Random Poll #13 : Size of Main Cast

This poll won't have any impact on The Wind Calamity. It's mainly for my future works. 

Hey guys 👋

This is one of the most common feedbacks/complaints I've received about the Wind Calamity. Can't say they're unjustified as I agree to a certain extent too 😅

The story entirely focuses on Fujin, following his life entirely. There are too few characters surrounding him. Though Hoka, Renjiro were around him for quite a long while, their appearance became rare once Fujin joined the Anbu. 

Anyway, the reason behind this is simply a newbie mistake. When I planned the story, I was entirely focused on Fujin's journey. I wanted to show how his adventure through the ninja world will be. Even though I created a lot of new characters (and expanded upon several existing ones), they weren't my main focus while I was planning. 

In my future books, I hope to improve upon this aspect. So, I'd like to know how big/small of a group do you like to see around the main character. 

Important - The group need not be consisting of close friends. Could also be rivals/competitors/enemies being forced to work together due to circumstances. 

Also, solo/small groups wouldn't mean no other characters would be important. I'll work to have several important characters every arc, it's just that they won't appear as frequently as the main cast. 

1. Solo - MC travels alone and the story focuses almost entirely on him (basically what Fujin did before joining the Academy or post his retirement from Anbu up to Konoha Crush). 

2. Solo, but with several capable rivals/enemies - MC will travel and train solo, but there will be several rivals/enemies who will frequently run into MC. Could fight or even cooperate with him depending on the situation. I guess an example can be Fang Yuan from Reverend Insanity. 

3. Two - Can be a partner, close friend or a rival. The two travel and train together and will be present in most, if not all arcs. (I also consider whether an arch enemy could be considered here. He won't travel or train with MC, but the two will clash every arc. However, on thinking more deeply, I suppose that'll get repetitive and boring rather quickly).

4. Small Squad - 3-4 people. Kinda like Team 7, but need not necessarily be a squad. Could be assembled later on like how Taka was. 

5. Slightly large group - Say 7-12 people. Kinda like Strawhats. 

6. A Classroom - Say 20-30 characters. I can't go any larger than this 😅🤣 Not entirely sure if I can sustain this either, but may be doable if I focus just on a handful while the rest stay in background. 

PS: Needless to say, no (long) story can be written by maintaining a constant size of the main cast. There will be instances where the MC will be alone or instances where he would have to ride alongside an army. In Wind Calamity, you've seen Fujin be solo for a year, then in the classroom for 4 years, followed by 4 years of small squads (with 1 solo mission in between) before he went solo again. He also had to lead armies recently. So, I just want to know what size of cast you'd prefer to see in most arcs in a story.