“What do you call the mother figure in a married couple?” SO THEY GOT MARRIED?!? I tho...

i think this is also on the author's purpose where the author doesnt want to make the marriage or any romance a big deal/part in the story, idk my two cents. I feel very betrayed tho that I didnt think of that proposal chapter as anything, just a "special" chapt. that isnt even counted in the canon, but I guess it did

I totally agree! I think they’re downplaying because this really isn’t a story about romance. And I think readers suppose to enjoy the marriage in two ways. 1) a ship sailing and 2) the building of a family. And I think depicting without words gives more support to my 2 reason. Because at the end of the day, them liking each other is great, but overall it’s shows the building of a family unit in different ways. Which is so beautifully. They came together for Mori but interactions like this between other characters fills out the “family theme” outside of Mori’s perspective. It’s beautifully written!

I think Ryder and Miria just interpreted that they're married because the typical human parents are a married couple. That's why there's an "interpretation" part in the text box when Ryder asked that question. They're trying to learn the human way like when they all fought to be the mother haha.
But I agree that the author's implying some possible romance but not focusing on it since it's not the main point of the series. And tbh I also prefer to read the story as just familial love and friendship, which is rare for me :D

I think it might have been a mistranslation given that the translation is MTL. I don't think Ryder used the word 'married.' Probably 'couple' or 'parents.'