i dunno...i've been playing closer attention to mei ever since i realized people shipped al/mei, but i can't make myself see her as more than, at best, a very smart 10 yr old or so. (and yeah, been following scanslations for about a year)

I definately get the indications of canon down the line, but can't see shipping them as they are now at all.

Mei kicks butt and is a good infodump source, but mostly she annoys me and i view her as a necessary evil that goes with virtually every other female character in the series rocking.