My Happy Marriage (Manga) , Vol. 1

A romance between a pathetic woman and a cold man. Miyo is the only non-magical person in her family and was thus abused and neglected. Kudo is a high ranking military officer in a magic-focused unit.

This volume is pure misery. The perspective alternates between Miyo and Kudo, so we get her non-existent self esteem and his struggle to figure her out. Zero joy, humor, or even cuteness to be found.

I like this well enough. It IS a very slow burn but it's completely understanding and tolerable. They don't know one another. It's a marriage of convenience with a very real possibility of it being a marriage based on love and respect. My biggest problem is that she constantly reminds the reader of her horrid life growing up with her step mother and father. Was she verbally abused and mistreated? Yes. At some point, however, you must move the story on and away from the sad love song. I think there is a way to convey the reasons for her reactions without constantly reminding us of certain things that were said and done when it's already been said quite a few times before.

I will definitely continue but I might end up skipping these moments of repeat repeat repeat.