History Characters / MyHappyMarriage

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** [[spoiler:During her attempt to save the comatose Kiyoka, Miyo's undergoes a [[MagicalGirlTransformation transformation]] as she embraces and begins to make peace with her trauma, with her clothes becoming an extravagant and divine miko's robes.]]

* YouthfulFreckles

* HateSink: From start to end, this woman is nothing but a petty, cruel, and envious ball of hate.

* OnlySaneMan: The light novel implies that he feels like he has act like one around his own family when the story begins, between his father's foul moods, his mother's tendency to hole herself up in her room when his father gets angry, and his brother's flippant approach to family matters. He does this by bottling up his negative feelings and putting on a placid front.

The eldest son of the Tatsuishi family. [[spoiler:He becomes the new head of the family following his father’s disgrace.]]

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: This is the clan's most important tenant. Their gift's ability to bend others to their will was ripe for abuse, which is why all gifted Usabas are taught early on to use their powers for the greater good and never for their own gain.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After everything he's done to destroy both the Usuba and Kudos, he gets what's coming to him when Miyo fully awakens to her powers and with Kiyoka's support, is able to dispel his curse on Kiyoka and the resulting mystic rebound caused Mikaido to be immolated by the ritual bonfire he was using to control the curse.

* UngratefulBastard: After all the work and loyalty the Kudos and Usabas have provided for years, he rewards them by trying to wipe them out. His son is shown to be quite disgusted by this actions.

* TheBrute: While not necessarily dim going by their interaction with Kiyoka, Hojou acts as the primary physical threat for the Gifted Communion given that Naoshi's gift has no direct offensive capabilities.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Once Kiyoka proves that he is the superior gifted, Hojou sics his fiend-possessed brute at Kiyoka and retreats in the chaos.
* MakingASplash: Their specialty is hydrokinesis, allowing them to turn the ground to mud by drawing in moisture and launching water balls at their targets.

* MindControl: [[spoiler:As Arata explains, all living things need sleep and a slumbering mind is the most vulnerable. With Dream-Sight, Miyo will be able to enter an individual's slumbering mind and potentially tailor that mind in whatever way pleases her, up to and including enslaving them to her will]].

* PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:With the seal on her gift weakening, Miyo's DreamWalker power began to manifest itself and subjects the poor girl to hyper-realistic nightmares of her past traumas. Even after some training with her cousin, Arata, Miyo is still advised not to actively use her gift as she could accidentally kill someone and/or herself with how untamed her gift is.]]

* RoyalInbreeding: Although, unlike most examples, it is not (primarily) to keep their bloodline ''pure''. Rather, the Usubas are justifiably concerned about the untold damage someone with their family's gift could cause if maliciously motivated.

A small platoon lead by Kiyoka that deals exclusively with gro

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Miyo finds Kaoruko rather dashingly handsome, potentially rivaling even Kiyoka.

* PsychoSerum: Their most successful methods to granting mundane people the ability to use gifts have been to [[PlayingWithSyringes infuse]] them with the blood of grotesquerie. Most of their test subjects either go insane and/or become mindless drones for the cult. It is also noted that artificial gifted are less powerful than natural ones.

* {{Revenge}}: 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.

* {{Seer|s}}: Miyo's dormant gift, Dream-Sight. [[spoiler:In the past, masters of Dream-Sight could use their gift to see the past, present, and future, granting them near-omniscience.]]

Kiyoka's superior in the Special Anti-Grostequerie Unit and ex-brother-in-law.

* {{Hunk}}: Okaito 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.

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

* OnlySaneMan: The light novel implies that he feels like he has act like one around his own family when the story begins, between his father's foul moods, his mother's tendency to hole herself up in her room when his father gets angry, and his brother's flippant approach to family matters. This is part of what leads to him bottling up his feelings as in described in the BeneathTheMask entry above.

* OnlySaneMan: The light novel implies that he feels like he has act like one around his own family when the story begins, between his father's foul moods, his mother's tendency to hole herself up in her room, and his brother's flippant approach to family matters. This is part of what leads to him bottling up his feeling as in described in the BeneathTheMask entry above.

* OnlySaneMan: The light novel implies that he feels like he has act like one around his own family when the story begins, between his father's foul moods, his mother's tendency to hole herself in her room, and his brother's flippant approach to family matters. This is part of what leads to him bottling up his feeling as in described in the BeneathTheMask entry above.

