It's January again, which means once more it's Dealer's Choice Month. That means there's no theme tying together this month's review beyond the fact that I want to talk about them...or in this case, that the second season of the anime adaptation of this work is currently airing.
MY HAPPY MARRIAGE (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon), based on the light novels by Akumi Agitogi and illustrations by Tsukiho Tsukioka, with art by Rito Kohsaka. First published in 2018 and first published in North America in 2022.
PLOT:
For almost as long as Miyo Saimori can remember, her life has been nothing but misery. She was the product of a loveless arranged marriage, lacking in the hereditary magical powers that noble families like hers are supposed to possess. When her mother died and her father remarried, her life became nothing but an endless wave of drudgery, abuse, neglect, and depression. Miyo has no reason to believe her life could be anything different, even when her father sends her off to be married to the notoriously icy Lord Kiyoka Kudo.
With the help of Kiyoka's kindly housekeeper Yumie, Miyo slowly begins to open up to others and piece together her sense of self-worth. In turn, Kiyoka finds himself drawn to this strange, sad, lonely young woman, even as outside forces conspire to sabotage their romance before it can properly begin.
