Because you like Aimee Finecky in The Spectacular Now

An off-beat dork, John Egbert is funny, inventive, and endlessly optimistic. See them in Homestuck.

Once a lonely hat maker, Sophie Hatter is now cleaning goo from bathtubs and cooking breakfast for the grumpiest wizard in all the land. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.

Steven Universe is an excitable youth who likes junk food and trying to save the world. See them in Steven Universe.

If anyone can stay optimistic and friendly under harsh alien rule, it's Alyx Vance. See them in Half-Life 2.

The last war left his economy devastated, and now Germany is engaged in another war and stuck with two barely trained allies for help. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

With his perfectly combed hair and flashy military outfits, France can charm the pants off of anyone—well except his fellow nations, it seems. See them in Axis Powers Hetalia.

Sabriel is smart enough to understand the dangers that await her and brave enough to face them anyway. See them in Abhorsen Series.

Franklin "Mouse" Finbar is a jock paying the price for his mistake. See them in Jumanji.

Lazy and cynical‚ Bernard Black is the ultimate curmudgeon. See them in Black Books.

Andrew Glouberman is trying to make it through puberty with his sanity intact. See them in Big Mouth.

An arrogant, prideful human-demon hybrid, Inuyasha secretly just wants to be accepted. See them in Inuyasha.