You know it's sad to see this manga has this sort of trope. Honestly I loved it. Wished we had seen more of it. And even a reunion of SIL. And miyo's growth in her power and personality and also the marriage and kids. And of course godo getting a girl!
That said I really really didn't sit with this trope. This trope is for no better word I would call "this girl I like different from other girls...coz she is submissive" " the girl always apologies because good girls always do that no matter if it's the other persons fault" "i don't wish anything bad happens to anyone and I forgive anyone no matter the transgression coz that's what good girls do" Kudo had no reason to dismiss the previous prospects but he *bullied* these girls out instead of being honest. Frankly aside from the once who had been rude to yurie was there a proper reason for him to shoo them? No he didn't. And there isn't any winning for any woman involved not even the step sister or step mother. While the actions of saimori family was enough to earn them a death row, no woman in that house was happy. We see that miyo is being abused for not being an ability user, kaya being drilled that if you are not perfect you will be the same as miyo, mother of miyo went from one prison to another and honestly at least usubas respected her...that bitch of her husband was not trust worthy at all...and then kayas mother who later saw what kind of man she loved...he didn't love anyone except his own self and the seat he was sitting in. And for her the only way to maintain her position is by making sure no woman not in the past nor in present comes close of him. Shit that the woman did for that turd of a man... To continue with above you see this repeatedly shown through all the families. They do shit that is not supposed to be done all because the head and elders wished it...I would say in that spectrum kudo would be 9 as in doesn't bother much with this ( he is the family head) and the best boy would be elder brother of koji 10/10. He didn't give a fuck and later too didn't give a damn. He saw an opportunity he took it. Koji, the fathers(all the fathers shown), especially the cousin all fall in this setting (tho I would say that usuba had albi being monitored by the crown can't be easy..so an 7-8) I don't think we can blame miyo and honestly even after being so fucked up she gained her strength pretty quickly. Truly she has a great mental fortitude. At a lot of points I thought look this is an out you can do this and start fresh, but an abused person seldom is able to see these things clearly...so noone can fault her for that. She knew what she wanted from the get go..no matter how much she disapproved of herself she has a goal in mind and she stuck to it. Glad that whole love triangle thing didn't happen coz that's another trope people are too fond of. However, I still found it annoying that the dialogues never conveyed how actually sorry kudo should have been on all the occasions he fumbled the bag. Miyo being the way she was would obviously blame herself but kudo never really apologised properly...always cut off by miyo never to continue. This bro is completely capable of expressing himself when it matters. He is emotionally intelligent and available.This is I think by far the most subtle way of pushing the audience to think oh he apologized...but she was the one who apologized more that's what makes things better tho he killed the dog and she just stubbed her own toe. This pushes the narrative that good girls apologise and accept and endure. Again this is so famous and hard to digest that I am scared to actually pick up a shojo. I am really done with good girl always rewarded and what actually consists of good girl is a submissive door mat who can be replaced as fast and easy as a trash bag.
And oh my don't get me started on the SIL...my god did the man fucked up sooooooooo bad. And see this? There is no winning. She is good at every thing gave birth to a son who is probably gifted but what do we got? A divorced woman who still loves her husband because instead of doing the correct thing of standing up for her he chose to seperate her from the situation. And in the result separate her from her son as well. How does that make any sense. You don't think she can be a good mother and wife fuck then give the kid away and make the wife go!! What can't be confident that your next wife can produce a gifted heir? The deal with the shortcomings of this person. And how come that a person who is good all over is being punished for not knowing something? Do they? Did they accomplish half of what she did? And dumb fuck of a man just stood by and listened and let it happen??? He is in military at a good position even if he were to cut his contact with some family surely they would survive? Also he is in the main family so would become head one day. Some form of authority can be used but nooooo this is the best option he thought of. He chose it himself coz he knew if he reasoned with her his own thoughts would fall through. Autonomy is not a privilege any woman in this manga can excercise. And this thought clearly comes to miyo during the dual. And of course would have come to miyo's mother as well. Usubas were going down but also she saw a way of freedom. The first time she used her autonomy. And the second when she sealed her powers. Does anyone wonder why even tho she sealed miyo's power, she could have sent miyo away to usuba coz the father didn't care for sure. So as her health was declining she could have made sure that at least she was cared for. But see how she didn't because she knew it was a prison and this was better in a way that hopefully someone would come and give her a better future than that. Possibly she may have seen the future.
