Mishio Amano comes across as standoffish and prickly at first—she keeps people at arm's length, though not for the same reasons Mai does. She seems genuinely cold and stubborn when you first meet her. But once Yuuichi pushes her on how she knows so much about navigating complicated relationships, her walls come down and you realize what she's actually been dealing with. That experience becomes invaluable; she ends up being the one person who can actually help Yuuichi and Makoto work through their relationship troubles, since she's been through the emotional wringer herself.
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