Is it bad that this made me kind of excited to see?
Because I feel like this really validated what I've been thinking all along.
Mizisua is not healthy.
It's not abusive either.
The children are not okay, none of them are. Even the illusion of a happy life in Anakt Garden is not enough to cover the cracks.
People might believe Mizi had it good, that she was lucky to be able to live her life in captivity in blissful ignorance. But that's not the case at all.
(Interesting detail is that despite looking bashful and shy, his collar is red. Its a red flag for sure but its vague and could mean an array of things, so I don't blame Mizi for not noticing)
We see how her naivete puts her in danger. When the unnamed boy (who I need to see dead asap) makes an advance on Mizi, she rejects him bluntly not knowing the violence he is capable of.
I believe this was Mizi's first look into how truly horrible the reality of her life is. But she couldn't understand, she didn't know why she got hurt or what she did wrong.
AND she did nothing wrong! She called out the boy's sleazy behaviour for what it was...
Gross.
In her perfect world he would simply apologise and leave her be. But the world is not perfect and her being honest only provoked him.
Its telling that her reaction to what happened to her was to run back to Sua.
Sua is godly, Sua is pure and perfect, she would never hurt her.
And yet she parroted the boy's words back at her
"Must be nice~"
It shows as much as Sua loves and reveres Mizi, she still resents her for their different upbringings. Sua is not immune to envy or jealousy and she is deeply envious of Mizi's ability to see the world as a child would.
A good happy place where people strive to be good and kind to each other.
There is so much more in this comic that I could go into.
Mizi's survivors guilt, the way the boy's words came back to haunt her, convincing her she used the people she loved. There is so much to unpack and I'm so excited to see how it plays out in the next episode.
