I'm addicted to grinding Supports in Birthright, but now that I've started S-Ranking various characters I think I'll start to settle down and choose core characters to focus EXP. on---I don't really have an urge to mess with the children beyond simply obtaining them, so that'll make it easy to keep the 1st Generation fairly balanced out.
I went with Subaki for my Avatar's husband, he was the first dude who jumped out at me so, I was like, why not? The Paralouge getting his daughter was tough as shit, I'm playing Casual so it didn't matter much but basically everyone died on me but the two ninjas and their supports, Hinoka and Orochi. Was amazing for EXP. though.
Here's my other pairs at the moment (Chapter 10)...
* Silas and Hana: They seemed a nice match. (S Rank)
* Saigo and Orochi. The two darkest looking characters (S Rank)
* Mozu and Hayato. Wanted to pair the two kids up so it wouldn't be weird (S Rank), also the only other child I've gotten at this point from the Paralouge is Rhajat...hey, wait a second...
* Kaze and Rinkah. Well they were paired up at the beginning of the game, so it felt natural...though their Support about eating candy is pretty weak. (A Rank)
* Hintata and Hinoka. Well...their names fit well with one another. (A Rank)
* Azura and Jacob. Just started pairing them up early, and went with it after a bit (A Rank)
* Azama and Oboro. Don't know why I went with this one, just had too many girls left unpaired and thought it'd work out well (C Rank)
Poor Sakura (who I've replaced with Azama for healing duties) and Setsuna are currently alone at the moment---though I'll find someone for them eventually. To be honest I'm finding the Hoshidan characters kind of dull, I'd say Hana, Hinata, and Azama are the only ones who have caught my interest. Hope Nohr is a bit better.
I don't really feel like grinding to 20 for the best results from Advancing, if I'm playing Casual anyway I probably won't lose much by promoting early, right?
So is Hinoka, that's the first thing I noticed when I started the game lol.