After all the stellar (or fucking mid) blade diskhorse and how the game it's most compared to blows it out the damn water in terms of spectacle and iconic game characters. I think the reason why the mid blade fanboy don't wanna acknowledge is well...
As the years go by, while Bayonetta may still have been made for straight men, her actual audience are the girls and gays.
Like I remember sitting down watching the game be played with my non gaming ma and my brother's gf and they loved her.