You thought this was just a retro Japanese Cinderella story, but it turns out there's a Supernatural aspect to this series with Grotesquerie monsters and people with powers...and Miyo apparently not having any while Kaya did is why her family basically wrote her off and treated her like nothing. Though, harsh as he is, Kiyoka seems to want her to see genuine value in herself and not as someone out to please others just so she can belong
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The OP is as beautiful as the rest of the series, with a pleasant and serene theme playing as Miyo lives out her titular happy marriage with Kiyoka and overcomes her trauma to race to be with him
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Poor Miyo. Girl thought she was doing her first good thing and the household and Kiyoka's unease around strangers made him claim she might be poisnoing him. It's tough being engaged to a cold tsundere
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The soldiers talking about how they're preparing for fighting Grotesqueries even though they never appear is basically just confirming they will appear at some point
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So Kiyoka isn't just an ice king in looks, he has cryokinesis. And pyrokinesis too, it seems. Also here's Hiro Shimono as his sassy number 2 who also teases him about his love life
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Thank goodness for Yurie, though! So far she's doing a great job of easing Miyo into this and supporting her and helping her understand that Kiyoka is just a tsundere who talks harsher than he is. And she was able to get through to Kiyoka so he could be a little more welcoming/accepting of Miyo and help these two reach an emotional breakthrough
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"Daughter of that conniving thief." So was Kanoko after Miyo's father for a while and was only held off because of Miyo's mother
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I didn't think they could double down on how bad Miyo's family is until they show the time she stood up to her stepmother after realizing they threw out all her mothers' things. I mean, locking her up, crushing her mothers' comb, and her father watched all this and did nothing? Even when she begged for his help? Are you kidding me? And as if to add insult to injury they fired the one servant who she was closest too
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The couples' first true breakfast as future husband and wife! And it actually goes well! The smile on Miyo's face when she feels accepted and is actually thanked (not to mention Kiyoka actually apologizing) is everything! And Kiyoka is realizing that Miyo is a sincere and genuine person and not after his family name
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Koji is all smiles and pleasantness but he seems miserable with the Saimori's. And he's still thinking about Miyo and what he can do with her. But is he prepared for if she doesn't get kicked out and is actually happy with Kiyoka
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I did think it was kind of weird that Koji's dad talked about Miyo marrying his brother, so why did she end up with the Kudo's? And is Miyo special through her mothers' bloodline? Was her father strategically marrying her off
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So Kiyoka doesn't know anything about Miyo or the Saimori's? How did this engagement come about, again? It seems like he's going to be looking into what happened and how they've treated her...Miyo seems certain he'll throw her out when he finds out she has no value compared to Kaya, but honestly he'll probably be absolutely incensed at how the family treated her
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The ED is very nice with a stylized depiction of Miyo walking through her new home through the seasons and with yet another pleasant theme. And ending, of course, on her and Kiyoka walking together
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