History Characters / MyHappyMarriage

* ObnoxiousInLaws: The second she meets Miyo, she mistakes her for a servant, livid over her closest to Kiyoka. She’s even more enraged once he addresses Miyo as his fiancée. She makes it clear how “ugly” and not worthy that Miyo is her son’s fiancée, but Kiyoka cuts her off and threatens to kill her if she continues to speak ill of Miyo. Once Miyo begs for her approval, she forces her to be a servant to win her approval but continues to criticize Miyo over every little thing.

* LikeASonToMe: How she saw Miyo. Even after years of separation, her maternal love for Miyo never faded.

* PutOnABus: While she appears at the beginning of Volume 3, she is left behind when Kiyoka and Miyo are invited to meet the her parents because there was a party she needed to attend.

* StrongerThanTheyLook: In spite of his age, Naoshi is strong enough to overpower a man much bigger than him and even shatters his opponent's sword without effort. During the confrontation with him at the ant-grotesquerie station, it became clear he could have easily slaughtered all of the officers guarding Miyo had he not indulged his sadism.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Saimoris force Miyo to work as a servant because they see her as worthless since despite being part of the powerful Usaba bloodline, she didn't manifest a gift like Kaya. When Miyo is old enough to be married they betrothed her to Kiyoka, both to finally get Miyo out of their household and to sabotage the Kudo bloodline since Kiyoka is deemed to be the most powerful gifted in recent history. The Saimoris assumed that Kiyoka would either abuse her as well, or even kick her out of his house, but he does genuinely come to love Miyo and surprises the Saimoris when he demands a formal apology on Miyo's behalf. When [[spoiler:Minoru's plan to kidnap Miyo so that she will give up her engagement to Kiyoka, quite literally goes up in flames]], Kiyoka and Miyo's relationship grows even stronger, and all but guarantees that in the future there may be a child born to them that will combine the blood of the two most powerful gifted bloodline.

* {{Revenege}}: His target being emperor Mikaido, the one responsible for orchestrating the events that led to Sumi selling herself to the Saimoris to save her family.

* FromZeroToHero: At the beginning, everyone widely considers her to be a worthless product of loveless ArrangedMarriage, lacking any gift or beauty. Shinichi's short-sighted betrothal of her to the Kudo family, however, throws Miyo into a web of intrigue as many politically-savvy opponents fear what will happen if the Kudo family gains gifts from Miyo's Usuba lineage.

* MuggleBornOfMages: Despite both parents being ability users (her mother being a member of the powerful but mysterious Usuba family), Miyo isn't even born with Spirit-Sight, which allows someone to see the Grotesqueries. This causes her to be shunned by her father. [[spoiler:Miyo does indeed have an ability, but it was secretly sealed by her birth mother in order to protect her from those who would exploit her.]]

* {{Seer|s}}: Miyo's dormant gift, Dream-Sight.

* TheAce: He's handsome, intelligent, wealthy, as well powerful in both gift and politics among other renowned families.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Saimoris force Miyo to work as a servant because they see her as worthless since despite being rumored to be part of the powerful Usaba bloodline, she is not "gifted" like Kaya. When Miyo is old enough to be married they betrothed her to Kiyoka, both to finally get Miyo out their household and to [[spoiler: keep the powerful Kudo family from gaining even more power]], since Kiyoka is deemed to be the most powerful gifted in recent history. The Saimoris assumed that Kiyoka would either treat her as a servant as well, or even kick her out his house at some point, but he genuinely comes to love Miyo and surprises the Saimoris when he demands and apology for their abuse. When [[spoiler: Kaya and Minoru's plan to kidnap Miyo so that she will give up her engagement to Kiyoka so he can marry Kaya, quite literally goes up in flames]], Kiyoka and Miyo's relationship grows even stronger, and all but guarantees that in the future there may [[spoiler: be a child born to them that will combine the blood of the most powerful gifted in recent times, as well as the legendary [[MageHunter anti-gifted Deam Seer]]]].
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: After the events of the first volume, they are effectively removed from the plot with only getting passing mentions. Kaya is forced to work as a servant while Shinichi and Kanoko are forced to let go of most of their servants due to losing their home and money, and they're forced to live in the countryside in rather modest accomodations.]]

