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Kanon may have slipped to third place because she had a few rough patches in Ar nosurge, but she's still great! A stoic believer with a soft spot for birdies. My main regret from Ar nosurge is that it didn't focus on the relationship she had with Ion. My favorite parts of Ciel was how their friendship grew as they came to relate with each other and rely on one another and I would've liked to see more of that. The crafting storyline touched on it a bit but mostly it dealt with Kanon's guilt and work ethic so it was never a focus. That's a shame, but she's still an amazing character

Nelo just wanted to go home, and I sympathized with her a billion times more than I ever did with Zill. I loved her humanizing moments, too, like her friendship with Cass or the way she honestly mourned Prim at the end. I'm ten thousand years too late, but I'm angry at the people who originally pulled her into the world, using her as a tool and then killing her right after. Everything I've seen shows that Nelo could've been a good person right from the start if she was just treated with kindness, and I'm glad Cass and the others eventually got through to her.

Sarly was great in Ciel, but Ar made her even better. She filled her role as the genius of the group well, but I also appreciated the little moments with her. Her crafting storyline about learning things from Cass was a lot of fun and I hope her relationship with Shirotaka works out. I also loved the contrast of such a serious, logic-over-emotion person being the biggest Nyuroki fangirl in the world. It's hard to believe someone as terrible as Neptool had such an awesome daughter.

Cass was a main character this time around, and that gave her a lot of opportunities to shine. In particular I loved how her relationship with Delta developed. They weren't a standard couple (well, not in real-life terms. I guess they were kind of standard as far as anime tsundere romance goes >_>) but it was always clear that they loved each other deeply and would do anything for each other. Their date and her private chat with me at the end of it were some of the best parts of the game.

Nay fell below Cass in this ranking compared to Ciel, but I want to stress that this was due to Cass rising by virtue of being a main character more than it was due to Nay falling. Nay was amazing in Ar nosurge. Taking over Delta's restaurant was my favorite synthesis plotline because she was such a troll the entire time. She even trolled me at the end by giving recipes out of order! Every item I crafted had hilarious dialogue and Nay always made it work. There's lots of depth to her beyond that, of course. Being the original Ion was an epic reveal in Ciel nosurge and her characterization was easily among the most complex. I think it says a lot about Ciel/Ar that the character I'm ranking seventh would easily be ranked first in a lot of other franchises I can think of.

Undou always did what was right, which gave him an impressive track record of opposing Zill. Anyone who opposes Zill is great as far as I'm concerned, but I liked the added touch that the one person she loved was the person who opposed her the most. Screw you, Zill. Even the love of your life thinks you're a harpy.

Prim was a cute genom who later become truly tragic and interesting in equal measure thanks to the influence of Player Two. Prim was exactly the kind of character to make this effective, too, because she made such a strong early impression. I was angry she was taken and desperately wanted to save her. Sarly or Kanon being taken by Player Two wouldn't have carried the same weight even though they're technically far more important characters.
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