IM TERRIBLE WITH TIER LISTS unfortunately. it's something i only rly noticed fairly recently but my opinions are so nuanced it's a bit Hard for me to really quantify something as complex as my thoughts on a character especially because they fluctuate / don't account for me hating them as a person but liking the way theyre written or vice versa or other nuances. Sadly. too autistic abt literary analysis and w/e for Normal tier lists i usually just use them to put into Categories

this goes for like Any interest not Just aitsf. btw. DONT TAKE THIS PERSONALLY ANON it's just my brain being Weird. HOWEVER if you want to know my opinions on a specific character(s) from the game let me know. Im really normal

ohhhhh boy. i don't feel like i rly have a least fav or a top fav bc it's really hard to choose? i mean the iris/ota/mizuki routes are a lot more focused on one character and end abruptly + with Implications when you learn the truth of the body swapping thing (ota/mizuki) or are basically a dead end/bad ending (iris) and i guess aren't as Strong as resolution and annihilation but they're still very good imo. i'm gonna yap here abt my thoughts on each one in order that i completed. oops. also a constant for all of them i love the themes of just SLIGHT differences in approaching the somnium and what info is presented causes a ripple effect and a completely different turn of events
+ in regards to ota/mizuki's routes im not gonna talk much abt the implications of whos body is where or saito or whatever

staring with the iris route (purple one). generally it's alright. i Guess if i had to pick a least fav it'd be this one???? but thats not bc its bad or anything i just Like the other ones more. the general route until the split is Okay i forgot half of what happens bc its been a while and had to remind myself when i FINALLY unlocked resolution proper but it's good - and crazy ass realization when you think abt date making that call A MINUTE before "renju" called iris saved her life and got a better ending. and all bc of a misunderstanding. actually insane i love this game. i don't really have much else to say but the ending (after it DOES split off from psyncin in the main 1) made me emotional. it rly is a dead end to the entire investigation!!!!! what the hell!!!!!! made me sad. idk i dont have much else to say

i technically did Attempt resolution / annihilation before this but i'm going in the order i finished them so they dont count Yet. after iris's route i finished ota's. ota's a strange character because up to this point i Didnt really like him that much at all. but this route kind of recontextualizes. a lot of things. i've... never experienced dealing with a loved one having dementia (though i don't really wanna get into it but i currently... do know what it's like to have older family members get illnesses that well. severely affect them is what i'm gonna leave it at because i don't like thinking about it.) but Man the way it's depicted in this route was just like. do you WANT to tear my heart out spike chunsoft. ESPECIALLY WITH MAYUMI'S SOMNIUM LIKE OH LORDDD. ultimately one of this game's major themes that i picked up is love (especially familial) and this route does a good job of representing that. and i do like that ultimately ota kinda realizes that he's fucked up and is gonna make an effort to work hard to help his mom going forward. there's implications of something similar happening in resolution here too but idk man. this route made me Feel things. i also like date and aiba's whole thing in the somnium where theyre the importance of intuition or even bad memories being important. not as strong as the other things but it's little conversations like that that get me

after ota's i played mizuki's. already reeling from the emotional rollercoaster of the previous route and Then I Played This One. good LORDDD the expansion on mizuki and date's kind of adoptive father-child dynamic and everything is so so good. small detail but before mizuki psyncs with date i think i remember either boss or pewter saying something about their brainwaves being EXTREMELY compatible for psyncing like FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when you contrast that part against date psyncing with mizuki in the beginning its like. haughhh. they both care for eachother so so much but neither really say it until this point (the part where mizuki's talking to date while he's unconscious DO NOTTT MESS WITH ME RN. THIS ENTIRE ROUTE I SWEARRR)..... or how in date's somnium it's clear he thinks he's not really fit to be a parental figure but mizuki says "it has to be you, date!" I AM DEAD. THIS ENTIRE ROUTE. oh my lord. this route also made me cry