* TheCaligula: The aforementioned release of wraiths on the civilian populations, along with a number of other deeds firmly plants him in this territory. Thankfully, his son figured out his game and had him placed under house arrest pending a trial.
* FamilyExtermination: Attempted a multi-faceted one decades ago on the Usuba clan. He first disrupted their business nearly to the point of bankruptcy. Then anonymously gave the Saimoris enough money to bail out the Usubas with the knowledge that the Saimoris would attempt to try and get their hands on Sumi in order to obtain a child with the Usuba's gift. Mikaido had seemingly hoped the Saimoris would weaken the Usuba bloodline and snuff out their gifts with Shinichi and Sumi's marriage.

* MasterOfIllusion: His gift, which is even more absurd than Arata's version, as it allows him to bend the human senses to his will. His most common trick is either {{Invisibility}} [[FromBadToWorse and/or]] displacing his image and voice from his true body.

* {{Revenege}}: With his target being emperor Mikaido, as the one responsible for orchestrating the events that led to Sumi selling herself to the Saimoris to save her family.

* PutOnABus: [[After the events of the first volume, they are effectively removed from the plot with only getting passing mentions. Kaya is forced to work as a servant while Shinichi and Kanoko are forced to let go of most of their servants due to losing their home and money, and they're forced to live in the countryside in rather modest accomodations.]]

[[folder:Masashi Okaido]]

* MasterManipulator: A given as he is the ruler of an entire nation saddled with political intrigue, but there are stand-out examples including two attempts at trying to destroy the Usuba family, first by making Miyo's mother, Sumi, marry into a weakening family and then years later, making a deal with the same family he tried to destroy to get their granddaughter, Miyo, back but with the caveat that she can never interact with anyone outside of her family ever again. He then had his onmyojis provoke and release the grotesqueries sealed in the Grave in order to end the male line of the Kudo family. None of which could be traced back to him until it was too late.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:After the events of Volume 2, he effectively takes over his father’s position in all but name. He privately reveals his father was responsible for numerous misfortunes and unfair treatments the Usubas and Kudos received. He doesn’t intend on having either family punished because they are clearly the victims of his father’s vanity, and he intends on having his father face consequences instead.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's a decrepit schemer who ordered the release of vicious ghosts for reasons unknown.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He is kidnapped in Volume 4, and considering he’s done, it is hard to feel sorry for him.]]
%%* BewareTheSuperman: The reason why he attempted to ruin the Usuba clan.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Old age combined with poor health has destroyed his ability to use his gift.
%%* FamilyExtermination: Attempted a multi-faceted one decades ago on the Usuba clan. He first disrupted their business nearly to the point of bankruptcy. Then he unanimously gave the Saimoris enough money to bail out the Usubas with the knowledge that the Saimoris would attempt to try and get their hands on Sumi in order to obtain a child with the Usuba's gift. Mikaido had seemingly hoped the Saimori's would weaken the Usuba bloodline and snuff out their gifts with Shinichi and Sumi's marriage.

* ArcVillian: Starting in Volume 3.

* BettyAndVeronica: Koji was the Betty to Kiyoka's Veronica for Miyo, although Kouji losing Miyo to Kiyoka was a forgone conclusion.

* PutOnABus: By the end of the first volume, Koji is sent to Kyoto receive further training. He promises to come back and see Miyo once he has grown stronger as a person. His attempts at becoming stronger are also seen as a means for him to make up for the incident that his birth family caused as well as an attempt to redeem the Saimoris due to him still being engaged to Kaya. [[spoiler: He appears briefly in Volume 7 to attend Miyo and Kiyoka's wedding, and reveals that that he has enlisted in the Kyoto division of the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit.]]

* PutOnABus: By the end of the first volume, Koji is sent to receive further training now that his gift has fully awakened. He promises to come back and see Miyo once he has grown stronger as a person. His attempts at becoming stronger are also seen as a means for him to make up for the incident that his birth family caused as well as an attempt to redeem the Saimoris due to him still being engaged to Kaya.

