>>542129252
It is a good card. Singlehandedly flips Straylight's PCs from questionable to one of the more interesting uses of paracolle what-ifs. Shame about the Fuyu mishandling.

>>542129345
>But is that because the writer intentionally wants to create someone who looks less sharp than the duo so Mei can smooth things out, or is that a subtle nod to the unpopularity in real life?
Imo it's the former. She was always positioned as the wise one of the group, less impressive VoDaVi wise but instrumental to keeping them together. I think this is reflected in the PCs too, where compared to the tormented Fuyuko and maturing Asahi, Mei has her shit together from the get-go as well as a clear goal, and her roadblock has more to do with raising her raw idol powerlevel to the point she feels worthy of Straylight.
SC writers don't seem to poke the 4th wall too much and people rarely seem to care about in-universe popularity, I'm not sure why she'd be such an exception. I'd say her popularity problems lie elsewhere.