Kiss-Shot wrote...
Enjoying this show but it does me bug me when some characters come in and mindlessly call the hobby disgusting. I understand that's intended, creates drama and conflict but Urghh >_>
This shows that this anime is closer to reality. Which is actually good for the "Life Cycle" of this anime.
Ayase's reaction is as normal as any People "In Japan". Adding the fact that the media is always trying to find something to "kill" otaku, it's pretty much the same with the real world.
Imagine that this (drama) didn't happen, there won't be any progress and the relation of Kyosuke and Kirino will just run around in circles. You know that Progression of relationships needs a certain "trigger" and "obstacles".
Just eat the "bitter pill" and enjoy the rest of the unfolded story in the future.
At least now Ayase and Kirino are friends again, and Ayase also knows that confession was a Lie. Ayase is what you can call a "real friend" that tries to protect her friend, the misunderstanding is cause by the misinformation, and her reation to 18+ eroge stuff is once again very normal. You can't blame her to suddenly go "berserk" when She founds out about it.
Ps: Sorry, for the tl;dr, because it isn't fair to say that Ayase is a hated character just because she has different standards with Kirino, and was trying to hard protect the "image" of the Kirino "She Knew". After the events now she has accepted Kirino's "New Image".
Honestly I never like Characters being hated just because of something like this.