Moreover, if you don't recruit a character in current playthrough, in next playthrough their affection rank will stay at 0, so choose the one that's important, strong that you like (maybe Faust), otherwise follow this priority based on how likely to miss them: Carry Over Affection: if you have a character in your army and her affection level is maxed, all of the items acquired from her events will automatically be added in your inventory (Obviously, you should choose all ancient heroes first) So make sure that in new playthrough, Choose Recruit Magoroku, Galileo, Copernicus so you have all their event items at the start of new game (if you don't have them).
You don't need to completely finish each playthrough in every New Game+, by choosing all Carry Over bonuses and some strategies you can reduce the time needed to complete one and still get all items possible. Increase city income or open secret lands Besides character's mission, there are 6 other types of mission: