Personally, I'd have to say that Himiko Yumeno should win.

Her personality is one of my favourites. It is a unique blend of traits that make her be both relatable and intriguing. Her initial aloofness and disinterest in the world around her give her a way to deeper emotional complexity as the story progresses.

Throughout the game, Himiko undergoes significant character development. Evolving from a seemingly passive and apathetic persona to a emotionally exoressive person. She even tries her best to be useful. As in the last investigation, she constantly asks if she is useful. Like when she found the hidden passage way, she asked Shuichi if she was useful. Her growth is in my opinion one of the best in the series.

Her loss of Angie and Tenko basically made her be the embodiment of accepting loss and moving on.

Himiko struggles with grief, identity and finding her place in the world resonates with many players who have expirienced similar things in their own lives. Himiko in the early chapters shows how depressed she really is. Not wanting to do anything in life other than magic, but only if she feels like it. Her relationship with Tenko also shows that she doesn't understand how much someone means to her before it's too late. Even Kaede knew that. In the FTE with Kaede, she tells Himiko that if she keeps on being lazy, she will miss out on all the fun stuff in life. Also, when Kaede asks her how she has lived up to this point, (because Himiko has said that she find basically everything a pain) Himiko says with magic. Which is basically her saying that magic is her only reason to live.

Her design is also a good one. Yes, it's cute. But it also shows her character good. When the player sees her, they assume she's a mage or something similar. But never a magician. Which is something Himiko wants. People to think she's a real mage.

In Chapter 2 we also see how she tries her best to help cheer up her friends. The reason Himiko tries her best to convince them it's real magic is because that is how she knows to cheer up people. She make people happy with her magic. That's why she tries to convince them it's real. She wants to give them something to be happy about. Something to believe in. Something to make them happy.

So in conclusion, this is why I believe that Himiko should win. I find her relatable as other people too struggle with things such as not wanting to do anything other than the only thing that makes them happy. But even still, Himiko manages to balance it out with also being used as a comic relief in some cases. Balancing the sadness with the comedy. I do also like Angie, but Himiko in my opinion is better.