Talk:U-511/@comment-66.249.82.228-20150302072546/@comment-24978536-20150304085154

I'm guessing the reason why there is so much visible hate for Ro-chan is because she is the final remodel version - people would obviously want to remodel Yuu-chan to increase her stats and get that torpedo, and also as a matter of principle, it feels natural to remodel a ship girl when able to. However, for those who largely prefer Yuu-chan over Ro-chan, that final remodel means they will lose their Yuu-chan and the frustration of that spawns negative feelings towards Ro-chan. I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be nearly as much hate for Ro-chan if the remodelling worked in some sort of a different way, which would allow players to choose between Yuu-chan and Ro-chan even on the final remodel. (I wouldn't want such a system myself though, it wouldn't make much sense.)

Personally though, I find Ro-chan so incredibly adorable and loveable, it keeps surprising me how can people hate someone as cute as her? I honestly can't understand at all why, I can only make some theories as to why she is hated.

Regarding her popularity, Ro-chan does seem to be much more popular than Yuu-chan, at least in the Japanese community. One example of this, although not necessarily a proof, is that there is almost twice as much fan art of Ro-chan than there is of Yuu-chan: At the time of writing this, there are 549 pictures of Ro-chan in Danbooru (a site where high-quality fan art is gathered) and 229 of Yuu-chan.