Holly Molly guacamolly ! Just one day, and this topic exploded into 4 pages !
Well then.... let me join in on the fun
Since I like multiple girls, and was not blessed with good draw, I do lack huge amount of the 5* (most non event ones in all honesty), as such I will extrapolate a bit, and write a bit more thoughts on the girls I have chosen and why I prefer them To add a bit more depth, I ll take a pick from each damage type and round up the favorites in the end... just to make it more festive
I will not mention all girls, just those which picked my interest. Those who are not mentioned I either do not care for or, am lucky enough to already have in my team.
Slice
*Cherry Sage[ - Cute aesthetics, wears armor after evolution, instead of stripping, and dual wields Chakrams. Interesting concept, she is not exactly a beauty in a real meaning of the word, but has this lively cheery feel to her... and she duals Chakrams !
Her first passive is kinda meh, Her Evo passive is pretty darn good.... oh yeh almost forgot - she duals wields Chakrams >___>
I do like
*Water Lilli, good concept, cute maid, and interesting kit. But I have seen people use her, and she is kinda underwhelming, her first passive is good for solo, but she doesnt offer much to the team. Also she is a single target damager, and I have plenty of those.
*Dahlia - would be most likely a pick for the slice gacha. She looks nice - though feels incredibly cliche in her design. Her active and passives are decent and her Evo form is nto bad either. Game play wise, she is pretty solid and has good team utility and damage..... though she does not dual wield Chakrams...
Winner: Cherry Sage
Hit
There are not many girls I would like from Hit and I already have Violet which was my favorite so
*Bipina Cosmos is nice and has good basic art, good active and decent passive. She also has a certain "nyaaa" vibe going on for her with those "non real" cat ears (hair). The problem though is.... her Evo form.... The artist screwed up big time, and the way she looks, its just bad. Absolutely unfitting mad face, which is also badly drawn.
*Peach would be obvious choice right ? Right ? .... Good art (weird flying mumbo jumbo minions though). However her kit does not offer much, and her Evo form is again - lame. She looses her nicely drawn clothing and turns slut mode. Meh
*Oxalis - I heared quite few people saying she is one of the worst non event 5*. Her Art is weak, though it gets better after Evo, her abilities are pretty decent and good for team building. Considering other options in the Hit damamge type department I suppose I would go for her if I had to.
Winner: Oxalis
Pierce
Now this is where it gets interesting - there are quite a lot of beauties in 5* Pierce section, all of which are solid per abilities and looks.
*Japanese Iris - Good art, both pre/post Evo, Solid stats, and very nice abilities. Overall a Win Win. Her Ult effect is kinda lame though.
*Lili Rubellum - I do like this girl, and I would like to like her even more. Her Ult reminds of a Particle Cannon from CnC Generals for some reason. This girl brings the artillery son !. However the damage is rather weak. Art is pretty decent though simplistic, ult effect is nice. Passive are Ok, but I dislike the "after 3rd turn" effect. Thats to late for most of the fights.
*Rose - Cute and beautiful. Good art. Has a rapier. After Evo art is again... a slut.. Kinda lame... though ! actually is sexi and fits her, so its a plus, unbelievably enough. Her abilities though leave something to be desired.
Winner: Japanese Iris/Rose (its a t-t-T-TIE !) *Inser pumped John Cenna face
Magic
*Leucorine is interesting. Thats about it. Thoug I do use Solar blast relatively often, with her in the party you would have to babysit it at least 3x untill she gets her max mileage out of it. But she is pretty, in a modest way, unlike a certain courtesan.
*Qeen of the Night - A courtesan - in formal language. Something else in less formal
The art does her justice for what she is ment to represent so I cant say much bad about that. Her Ult is solid AOE and her passives are not the worst, first one is kinda gimmick but the second one is not bad. Her name though is .... insert obligatory facepalm.
Strawberry Candle - Shy looking, cute girl. Art well done. Kinda gives me the "Heidy" from the mountains feel
Both her passives are crap, and her ult is a single target. Which make me a sad camper.
As for the Neko chan girl... As much as I like Nekomimi characters, (though I am a bigger fan of Kitsunes) she doesnt strike me as someone I would like that badly. Her ult feels weird (though a Hilarous one, chaaarge fellow felines !). Might choose her based on a whim, I will credit her at least that much.
Winner: QotN would be good due to her Ult, however she doesnt clique well with me. (Not into slut characters, and she is literally a pro in that profession).
Winner Leucorine, just because.
These are the girls I would choose and short reasoning of why that or that girl.. Seeing as I lack many 5* I would not go for dupes, even though Camelia in particular could really benefit from that.