oh spoilers btw (tldr the show sucks)

Shoujo anime like this are exactly why people have negative opinions of the genre. It is exactly as trite and boring as detractors of the genre say a work like this would be.

I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it, but it was mostly for all the baffling writing decisions. The first episode see her in company with Kouji and you'd think they'd be the ones to get married since they have an amicable relationship and he is the only one to love her inspite of her poor status and familial trauma... only for the end of the episode she gets shipped off to some rich mysterious long haired boi and she completely forgets about Kouji.

Kouji is left with the blonde bitch and he still makes it work cause he always does his best why did they have to do my boi dirty :(

Now the show is called "my happy marriage" so you'd expect whoever guy she ends up with she's gonna have a great time with and they lived happily ever after. But u need conflict in ur show, like...

-Ur mean older sister wants ur man so ur family closes ur arranged marriage
-Some secret posh relative kidnaps u with invisible men and locks u in his mansion
-Mysterious ghosts start appearing out of nowhere and now u can enter ur husbands dreams for some reason

It's was honestly really funny to see the end of each episode where they look longingly into each other eyes, then cut to some evil guys with a smirk being like "oh i'm gonna RUIN this marriage AHAHAHA"

It's not like I'm that invested in watching these cardboard cut outs make out. Kiyoka is a rich guy whos awkward with manners and super shy but like totally a cold mature man as well. Kaya is the blonde girl that is a total bitch which is the most american thing a japanese person could write. The elders are either rich old men that want to protect their money and status or super supportive nannies and house cleaners. And the military dudes mean nothing to me because they didn't need to be in the plot in the first place.

The worst offender has to be Miyo, because her entire character is being in love with her husband. Lazy romance writing in general, especially for women, is to make them solely dedicated to their partner. These kinds of tropes need to be left in the past, the experiences of women in media always intrigue me so it sucks that the writers squandered this character only to make just another cookie cutter trad wife.

There's no exploration of her experience in a feudal society, she has no qualms of her being tossed around from family to family like a hot potato, her backstory only retcons her own experience from a lower status by saying "she was special the entire TIME" GTFO with that shit.

The animation was good, was made by the same studio that made the Revue Starlight movie, but to what end? It's a shame to see such talent be waste on such a forgettable series.

In conclusion this was fun to laugh at, every scene I just said "this is SOOO corny" like I had never seen a show like this before :O so of course im tuned in for the next season. Can't wait for a rich girl to come in an say "uh i knew kiyoka for like EVER so ur totally not for him" or some other trite shit

But hey if you enjoyed it, good for you