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EP. REVIEW: The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom

Ah, so now it's reversed where the littler sister is the less busty one and self-conscious about her older sister versus Philia/Mia. And she's even a Philia fangirl! I feel like Mia and Grace will get along well.

Philia is slowly recognize how much her families' verbal abuse and lack of approval colored how she saw/reacted to everything, even Mia's genuine love for her, is slowly realizing how much she cares about Panacorta and that she's allowed to care and feel things all her own, and is slowly but surely falling for Osvalt's charms. It's some great development for her.

Reinhardt's love story with Elizabeth reminded me a lot of a similar Saint Romance in Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence.

How much more of a green flag can Osvalt be? I'm really curious how he'll react to Girtonia asking for Philia back, but he's obviously not happy about it. I'm curious if Mia had a hand in this.

Prince Julius is that most dangerous of political figures: someone who thinks he's much cleverer than he is and couples that with a total disregard for the well-being of the citizens.

Mia is by far the strongest written character, with Philia being the only other one with time put into their depth. Her complicated emotions and turmoil induced rage works really well, it makes random ninja and Sophia's support cast look like cardboard cutouts in comparison.

It almost feels like Mia's story is the one the author wanted to tell and Philia's story is the one they needed to sell to get the story attention.

I do worry about the story wanting to use demon possession as another plot gap filler. That could lead down to some very unsatisfactory hand waving if used too much.

If your going to have paper thin endlessly evil villains, maximum melodrama is absolutely the direction to go in.

I didn't think the Adenauer's could outdo Julius in terms of being terrible but kidnapping a child and gaslighting the mother of said child and then emotionally abusing that child after getting the biological daughter you wanted...it's sickening.

Honestly I half-expect them to reveal that they were somehow involved in Hildegard's husbands' death. I mean, take him out and you killed her motivation to get her daughter back and also prevent her from having another kid that could rival the Adenauer family Saints. Honestly probably the biggest tragedy is it means Philia never had a chance to know her true father.

Philia doesn't need saving but Erza has such a nice vibe.

The Mia and Fernand ship is developing nicely. Both of them are becoming a good team who support each other and back each other up, and empathize with what they're going through emotionally.

I want to say I'm surprised Julius refused any aid from Parnarcorta...but let's face it, it's on-brand. As is trying to arrest Philia for treason on basically nothing. Mia literally can't even with him any more.

What a crazy situation we have now. Hildegard looking to adopt Mia once the dust has settled and her family is destroyed, her "revenge" for them having stolen her daughter in the first place, and yet she's also doing it because she knows that Philia truly cherishes Mia as a sister and that it would unknowingly make them legal sisters since Hildegard is he real mother. At least Mia and Hildegard can bond over their shared adoration of Philia.

Eilavel wrote:

If your going to have paper thin endlessly evil villains, maximum melodrama is absolutely the direction to go in.

I can't help but feel like they are getting too thin, Julius being comically stupid and evil is one thing, but all the people backing him are just ignoring the fact that his stupidity is going to get them all killed by monsters. "We are backing him for the throne" doesn't make much sense unless the country survives.