>>209495741) Her growth in all aspects is night and day.
2) Not much compared to now but I do miss her shyness and timidness. It's still shown every so often (mostly in JP collabs) but not nearly as much as before.
3) Hard to say. A big part of what hooked me was her helplessness in the Maneater stream and feeling really bad for her having a bad time. It made me want to see her improve and overcome. Without the character growth, I don't know if she would have hooked me as deep as she did.