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17	* ''EnsembleDarkHorse/AceAttorney''
18	* ''EnsembleDarkhorse/{{Danganronpa}}''
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20	* ''VisualNovel/DateALiveRinneUtopia'' has the title character Rinne Sonogami, an OriginalGeneration character made for the game. Mostly thanks to her being the HaremNanny, the fact that she wants Shido [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy to be happy to whichever girl he chooses]], and the fact that she's a NiceGirl made fans want more of her. [[spoiler: Which makes it all the more [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] to see her disappear and Shido pulling off a SkywardScream and that she won't get remembered by Shido. This is because the events of the game happen just after the anime/fourth volume and before volume 5 in which she wasn't present.]].
21	* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
22	** Lancer, aka [[Myth/CelticMythology Cú Chulainn]], is an overall minor character in terms of his role in the story, usually suffering from TheWorfEffect [[spoiler:and never making it to the end of any of the novel's routes alive]]. Despite this, fans ''absolutely love'' the guy, thanks to his likable personality, his status as an AntiVillain, and for having the goal of [[BloodKnight just wanting to enjoy fighting]] in the Holy Grail War, a much simpler goal compared to the more complex goals of the other characters. It helps that [[spoiler:his death in the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route is considered to be [[DyingMomentOfAwesome one of the coolest moments in the novel]]]].
23	** Rider spends the novel's first two routes as the first to die, only seeing any significant development in the ''Heaven's Feel'' route. She's still very well liked by fans, however, thanks to being a beautiful MsFanservice, [[spoiler:being a rare, non-evil take on [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Medusa]]]], and for being an overall compelling character.
24	** [[spoiler:Fake]] Assassin, aka UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro, is a fairly minor character in the grand scheme of the story, yet his NobleDemon status and his ability to stand up to Saber despite being a BadassNormal at best resulted in him getting a lot of fans.
25	** [[spoiler:[[Myth/ArthurianLegend Bedivere]]]] [[LastEpisodeNewCharacter only shows up in the final scene]] of the ''Fate'' route, but still managed to amass a following among fans. This popularity would continue for years until he finally made a return in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' as a major character, which only cemented his fan-favorite status.
26	** [[spoiler:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Saber Alter]]]] only appears for a limited amount of time during the ''Heaven's Feel'' route, but the sheer coolness of her concept and character, as well as being a central part of the extremely popular [[MultipleEndings Sparks Liner High ending]], resulted in her gaining quite a following.
27	** Issei Ryuudou, Shirou's MuggleBestFriend, is a minor character, but became popular among fans for his likable personality, his role as a {{foil}} for [[HateSink Shinji]], the absolutely hilarious scene in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Shirou strips him to make sure he's not Caster's Master]], and for having a surprising amount of shipping fuel between him and Shirou.
28	* ''VisualNovel/{{Happiness}}'': [[WholesomeCrossdresser Jun]].
29	* ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'':
30	** It's clear that the creators didn't expect Kenshin Uesugi to become one of the game's most popular characters -- his route wasn't slated to be released until after six other guys' (out of eleven) and he rarely ever gets focus in early events. From the start, however, a lot of fans immediately became interested in the [[BloodKnight battle-happy]] PrettyBoy with a hinted-at [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic past]] and [[{{Yandere}} possessive streak]] and started clamoring for his route. When his route was finally released, the game's next popularity poll in Japan had him be ranked in first place ahead of Nobunaga and Masamune who used to be virtual locks for first and second place in popularity polls. Even in the English fandom where his yandereness is somewhat more divisive, he still easily ranks in the top 3 of popularity polls.
31	** Mitsuhide Akechi, especially in the [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff English fandom]]. You'd be hard-pressed to find a player who ''doesn't'' love the silver-haired trickster who gets many of the game's funniest lines in his [[TheGadfly constant teasing and trolling of others]] but has a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold true heart of gold]] underneath all of his snark, especially after Hideyoshi's route depicted him as [[HopelessSuitor secretly falling in love with the player character]] but [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy staying quiet about it so that she could be happy with Hideyoshi]]. And all of this love is for a character who took an ''extremely'' long time to get an actual route!
32	* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': The Paranoid, Misogynistic, Conspiracy Theorist, Kenji Setou.
33	** [[ShrinkingViolet Hanako Ikezawa]] is this due to the sheer amount of fan art featuring her.
34	* In ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'', Becca became almost more popular than the title character with the game’s players.
35	* ''VisualNovel/PrincessLover'': [[LadyOfWar Sylvie]].
36	* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'':
37	** Yuuki Ashikaga for numerous reasons. The main reason is that he's the {{nice guy}} to Makoto's {{jerkass}} personality and probably the {{only sane man}} who is {{genre savvy}} enough to realize what's going on. He can call Sekai out on everything she's done to Kotohana and punch Makoto for being a dick. Finally, [[spoiler: he's the cross dresser that many guys have deemed more attractive than the girls of this series]] AND [[spoiler: he can end up being Makoto's GayOption.]]
38	* ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}!'': Asa's mom Ama can be viewed as one.
39	* [[ColdSniper Sola]] seems pretty popular with the VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}} fanbase, despite not having appeared in the game proper.
40	* For the fans of ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', Nrvnqsr "Nero" Chaos and Satsuki "Sacchin" Yumizuka seem to be well liked, with the former due to his badassness and the later for her cuteness and unfortunate fate both in-game and metawise.
41	* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'':
42	** Touka, her cuteness and fighting style have her beat [[http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=35741 everyone else in polls]]. Karura might count, though she actually gets her own arc in the story.
43	* ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'' series:
44	** Tomitake from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', mainly due to the "Tomitake FLASH!" meme.
45	** From ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'':
46	*** Genji is slowly, ''slowly'' becoming one.
47	*** Hideyoshi is also ''sloooowly'' becoming one. In fact, the fandom's displeasure about him not having any CharacterDevelopment is becoming a sort of meme.
48	*** Kinzo is popular in America, probably because of his association with [[{{Leitmotif}} la divina tragedia]] / [[MemeticMutation OH DESIRE]] and, sometime in the fall of 2009, [[MemeticMutation an explosion of pictures, HUNDREDS of them, with his "troll face" / "rape face" photoshopped onto them, with the claim that "Everything's Better With Kinzo. No Exceptions".]] [[spoiler:However, his popularity with readers went down once [[ParentalIncest what he did to Beatrice II]] was revealed.]]
49	*** [[ActionMom Rosa]] count as this for her being essentially both a TroubledAbuser and a MemeticBadass, to the point that she is the only character who has always ranked in the top 10 in the series' popularity surveys on Japanese servers as well as obviously the central triad Battler-Beatrice-Ange (who always hold the top 3 positions).
50	*** Gohda and his butterfly repelling jacket. Also partially because he's [[MemeticMutation Magical Gohda Chef]].
51	*** Dlanor and Gertrude.
52	*** Will. Just... Will.
53	*** [[spoiler: [[EvilCounterpart Black Battler]]; despite being an illusion created by Bernkastel, he's gotten popular enough to join the roster of the fighting games.]]
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