** She agreed to marry Kouji just so she could steal away any lingering happiness and hope Miyo had on being together with her childhood friend. [[LoveAtFirstSight Once she sees Kiyoka]], she becomes determined to swap their arranged marriages just because she can’t stand how much happier Miyo became with him. It is also indicated that she can't stand the idea of Miyo having a better husband than her, and she hates how Kouji can barely stand her.

!!Kudou family

[[folder:Masashi Ookaido]]

* BadassNormal: Despite coming from a noble clan, Ookaido is [[MuggleBornOfMages giftless]], but this has no effect on his ability as a leader and soldier.
* {{Hunk}}: Ookaido is tall, broad-shouldered, and quite muscular, which fits the Western standards of masculine beauty compared to his subordinate Kiyoka, who [[PrettyBoy fits]] the Japanese standard of beauty for the time.

[[folder:Hojou]]

!!Kiyoka Kudou household

The daughter of Shinichi and Sumi Saimori and the oldest daughter of the Saimori family. She is abused and treated like a servant after her mother dies and her father gets remarried to his former lover, but her life changes completely when she becomes engaged to Kiyoka Kudou.

* FromZeroToHero: At the beginning, everyone widely considers her to be a worthless product of loveless ArrangedMarriage, lacking any gift or beauty. Shinichi's short-sighted betrothal of her to the Kudou family, however, throws Miyo into a web of intrigue as many politically-savvy opponents fear what will happen if the Kudou family gains gifts from Miyo's Usuba lineage.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Her appearance certainly matches this, even before she’s gifted beautiful kimonos. No matter how much shit she’s put through, she always maintains a graceful, humble, and calm exterior. She always addresses Kiyoka formally.[[note]]In the Japanese version, she refers to him as "danna-sama", a title that doesn't translate well into English (while it was common in that time period for women to refer to their husbands by that term, the literal translation is "master" or "owner"). The English version translates this as "Lord Kudou".[[/note]] But she certainly has her limits when pushed hard enough. [[spoiler:Not even her stepmother's torture sways her into giving up her engagement, while making it perfectly clear of her intentions to never follow her demands.]]

[[folder: Kiyoka Kudou]]

The head of the Kudou family, one of the most renowned gifted families. He is also the commander of the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit. At first, he thinks Miyo is just like the other conceited women sent to him as his fiancée, but he soon discovers that she is far different.

* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:When Miyo is kidnapped, Kouji initially perceives his lack of visual distress as apathy towards his fiancée's safety. Kiyoka proves him wrong by blowing open the front gate of the Saimori home.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: His disdain for Miyo blinds him to how valuable someone from the Usuba family bloodline is as a marriage prospect. When the Kudou household requests an arranged marriage, he gives them Miyo. Either she's tossed out and she's out of his hair, or she's accepted and he gets another valuable alliance. For starters, this pisses off Minoru Tatsuishi, whom he had already promised to give Miyo as a bride for his eldest: the fact that the Tatsushis could still have her if she was tossed out was an afterthought. He also fails to consider that if Kiyoka does accept her, he might not be happy about the way that she was brought up. Case in point: [[spoiler:Shinichi and Kanoko are legitimately surprised when Kiyoka demands an apology for Miyo before they receive a dowry.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Kaya treats her older half-sister cruelly, and even with her engagement to Kouji, treats him like a doormat. Most of this behavior stems from her horribly toxic upbringing.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: She wouldn't have ended up in her current situation had she kept her envy in check. First, if she hadn't stolen Kouji from Miyo, she probably would have just married into a different noble household and the only thing she would have lost would have been the ability to outright abuse Miyo and get away with it scot-free. Second, if she had settled for Kouji even after finding out that Kiyoka was actually handsome and quite kind, she would have gone on to live as the lady of the Saimori household with Miyo being out of the picture anyway. [[spoiler:Instead, she has to steal Kiyoka by kidnapping Miyo, and this leads to the collapse of her family, her fiancé becoming outright hostile towards her, and him deciding to use his status to punish her. In the end, she is consigned to the lifestyle Miyo endured prior to moving out to the Kudous: working as a servant to a family that will tolerate no mistake.]]

