cast has quite the same bad quality to it as F2’s despite what I said, but they were still pretty poor nevertheless, not even holding a candle to F1’s cast in that regard. F3 and F4 are still pretty close to me but F4’s is slightly higher due to more consistency and such.

But yeah, that concludes my writeup. I wrote a lot more than I even expected to and was very critical in a lot of areas about the cast. I don’t think it had anything to really do with the sci-fi theme for the most part, some characters were bad regardless. I do appreciate the more ambitious ideas this game though, and I can only hope we all manage to build off from it in the future for F6, whenever that will be. Thank you all for reading this huge thing, and I hope that you all got something from this. For now… See you all around.

~SC

1) Charlotte

Most people like Charlotte but I haven't really seen her as a favorite, but she was definitely my favorite. I guess with my personality I have more fun or relate to the comical/hyperactive characters and in a pretty bleak game, she stood out a lot. Definitely helped that I was a part of the exclusive QT with her and the others. Really good presence, okay exit. A ton of fun. I think if she had just one more chapter she could have had a really awesome ending.

2) Daniel

Definitely Matt's best character. Objectively he'd probably be lower but me having a pre-existing relationship sort of interferes with my biases. I like how he wasn't really a hero and I wish me and Matt interacted with each other more, but it was adequate enough. His exit was good. Sleepytime was a little extra. But I can't really complain about him lugging a sofa into the middle of a trial. If he was more active he would have been much better.

3) Enola

Her involvement was definitely a surprise and she was solid all around. She could have had a better role in the story with her family. I was thinking about who to put in my top 3 and Enola didn't really pop into mind at first, but I thought her appearance was totally cool and made chapter 5 substantially more interesting.

4) Matt

I'm putting this guy up here because objectively he's definitely the most fleshed out and dynamic character of F6. His backstory and everything is somewhat basic but was used well. I honestly was not a huge fan of parts of his personality (there were several parts that felt very "nothing personnel kid") which is definitely a hot-take but I'm very impressed with how he turned out in the end. So he's up here.

5) Brandy

Personality-wise she stood out to me? What I realized is personally I think a huge cast of really serious bros and girls is kind of stale for a game with a socialization element (a lot of the other non-serious ones weren't too active) so that's probably why Brandy is higher up than most people. Not that we should have 16 eccentric sexual deviants who love to drink and do drugs. But I mean, socialization is a pretty significant part of Danganronpa in general, so I guess I realized with this game that a majority-serious cast kind of hinders that aspect. Maybe. I realize a lot of that wasn't about Brandy but whatever.

6) Lavender

Another hot-take I guess. I think she was a great first killer. She played up her role really well and her interaction with Benjamin during the reveal was super badass. It's not like she was indifferent because she was lazy or didn't care -- at least, I didn't feel that way. Obviously I guess she could have been more active but I thought she was very cool.

7) Sebastian

His relationship with Bennett was interesting as hell. I do sort of echo the sentiment of others that he was pretty basic aside from that.

8) Benjamin

Okay, so hot-take #3 or 4. I think most people would put him higher. His role in Chapter 4 was very cool. My personal placing of him here is somewhat unfair, and I already talked about the Ciro x Benjamin thing which definitely impacts this rating. I talked about why, but I sort of realized later that a huge reason of why this bugged me was because the parties involved implied that Lone could have used the opportunity to "make Ciro look cooler" or essentially make his character look better. But with that scenario, there was really no way to, and so it came off as really self-serving, which is why it rubbed the wrong way so much. I didn't really talk about this while ranting earlier, so I'll mention it now: this is less about consent and more about having a really self-serving moment that didn't serve anyone else. Of course, if Lone gave consent, that's not an issue, because it's possible to want to bring your own character down. But to put it under the guise that "you could have done this" when it wasn't really possible rubs me the wrong way because a huge part of why these games are successful is because everyone ideally cooperates and has fun together, and we shouldn't lift ourselves up at the expense of someone else. (That's where consent comes into play with moments like this).

Obviously that wasn't the intention and I realize I'm being pretty unreasonable about this (especially since this was talked about before). And I'm sure I and others are guilty of this before. But to me, it was most apparent in this moment. So this placement is pretty unfair and Benjamin probably deserves to go up higher. But I'm in a hot-take mood so yeah.

9) Shizune

I echo the sentiment that she was pretty passive and WC made a good point about his Shizune would have been much more successful in a different game. I pretty much enjoy all of Fransize's characters and think she's usually one of the best players. I liked Shizune's concept a lot and I think her death was done really really well.

10) Oliver

He was a chill dude with an okay-executed character arc that was kind of done before. I think I liked Bryan better. But Oliver was cool.

11) Klifford

He was a cool dude who I think if I got to know more would probably be higher. Fewer posts in thread so I didn't really get a feel for him. But maybe if I FTE'd him he'd be higher.

12) Carrie

Funny first victim. I think she could have been more relevant with her pre-existing relationship with the caves.

13) Bennett

Just an activity thing.

14) Ciro

15) Nail / Haley

Okay so personality-wise these two would probably be higher. But like I said I thought the mastermind thing was pretty poor, and I was getting really tired about how random these two were for no reason except to...be a troll and maybe foreshadow to being Satan or whatever? Maybe this is a hot-take? I don't know. But stuff like being tortured or the many shits this guy took was really frustrating and derailing.

If he had been the Ch1 killer his talent wouldn't have been a secret and he'd still have the same Rattlewater backstory, but his reason for killing would just be that he decided to escape and not much more elaborate than that. Like it'd be him kind of saying that he always did things for the service of the people, so for once he was going to do something for himself.

