The anime series, War x Love (Val x Love), airing from fall 2019, is not only a harem romantic comedy, but also a battle-themed story. However, its greatest draw is undoubtedly the cute and charming characters. It's a show where strong and cute characters play important roles and suffer nasty experiences. This time, I've ranked the cutest characters in War x Love (Val x Love) based on my own personal opinion!
Cuteness Ranking: 1st Place: Saotome Ichika "Brunhilde"
She's the most reliable older sister among the nine Valkyries, possessing the highest combat abilities. She cares deeply for her younger sisters and has a simple personality, showing obvious joy in their presence, even as her ahoge twitches. However, she disapproves of the protagonist, Takuma, who is unreliable and puts her sisters in danger. She's cold towards him, even threatening to kill him if he touches her.
Kukkoro
Ichika has a warrior-like personality, but naturally, she needs to flirt and become stronger. Naturally, Ichika doesn't acknowledge the protagonist at all, and is cold toward him when he flirts with her. However, she's actually quite sensitive, and even just being touched gets her aroused. Ichika doesn't want to show it, so she's frustrated but also aroused, and ends up in a situation where she wants to kill him.
Pond-Kawaii
She's proud and competitive, so she uses her sensitive body to desperately endure the flirting. However, an accidental transformation reveals her weakness: her MP (or something like that) limit is so low that she becomes unable to move immediately after transforming. Despite her strength, which allows her to easily defeat demons without transforming, Ichika, the eldest daughter, is the cutest, showing a slightly poncho-kawaii side.
Cuteness Ranking: 2nd Place: Saotome Nanaki "Siegrune"
Of the nine Valkyries, Saotome Nanaki (Siegrune) is the main heroine-like character closest to the protagonist. She transfers into the same class as the protagonist, Takuma, and is well-known in her class for her beautiful appearance and kindness. However, she seems to be a bit of a nerd at school, and perhaps due to her frequent lucky pervert encounters, she has a cold and distant attitude, a typical tsundere character.
Is she the best student among the Valkyries?
Nanaki has the most opportunities to interact with Takuma, and it's not just because they're classmates. Nanaki's Valkyrie ability, "Sword," is extremely useful, so she prioritizes experience points over her sisters. In this work, receiving experience points means falling in love and getting affectionate, which means experiencing embarrassing experiences. That's why she's the character who experiences the most embarrassing experiences in the story.
A little clumsy?
Although she's a mischievous girl who often finds herself in lucky pervert situations, she's also quite clumsy. She infiltrates the school disguised as a student, completely unaware of or even suspicious of the enemy forces operating behind the scenes. She also takes off clothes when there's no need to. Her clumsy and vulnerable side is part of her charm.
Cuteness Ranking: 3rd Place: Saotome Mutsumi "Helmwige"
Among the nine Valkyries, Mutsumi is the timid and shy sixth. One of the Valkyries had to become an idol, and because of her personality, the role was pushed onto her by her sisters. However, despite being pushed, she handled it well, and is now well known to the general public as the popular idol "MUTSUMI."
The biggest of the sisters, and a bit perverse
She has the biggest breasts of the sisters, and is an idol-like presence both at school and abroad. She used to be shy, but now that she's in front of everyone as an idol, she seems to have gained confidence. She's a hardworking and kind girl who has feelings for Takuma, but she also has a masochistic personality, becoming aroused when she feels sad or scared.
Ability: Wings
As a Valkyrie, Rokukai's ability is her wings, allowing her to fly freely through the air and boasting the greatest mobility of her sisters. While another work features Helmwige, who is designed to block attacks with heavy armor, in this work her ability lies in her blinding speed. However, she doesn't seem to have the firepower to annihilate enemies.
Cuteness Ranking: 4th Place: Saotome Ikuya "Schwertleite"
Like Siegrune and Helmwige, she is one of the transfer students to the same school as the protagonist. Despite this, her overwhelming beauty and charisma make her the student council president, and she is as envied at school as the other two. The Valkyrie's power is to restrict the movements and abilities of those she captures with her "chains."
At first glance, he seems like a capable person, but...
He actively pursues the protagonist, Takuma, and takes the lead, but when the time comes, he gets nervous and cowards, and is secretly a wimp who is weak at the last minute. He also has some flaws, such as being completely unaware of the actions of enemy forces who are disguised as student council members to gather information and launch attacks. While he appears to be a capable person, he is secretly a wimp and a useless character.
Fazakon
She deeply respects and adores her father, Odin, and her driving force is to be praised by him. In other words, she's a daddy's girl, and prioritizes her father over Takuma. However, her feelings change and she gradually begins to like Takuma.
Cuteness Ranking: 5th Place: Saotome Yakumo "Grimgerde"
She always wears headphones and is a cool, emotionless character. However, her words and actions are quite harsh and devilish. Her body is still developing, possessing a flat, lolita-like figure.
Headphones are her forte
Yakumo always wears headphones due to her unique condition, hyperacusis. While her hearing is excellent, it's so strong that it interferes with her daily life. As a result, she dislikes being touched by headphones. Her ability is "sound," and she often supports her Valkyries with her strengthening abilities.
[Val x Love] Cuteness Ranking Summary
We've ranked the top five, but there are still many other fascinating characters, so we encourage you to check it out and find your favorite! War x Love (Val x Love) will begin airing in October!
