Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-60.49.90.2-20150604072955/@comment-397235-20150618222920

I dated a girl for almost two years who was cripplingly shy, had very few friends outside her family, was close to her younger sister to the point of it being unhealthy, could not handle confrontation, was completely incapable of defending herself, and expected everyone else (especially me) to take care of her at all times. She was childish and immature,and while that at first seems endearing on the surface, it's simply not possible to form a mature relationship with someone who is still emotionally five years old.

My biggest problem with Mei is how completely unwilling she is to ever stand up for herself. She's been taught her entire life she never actually has to do anything on her own, so she doesn't.

Further, Mei has had four months to come to grips with her sister's death...due to illness, yet she can't, and people go on and on about how tragic this is and how it's perfectly acceptable and normal for her to still be catatonic about it, and are willing to make excuses for some of the crueler things she does (especially to Kouichi, but to Naoya as well). Izumi, meanwhile, lost everyone she cares about in a matter of two weeks, and everyone expects her to get over it.

You can't have it both ways. Either it's alright for Mei to wallow in self pity and depression, or it's not okay for Izumi to try and avenge her friends' deaths.