Agree completely!
And I found it so refreshing how wholesome the dynamics between the girls were! Lots of Mangas/Webtoons like this have unnecessary drama between girls that just escalates to extreme levels and it's always centered around "coveting" the male lead. Like I really love and appreciate moments where I see girls banning together and actually being normal and realistic. I really appreciate Liz's (the prince's fiancée) character, she is so wise and patient and was willing to listen to Sei's advice and guidance.
Whenever I see Aira my heart ached for her like you can tell she's naturally a shy child and prolly has some anxiety, considering how much she holds everything in and is too scared to voice her opinions cause she'll feel ungrateful for the prince's protection. She never had any ill-intent to begin with so I don't get all the hate, like i can understand how annoying she must've been to the readers cause she was very passive but I genuinely think she has anxiety and isn't good with confrontation. Eeee sorry for this rant I just got so excited and went off (￣∇￣")
I'm very happy Aria is finally coming to terms with being in the new world and actually feeling better, I was getting very worried for her mental and emotional state. And to respond to other commenters, yess Aria is a victim, and she's not pathetic, she's quite realistic. Not everyone can have the mentality to be like "Oh, I'm in a new world now? Well it seems like everyone is quite nice so I'll just try to live my best life!" like damn I'd prob be depressed af and refuse to believe reality where I'm surrounded by strangers in a new world who have placed great expectations on me with zero chance of going home to my fam and friends.
That aside, unlike the MC, there was only really a small group of people who "cared" about Aria, in the sense that they forced their protection and expectation upon her, resulting in misunderstandings with the surrounding people, which only hurt Aria further.
The MC on the other hand, was surrounded by genuinely kind people who cared for her and didn't force their expectations upon her. The MC, unlike Aria, was also allowed to explore for herself whereas Aria went along with whatever the prince said because she didn't know what else she could do.
Also Aria isn't like the MC who is a grown independent adult, she's still young and very dependent on her parents. Yes, there are independent teens out there, but not everyone are, and it seems that Aria was a bit sheltered, but that's not like something to fault her for. She's in a new strange world where the first person who reaches out to her is the prince, who's an asshole. Like, probably if instead the second prince or Liza had been the one to reach out to her first she probably wouldn't have had so many issues in the first place, because they seem to be quite the decent people.