This just it's a good read, great even to see how people expect women to be. Honestly it's sweet and cute in the most cliched ways possible
You know it's sad to see this manga has this sort of trope. Honestly I loved it. Wished we had seen more of it. And even a reunion of SIL.
And miyo's growth in her power and personality and also the marriage and kids. And of course godo getting a girl!
That said I really really didn't sit with this trope. This trope is for no better word I would call "this girl I like different from other girls...coz she is submissive" " the girl always apologies because good girls always do that no matter if it's the other persons fault" "i don't wish anything bad happens to anyone and I forgive anyone no matter the transgression coz that's what good girls do"
Kudo had no reason to dismiss the previous prospects but he *bullied* these girls out instead of being honest. Frankly aside from the once who had been rude to yurie was there a proper reason for him to shoo them? No he didn't.
And there isn't any winning for any woman involved not even the step sister or step mother. While the actions of saimori family was enough to earn them a death row, no woman in that house was happy. We see that miyo is being abused for not being an ability user, kaya being drilled that if you are not perfect you will be the same as miyo, mother of miyo went from one prison to another and honestly at least usubas respected her...that bitch of her husband was not trust worthy at all...and then kayas mother who later saw what kind of man she loved...he didn't love anyone except his own self and the seat he was sitting in. And for her the only way to maintain her position is by making sure no woman not in the past nor in present comes close of him. Shit that the woman did for that turd of a man...
To continue with above you see this repeatedly shown through all the families. They do shit that is not supposed to be done all because the head and elders wished it...I would say in that spectrum kudo would be 9 as in doesn't bother much with this ( he is the family head) and the best boy would be elder brother of koji 10/10. He didn't give a fuck and later too didn't give a damn. He saw an opportunity he took it. Koji, the fathers(all the fathers shown), especially the cousin all fall in this setting (tho I would say that usuba had albi being monitored by the crown can't be easy..so an 7-8)
I don't think we can blame miyo and honestly even after being so fucked up she gained her strength pretty quickly. Truly she has a great mental fortitude. At a lot of points I thought look this is an out you can do this and start fresh, but an abused person seldom is able to see these things clearly...so noone can fault her for that. She knew what she wanted from the get go..no matter how much she disapproved of herself she has a goal in mind and she stuck to it. Glad that whole love triangle thing didn't happen coz that's another trope people are too fond of.
However, I still found it annoying that the dialogues never conveyed how actually sorry kudo should have been on all the occasions he fumbled the bag. Miyo being the way she was would obviously blame herself but kudo never really apologised properly...always cut off by miyo never to continue. This bro is completely capable of expressing himself when it matters. He is emotionally intelligent and available.This is I think by far the most subtle way of pushing the audience to think oh he apologized...but she was the one who apologized more that's what makes things better tho he killed the dog and she just stubbed her own toe. This pushes the narrative that good girls apologise and accept and endure. Again this is so famous and hard to digest that I am scared to actually pick up a shojo. I am really done with good girl always rewarded and what actually consists of good girl is a submissive door mat who can be replaced as fast and easy as a trash bag.
And oh my don't get me started on the SIL...my god did the man fucked up sooooooooo bad. And see this? There is no winning. She is good at every thing gave birth to a son who is probably gifted but what do we got? A divorced woman who still loves her husband because instead of doing the correct thing of standing up for her he chose to seperate her from the situation. And in the result separate her from her son as well. How does that make any sense. You don't think she can be a good mother and wife fuck then give the kid away and make the wife go!! What can't be confident that your next wife can produce a gifted heir? The deal with the shortcomings of this person. And how come that a person who is good all over is being punished for not knowing something? Do they? Did they accomplish half of what she did? And dumb fuck of a man just stood by and listened and let it happen??? He is in military at a good position even if he were to cut his contact with some family surely they would survive? Also he is in the main family so would become head one day. Some form of authority can be used but nooooo this is the best option he thought of.
He chose it himself coz he knew if he reasoned with her his own thoughts would fall through. Autonomy is not a privilege any woman in this manga can excercise. And this thought clearly comes to miyo during the dual. And of course would have come to miyo's mother as well. Usubas were going down but also she saw a way of freedom. The first time she used her autonomy. And the second when she sealed her powers.
Does anyone wonder why even tho she sealed miyo's power, she could have sent miyo away to usuba coz the father didn't care for sure. So as her health was declining she could have made sure that at least she was cared for. But see how she didn't because she knew it was a prison and this was better in a way that hopefully someone would come and give her a better future than that. Possibly she may have seen the future.
This just it's a good read, great even to see how people expect women to be. Honestly it's sweet and cute in the most cliched ways possible