[[folder: Kouji Tatsuishi]]

* BeneathTheMask: The light novel makes clear that Kouji bottles up ''a lot'' of negative feelings (aimed at both the Saimoris and his own family) while maintaining a placid exterior.
* BettyAndVeronica: Kouji was the Betty to Kiyoka's Veronica for Miyo, although Kouji losing Miyo to Kiyoka was a forgone conclusion.

* {{Foil}}: The first book sets him up as one to Kiyoka every way. Kiyoka is assertive, blunt, is recognised as the head of his family, and has no issues following up on his words with actions. Kouji is weak-willed and docile to a fault, and- if his position as the younger son didn't already put him at the bottom of the family hierarchy- lags behind his father and older brother in both ability and confidence. This leads to him getting very little done.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Kazushi's Foolish Sibling, much to Kouji's annoyance. Kouji sees his older brother as a flake who's constantly skiving off his social obligations to have a good time. He tries to make up for it.

* MirrorCharacter: To Shinichi, oddly enough. Like his father-in-law-to-be, Kouji is separated from the woman he loves by an arranged marriage. However, unlike Shinichi, Kouji's apathy towards Kaya is justified, and he is ultimately content to let go of Miyo so that she can be happy.

* PutOnABus: By the end of the first volume, Kouji is sent to receive further training now that his gift has fully awakened. He promises to come back and see Miyo once he has grown stronger as a person. His attempts at becoming stronger are also seen as a means for him to make up for the incident that his birth family caused as well as an attempt to redeem the Saimoris due to him still being engaged to Kaya.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He helps untie Kouji so he can help save Miyo before it’s too late.]]

* ChildishOlderSibling: An irresponsible womanizer, much to Kouji's frustration.

[[folder:Tadakiyo Kudou]]

* StrongerThanTheyLook: Ironically, despite the above-mentioned SquishyWizard status, Tadakiyo could still [[spoiler:carry three full adults, his assailants, back to the Kudou villa by himself]].

[[folder:Fuyu Kudou]]

[[folder:Hazuki Kudou]]

* AccompliceByInaction: [[spoiler: Eventually thinks of himself as one with regard to the abuse Miyo receives at the Saimoris' hands, if his telling Kaya they'd ''both'' wronged Miyo was anything to go by. In Kouji's case, the inaction came from both a lack of courage and a misguided trust in his father, as opposed to general disdain like in Shinichi's case.]]

* AccompliceByInaction: [[spoiler: Eventually thinks of himself as one with regard to the abuse Miyo receives at the Saimoris' hands, if his telling Kaya they'd ''both'' wronged Miyo was anything to go by. In Kouji's case, the inaction come from both a lack of courage and a misguided trust in his father, as opposed to general disdain like in Shinichi's case.]]

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish Sibling to his younger brother's Responsible Sibling. That being said, he's very capable of being responsible when he feels that the situation calls for it, and handles the aftermath of his father's fall from grace composedly and competently, to Kiyoka's surprise.

!!Kiyoka Kudou's household

[[folder: Koji Tatsuishi]]

[[folder: Kouji Tatsuishi]]

* AccompliceByInaction: [[spoiler: Eventually thinks of himself as one with regard to the abuse Miyo receives at the Saimoris' hands, if his telling Kaya they'd ''both'' wronged Miyo was anything to go by. In Kouji's case, the inaction come from both a lack of courage and a misguided trust in his father, as opposed to general disdain like in Shinichi's case.

* AmicableExes: With Ookaido, her ex-husband and Kiyoka's superior. It is implied they keep in regular contact in order to support their young son, Asahi.

