Look, all 200 characters (1-off villains and side characters included) are super essential to the story and if one of them is removed the whole story would just be bland and unreadable.

“How do I create 30 characters with interesting personalities that gives them depth and are relevant to the story?” You don’t. Thank you for hearing my Ted Talk.

My story is characters driven and has 9 main characters (1 is the mc, 2 is the deuteragonist, 7 are the tritagonist of the series) I also have some major characters and supporting characters I like for people to get to know and enjoy. They all have their own stories and personalities. They're specifically teenagers in highschool.

I like how he said if you have 30 main characters I'm gonna need you to change hobbies😂😂😂😂 Personally I only have 3 main characters

Thank you so much for this video! Because I have like 13 main characters in my story, this helped me know how to deal with all of them, I took lots of notes lol

First draft of my manga was kinda like that; 7 characters, all fighting for the spotlight of 30 pages. Most of the characters would just been standing there frozen when 2 characters were speaking. After about 3 times of remaking the storyboard I ended up sparing a character for the 2nd chapter and having just a cameo of her in the 1st chapter, scraping another character entirely and giving her inportant roles and traits to the other characters, making a less important character one dimentional and having 3 of the characters "in a group" as you say'ed in the video. Overall, it's much easier to comprehend the characters in the end result! 😂😂

I need a large cast of characters to make my long-running series work. To give more variety. So, it is important to know to how to manage them.

The example of perspective shift is exactly what I was looking for. I've never liked the idea of a single protagonist as it makes it feel like they drive what goes on with the world instead of the world driving what goes on with the character. I think that a protagonist of the arc approach is what I want to do.

I have 4 "main characters" hehe (and 2 more that will appear later), and in my first chap they all appear together but like you said in the vid, I'm putting them in different places and situations and half of the time they are rather separated from each other so it's not like the whole chapter is just one place with all of them shown at the same time. I think it turned out not too overwhelming and not too boring either.

Me with my series with over 500 characters: I feel personally attacked.

And btw I love this playlist man, it's a huge help and inspiration ❤

Nobody talking about how Pedro is dressed up like Pudding in this. Lmao.

7:13 Effects you know who to call 😏

Your videos are so helpful, thank you!

*Project divider has disliked the video* 🤣 Anyway the tips you gave were great as expected and I low-key have a bunch of characters too

I thought having a cast of 18 characters was a large cast, and there are people with way over 30 characters here.

Thanks for making this video, I have around 40 characters and I think this is gonna help me a lot to balance them all.

Thank you for the video! I've been worrying about this since I publish my comic in day 1. I have 2 MCs and other 18 side characters consisted of 4 group of caravans, each caravans has 5 crew members. so total 20 characters driving the story forward. I had this problem where some people complained I introduced too many characters at once or that my char designs look sortly similar. (I introduced 5-6 characters in first 3 chapters, but 1st chapter only highlights 2 MCs). It's far too late to start all over again because i'm already entering second arc and have plenty of loyal audiences already, but thanks to this video I will learn how to distribute a better pacing to give relevancy each of the characters without taking away spotlight from my 2 MCs

This video helped me so much today because I first wrote my manga I had 30 characters trying do like my hero academia but I do like idea of story is marathon not race so I’m using 3 Epsiode rule these videos always help me great content

what he said about the s ep rule is right cause in japan if a manga cant be successful within 10 weeks it will get canceled putting that into anime 3 ep is is 10 ch of manga so that why they want a hook within 10 ch so if u get an anime the readers will watch the anime cause its interesting

This is very helpful thank you I have a huge cast of characters in my comics

What about Ensemble Casts of characters? Like I want to build up a group of 9 Heroes from different backgrounds for a character driven narrative of a group of misfits.

I see ya throw shots at Project Divider and Bnha! 🤣

4:10 that didnt age well 😭 (Manga readers know)

I NEED THIS VIDEO i have alot of important characters

inspiring !

Huh, While watching I realized that I was accidentally developing my future manga comic beginning right!

My fighting comic’s cast The 3 kings of open weight combat: “Latino heat” thrill seeker, Bruce Lee reference, white boy thug The 4 horsewoman of style: metalhead, shopaholic, pro wrestler, country gal The rookies: break dancer, broke college student, guy on weight loss journey, scene kid, a-hole prodigy (instigator) Enemies: trust fund kung fu billionaire, hater pretending to be fanboy (fight promoter), rival gyms, yakuza ninjas, a bunch of Charlies mad at the thug for going full martial artist

again, spot on bro . also fullmetal alchemist is one of the best when it comes to introducing characters.

