Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-77.202.59.149-20140920182551/@comment-71.90.163.29-20160110001137

To be entirely honest, with no bias or anything, to answer your question I can see why people dislike her from the anime. Sure, from the games may be different considering that as the player, you put more of your own ideas and thoughts into it, but the anime is scripted and written to go in a specific direction and that's where you can justify disliking her character.

For one, Yui is very hard to relate to in the anime. Assuming you went into it completely blind, not having played the games before, you may think Yui is just a standard reverse-harem protagonist. There aren't many defining characteristics that the viewer can relate to. As far as her past goes, she grew up in a church and doesn't seem to have any troubling events in her life other than the events that take place in the anime/games. It's almost as if she was placed into the story without any real need for her to be there. Sure, Cordelia's heart gives her necessity but as far as some of the brothers falling for her, that just doesn't make any sense.

That's a really defining moment in an anime. When there's no serious bonds or relationships formed between the protagonist and the other love interests, any romantic situation just seems forced and unnatural under serious and unbiased thought. I feel like Yui is just a victim of bad writing. Perhaps if her character had some more flaws and better dynamics as far as her personality and bonds with the love interests, she'd be very likable and admirable.