Dunno why such harsh reactions towards Shani lol
I personally wouldnt mind playing with her, in fact i might even enjoy her more than male MC.
It it comes to that then its a part of the story, nothing you can really do.
Maybe he wont die mid game but we'll play as her in season 2 perhaps
For me it's not dislike of the character, but rather I have established myself since the start of the game as being Zaton...Desert Stalker, badass muthafucker who takes what he wants, gathers his harem, and creampies at will. What am I going to do as Shani, go around scissoring people? *yawn* And I'm sorry, but as talented as she is with the blade, she isn't rolling up on a scene and intimidating anyone.
I like the brute force aspect of the male MC because it's something we rarely get on F95. It's always a weak, timid, shota MC.

But even more than all of that, I self insert into my main character from the start. That character is me for the game duration. I'd be fine starting out as a female character, or an alien, or robot, or whatever, but if I'm forced to become someone else mid-game, it completely ruins the immersion.