Firstly putting this here because it revolves around 1.5 and 1.8 starters as well and therefore has no place in their subtopics.
Touhoumon (in the official versions anyway) give you a choice of CReimu, CSakuya or CMarisa in the 1.5 version and the choice of CSanae, CAlice and CReisen. However, there's a somewhat good balance between these 6 so the choice is hard, and even knowing that the one you choose is the one you choose for the rest of the game while the others are let to rot (unless you find like a CSakuya in Mt. Moon but I'm not even sure if that's official). This topic is to bring your own opinion on who is your favorite/best starter for 1.5 and 1.8. Feel free to talk about other versions if you want to, like Ordinary or World Link or whatever.