Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Zombie4n
I watched this anime in one day. I thought it would be a normal romance
The artstyle is really pretty
After watching the first few episodes, it felt very much like Cinderella (? I mean mean step-mother and step-sister and a conveniently attractive strong fiancé...? AND THEY HAVE POWERS????? It's not really THAAAAT bad if you don't mind poorly written romances.
Miyo needs more personality; all her actions are based on "Will I be a good fiancée?" and "What will my fiancé think of this?" And it ends up being annoying.
It feels like they didn't put enough thought into how the story develops...?
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My Happy Marriage portrays as a tender romantic drama shaped by emotional neglect, personal healing, and the gradual rediscovery of dignity within a world influenced by supernatural lineage. Set in an alternate version of early modern Japan where certain families possess spiritual abilities, the story intertwines domestic hardship with sort of fantasy elements that framing love not as sudden passion but as the slow restoration of self worth. The narrative follows Miyo Saimori, a young woman born into a once prestigious family known for supernatural gifts. Despite this lineage, Miyo grows up without displaying any visible spiritual power. The absence of this ability transforms her status within the household from valued heir to unwanted burden. After the death of her mother, Miyo’s life gra…
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This anime feels like a typical Cinderella story but with strange powers that seem completely unnecessary. The inclusion of these powers caught me off guard and cheapened the overall experience, making the characters seem one-dimensional. Beyond the main character's trauma, she lacks any real personality, and there's nothing to make her stand out. While the animation and music are impressive, they can't fully redeem the weak plot. The story is unoriginal, and the characters have no depth, which made the experience frustrating. The music is the only thing that somewhat compensates for the lack of substance in the narrative and character development.
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Why do we have Indian serial stories in our anime ? This storyline was so uninteresting. They try to be too dramatic about the simplest of things. Also the story never lets the main couple settle and have a few enjoyable moments between them. The MC and FMC are thrust into one problem after another. This is like amc drama level writing. So boring. It's sad to see such beautiful animation got wasted on such a bad story. Only old grandmas and grandpas who are used to watching old drama romance shows can appreciate this lame story in this modern day.
Read at the sourceKurotsuko
Despite its attractive appearance, this anime doesn't offer anything particularly new within its genre. Characters are reduced to just a few defining traits. The main character, Miyo, fits the mold of a typical romance heroine: soft-spoken, morally upright, and solely focused on being with the male lead.
The first half of the show was decent; I appreciated how it portrayed childhood trauma and its effects on Miyo. Her character and appearance gradually changed with shifts in the environment, which I found interesting. However, the romance felt rushed and lacked a solid foundation. The main characters hardly communicated, making the show feel empty.
There were also issues with portraying Miyo as a flawless individual with unmatched strength (yes, they have powers, but these abilities aren…
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Neither as atrocious as some might claim, nor the amazing twist to a Cinderella others would say, I find this series to be... middling. A perfectly serviceable anime that you can pass some time watching if you don't mind slower paced, more wholesome watches revolving around healing from times spent in an abusive household and making a marriage work out.
|[ Visuals - 7/10 ]|
While not egregious, I did find there to be some very minor inconsistencies in the characters faces - though, that could've just been me. On the whole the quality is pretty solid, some of the scenes are very pretty, but... I question the highlights in the characters' hair (was that even what it was?). The colour choices were so... dubious there. I mean, Kudou seemed to have purple (?) highlights despite having blond…
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What seemed to be a promising emotional story about a girl who finds self acceptance from a childhood of neglect and trauma from a relationship with a cold yet gentle man. Into a story of saving the helpless princess. It just falls flat.
The soft magic system makes the battles almost feel like plot devices to move the story on as the viewer never really knows the limit's of each character's ability. There is a lack of suspense and the victors seem predictable.
With the exception of Arata using his illusion at the end of his fight.
The idea or message behind her finding self acceptance while not being special. Is completely undermined immediately by the story revealing that the whole entire time she was actually super special and is deeply desired by her secret family.