I never really tried to force him in a main character role, I feel like I just posted a lot and he was generally proactive. There were a lot of portions of the game where nobody would post at all until I finally said something and broke the floodgates.

Mentioned this in my qt but if the group decided to kill Benjamin in the final trial, he would've gotten a bit emotional. He would've told the cast that he expected to be angry with them but he actually felt more relieved than anything. He'd say it's the first time in his life he felt unchained/free, and that he was satisfied knowing he did all he could but that it just wasn't his problem anymore.

"And so I said…"

All eyes were on Kliff. This was his moment. The time to go in for the kill. He let the silence hang for a minute, and then…

"... I'm just a bad conductor!"

He was met with a sea of blank stares and awkward expressions. He had failed. At least one person laughed, though, even if he stopped when he realized he was the only one.

"Well, I thought it was funny." Bennett said, and then he took a whiff of his can of laughing gas for the fourteenth time since dinner started.

"Benny." Brandy whispered. "The kids are watching! Put that thing away!" she motioned to the kid's table. Luckily, the impressionable youths were not paying attention at all. They were too busy whining.

"Why do I have to sit at the kid's table?! I'm as old as Ivan!" Charlotte yelled.

"Yeah! I'm older than Brandy! It's not faaaaaair!" Micah yelled, even louder.

"Micah! You're hurting our case!"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

Sebastian is also at the kid's table. He has his face down in a bowl of soup. I think he's trying to die.

"damn brats, im too sober for this shit" Matt said, adding more beer to his soup. Ivan watched him intently.

"Public intoxication is a crime, but… What even is the law to me, a killer?" he said, adding more tears to his soup. "What right do I have to uphold it?"

"Shut up, you scum." Ivan said. To Ivan. "You have committed crimes against Rattlewater and her people. You will pay for what you've done. No! Do I even have the right to be tried in a court of law? I have committed so many unforgivable sins… Silence! Criminals like you have no say in the matter. The law is just, and absolute. But still…" ooookay this is getting too weird let's move on to someone else.

Oh! Shizune is writing something! Let's see…



Next person next person NEXT!

"Cheers mate! This soup sure is corking. Almost as good as the one from ol Blighty!" Oliver said, having fun. His soup had been replaced with tea fifteen minutes in. He didn't mind. "It sure is the dog's bollocks, my cock!" Benjamin answered, also drinking tea instead of soup. Truly, they were having a gay old time.

Lavender wasn't as gay, unfortunately. "Oliver tried to kill me. Are we going to ignore he ran me over because of his petty fame obsession. He is an attempted murderer. His hair is orange. He-" she got cut off. Oliver and Benjamin saw a hot waitress and their monocles popped off with a funny sound. "Cor blimey! Look at the knockers on that mare!"

Next to them, Nail and Enola were having an interesting conversation. "What I really mean is, good people don't go to hell, do they? Of course not. I only punish the wicked! You can't say I'm evil. Right at this moment, in the boiler room of hell, I have eight hundred and sixty three minecraft youtubers paying for their sins, can you truly consider that evil? Of course…"

Enola is nodding along. She's not actually paying attention. She's writing a poem comprised entirely of expletives on Daniel's back while he's asleep.

"H....h....h..." Belphegor said, as he took a big mighty chomp out of Bruce. "Kee-hee, ouch! That hurts!" Bruce's glowing eyes glowingly said. His left eye was glowing blue, but thankfully Belphegor finished his meal before anyone had a bad time.

Carrie sipped her soup. Carrie like the soup. Carrie chugged her soup. Suddenly, Carrie need to go. Right now. It was horrible.

"Never fear! I, your hero, will save you!" Ciro said, heroic as usual. Disregarding everyone's screams he broke a few columns with his sick karate moves, bringing RB's roof down on all of them.

And so they were all trapped…

Beneath the Surface.

This is just gonna be a list of my problems because I am too tired to write an essay soz.

-This chapter was needlessly complex and the plot suffered for it.
-I feel like it was difficult just for the sake of trying to be different from any past easy FX-5's
-I still don't understand how what happened happened
-Ivan was a good idea for a killer but it all fell apart so easily
-Nail being Satan was fine, honestly. I think it's not out-of-place given the rest of the game. That said, it's also underwhelming because, well, it's Nail, and he's the only one it would make sense to be so there wasn't really any surprise, but I guess it's not the worst thing ever. The problem is the fact that his reveal basically meant nothing because he didn't commit the murder, so we had to ignore Satan just for the sake of figuring out who killed someone in a silly house.
-The end of the game was rushed for some reason and I still don't know why. This wasn't an F5 situation where we were burned out and as a result the resolution to the trial and the end of the overall story felt really forced and quick
-Enola was fun. I like her
-I don't like how after Chapter 4 anything to do with the cult didn't matter anymore. Not saying Nail should've been a cultist, but once it was revealed who he was the cult subplot just kinda fell off
-The fact that the Mayor was ultimately irrelevant was super lame
-The playroom puzzle was actually amazing and my favorite part of the chapter I love things like that. It reminded me of the Badge Check Gates in Pokemon (specifically BW)
-Seriously why was the Mayor not involved at all
-The chapter should've been more about confronting the mastermind and not solving a convoluted murder. A murder would've been fine but the mastermind being Satan makes him killing pointless so I feel like you guys wrote yourself into a corner with that
-I feel like Satan summoning Belphegor was just kinda glossed over just to continue the trial
-One more time but this chapter's difficulty was gratuitous and the lack of plot mostly until the end really made it hard to stay invested and then the plot we did get with the conclusion of the game was super fast


Chapper rankin:

2 > 3 > 4 > 1 > 5