I have a comic series I'm working on called Oyverley, it's got a REALLY expansive cast. And this is what I was looking for.

Good advice

I currently have four main characters for my Manga. Each one is equally important as they all drive the story forward in their own way.

I’m late but this is doope bruda

So does that mean the main character is not essential? Because from what I've heard of, the leading protagonist is supposed to be the most important one. Then again, I have no desire to make any of my character's roles in the story meaningless.

looks at my series with 17 members in the main group

I thought it was 2 eps, but makes sense

0:12 Parappa is in the crowd.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the five-man band trope

I remember watching anime that instantly show 12 girls in 1 episode. Instant drop lol

I have 2 Main characters and 3 half-main characters, is that good?

I wuold have a mix of gruping and spliting

I want to make a manga with 13 main characters how can I make it ?

For the society maybe you weren’t supposed to remember them maybe it’s was supposed to overwhelm you the same way the situation overwhelms the kids

0:18 lmaoooo thats me no cap

1:42 4:43 6:33

bruh my problem is I keep creating character but and they have a little story but I dont know how to add them to the story lmaooo

My proto story hes 10 mcs and they all have their own sub plot

My story is gonna have 6 characters that is part of the Main cast I already have planned personalities and back stories for them. But at first my MC will met 3 friends but 2 of them will die lol💀. And then he will end up becoming friends with the 3 other characters who used to be one of the err how do we call this ahh they are kind of mean to my MC. Well I mentioned earlier that my MC will met 3 friends and 2 will die the remaining 1 is also NOT part of the main cast idk just gonna forget about him💀 well that is what gonna happen on the first saga. On the next saga that is when the other two will come and then yeah that's the final line up.... Eerrr about my main character his first appearance will look skinny and dirty with a long hair because he is homeless for 6 years (his parents dumped him when he's only 10) but even after all the struggles he is very positive, friendly and kind unlike the other characters (my story will contain people that needs EXTREME mental help💀💀💀). Oh I forgot to add he is a boy. The 2nd member is a girl she likes to look "cute" but she's a psychopath who LOVES to kill. As a girl she's very careless I mean...she would show off her panties💀. "Just kill anyone who peak under" is something she would say lol yes she's a gremlin. The third one is another boy. Overpowered AF. Err there is something I call "Mental Hospital-School" in my story just ask on the replies if you want to know what does that mean. Uhh That boy is the strongest student there. It Is said that he masaccared an entire room after knowing his SECRET. Well he will be friends with my MC after knowing his secret lol. About the personality; he is scary, always serious, and a "Savage" but at home he have a pet/friend rat 😆 later he will be more happy after his father's death lmao. The 4th one is another girl she is the first student my MC will meet but she is mean and arrogant as she is one of the strong students, she is also popular because of her beauty. But later the "truth" will be revealed (I'm not gonna tell ya deadass). Unlike the other girl she is more ladylike and sophisticated. The 5th one is a boy err he's bisexual how do I call this... Uhh imagine a gangster but kind of flirtatious, juicy/fruity lol💀 but still have that cool mf persona uhh yes that! He's a MOTHERF*CKER. And yes the kind of common "The perverted character" 💀 Lastly, another boy he's gonna be very timid, shy and quiet at first but later he will get more comfortable. One of his powers is invincibility (I'm jealous...) Actually the 5th one forced him to join the group lol. And as I said he's very shy and would easily get picked up on but among the 6 he's the 3rd strongest👀 They are a group but there's no leader there will be a line saying "He(MC) is not our leader but he's the one that brings everyone together" There's other characters I want to talk about but shits gonna be too long.....

Oh shit...... i have an entire planet worth of character *and a equivalent to heaven and hell*

I mean, calculate the clichés used for total drama, see how limited it is, well if we would include the ones used by Disventure Camp in variety or adults, since it is impossible to have a super long cast, friend, just focus on quality over quantity, because I mean You are going to be saturated and you will end up screwed, less is more but anyone who does not believe that lacks talent as a writer, one must make the most of little, even if it is in pieces

bro what do u mean i got 100 main character they all got plot

i have the OPPOSITE problem, i pretty much have my worldbuilding done but i only have three characters...

Is 7 main characters too much?

Learn from Jojo, they know how to Kill Main Characters