What does this show…
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Decent premise ruined by stupid plot device. Now I know that the "Cinderella" trope has been used countless times, but damned I'll be lying if it's not a good base for a story. My Happy Marriage should have been a decent one if not for stupid and unnecessary 'supernatural' part of it.
I'm genuinely asking myself as I watch more episodes of this anime, what the hell am I watching? Cause I sure don't expect no damn super power action in a supposed shoujo romance anime. Is this supposed to be romance? A character study? Action? Super power? The show tried to check too many boxes and what turned out is a half-baked anime, it is clearly confused, and more importantly so are we! The supernatural part seems forced as hell, the anime wants us to think that these 'spirits' are supposed to be dange…
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This anime is so pretty, but beyond maybe about episode 6 or so, it's so frustrating how irritating this anime got. I really want to like it more than I do because it's a really cute show but AUGH THE AMOUNT OF MISCOMMUNICATION AND CRAP SHE'D GET HERSELF INTO BECAUSE SHE'S BE SO STUBBORN IN TRYING TO DO THINGS ONE SPECIFIC WAY WAS SO ANNOYING. I **WISH** I could have liked this anime more than I did but the irritation got to me, unfortunately.
I know it's a period piece and isn't really meant to be judged by today's standards, but it got hard to look past the baked-in traditional gender roles and borderline misogyny because Miyo's main motive was completely centred around Kudo. Like, good for her, but c'mon girl you can do better than that.
If you just want a show with some rather stan…
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This anime is entirely carried by the good-looking characters and the animation. Everything else is just bad: the MC is meek, indecisive, has zero self esteem and her personality is practically being depressed and doing chores for her husband. The pacing is slow and the plot is boring. The action parts are lacking suspance or any real sense of danger and you can easily predict the outcome. The romance scenes are meh, there's no chemistry and the male lead's feelings seem to develop from pity. Watch if you have nothing better to do and want to hear people talking in the background.
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"My Happy Marriage" is one of the greatest gifts this summer season has given us. It's not all about romance or the emotional challenges the characters may face, but it also incorporates supernatural elements, mystery, and even action. While romances typically follow lighter themes, this one delivers an exceptional performance in addressing delicate subjects."My Happy Marriage" portrays and embraces the imperfections of its characters, especially those of Miyo.
What I like most about this story is that, even though from the moment she reunites with Kiyoka, it could have completely ignored Miyo's past and portrayed her as a changed person since she already had her future husband's approval, it doesn't hesitate to remind the audience of the impact abuse can have on the victim and that it t…
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I honestly think Kudou and Miyo are so friggin adorable together but I just felt having the supernatural genre and the heavy political family matters shouldn’t be even there in the first place. It would have been better if it was just only a peaceful slice of life historical romance drama then it being way over the top and silly. What even made me put off with what I said is the fact that the fighting scenes were just meh and no hype around them. I mean it’s always Kudou trying to face off the “bad guys” and not involving Miyo. The rest of the characters were literally a nuisance like Kujou was a hopeless dummy in not helping out Miyo escape from her abusive family. I wouldn’t knock Miyo as a weak character because she went through crap but at the same time, I wish they made her a more str…
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TLDR: If you don't like wishy-washy cliché romance, don't bother watching.
Animation: Great (it's a netflix anime after all).
Plot: Good. (Nothing exceptional, but has good pacing).
Characters: Awful. (Character's personalities and development is very awkward.)
Heroine: A Cinderella that is very submissive, her voice actress makes it sound like she's always on the verge of crying (honestly, the voice really got on my nerves), she's always almost whispering (she's noticeably quieter than every other sound or voice in the anime), and she is weak-willed, accepting all abuse from her family even though she's officially a daughter of that family.
Male lead: He is a rude guy that mistreats the heroine when they meet, and upon seeing that she's prone to be abused and that she is totally submis…
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Story:
I took my interest in the first episode, it was dramatic, my feelings moved and my tears fell, but after continuing to watch there were some simple problems with writing and narrative.
Music:
The music was beautiful, the opening was quiet and wonderful and the last was ordinary, and the internal music was one of the most beautiful elements that moved my emotions.
Drawing:
The drawing in this work was beautiful, in many respects of characters or environment and places, knowing that I didn't like some but as a whole it didn't have that annoying effect.
