Talk:Kurisu Makise/@comment-2A02:1205:34C4:D60:DC04:7BC2:FD6B:BD2D-20170905174433/@comment-2601:200:C100:666:C53C:704A:FD2D:132E-20170913173730

In S;G-0, there was a very concrete reason people treated her like that, which was explained a hundred times over in the VN. Besides, the story is told largely from the POV of Okabe, her love interest, and Maho, someone who reveres and envies her in a relatively realistic way. Both of those characters have obvious reasons to be biased towards thinking of her in a positive light. Also, most of her lines come from Amadeus, which is not her. I mean, I didn't like that in the end it seems they basically implied they were the same and disregarded the rules set out at the beginning, but from the outset there are differences to be noted in behavior that I'd like to think are intentional. She had very few lines in Zero -- at least in her route -- compared to the main story, even including her route. Her role in the story there was pretty clear-cut.

I agree that she's there partly as a wish-fulfillment character and she's designed to be likable, but what do you think of every other female character in Steins;Gate? Mayuri is clearly supposed to be 'moe' and is a passive, kind, star-struck, and helpless girl that has to be rescued by the MC. The MC himself is self-sacrificing, as is Kurisu, as is every other character; in that regard, Steins;Gate clearly is not trying to be realistic.

It IS adapted from a harem VN, so I don't know what you really expect. Every female character seems to basically cater to a specific niche within the already-niche demographic of the show, and Kurisu has an actual role in the story involving her own actions, which is more than I can say for most of them. Also, the anime follows her route.

Tl;dr what you said is somewhat valid but it's also true for every other female character, and obviously Kurisu has managed to draw more fans than the others, which is the goal.