[Destined_Fate]

Mikono go with the flow? Not anymore. Mikono started out weak but has gradually started taking control of her life and the more responsibility she takes up the farther she gets from Amata(Hence why she didn't even think about Amata while she was searching for Fudo while Amata couldn't stop thinking and dreaming about her). Amata on the other hand doesn't seem to have changed that much up until Zessica's supposed death where he stops being a wimp and finally grows a pair. I want to see him actually put up a fight against Kagura, put all that training to good use darn it!

Now things are turning out differently, Mikono chose to mature quickly when she decided to find Fudo and try and understand things while Amata was forced to face reality because of what has happened to Zessica. Mikono has developed nicely in that regard but I will never forgive her for leading Amata on, tormenting Zessica with her indecision, and it would like flipping everyone off if she gets both Amata and Kagura instead of having to be choose just like Zessica and Amata were forced to make choices and deal with the consequences of their choice.

Zessica choosing to love Amata and trying to let him be happy with Mikono, who does nothing to further this even after Amata had to face Zessica about this, only to give in to despair because letting go of love isn't easy. Especially not when they have to see each other every day and she's reminded constantly what could have been. Amata has to deal with Zessica's love, that he doesn't return until it's too late, and Mikono leaving him on a journey of her own, that he wasn't allowed to come on, and her fawning over Kagura that Amata can't get out of his head. The only one in the triangle between Zessica, Amata, and Mikono that hasn't had to suffer or face any consequences for her actions is Mikono who can rely on Amata to blindly follow her(as Zessica suffers), even as she leads him on still, and she thinks of Kagura.

Mikono's jealousy is being milked way too hard. She heard it from Amata's mouth that he wants her and she was there when Amata put down Zessica. Yet she still has her jealous moments even though Zessica lost, at that point but that's in question now if she still lives(Due to his heart now resonating for Mikono "And" Zessica) and is suffering from despair. This sorta makes Mikono appear like a heartless witch. If they were trying to portray her in a better light they failed in that regard, that's why Zessica is simply more popular than Mikono(who is also voted high in polls for most unforgivable characters) and many are rooting for Zessica. She's honest about her feelings, knows what she wants, loves Amata for who he is, and even tries to make things work for Amata's happiness after Amata says no. While Mikono is torn over who she likes, doesn't know what she wants from Amata or Kagura, and leads Amata on while never committing to anything. Kinda hard to like someone like that, she's what you call a "tease" and no one likes a tease, not when they have a good girl like Zessica right there that would do anything for them.

Zessica is sorta like that girl that you want to win while Mikono is "that" girl that most likely will win(The Tomboyish girl almost never wins in love triangles sadly) but you don't want her to win because compared to Zessica she isn't very likeable and comes off as a huge tease that's inconsiderate to the feelings of those around her.

Time changes everything, even Mikono changed from her initial appeareance and barely resembles the weak girl she was at the start of the Anime that couldn't do anything on her own. The only issue is that Amata took 21 episodes to actually mature and it took a supposed death from Zessica to get his head in the game. Up to that point he was still acting like his Episode 1 self that fawns over Mikono and that never going anywhere yet he still chases her despite being lead on and having a perfectly likeable girl, Zessica, right next to him but he's too focused on Mikono to actually notice in that way. So for the first time he put someone else, Zessica, over Mikono as a priority which was a huge show of growth from him which hopefully means he'll keep his pair from here on out and not regress back to his Episode 1 self.

However they may just troll the fanbase and have Amata lose to Kagura in the fight and forget all about Zessica and chase after Mikono again which would be a huge disservice to his character and denies him even the chance at growth.