* RedeemingReplacement: Hazuki becomes the sister Miyo never had, supplanting Kaya's malicious influence with her own compassionate one. However, Miyo’s terrible interactions with Kaya makes it difficult for her to refer to Hazuki as ‘sister’ even though she wishes to.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: He criticizes Kiyoka for being a controlling husband who doesn't care for Miyo's well-being or wishes, hence Miyo's sickly disposition that's more due to her PowerIncontinence and her overworking herself. However, his entire goal is all but to force Miyo back into the Usuba clan and away from Kiyoka, despite the fact being separated from him is clearly making her miserable, and he denies any and all requests she makes to see him again or even have items that were gifts from him. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that this is less due to his own wishes, but also because his deal with Mikaido dictates that Miyo can't interact with other ability users, which would naturally include Kiyoka.]]

* MasterOfIllusion: His gift. Arata demonstrates just why the Usuba family's Gifts are so coveted and feared as he can create powerful illusions to entrap his opponent, even someone as powerful as Kiyoka, and even rob them of their consciousness forever.
** The anime shows him conjuring his illusions by emitting [[FogOfDoom fog]] from his hands that then lift to reveal the image(s) he creates. His fight with Kiyoka has him create a [[MesACrowd mob]] of clones who mimic his actions and have enough mass to shield him from Kiyoka's attacks. When that proves ineffective, he creates a copy of Miyo which briefly distracts Kiyoka and secures Arata's victory.

* BandageMummy: Ends up this way following [[spoiler:his near-fatal investigation of a Gifted Communion compound rigged with explosives. He maintains his chipper mood during his hospital stay, mostly for the sake of his friends, especially Miyo]].

* RedBaron: [[spoiler:'''The Dream Sight Medium'''.]]

* {{Seer|s}}: Miyo's dormant gift, '''Dream Sight'''.

The first wife of Shinichi and Miyo’s biological mother. Their union was an unhappy one, but the only joy that pulled her through was her only child. Once she passes on, well, Miyo’s turmoil truly begins under her new stepmother’s cruel hands.

* BabyFactory: What she would have been until the Saimoris could get their hands on the Usuba's gift. Sumi's premature demise saved her from this fate.

* HeroicSacrifice: Sumi essentially sold herself into a loveless marriage in order to save her family, even though her family's response to her sacrifice was to exile her. Once she discovered Miyo would inherit the gift of '''Dream Sight''', Sumi resolved to protect her daughter from becoming a pawn for the Saimoris by creating a seal on Miyo's gift using her bridal cherry blossom as a medium. This act [[CastFromLifespan also sealed]] Sumi's fate, but ultimately helped keep the Saimoris from abusing the power of '''Dream Sight''' and indirectly led to Miyo's freedom later on.

* {{Telepathy}}: Her gift allowed her to transmit and receive thoughts. Her status as a telepath made her a prime target for other gifted families as children of telepaths are often born with unique and powerful gifts, such as Miyo's '''Dream Sight'''.

* {{Hunk}}: Ookaido is tall, broad-shouldered, and quite muscular, which fits the Western standards of masculine beauty compared to his subordinate Kiyoka, who [[PrettyBoy fits]] fits the Japanese standard of beauty for the time.

* BigGood: Serves as this for the story as he is currently the figure with the most political power on the heroes's side and often guides them on where to go and what needs to be done to protect themselves and Japan.

* {{Seers}}: His gift of '''Future Sight''' allows him to receive brief glimpses of future events which aid him in governance and avoiding/mitigating foreseen disasters.

* BeaneathTheMask: The light novel makes clear that Kouji bottles up ''a lot'' of negative feelings (aimed at both the Saimoris and his own family) while maintaining a placid exterior.

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While the light novel keeps stating the Samoris treated Miyo like a servant, the light novel clearly states they didn’t pay her for her services which is why she could never afford to move out. At best that would be indentured servitude at worse that could be considered slavery. Kiyoka and others who learn of how they treated her are quite repulsed by this.
* UnwittingPawn: The Saimoris received a large sum of money to pay the dowry for Sumi which helped save the Usuba from bankruptcy. What they didn't know was that the money came from emperor Mikaido in his bid to ''weaken'' the Usuba by making Sumi marry into the Saimoris.