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Final character rankings that are totally not the same as my previous ones:

Velvet > Laphicet > Eleanor > Eizen > Magilou > Rokurou

Velvet is a pretty clear #1. She's the soul of the game and what the entire plot is based on. Has the most emotional scenes and gets the most development.

Laphicet is really good too. Starts out as an emotionless husk and becomes a little badass with a full sense of self. Acts as a good foil to all the other characters. After Velvet, I feel like he's the character that the game could not do without the most.

I really like Eleanor's arc. She goes from being a dog of the Abbey to thinking and acting for herself. She also provides a very important contrast to the rest of the party, being the one that adheres to stricter morals and tries (and fails) to keep the rest in check.

Eizen is just cool and fun even though the Reaper's Curse plot point is iffy at best, He has a pirate ship and his side quest with Zaveid is great. I also like how he's secretly a huge dork. The plotline with Aifread is pretty predictable though.

Magilou is entertaining but her plot relevance is nearly zero. I'm generally not a fan of comedy relief characters (I hated Pascal) but Magilou is the best possible version of that in that her comedy is all about purposefully aggravating everyone else. While she's still a great character, she didn't leave a huge impact on me.

Rokurou has the unfortunate situation of his main character arc being a revenge story when a bigger, better revenge story is the main focus on the game. Although his plotline starts to differentiate itself later on, which is nice. The final fight versus Shigure is great. Rokurou also has the blandest personality in the game - his response to basically everything is 'sure, whatever'. I like him but if you removed him from the game it wouldn't change too much.
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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.