afterwards i played annihilation. which. is a Major contrast to the previous two in tone! a few times i've compared it in my head to the utdr genocide/snowgrave routes or whatever kinda . if it makes sense, but i feel like the sense of "You Fucked Up" is pretty strong here. it's definitely the darkest of the routes and is pretty heavy in tone pretty much all the way through. "iris" and ota's deaths are Really fucking brutal JESUS CHRIST?? I WAS. IN THE CAR WHEN I SAW THAT SCENE HAPPEN AND I JUST SAT THERE LIKE. WHAT THE FUCK. seeing it actually made me a bit nauseous like i did. Not expect the game to get that gory Whoops (that is until the routes where you Literally see "so" 's.. uh... remains. if you know what i mean. i had to like turn my camera away for like 90% of that scene) but if the intention was to shock and horrify the player it fucking worked. playing that first bit of annihilation THEN ota/mizuki's routes felt like a gut punch though because of some characters commenting on shit in the latter routes like "oh wow it's so good you're still alive" FUCK YOU WRITERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! everything goes DOWNHILL from there emotionally. like i said even little dialogues make me fucked up like how investigating the cold storage warehouse flavor text jokes are completely GONE, date can't ask kagami for anything except for how the investigation's going, and also in some of his mental lines investigating items its like. theres a few times where he's just like "iris and ota...." "this is where iris and ota were...." and it's like. fucking Christ and then YOU SEE THEIR PARENTS' + MIZUKI'S REACTION TO IT!!!! FUCK MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS JUST LIKE THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS EVEN. "boss" 's somnium, the interrogation with saito in boss's body explaining everthing and all that is literally Chilling. and the end is #MESSED #UP because imagine being date. stuck in the end in your DEAD FRIEND'S BODY, injured and without like a good portion of the people you care about because they've all been murdered. those that are left are surely distraught and #fuckedup. i mean at least they're alive but that many people had to die for this? absolutely soul crushing route good lord THE WIKI WAS NOT KIDDING WHEN THEY SAID THIS IS ARGUABLY THE WORST OF THE MAIN ENDINGS (not like badly written i mean like Bad scenario).

and finally of course i finished resolution. i don't have as much to say about this one but ohh man i loved hearing abt hitomi's background with manaka and renju in her somnium i mean gameplay wise that one made me [eye twitch.png] but story wise. Jesus... AND ALL THE STORY STUFF COMING TOGETHER WITH DATE'S BACKSTORY AND WHAT SAITO'S BEEN DOING AND ALL THAT OHH GOD. WOW. especially liked in this route when aiba, on her Last leg of life contacted some of the people date knows to help AND THEY KICKED SAITOS ASS i guess it's kinda cheesy but it made me smile knowing that. i dont have as much to sya ab this but also like. date going back to his old body but still wanting to go By kaname date.... because he's left his old life behind and wants to start anew with the bonds he's made and everything is just. hauhgh. thi sgame rly is about love in all forms isnt it. the epilogue like 3 months later made me super insane just talking to all the characters again... AND AIBA COMING BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND ALL OF THAT i dont know how to. word it. but i liked the ending. the fucking dance to invincible rainbow arrow was kind of incredibly funny but also was really sweet as a credits thing and i liked the extra verses some characters got. IDK MAN. THIS ROUTE MADE ME CRY TOO.

ANYWAYS SORRY FOR THE LONG ASS ANSWER THIS. is basically my thoughts on the Entire Game at that point LMFAO and it took me like almost 2 hours to type all that but yeah thanks for reading if you did

OOOH hard question... there's a lot of characters i personally wouldn't say are my favorites but i really do think they were written pretty well!!! if i had to say THough just some i particularly like and can think of off the top of my head probably these (not in order):
- date (his entire backstory. Good Lord .... he is also a bit of a Fucking dork sometimes and i love that in characters. also his somnium in mizuki's route made me emotional HAUGHHH.. so glad he officially adopted her in the end. love this idiot. also his unnecessary yaoi with kagami is actually so funny. something wrong with them both)
- aiba (CREATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fucking Thang /pos i love her design a lot also. might be my top fav character idk but shes awesome)
- mizuki (not much to say but like. if you know her route and everything. that one scene when date's unconscious and she's talking to him + his somnium and afterwards THIS WAS ONE OF THE ROUTES THAT MADE ME CRY!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER SOO MUCH i cant wait to see more of her in nirvana initiative)
- hitomi (i love her a lot..... i don't wanna go on a whole rant about her entire backstory but if ykyk it drives me up the WALL /pos !!!! she has so so much love and its amazing. hitomi sagan you will always be famous)
- pewter (thought he'd just be comedic relief scientist guy and turns out he's a yaoi enjoyer. goofy as hell but also good Lord doomed yaoi w/ renju of all time holy fuck. the line "it was renju asking. someone i love." OKAYYYYYYYYYY !!!!!!!!! AND THEN THE REVELATION THAT IN THAT BRANCH IT WAS SAITO IN RENJU'S BODY... AND THE REAL RENJU WAS DEAD FROM THE START OF THE GAME do nooooot fuck with me right now. Im going to go insane. also do think the contrast between Pewter's Really Insane Sci Fi Ass Design and renju just looking fucking normal is great. canon gay rep of the year
- there's a lot more characters i also like too but i Need to shower eventually tonight so if you wanna hear more/specific opinions on a character (because oh Boy am i Fucking Insane Right Now) u can just ask or send somethign in the inbox or w/e. but yeah :] i liked this game a lot

