#1- Sol

Well... yeah, I'm a huge sucker for cute lolis (so arrest me), her original art is already pretty darn good IMO, but boy her awakening. Sprite, art, burst animation, EVERYTHING just got boosted in cuteness level, and well fingers crossed for her H scene? (Ok, so arrest me already) There's of course the subject of how OP she is; I've literally relied on her to turtle through so many stages it's really dang insane. First SSR hime I actually wanted since starting the game, first one I grabbed in miracle, nothing else much to say here.

Unfortunately I hadn't joined early enough to have the honour to be graced by her summer self, but boy would I kill for another opportunity. Scratch that, opportunity ain't good enough, I want her in my hands.

#2 Raphael (Both versions)

Where do I start with this one... Ah, eating dem orbs. Safe to say, I started off this game without much worry of getting raped by overdrives thanks to this(/ese) 6 turn cd skill(s), considering I rerolled and settled with SSR Nike and the original Raphy. Charm was also quite a big ass saver early on. Then Snow Raphy came along in some random prem ticket (yay), basically directing me to maining water, and hell am I glad looking at the current event spread.

Aesthetics wise, not a big fan of original Raphy's burst, but Snow Raphy's burst actually looks rad. Her H scenes were aight, but I gotta give props to her voice actress for keeping up that high pitched voice consistently. Most people would consider it cancerous, but hey, can't blame me for loving cancer (I'm a tumour myself self roast huehuehue).

#3 Nike

Ah yes, our resident sleepyhead boobs mc... whatever the hell she was called in one of the intro scenes to another hime. Quite the easygoing girl, effectively the first girl you fuck, and quite honestly, a good waifu pick... If she doesn't just crash sleeping literally every few seconds. It's a good thing sleepiness isn't actually part of her combat mechanic, like some passive. Jesus.

Of course, I'm running off bias here, but Nike (her SSR form) carried me for as long as I could remember, basically serving as the 2nd half of my still existent turtling strategy (Sol being the first). Quite the balanced skill build for both the SR and SSR versions IMO, but in terms of combat, Shrine Maiden Nike (which comes next year if this game is still alive) has one of the most fascinating mechanics I've seen so far, and probably will be one of the most satisfying to use if I ever get her. Good thing I secondary light