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 Kudo.

* AloofBigBrother: He acts like this towards Koji until he [[spoiler:unties his brother. Even then, he lightly mocks Koji while offering advice and refrains from being a direct participant in Koji's attempt to rescue Miyo.]]

* TheDandy: He has a generally blithe personality that [[spoiler:doesn't completely vanish even after being made the family head]] and always shown immaculately groomed and in flamboyant, floral pattern yukatas.

* AloofAlly: He becomes this to Kiyoka [[spoiler:after he becomes the head of his house and becomes subordinate to the Kudo family. However, he will attempt to fulfill orders when given them.]]

* TheDandy: He has a carefree personality that [[spoiler:doesn't completely vanish even after being made the family head]] and always shown immaculately groomed and in flamboyant, floral pattern yukatas.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Kazushi's Foolish Sibling, much to Koji's annoyance. Koji 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. This is also part of the reason he is PutOnABus following the events of Volume 1 due to Kiyoka expecting him to help redeem the Tatsushi and Samori households.

* NiceGuy: Deconstructed. While he is genuinely a kind person, it also causes him to be a coward because he doesn’t wish to step on toes. Miyo even lampshades in the light novel and manga that his cowardice is born from his kindness.

* AloofAlly: He becomes this to Kiyoka [[spoiler:after he becomes the head of his house and becomes subordinate to the Kido family. However, he will attempt to fulfill orders when given them.]]
* AloofBigBrother: He acts like this towards Koji until he [[spoiler:unties his brother. Even then, he mocks Koji lightly while offering advice and refrains from being a direct participant in Koji's attempt to rescue Miyo.]]

* TheDandy: He's always shown immaculately groomed and in flamboyant, floral pattern yukatas.

* {{Miko}}: During her brief detainment at the Usuba manor, Miyo is made to wear a shrine priestess's robes. Her relatives explain that this is because all previous Dream-Sight users were called the Dream-Sight Medium.
** [[spoiler:During her attempt to save the comatose Kiyoka, Miyo's undergoes a [[MagicalGirlTransformation transformation]] as she embraces and begins to make peace with her trauma, with her clothes becoming an extravagant and divine miko's robes]].
* 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]].

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

* {{Seer|s}}: Miyo's dormant gift, Dream-Sight. [[spoiler:In the past, masters of Dream-Sight could use their gift to see the past, present, and future, granting them near-omniscience]].

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After spending sixteen to seventeen years abusing Miyo following the death of her mother, they begin facing consequences for their actions when Kiyoka threatens them to apologize to Miyo for their harsh treatment if they wish to receive a bridal gift. After refusing to do that and playing a part in Miyo's kidnapping to get her to relinquish her position as Kiyoka's fiancé, their home is destroyed and forced to live modestly while Miyo continues to live a good life with her fiancé.]]

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: After the events of the first volume, they are effectively removed from the plot with only 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 accommodations.]]

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While the light novel keeps stating the Saimoris 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 the emperor in his bid to ''weaken'' the Usuba by making Sumi marry into the Saimoris.

* AloofBigBrother: He acts like this towards Koji until he [[spoiler:unties his brother. Even then, he passively tells Koji what he does next is up to him.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His family name is romanized as either "Kudo" or "Kudou", depending on the medium.

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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Kazushi's Foolish Sibling, much to Koji's annoyance. Koji 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.

* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: How she saw Miyo. Even after years of separation, her maternal love for Miyo never faded.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: His disdain for Miyo blinds him to how valuable someone from the Usuba family bloodline is as a marriage prospect. When the Kudo 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.]]

** 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 Koji can barely stand her.

[[folder:Emperor Mikaido]]

* BadBoss: What is Mikaido's response to generations of faithful service by the Usuba and Kudo families to the empire? Ruin them in fear of their great power, that by all account they have never abused. Then there's his own onmyojis who he essentially sent on a suicide mission in order to release vicious grotesquerie from containment in order to eliminate one man, civilian casualties be damn.

* 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 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.

* BadassNormal: Despite coming from a noble clan, Okaido is [[MuggleBornOfMages giftless]], but this has no effect on his ability as a leader and soldier.
* {{Hunk}}: Okaido 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.