I did this last year and thought it was super fun to see everyone's variety of answers! Who have been your favorite characters of 2025? (And why, if you so please)
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KAEL AND VAL MENTION??My picks are going to of course be very biased to the roleplay I've done this year. This is my first year on SRP, I only joined on Feb 14 of this year, so there are a lot to mention as I figured out where I fit in this community and what sort of roleplay I wanted to do. Many of these are picked from the perspective of my own characters or described as such. Without further ado and in no particular order...:
Mei Miura - Through this character I vividly remember being shown P2L in action and just how much you can do with a character, I would argue that my interactions with Mei and Neeryu have largely shaped me as a roleplayer in ways I cannot compare to any others influence.
Sachiko Saiky - The ragebaiter, the one testing mine and my own characters limits with patience, a seemingly dutybound heiress who highlighted, to me, the complexities available write to players within the existing power structures in Karakura and RP on the whole. It is incredible to see a character pushed to so many limits without breaking and it exemplifies a stress rarely portrayed in a satisfying manner with
Kael Vireaux - The one 'good cop', one ill suited for his job and he knew it and was very well executed and played. His flaws were incredible to watch manifest with time and experience on his job and I am incredibly proud of the growth and development this funny little man has been through. His position tested the resolve of one of my most complex characters and actively inspired change within her in a way I would not have anticipated at the time of creation for her character.
Valentine C. Dubois - SOUPWOMAN. The enabling mother to my favourite nutcase who actively helped me stabilise my character when I felt like her RP was getting away from me and I felt like killing her off. The break and guidance she provided to Inari and myself were pivotal in continuing my characters development.
Marella L. Doan-Stark - The unfortunate golden child. As far as development for Inari goes, she takes the cake. Where Valentine laid the foundation, Marella built upon it a structure that will forever mark Inari's development, arguably saving her from the fate of most gangsters in this city in doing so. The burden of responsibility fell heavily on Inari's shoulders and Marella was the righting force that stabilised things for her. The roleplay with this character has been nothing short of riveting and unpredictable, particularly in the sense of implications for Inari going forwards. Character defining roleplay from a green tag is a rarity in my experience and this should be highlighted
Volya Doan-Stark - The glue that binds, where there lies a connection to be made, Volya probably either facilitated it or somehow had an input on it. His cool, blue..., head often being a voice of reason and a levelling force to my characters own arrogance and hotheaddedness being crucial if not decisive in keeping my characters in check or even aiding them when necessary. His compassion and sense of duty towards his family resonates with several values of varying characters of mine and every moment spent around this character was just as chaotic as those with his child, though there are also moments of peace and even rare nuggets of indisposable advice.
Angel Yamashita - The devil herself, or so she thinks. Never before have I seen a character so beautifuly contrast two sides of the same person with such devasting impact on another character before that 10 real world months later, things that happened forever ago that still DIRECTLY IMPACT day to day interactions is beyond impressive. Truly a fantastic character.
Kekoa Anakoni - The lazy dean. He differed from many of the other characters, he didn't cut out a large path in their lives, but instead offered insanely unique roleplay opportunities that I would not have had otherwise, particularly within journalism club. RPing out realtime investigative student journalism and the trials and tribulations it came with was one of the most entertaining things I've done in roleplay, from slandering, to sensationalising, to sleuthing, conspiring with his subordinates, and even doing the worlds crappiest voice over for an article on him, it was nothing short of a stellar experience.
Jane R. Genesis Togomi - Thug priest. Holy fucking crap has she been an insane character to work with, I've had the pleasure of experiencing two sides of this incredibly complex character who has developed almost entirely within the SRP environment with one of the deepest backstories truly fleshed out in Karakura. Many people add depth and lore prior to their characters coming to Karakura to bolster their writing, though Jane stood out as not only doing so, but being a continuous source of wisdom and advice for my characters developed and stemmed from true roleplay derived experiences, making her one of the most unique and cool characters I've had the pleasure of interacting with.
There are so many honourable mentions here that I would break this website if I enumerated them all, but these have been some of the most influential and impactful characters for myself or my own characters that are recent in mind, though I have written hundreds of words about the influences of dozens of characters in many various scrapped biographies. There is not a character who interacts with my own who does not touch them and leave their mark in some way shape or form. Even writing this inspires me to want to write up my character biographies to give them the respect they deserve.
This was a wonderful little exercise in reflection, thank you greatly for posting it. <3
VOLYA MENTIONED!!!!Volya Doan-Stark - The glue that binds, where there lies a connection to be made, Volya probably either facilitated it or somehow had an input on it. His cool, blue..., head often being a voice of reason and a levelling force to my characters own arrogance and hotheaddedness being crucial if not decisive in keeping my characters in check or even aiding them when necessary. His compassion and sense of duty towards his family resonates with several values of varying characters of mine and every moment spent around this character was just as chaotic as those with his child, though there are also moments of peace and even rare nuggets of indisposable advice.
