I agree with your statement. The bot is more of a tool, and it's up to us to generate the discussion to get new users to come over here.
But I think we should still have it here regardless. Even with minimal discussion, it still helps to show that there are people here who want this to be a good place to discuss Manga.
I love that Epsilon's default reaction to hearing Cid being back is to immediately take a seductive pose.
Also, his sister is going down the same chunni route in an un-ironic way, is very apt.