Anime couples used to be more balanced; Picrel is a good example of this. Current anime has too many couples where the girl is extremely stunning and hot while the boy is a complete loser. I think manga authors do this to make you look at these female characters as goddesses who would also fall in love with you even if you were just as pathetic as those male MCs, which I find quite sad. I know anime is meant to be escapism, but you can do escapism without mocking your consumers so blatantly.