DUH????KAEL AND VAL MENTION??
HES SO. WE LOVE HIM. TOP TIER CHARACTER. I LOVE VOLYA TOO.VOLYA MENTIONED!!!!
GAH I LOVE HIM
CRIESTHANK UHES SO. WE LOVE HIM. TOP TIER CHARACTER. I LOVE VOLYA TOO.
CADELL WEN, NIE KIEN, AND JUANITO SOUZA MENTION!!!!!!!! WHEHEHEHohhohoho, i rp a lot ok? so. long ish list. if u see urself on here, hi, if u dont, pls come rp w me ^_^" whole lotta yap btw.
BHEOM'S FAVOURITE CHARACTERS OF 2025:
There are so many more characters I have interacted with, I cherish all the interactions I have with people. I likely have every roleplay screenshotted somewhere to be fair.
Rokku Heddo-Devereux
| Rokku definitely helped shaped both of my characters, Yaqi Qu and Grayson Iovan as a character- roleplaying with 6Pancake's character and getting to know him as a character was genuinely something that I cherish, a well written character and had much fun having different dynamics with them. Rokku Heddo freaks me out tho, fyi. Grayson and Rokku's dynamic, #messy, it was one of my favourite things to cause drama within EMs as well as Yaqi's corruption. UGHHH! I will catch Rokku.
Icarus Devereux
| Icarus surely shaped Yaqi Qu in many ways, a lot of drama within BMD and I really enjoyed their dynamic. The two had their fair share of drama and it dragged on for a while too, Icarus is a really well written character despite him being a rare specimen. Yaqi and Icarus are my shaylas, my family duo in my pocket, I'm gonna catch him. OK?
Shark Meyer
| For sure a someone that I had many interactions with, a really well written character that helped shaped Yaqi Qu as well. I am a Shark Meyer defender till I die!
'Churro'
| This is Yaqi's support animal, watched her go corrupt and go through absolute hell and beyond. This fat cat is the reincarnate of Garfield.
Ehuang Souza
| Someone who surely helped shaped Yaqi Qu as a character considering that's her child, ohhhhhhhohohoh... I can go on and on about this tiny one.
Sachiko Saiky
| This is Grayson's opposition. OK? OK. If anyone sees Sachiko, very intriguing character, hell lot of drama but in the best way possible. Well written character too!
Ishi Atama
| It helped shaped Yaqi Qu as a character, a loooooooooooot . . Fricking hell and beyond from 2024 to middle of 2025. I yearn to see more RP with Yaqi and Ishi.
Reid Denvers
| This one evil. Grayson like him. OK? Anyways, Reid is a really well written character, very interesting, OK wildcard I-C-U. It was honestly really interesting to have some despising arc and just watching Reid be Reid, having Grayson have some grudge against his whole event he had. I yearn for more RP with Reid.
Anubis Kurai
| Do not get me started on this one with Grayson AND Yaqi. OOOOOOOOOOHOHO. He is one evil specimen and really REALLLLY well written as a character.
Katsuhito Saiky-Akihito
| Do I need to dive into how beautifully written Katsuhito is? How interesting the dynamic between him and Grayson is? Katsuhito's character has been a well known astronomical character, someone you find mysterious and irk to have a single interaction with him. Although there weren't as many interactions, each interaction between the two have always been such an interesting one. The way hadeseal writes his character, it's genuinely like reading a whole story you never knew you'd want to read.
Katya Kirishiki
| Such a beautifully written character, absolute cinema. Such a pretty character too. - The way art__class writes about Katya, it's like flowers grow whenever she speaks or breathes. The character is almost like, monotone and robotic in a sense, but so elegant at the same time. She's such a sweet character and really fun to roleplay with. OK! Visit her at shrine, thx.
Seiko Seong
| He messy in Grayson life. OK.
Hudson Vega
| Ohhhoohh, Malson. Hhh.. Malson! Anyways, Hudson Vega is one character for sure. But a character that plays a huge part into Malcolm's life, not only as a partner but as someone who exists. The way Hudson Vega is written and played out, he feels almost real? Like, relatable in the most randomest ways, he is a very random character too. I like that of him. Many roleplays until like crack of dawn, all worth it . . ! ! . .
Carlisle Fox
| He evil. He Grayson opp. OK? - Their dynamic was so interesting, one of my favourite interactions I'd have outside of EMs as Grayson, he was so evil and skittish? He was like a feral orange cat with not much hope but many aspirations for sure. Carlisle was genuinely well written, such an interesting character to know more of.
Mei Miura
| This is Grayson's other son. The two had more interactions this year to where Grayson's character actually broke? It was interesting to me. The way Neeryu narrates Mei, it almost feels so surreal and different to others. Mei's character is almost as mysteriously intriguing the way Katsuhito is written too, it's genuinely so fun to understand the drama Mei goes through and to even know him as a character.
