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[Qelix]

@miyako19:

She sees things in a realistic normal woman's POV. If I was Himari, being forced into a marriage with someone I don't know, not even have a ring or a wedding, not even meeting his family, I will be really angry and would raise hell with those government officials.

Waka has a good point about this forced marriage thing being BS and her official reasons, to be against it, is reasonable. But is this truly her motivation? To save poor Himari and also MC from a forced relationship?
Here aggressive stance right when she came back, tells me, she isn't there to save anyone. "2. On their first meeting she came to the conclusion, Himari can do a pretty job on her own. It's like she tried to evaluate if Himari is a thread." This comment of hers is far to suspicious. And even after seeing, that those two are quite happy, she still comes back to drive them apart. Even if the initial reasons, how they meet are bad (and the reason is bad), they are quite happy now. There is no immediate danger for Himari. MC would let her move out the moment she wishes for it. Waka knows this and still tries to make just that happen. Her reason to save Himari ends there, but she still doesn't quit. So she must be motivated by something else. My guess is on envy.

The "hate" for Waka on my side is more, that I'm annoyed by her. Waka doesn't really know, what she wants, yet she tries to disrupt her Ex's relationship anyways. Either she wants him back or can't stand the idea of him having a relationship. And in the beginning she tried to break them up, by shaking poor Himari. "Hey, look at me. I'm your husbands EX-gf. I'm still in his life." That's mean!

You guys were blinded by the prejudgment that the MC and the heroine belong together and forgot that this is a forced marriage which normal women like me would oppose.

Yeah, I do want them to be together. Guilty. But I dearly do hope normal women would oppose such an arranged marriage. Normal men hopefully, too. In their (Himari and MC) case this arranged marriage worked more like a dating app. I'm still calling BS on the premisses of government forced marriages. This concept is highly distasteful. Those characters were "lucky" it worked, most people wouldn't be. Relationships should never be forced.

I do respect your POV though, that Waka only has the best of interests in mind. I just can't share it.

 

[Randomguy01]

@miyako19 @Qelix Forced/arranged marriages allowed society to grow in a positive direction in the past. Only in the last 100 years or so has women's liberation led to what we have now. Which has lead to many unhappy people and the degradation of society.

I do hope normal men reintroduce this concept before all is lost. Normal women didn't have a say back then, and they shouldn't now. Especially considering the fact that there is a woman in this story that rather destroy other's happiness because she herself isn't happy.