I know, I'm just getting the feeling that I've been missing something regarding Satsuki so far. Do I like her? Absolutely. A lot even. I just think the character is static as fuck so far, which is not what I was expecting when everyone kept gushing about her.
If the character doesn't live up to the constant hype, I may end up disappointed and not like Satsuki as much as they do because of it, but the hype ship has sailed a long time ago and it doesn't really matter anyway. And maybe one of the reasons I'm liking Ryuko is because, while she does seem to be either the most or second most popular character outside of this thread (if I were to believe the polls I've found), no one here hyped her up at all, so she exceeded my initial expectations despite being somewhat generic. But regardless, if Satsuki's character does change things up within the upcoming 9 episodes, I'm sure I'll end up liking her even more anyway.
Mako is really cool too, so everything is fine. I'm really liking everyone aside from Nui.