I found this really great article breaking down a DR character in physiological detail(please check it out). I wanted to know if you were to analyze a character how do you 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 you 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 you draw from the categories you have now answered that you did not include before?

Theme: What do you 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 you 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 you 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 overall 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.

By building it like that you generally establish a lot of "That makes sense. That also makes sense. That also makes sense. That also makes sense." then when you have a bit of a large theme and a long list of points that make sense, you 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 love the character and know a lot abotu them naturally. I can do it for ones I dont love 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 you 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.