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Anagaram posted...

What I like about Toko is how pointless she is to the surviving cast of DR1. Everyone else has a clear purpose in the game, where Makoto, Kyoko, and Byakuya do all of the work, Hiro is a constant red herring, and Hina is the heart, and they all have to band together to overcome their enemy... and then Toko is just also there, being as important as Akane is in the second game.

I think I read that Toko survived only because she was the director's favorite character.

I had seen she had some popularity some places, particularly in Japan, and I just don't get it. I don't know what her appeal is, and I could see almost any other character having some sort of fan base other than her. I'm fine with characters that don't have a particularly defined role getting to the end because no reason to kill off all the fun side characters, but she isn't fun and I would take literally anyone over her just because it would make things less dumb.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

She is a very popular character in Japan in general. She co-stars a game for a reason!

But in the west, yeah, she seems to be mostly disliked in DR1, and since not a ton of people played UDG by comparison that still remains to this day outside of the deeper parts of the fandom.

There are still a few super nothing characters in DR1 I would absolutely rank lower than her, but I can't say it's an upsetting last place at this time in the series.

I have some super nothing characters in the list as well, but for me she is negative utility. Like she makes the game worse just be her being around. I'd take characters I feel nothing about over that!

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