>>3125380Before the anime aired there were plenty of Lisefans in japan and china(baidu even still has ongoing threads about her) and after Martyrs came out her popularity continued to increase quite a bit. The ones who shit on her when the anime was airing were mainly animeonlies from the west who didn't know any better, makes sense her popularity would steadily go up over time as more information was made available or translated, adding to the people who already knew or liked her for one reason or another. I imagine theres similar reasons as to why Beatrix is still popular too, the anime didn't exactly do her any favors either.
