Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-25958024-20150115204740/@comment-397235-20150117071030

Mei's not really a Sue; she's got character flaws out the ass.

I dunno. I was first exposed to Another via one of the death videos, and thus the first time I really saw Mei was in the scene wherein Yumi dies. For some reason I just had an immediately negative reaction to her. I don't know why, but I just didn't like her. (Oddly I had the same reaction to Ikuo and Takako, though I mostly got over that for the latter; the anime version of Mei is the only one I take issue with anyway).

I'd buy her being malnourished as an excuse (because that's what it is) for her not to physically defend herself, but physical strength doesn't impact her words at all. There's no reason I can think of for Mei not to try to reason with her attackers, but not once in the anime does she ever try. That fits more into my theory she's unwilling rather than unable to defend herself.