Because you like Violet Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
A vampire hunter, Integra Hellsing doesn't tolerate failure, least of all her own. See them in Hellsing.
Gruff and sarcastic, Detective Harry Dresden use unconventional ways to track down perps, including using magic and the supernatural. See them in The Dresden Files.
The quiet, intense Daryl Dixon lets his crossbow do the talking. See them in The Walking Dead.
Misaki Nakahara is keeping tabs on her newest project: recluse Tatsuhiro Sato. See them in Welcome to the NHK.
When the going gets tough, Dre Johnson gets tougher. Well, he'd like to think he does. See them in Blackish.
Dimitri Belikov is a stoic vampire guardian who has the reserve, focus, and discipline of a soldier. See them in Vampire Academy .
Hawkeye Pierce is a Devil-may-care Army doc who'd have the Devil laughing and drinking in five minutes flat. See them in M*A*S*H.
Convinced that the world is conspiring against him, Tatsuhiro's reconciled himself to his fate as a shut-in. See them in Welcome to the NHK.
After Rintarou Okabe develops the Phone Microwave, some of his fantasies start to seem uncomfortably real. See them in Steins;Gate.