Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-203.219.84.109-20120717040920/@comment-397235-20140830063350

Wow, even one of the other Admins jumped on this.

Mei's character, as I've always said, isn't meant to be pretty. Mei's cute. That's the point. You want to protect her, not sleep with her. Girls find sexy characters threatening; cute characters are sympathetic.

There's also a trend within Japanese culture to vilify beauty (which is why Izumi is so antagonistic in the anime). I don't know where it comes from, but it really is a thing.