How did she get so popular? I mean, she's not a bad 2hu,

>third place
You should have been around the year before when she came in first!

Luigi Flandre

EX Boss (this automatically makes her on the higher plane of popularity)
ULiL at the time had basically shot her popularity through the roof with her phone calls and shankings,
As well as her deep "personality"

She ended up surprisingly getting a lot of development as a character over the course of SA-ULiL.

And I imagine 15.5 will continue developing her along with everyone else in ULiL since it's borrowing assets from it or whatever.

>>16258113
Rich design borrowing from different sources (florigraphy, Frida Kahlo)
Well designed fight with spellcards referencing psychology or subconscious
Moving stage theme and unique boss theme which fits her character and in some parts sounds almost sounds the same if played backwards
Tragic backstory reflected by her name, cool superpower which can potentially be deadly
EX boss from the best game, playable in the fighting games, part of the Chireiden (subgroup of the Underground crew) and Myouren Temple. Starts the HM incident and has a rivalry with the game's character
Can act really cheerfully or love massacre and pillaging depending on what she feels like
Great amount of fanwork (remixes, doujin, fanart) and a good amount of memes as well.

tldr Komeiji sisters best girls. Embrace the Koishi, OP: I did it as soon as I saw her and listened to her theme. Never had any regrets.

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>>16258281
>EX Boss (this automatically makes her on the higher plane of popularity)

>>16258973
Keep in mind that Koishi wasn't born popular: during her fist poll (2009), she arrived 35th out of 108th. Also, no offense to Raiko fans but she's so detached from the rest of DDC she feels...kinda pointless. I wish ZUN would make her appear again so she gains more screentime.