just talking from personal experience here, but yeah, the difference for me is in the community too. when i talked about xly/brant i've received a bunch of 'get out of here tourist' responses, but with zzz it was usually a 'i'm glad for you! lighter/hugo is super cool!'
bro why do you guys act like gacha games are ONLY about collecting waifus. they're VIDEOGAMES, most people want to PLAY them. wuwa is first an open-world game that has UNIVERSAL appeal, instead of the hardcore action game that some people are trying to sell it as
for sure, i still think the ratio of male characters could be better, but i'm glad zzz is proof that you can have a game with appeal for gooners and still build a mostly healthy community