Many people really do just see Asuna as the perfect waifu. That is outrageously false, but when I consider the fandom, it doesn’t surprise me. Her haters say that she is designed specifically to be the perfect waifu, one that fans with no standards could easily latch onto regardless of how she is written as a character. People act like Asuna is simply waifu bait. While those statements are obviously untrue, there are other statements that really annoy the heck out of me. They call her bland, or a damsel in distress. Yet, I see tons of people online talk shit about her character. Her character development is simply phenomenal and she is so well-rounded. I’m not gonna sugercoat it, most SAO fans don’t truly appreciate the show for what it is, and give off a terrible impression that allows haters to find reasons to bash on it.Īsuna truly is a fantastic character. I could get into a whole other post about Sword Art Online hate, but I want to at least talk specifically about how people base their perceptions of the show on fan perception. It really sucks, but what sucks even more is how people judge the game based on fan perception, as opposed to it’s own merits. They have this perception because the fans give it this perception. Many people have this perception despite not playing it. I’m still seeing people call Xenoblade Chronicles 2 a fanservice game. Fans largely being horny for them shouldn’t take away from their character arcs. Pyra and Mythra are fantastic characters. Most of the talk online about them revolves around this. People are extremely horny for Pyra and Mythra. The same thing happened, and continues to happen with Xenoblade Chronicles 2. This isn’t just exclusive to Nier Automata. You can’t base your judgements on how the fans perceive the media, because most fans will perceive it in this way if they can. But this shouldn’t take away from the game or her character. Yet, most people are horny nonstop for her. There is much more to her character than her ass. There is much more to the game than 2B’s ass. I do think it’s unfortunate, because Nier Automata is a fantastic game. They will talk about their boobs, ass, and thighs.

They will talk about how hot the character is.

Even if a female character is absolutely amazing and extremely well-developed and well-written, most people will talk about the character in terms of how much of a great waifu they are. Something people need to realize if that most people do not care about quality whatsoever, or they at least don’t pay much attention. But that doesn’t make the game or anime any worse. Personally, I do wish that discussion around games and anime would revolve more around what makes it good, as opposed to being horny 24/7 and talking about waifus. If it was good, people would talk about the story and characters, or the gameplay if it’s a game. This leads them to the conclusion that said game or anime is bad. They will mention that fans only care about something superficial, while the meat of what makes a game or anime good or bad is ignored. This is a type of comment I see frequently about many games and many anime. I noticed people recently saying that people only care about Nier Automata for 2B’s ass and that the game isn’t actually good.

Nier automata staring at 2b's ass