Juanito Souza
| Yaqi's partner in crime and in general. In my head. They are married already. But, seriously, this one played a serious part to Yaqi's life and shaped her character as a whole, despite being there for only so little yet so much of it. A genuinely well written character, holy plot twist though.
Nie Kien
| I like Nie Kien. I also like glazing Milo's characters because I big fan. BUT SERIOUSLY! Nie was such an interesting character to roleplay with from my many characters- Grayson to even my scrapped EMS characters.
Huali Hiwahiwa
| CRASHOUT CENTRAL! Huali had a few interactions with both Yaqi and Grayson, mainly Yaqi at the time. He is surely a cartoony character, like the main character of a cartoon where his life is literally sunshine and doom. It's such an interesting concept. But genuinely, Huali is written so nicely to where you're really hooked by whatever he has to go on about.
Ella Repoza
| Ella Repoza is such a beautifully written character, genuinely. A very mysterious one at best. The type of person you'd hear of and want to know more. - Someone who helped shape Malcolm Gray and my own spirit character, Tamashi. I could go on and on about the three, but Ella is genuinely such a well written character like she's straight out of a fairytale.
'Takayama'
| IIIHATETHISSPIRTIWTIHMYLIFEBUTWEHADGREATRPITPMO.
Seikai Saiky
| Grayson and Seikai, ooooooouhh... The two have a rocky yet stable relationship in the best way possible, this whole family is actually messed up but in a good way? Anyways, Seikai's character is really well written the way I mention it with anyone else. Becauuuse, it is very true. I've had multiple interactions, from familyRP with Seikai to even JockRP with Malcolm. The way Seikai interacts differently between his family to his friends, it's cool to see the difference.
Soushi Saiky
| I think this was a mix of 2024 and 2025 unless I'm crayz. Soushi was a crazy man but someone really interesting when it came to BMD interactions, sure we didn't do many RP interactions due to being on calls majority of the time, but Soushi was surely a good character in Yaqi's life, leading something with that character and actually doing things- it was fun. o7 cap tho.
Deno Von Moltke
| This one is one well written character to where he PMO. Deno as character has really grown into a whole new story, like, I highkey am gonna glaze this character. Deno's a well written character from start to now, the roleplay between Deno and Iolana, their odd dynamic and hatred and rivalry between each other, it's such an interesting thing to me. The way Deno is written and played out makes me really want to interact more, he's such an odd wildcard in the best way possible.
Leo Zindel
| This one helped shape my former gangRP character of like three years into a whole different character, it helped me understand my own character more throughout the RP we did. It made gangRP genuinely fun to do when there's personality into it.
Mirai Khang
| This one helped shaped Malcolm Gray as a whole from when I started playing him. The way rosechu_ plays Mirai, it's genuinely really interesting. The way she's written and perceived, the way she acts and speaks, genuinely one of the most interesting tiny characters I've ever had interacted with.
Kazuo DeLuca
| A little honourable mention, I enjoyed their roleplay as Tamashi and Kazuo, the little arson event of the year. I've always been aware of his character being very interesting, he's quite the character for sure.
Yaban Heddo
| This one was part of Yaqi's life for a while within the two years I've had her as a character, but 2025 was surely a redemption arc between the two. Something I find really sweet and it helped a lot within both of their lives.
Circe Komorebi
| This is Yaqi's side chic. OK. - But, I've known the character for a few years now, as little of the RP we ever got, Circe is a very interesting character. Very . . Out there but not? Horrible luck though.
Jhene Lise
| Such a dramatic character in the best way possible, really helps shaping my new character- their interactions really hurt me tho, OK?
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| Macias WashingMachine, Lorenzo Ferrera, Ji-Na Minori, Leni Rowan, EMS and Cheer as a whole, Luke Laurier, Cadell Wen, Aki Kyoshiro, Liliana Mazza, Aeris Navvarre, entirety of Mirage, Misaki Ai, Runa Rokkaku, Mavros Heddo, and really anyone else.
<3 my son; i'm always open for naiya roleplay| This one evil. Grayson like him. OK? Anyways, Reid is a really well written character, very interesting, OK wildcard I-C-U. It was honestly really interesting to have some despising arc and just watching Reid be Reid, having Grayson have some grudge against his whole event he had. I yearn for more RP with Reid.
he will return soon. i love yaqi quIcarus Devereux
| Icarus surely shaped Yaqi Qu in many ways, a lot of drama within BMD and I really enjoyed their dynamic. The two had their fair share of drama and it dragged on for a while too, Icarus is a really well written character despite him being a rare specimen. Yaqi and Icarus are my shaylas, my family duo in my pocket, I'm gonna catch him. OK?