Sayaka Miki is a character whose, depending on who you ask, either her primary or secondary role, is walking the path of a volatile teenage girl who does not understand the way the world works, much less one involving magic, and denied grace from others because of her reactive nature. Of course it is relatable that a character who needs an abundance of understanding and compassion is also one who harshly rejects it; there was no tangible way for Sayaka to accept such a gesture when she was cornered by her own ideals and afraid of the ensuing shame with admittance that she is Wrong. Because things that are wrong to Sayaka cannot be written off as “okay”.
In any case, it’s self-loathing for her failures as a protective figure, a concept incompatible with her prior grasp on goodness, power, and responsibility. The vilification of her character as an unnecessarily angry girl due to heartbreak is not wholly inaccurate, but does not cover the underlying problems she carries as presented by the narrative. Most of her issues are birthed from her clinging to what is most acceptable to others, but her actions do not reflect these qualities, and she was never taught how to reconcile this dichotomy in herself, far too entrenched by her perception that the world of potential and magic she admired so deeply has betrayed her, and when magic isn’t enough to solve problems and they come in physical forms of people frowning upon her methods, I do not think there was ever a chance she could have properly internalised all those aspects together.
Some people are actually ashamed or bashful to admit that they find such a character relatable because of her flaws, but these flaws are realistic precisely as they are unacceptable by others in this world. Trying to be an exceptional human when you keep stumbling, both in actions and words, pretending to be someone you are not - that is why the mermaid returns to the sea.
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