Spoiler: the all-knowing parama's character rankings (the spoiler part is not a joke)
1. Celeste (i just love her personality, even if she's like the only true villain besides junko)
2. Chihiro (bless this poor baby)
3. Sakura (who is basically the strongest and nicest character in every way
4. Hina (one of the most normal yet most fleshed-out characters for sure)
5. Kyoko (the few moments where she does show emotion make her more interesting)
6. Byakuya (probably the character who changes the most throughout the course of the game)
7. Makoto (i mean, he counts, even if he's a bit one-note)
8. Junko (honestly she's more interesting the less "weird" she gets)
9. Sayaka (she's fine and her being the first attempted murderer is cool but she dies before 90% of the game happens so...)
10. Leon (in the manga, apparently sayaka's death was actually an accident, which makes him a fair bit more sympathetic)
11. Mukuro (i've been reading danganronpa zero where she does actually make a real appearance and she's pretty interesting there)
12. Taka (i mean he's fine but never really that strong of a character)
13. Mondo (i kinda hate him for killing chihiro but only a little and he's otherwise fine)
14. Yasuhiro (never gets over being a butt monkey)
15. Hifumi (literally exists just to parody someone irl i think)
16. Toko (the only character who gets less creepy when she turns into a serial killer)
2. Chihiro (bless this poor baby)
3. Sakura (who is basically the strongest and nicest character in every way
4. Hina (one of the most normal yet most fleshed-out characters for sure)
5. Kyoko (the few moments where she does show emotion make her more interesting)
6. Byakuya (probably the character who changes the most throughout the course of the game)
7. Makoto (i mean, he counts, even if he's a bit one-note)
8. Junko (honestly she's more interesting the less "weird" she gets)
9. Sayaka (she's fine and her being the first attempted murderer is cool but she dies before 90% of the game happens so...)
10. Leon (in the manga, apparently sayaka's death was actually an accident, which makes him a fair bit more sympathetic)
11. Mukuro (i've been reading danganronpa zero where she does actually make a real appearance and she's pretty interesting there)
12. Taka (i mean he's fine but never really that strong of a character)
13. Mondo (i kinda hate him for killing chihiro but only a little and he's otherwise fine)
14. Yasuhiro (never gets over being a butt monkey)
15. Hifumi (literally exists just to parody someone irl i think)
16. Toko (the only character who gets less creepy when she turns into a serial killer)
i'm too lazy to do DR2 rn but i will when everyone else is doing it or something