And just one more addition: Miyo and Kyoka complement each other perfectly. While Miyo learns from him to be stronger, to understand gentle love, and that she is valuable to br herself, he learns from her to be kinder, to trust people, and to be able to rely on them too. Little is said about how Kyoka was a closed-off and unpleasant person, and that it was with Miyo that he learned to be kinder and more loving, as well as to be able to trust. That's why he loves her, not because people say she's submissive. He was being used just like her in a forced marriage, and he was doing everything he could to prevent it from happening. But when Miyo appeared, he realized that she was just as caught up in it as he was, and he began to let his guard down with her and see who she really was, and then fell in love with her because of her kind and generous way of being. I just get really sad when people reduce this story to: a guy who only fell in love with her because she was submissive and traumatized.
I honestly understand why some people find Miyo boring and too passive. And I know you also understand that this is a consequence of the abuse she suffered in her life. But honestly, coming from someone who has suffered a lot of abuse just like her, I personally identify with her a lot, even though I am the opposite. While she learned to be submissive because of her situation, I became reactive. My traumas shaped me into a fighter, while hers made her a quieter person. While I used my anger to mold myself as someone no one can control, she learned to be someone who serves only others. And yet I understand her. This side of me has always made me feel like I need to prove myself and be perfect in everything. That I can never need anyone. That I'm the only one who can do everything for myself, even though I'm so overwhelmed. And in a way, Miyo is the same. I deeply understand her difficulty, and I feel that you all are looking at it in a very superficial way. This story isn't going to be something super exciting and action-packed where Miyo is a Maomao that she solves all the world's problems with her insight. This story is, and always has been, about a woman who was extremely abused, learning LITTLE BY LITTLE to be someone who can indeed be loved kindly. That she can also be strong. And not like in movies and fantasy stories where she grabs a gun and goes around killing evil (tho she kind of does that too with her powers hahaha). You need to dispel this idea that a strong woman is only one who doesn't depend on anyone and has a sharp comeback for every idiot. Miyo has never been portrayed this way, and I really don't know why you all get frustrated when she's simply who she's always shown herself to be: someone good and kind. I know that inside us there's this anger that makes us unable to understand how someone could be mistreated like that and still respond with kindness. Our extinct being cries out for justice, and when we don't receive it, we become frustrated because we feel it's unfair. But as someone who has lived through very similar things to Miyo, I say: our greatest revenge is simply to be happy. I used to not understand when people said that our hatred only harms us, but today I understand it very well. It was only when I started living my life and letting go of those hurts that I understood that this pain only hurt me, because the person who hurt me was only happy with my anger. If you still find Miyo annoying, then maybe this story just isn't for you. The strong Miyo I see at the end of this story isn't someone who takes her husband's place as her protector, but someone who can help him in the way she knows how.