HELP MEEE LMAOOO 😭😭😭 i had my parents in my TL file (and i want to preface this with saying that i Still Do. i still have my same save file from 2014. don't have many games with a save file surviving this long but yeah. it's legendary i treasure it forever) and at one point their miis dated and broke up and i started crying to my mom because i was worried that would happen irl 😭😭😭 their miis got back together and my parents still have a good relationship but it was kinda funny i took this game seriosuly LOLLLLLL 😭😭 also for some reason my grandparents (on my mom's side) broke up, my grandparents on my DAD's side never got together, and my aunt and uncle also broke up in the game so like i guess my parents were the exception???😭😭😭😭 EITHER WAY THATS REALLY FUNNY ANON BUT LIKE NOOOOOO LMAO 💀💀

HAIII NICE TO MEET U!!!!! always awesome to meet ppl with the same special interest.......:] yeah i agree it is kind of like that same sadness it's just like.... i know the games will all still Be there and i'll still Own them but its just. the eshop shutdown was One thing this is another end of an era type thing............ no more wonder trading or mk8 online or whatber. what the fuck !!!!!!!!!!!
to answer ur question i Unfortunately didn't use it much as a kid because i was incredibly scared of strangers and stranger danger stuff 'n all that even though 3ds/wiiu online had little to no communication. lol. but i did play mario kart 8 online a few times!!!! it was the game i was playing as the servers shut down to kind of send it off :,] shout out to those random strangers i've played with over the years. and today a lot of them spammed the "thanks for playing!" and "this is my last game" preset messages and idk man. it made me emotional. i also did upload a few courses to mario maker and played some online but i wasn't able to get my disc working i think it's scratched up like a lot of my old discs from like 7-8+ years ago are <//3 but the original one!!!!!!!! holds a lot of memories for me!!!!!!!! i did also occasionally use the GTS and wonder trades on pokemon sun (and festival plaza). was it much No but it was fun!!!!!! ik miiverse shut down a while ago and Wasn't great but it was kind of fun. i liked seeing the messages in games like mario 3d world or on the wii home menu or the pictochat stage in ssbwiiu or in nintendo land or w/e. a lot of games just feel kind of weirdly barren now and it's Kind of heartbreaking but i'm happy i made the memories i did !!!!

thank you for this i love talking abt the 3ds/wii u era and that kinda stuff (wii/ds also because i practically grew up with wii sports and nintendogs and w/e but still) so feel free to send me any more asks regarding the subject :D this goes out to anyone i love talking abt it. esp mii games like the wii sports/party/etc series + tomodachi life + streetpass or pkmn i've got a lot to say!!!!!!! do not be afraid i Love talking abt this !!!! ^__^

OMG YES... i jhavent rly cooked full coherent ideas (yet) but i'll give you what i've got!!!!! ive got 2 + some ideas for others
first one is my personasona . i haven't thought of a name for him i just used "oscar" as a placeholder
- but in a p5 context his codename would be "stag". deer motifs all around!!!!!
- he exists in the way that i can just put him into whatever situation i want (aka any persona setting) but if i had to pick one he'd be a gekkoukan student probably
- also it's fortune arcana. lol
- weapon would be a bow, crossbow, or a spear
- zio user Or alternatively kouha/hama. magic oriented fighter with healing spells and mayyybe (de)buffs
- i'm projecting my issues onto him. aka autism and gender dysphoria Mostly
- he also doesnt have a design Yet but i might make him in like a picrew or something i havwnt felt like drawing (and my phones shit rn)

other oc is just kind of there. my personasona's friend too lol
- death arcana
- arc is about learning that theyre trans. idk in what Way but it plays a lot on the death arcana's themes of change and death of an old self and all that
- chill and quiett

thats all i rly got :P i am owkring on developming more though..... maybe./.... a shared oc thing like what imd oing with miitopia rn would be real but idk if i have the brain space. maybe. it would be real. or at Least i can just pretend my personasona is besties w/ my friends' personasonas......... also no i have Not decided on personas for them yet. but a guy can dream. anyways ty for letting me do this and feel free to infodump in my inbox abt urs..... or i can send u an ask..... (also open to anyone else don't be afraid to infodump in my retrospring inbox)