My problem with her is not that she's female. Me, I love a lot of female anime characters. But they were just so ANNOYING. I would have hated them just as much, if not more, if they were male. (I'm not a yaoi fan, though, so maybe that's why. I swear, you can take the most annoying, typical female archetypes, make 'em male, and people will love it. @___@)

Personally, I think female anime characters get a lot of flack, too. Look at Sakura from Naruto. She's developed from a rather annoying character to a strong individual, regardless of the fact that she has breasts. But people still hate her for various reasons. I guess there's just no love for the female gender in anime, huh?