Talk:Mayuri Shiina/@comment-179.35.94.24-20170629193151/@comment-2601:200:C100:666:C53C:704A:FD2D:132E-20170913181149

I personally thought they were ALL clichéd. Mayuri was designed to be "moe" and I personally found her pretty boring, which was a problem for me because half the show was centered around saving her and she served as a catalyst for the MC's actions. Her function was to be a helpless, cutesy "emotional support" and, as one of the romanceable characters in the VN, she was designed to be likable to people who liked her "type," just as (L/R)uka and Faris and Kurisu were. I didn't think highly of Kurisu's character from a rational standpoint, but I did feel better about her while watching/reading because of her interactions with Okabe and role in the plot being more energetic and witty than the supporting cast. She was the only one who was perceptive enough to see eye-to-eye and still have the same values as the MC, for the most part. Mayuri just kind of... was there. I could see how you could find her cute and funny, but for those of us who didn't, she was boring AF. As you say, she had no passion for science and was unable to keep up with Okabe at all.

As for time to fall in love, Okabe time leaping back over and over again and the very specific type of rapport established each time, combined with the fact that relationships tend to transfer over in this world, made that somewhat believable. It was more like a passionate attraction than love, though, so idk. I felt he was "closer" to Mayuri, but obsessed with Kurisu. If anything, I'm not sure why Kurisu would be attracted to him if not for the type of story it was, lol. I thought it was even weirder that Mayuri and Okabe were so close though. They just were, and I get that he felt the need to protect her like a child, but I didn't know what they bonded over and it was never explained how they actually met -- just that he already cared about her during the grandma event and helped her out of that, which would explain some of it, but not all. Most of the characters had no progression and that's something I didn't like about S;G and its bloated cast. I guess Mayuri was OK as a character, all things considered, but she and Kurisu both had different roles in the story.

P.S.

The English cognate "forced" can have similar connotations to "forçado" when used in that context. It can also mean other things, but that's a neat similarity across languages.