It's possible that's all there is to it, and of course, with this author it's literally impossible to tell where they'll take their characters.
But also, there is such a thing as overplaying one's own trauma and putting on a mask of the persona people expect of you, for many possible reasons (being afraid of rejection for example).
And we haven't really learned much about what happened to Tama after she got separated from Shien. And she is exactly the type of person I could see hiding her own trauma, especially seeing how much strength Shien and Mode gain from her still being the person they used to know.
Suffice to say, I am very curious for future updates of this manga.
I mean it’s possible, but we already saw a brief overview of Tama’s life after the Witch Hunt in the first chapter, described by a few mini panels and there’s not much depressing stuff back then (and the volume cover even has the words “Everyday Comedy” on it), so I don’t think Tama has that much “Traumatized past”, or at least she has the least trauma of them all.
I said it before in another comment, but I see this manga as a Doubled Down Dark version of “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid”, in which the magical characters have to adapt to the modern human world while trying to find themselves, and while the undertone is dark (with their past and personalities and all), the characters have love (sometimes even the goofy kind) and happiness among them, plus the occasional Ecchi and cute moments.
Plus this is irrelevant, but the art is just so pretty and stylish. The Mangaka really improved a lot since the last “Yona Yona Yona” series and “Reki and Yomi”, so needless to say I am also greatly anticipating the next chapter.
