@PetiteTiddies This is mostly true to me as well—it's why I'm so excited to get caught up on the novels to read the newer releases that are seemingly just characters talking. It's also why the short stories collection was so charming as it was just conversation.
@PetiteTiddies I mostly agree on the order, I just put less of a gap between them. I'm unsure of where I put Kaiki purely because I flip between feelings towards him constantly but I would put Nadeko next to Shinobu, personally. I like everyone else but Hanekawa definitely has to be lowest.
@PetiteTiddies I disagree on her being bland but I will say she feels the most "targeted" at the otaku watching, both for charm points and characterization, which occasionally detracts from her for me. Well, that and her consistently having the worse arcs of the respective season.