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Originally Posted by kivredia
I'm assuming most of the people who post in a English forum etc. are individuals who live in a western culture so the mc basically behaves like most people in that community. Honestly, people who are lets say 16-25 won't pick the "rational" choice if they are offered both.
Not commenting on what the Japanese audience is thinking.
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If we're talking about whether or not it is realistic for MCs in Japanese light novels to not choose the so-called "normal" girls, then the viewpoint of Japanese society and culture is always going to be relevant since they are the primary audience that the author writes for. Because of that, the realism in terms of western culture, etc, is less relevant because that is unlikely to be related to the author's intention unless he had experience living in those societies.
Regardless, even if we look at it in terms of western society, saying that most people won't want a relationship with normal and boring people is still going to be a very dubious assertion. In terms of Sakurasou, this is an even more questionable claim considering that the alternative is a girl who doesn't know how to do anything except paint and requires the MC to micromanage her daily activities for her.