Really, I hope Netto enjoys his Christmas, I really do, but it boils my blood when I see Asuna voted as best female character (especially when people give the argument that "she's revolutionary because she presents a strong female model for later anime females to follow" despite the fact that the only thing she does is push a guy with her sword and is then relegated to housewife and later damsel) or Kirito as best male (because he apparently just is, no reason needed).
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I know the polls don't mean much, but when I see characters as bland and just plain mediocre as those two loved so much, I just see evidence time and again that a good deal of anime fans (especially in Japan) see waifu/husbando material as the same thing as good three-dimensional character (especially since these polls often have hundreds upon thousands of voters). Not just there, either, it oozes through a lot of things (especially if you look at the most popular anime at any given time).