My original five were Aurora, Gabi, Rory, Yuka, and Harry. Only Aurora and Rory remain. Aurora is the only one of that group that I like, so I intend on keeping her.
All of my original five are still here, too. Chester, Cheri, Rod, Kitty, and Cally. I'm pretty sure all have asked to move away at some point except for Kitty (I think that Cheri wanted to leave twice already?), but I don't think that I'll ever want them to leave. The only qualm I have is that both Chester and Cheri are of the same species, but I just can't imagine either of them leaving. I liked them all from the get-go, and I've only grown fonder of them. No pictures yet, but it's not like I'm in any sort of rush.
Out of my starting five, only Broffina left; she was also the first villager to leave my town. Pierce, Ruby, Gala, and Barold are still around, and I don't intend on letting the first three go anywhere (Ruby's already asked once). Barold's tried to leave once as well, but I refused because he had grown on me a little bit. I'm willing to let him go if asks again, though.
only Kiki. I lost punchy recently and I really wish he didn't leave I still see my other originals in the main street though i wish felicity would come back :'(
Out of my five, only Marcie moved out and without notice (had to find out from another villager)... I actually liked her, too! Diana, Tutu, Vic and Leonardo remain. So far Diana, Tutu and Leonardo are never allowed to leave. With Vic, I'm still deciding...
Right now I want the hideous villagers in my town currently to move first. That includes Diva...
I still have Kid Cat, Del, Annalise, Egbert, and Puddles
I tried to make Del and Annalise move, but they both decided they don't want to leave anymore right before their moving date :/
I need to stop talking to my villagers when I'm trying to get them to move >_> They keep changing their minds and I can't do anything about it <_< I've been stuck at 10 villagers for a REAALLY long time :/
I've been pretty lucky: My originals are all ones I like. I've got Lily, Joey, Blaire, Tank, and Tammi. I've had the opportunity to get them all to move, but I'm afraid that the villager replacing them would park in an inconvenient place. So, all my original villagers, including the five starters, get to stay.
I have all of the original villagers lol. Honestly, I really do not care about the villagers, as I barely interact with them (I know, you guys won't really like that >_>) But I am keeping all of them because of their location of their houses. They aren't really too much in the way, and they aren't causing any problems, so I don't want one to move away, and have another villager replace them, except in a really really problematic spot.
So pretty much, I have all the characters I started with, plus one or two (I have had all of them so long so I can't remember which ones were ones that moved in or were always there )
I started with Peck, Olivia, Camofrog, Ava, and Tammi. Olivia is staying forever, and I love Tammi too. Ava is moving tomorrow and I'm trying to force Camofrog out. Peck I do like but if he were to move, I wouldn't be heartbroken.