Animation:
The studio did an excellent job and I thank him for his efforts and good work and I hope they offer the best in the coming works.
Summary:
If you are looking for dramatic and romantic work that moves you some deep feeling…
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Hey, I dont hate cliche romance. If it's done right, it's entertaining and could be wholesome but this ain't it. I have high expectation since the studio first announced it and all the manga reader i know seems to enjoy this one so much. They literally hype it as the best romance of the season, lol. Animation and design wise it is appealing. It has so much potential to be wholesome but the pacing is kinda awful. The first 3 eps seems great, but it quickly become boring after that. And then eps 10 and 11 happened and I lose my shit lol. Nothing in eps 10-11 matter in the last eps. Everything quickly get resolve with no explaination. We only get a glimpse of their "happy marriage" at the end, through narration like a quick summary and kinda like 1 page of epilogue type of things.
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Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon seems like the type of anime that would be for me. It's got romance between adults, a historical setting with some fantasy elements, and good production values. The problem is that it lacks any real heart - not to the extent of completely ruining the anime, but it feels like a pale shadow of what it could have been.
Saying an anime lacks heart is a bit of a cop out answer, since it doesn't give any indication of what the actual problems are, so let me flesh those out here. First and foremost, everything is just a little too perfect. You see all the classic romance tropes showing up, from childhood friends, cool and aloof handsome heroes, the wicked stepmother, and pernicious politics to boot. The trouble is these tropes make the world feel like fiction. Even…
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We all have seen Cinderella, but have you ever seen it in a setting with super powers? Well, that's basically what Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon is.
There are blatant problems with this show, and the most obvious one is the protagonist Miyo, it is understandable why she would behave and think the way she does after living almost her whole life being abused by her family, so she came as extremely passive, submissive and apologetic, this in itself is fine, the bad part comes when she starts developing and switching back to how she was before. We saw her standing againts her family and rejecting what they said, actually trying to act individually and taking into account her own feelings above the ones from others, however this doesn't last long as she returns to having no confidence for no r…
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My Happy Marriage, at the outset, feels like the 1000th remake of Cinderella. It has the evil stepmother, the family abuses the MC, and she gets “saved” by a strong, powerful man. It’s a bit more than that though, as it’s a largely character driven story with the main female character, Saimori Miyo, trying to find her self worth after years and years of people telling how useless she was, as shallow as the reasons were, in that she supposedly lacked the abilities that her family members had. She is married off to a man named Kudou Kiyoka, who was known to be a cold-hearted, insensitive man who dismissed his previous fiancées, likely in an attempt to get rid of her and have her suffer more. Obviously, as you would expect, Kiyoka treats Miyo in a way she doesn’t expect, and the relationship…
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The revitalisation of Shoujo in recent years has been a welcome surprise. Starting with Fruits Basket(2019), we’ve had solid female targeted stories for the past few years now. I think Watakon is easily the second best of the bunch, only behind Fruit’s Basket and is a beautiful and harrowing tale of overcoming abuse, trauma and finding true love.
“What is a family anyway”
At its core, Watakon is a juxtaposition of familial bonds. On one hand, Miyo’s toxic and abusive upbringing and on the other, the patient, accepting and healthy relationship she develops with Kiyoka. The story follows Miyo as she breaks free of the metaphorical chains that bind her and learns to live life on her own terms.
This isn’t easy and it takes time. We gradually see Miyo take strides episode after episode. Des…
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I don't know what's the best way to describe this anime other than a Cinderella-esque story, just told in a Japanese timeline where magic is power and such. Other than a magical fairy godmother coming to give you the wish of what you truly desire, this tale is about a man saving a woman from a life of abuse and neglect. Without further ado, here I want to provide you with the pros and cons of doing something the audience is familiar with.
(Warning: There will be mentions of Cinderella in here.)
First, let's talk about the merits of starting on a familiar story everyone is adjusted to. Of course, it may come off as a little too similar and boring to tell otherwise, but it does help people understand the characters quicker and more used to at first glance. Starting as a classic tragedy sto…
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