I found this really great 文章 breaking down a DR character in physiological detail(please check it out). I wanted to know if 你 were to analyze a character how do 你 do it?

This is my personal template. The format is typically used for analyzing poetry, but I find that placing a personal twist on it proves quite effective for analyzing a single character: TPCASTT.

Title: Name of the character. Etymology of their name and how it affects them as an individual.

Paraphrase: Paraphrase the events of the story they played a primary, considerable role in.

Connotation: What emotional nuance can 你 draw from the character's speech and physical gestures?

Attitude: How does this character react to situations? Cite at least three of the most prominent examples.

Shifts: How does this character shift mind-frames and change throughout the story in terms of mannerisms and deeds? Cite at least three of the most prominent examples.

Title: Return to the character's name again. What inferences can 你 draw from the categories 你 have now answered that 你 did not include before?

Theme: What do 你 believe this character aimed to achieve, and what did this character learn from their actions and words throughout the story?

I did not create that format. I merely spun it into a direction with which 你 may thoroughly map a character's psychological layout as if they were a real person. Of course, just as with any template, it has its flaws, but I hope this answer helps.

;-; Im so honored. Thank 你 XD

I generally go with the flow and generally start with a lot of basic breakdown of basic characteristics until I have enough to make an 总体, 整体 point that connects all the basic characteristics.

Then I repeat that for a few larger points and then once I have a lot of my analysis points well developed and defended, I try to pull them together into a massive schema and giant unseen picture on the character that I feel is not as well known.

由 building it like that 你 generally establish a lot of "That makes sense. That also makes sense. That also makes sense. That also makes sense." then when 你 have a bit of a large theme and a long 列表 of points that make sense, 你 can tie them together and its a big "THAT MAKE SO MUCH SENSE"


Though when it comes to analyzing characters, I only do it if I really 爱情 the character and know a lot abotu them naturally. I can do it for ones I dont 爱情 as much but then its a little ingenuine and tends to have flaws. Usually I have a really strong thesis that I believe is true about how their psyche and internal self / mind works and when I think I have that I jot down a lot of ideas on a scratch pad and review material I remember / am playing / am watching, maybe go back and go over it again, contrast it with information from the wikia and defend it all.

Its about working from the end. Take what 你 already strongly believe to be true about the character and break it into multiple sub-ideas then defend and explain those and then go back and defend how they connect to the big idea.

Its a lot of thinking and sitting back though and its something I only kind of do when Im really invested into a character, as the reason Ive only done it for Nagito and Akashi.