Mia is not the best person in the world; most of the comedy in the show is based on that. But was she ever the villain?
Tearmoon Empire (Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story) spoilers ahead!
Summary
Mia is not a positive character. The point of comedy in Tearmoon Empire is the disconnect between Mia’s self-serving thoughts and the way everyone around her assumes the best things about her.
Mia is not evil either. She holds grudges and wants to do nasty things at times, but she is likable enough for a main character.
The revolution didn’t improve anything by throwing Mia in a prison for three years before executing her. It was just an attempt to appease people and prevent future coups.
Mia’s Key Qualities
As shown throughout the anime, both in the future, where Mia is an adult, and in the present day, where Mia is twelve, Mia is not a good person. In fact, the point of comedy in the show is that Mia’s selfish and nasty thoughts are contrasted with how everyone assumes the best of her because of her good reputation or because no harm was done anyway.
For instance, in Episode 4, Mia hopes to make fun of Prince Sion, but he turns out to be a great dancer, so no harm was done to his reputation despite Mia’s unkind thoughts. The anime shows how Mia slowly becomes more likable, but she is essentially a selfish person.
The Revolution
But not every selfish person in the world gets punished by the guillotine. And that is another thing the anime seems to be focused on; Mia might not be the best person, but she does not deserve to be brutally killed in front of a cheering mob.
To be clear, the reasoning behind the guillotine is sound. A surviving monarch is an obvious cause of a coup. Besides, after all their suffering, which included disease and starvation, people wanted someone to blame for that.
But a fifteen-year-old girl was hardly the real cause of her people's troubles. She didn’t intervene with her ministers doing a poor job of ruling, but it made sense since she was never made aware of the problems in the kingdom (most likely, on purpose).
Mia is not innocent, especially as a monarch who didn’t care to look into how her people were doing, but she is hardly the villain of the story, and that is why we can follow her story and even feel for her despite her unlikable inner thoughts.
Mia is not the best person in the world; most of the comedy in the show is based on that. But was she ever the villain?
Tearmoon Empire (Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story) spoilers ahead!
Summary
Mia is not a positive character. The point of comedy in Tearmoon Empire is the disconnect between Mia’s self-serving thoughts and the way everyone around her assumes the best things about her.
Mia is not evil either. She holds grudges and wants to do nasty things at times, but she is likable enough for a main character.
The revolution didn’t improve anything by throwing Mia in a prison for three years before executing her. It was just an attempt to appease people and prevent future coups.
Mia’s Key Qualities
As shown throughout the anime, both in the future, where Mia is an adult, and in the present day, where Mia is twelve, Mia is not a good person. In fact, the point of comedy in the show is that Mia’s selfish and nasty thoughts are contrasted with how everyone assumes the best of her because of her good reputation or because no harm was done anyway.
For instance, in Episode 4, Mia hopes to make fun of Prince Sion, but he turns out to be a great dancer, so no harm was done to his reputation despite Mia’s unkind thoughts. The anime shows how Mia slowly becomes more likable, but she is essentially a selfish person.
The Revolution
But not every selfish person in the world gets punished by the guillotine. And that is another thing the anime seems to be focused on; Mia might not be the best person, but she does not deserve to be brutally killed in front of a cheering mob.
To be clear, the reasoning behind the guillotine is sound. A surviving monarch is an obvious cause of a coup. Besides, after all their suffering, which included disease and starvation, people wanted someone to blame for that.
But a fifteen-year-old girl was hardly the real cause of her people's troubles. She didn’t intervene with her ministers doing a poor job of ruling, but it made sense since she was never made aware of the problems in the kingdom (most likely, on purpose).
Mia is not innocent, especially as a monarch who didn’t care to look into how her people were doing, but she is hardly the villain of the story, and that is why we can follow her story and even feel for her despite her unlikable inner thoughts.
