Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-92.217.113.147-20151106195108/@comment-27036118-20151106203711

Well, like much of the game, it's somewhat open to interpretation.

It's most likely like that just to set up the plot twist that you weren't actually playing as the character you named, and instead you were naming the  first human   (chara), as the game initially misleads you to believe that.

My idea is that perhaps "LV" is somewhat representative of how much of an influence Chara has over the player, as it increases after killing enemies? And, y'know, how in the Genocide Route, it's speculated that you play as Chara inhabiting Frisk's body. That might have something to do with it.

I also somewhat believe that the only time you really play as Frisk is maybe in the True Pacifist Route, as that's the only time you hear that name. Perhaps, in the other routes, you don't necesarily play as Frisk, or at least, you play some mix between Chara and Frisk's personalities?

Honestly, that's a really good question, and I don't have a concrete answer.