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What Character from a JRPG is you favorite? (lemmy.zip)

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Please keep in mind that everyone has a different opinion. There is no such thing as the "best" character. There are just characters that more or fewer people like or dislike.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a really hard question, actually. A few characters come to mind, but it's entirely possible I'm blanking on my actual favorite.

Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss) has one of the best character arcs, I think. He starts out quite low and can have a lot of growth because of that, there's also just so much stuff happening to him.
Axel (Kingdom Hearts 365/2 days) is somewhat similar. I really like characters who struggle to find themselves.

Ichiban Kasuga (Like a Dragon) definitely makes the top cut. Although his writing did get worse with Infinite Wealth, sadly. The overall writing for him and the story in his first appearance are almost flawless, I'd say.

Rex (Xenoblade Series) gets the meme nomination. I actually really like him, but some of it came down to how memeable he his. Naturally, I had a field day with his adult appearance later on.
Both Jin and Noah would be other solid picks from the series.

Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI) gets the nomination for the best antagonist. There's nothing I don't love about him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Kefka gets even better once you dig into the original dialogue, since there's some hard-to-translate quirks on his speech.

For example, he uses ⟨ぼくちん⟩ bokuchin as the first person pronoun, in hiragana. Typically this pronoun is only used by very young children, it feels out-of-place and creepy when an adult does it. And at the same time that ⟨ちん⟩ chin can be also understood as ⟨朕⟩, a royal we-like pronoun (Japanese emperors used it up to WW2). If you catch this early it's pretty much a spoiler - "Kefka will backstab the current emperor and seise the power for himself".