Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-397235-20140821031317

Mei is a well rounded character in her own right, but she also makes a good foil for Kouichi. While Kouichi is generally optimistic, Mei is extremely bitter and pessimistic (look at her line about death; this is not someone who is especially cheerful).

It's something which doesn't become apparent until you think about her a little, but Mei is very much not a happy person. It doesn't manifest itself often, but she's very angry at the world for what its done to her sister, and herself. If she didn't have the upstanding moral character she does, she could very easily become a psychopath and say "fuck these people" (her class) and either leave them to die, or start actively helping the Curse kill them, but she doesn't, even when they start trying to kill her.