Does she ever change

I mean I don’t think she knows what to do in order to change. Realistically speaking she’s just a naive young girl that’s been locked up her whole life with no knowledge of the outside world. She’s doing what she can with what she’s got, can’t expect her to all the sudden have all the answers and be super badass and smart. That takes experience and knowledge she simply doesn’t have. And she’s starting to recognize her faults and learn from them! Character development takes time lol.

Which is what I’ve been waiting for but it’s been a lot of chapters and this isn’t the first time she’s had a “moment of realization” and yet she still stays the same. I don’t expect her to learn to weird the sword and defeat everyone and become a prodigy, but at the very least stop pitying yourself so much. I’d rather she does something with her grief instead of constantly breaking down and being faced with other issues.

I find it very realistic how she’s portrayed. Again, she hasn’t had an education, she’s been manipulated, belittled, and locked up her whole life. The only thing she tried to do herself (saving miru) ended badly and caused negative affects on him in the long run (abuse). She’s a powerless uneducated woman pretty much all alone in a foreign land hiding from very powerful people who want her dead. She has been kept ignorant (only valued for her beauty) and it’s gonna take time before she gains “independence” or gains complex problem solving skills lol. She’s got it rough.

That may be so but despite her coming to conclusions about how powerless she is, she continues so be so. Just like in the village, it’s a chance for her to open up and change and yet all she consistently does is blame herself. She’s constantly blaming herself and feeling upset, and a good chunk of the manga has gone though. She’s a former princess who rather than growing from her experiences and trauma, has been stuck in a time loop consistently. And she herself realizes it but refuses to change. I’m waiting for that change or determination and yet any chance she enlightens herself, she conveniently ignores it in favour of weeping or whatever. You’d think that she’d learn to be less naive BECAUSE of her trauma.

One does not always learn from trauma. As mentioned by Jenn, I think she doesn't fully realize what needs to be done. Living on your own is scary, esp. when you've never learnt the concept of being independent ever, nor how to survive without being subservient to a group. Again, I also find her portrayal very realistic.

True as that may be, her lack of character growth as I’ve said time and time again annoys me and I do not feel the need to defend that fact. As I’ve stated numerous times before, her lack of character development is detrimental to the plot and each chapter is constantly a pity party on her end or her making decisions to relate back to blaming her. I do not find her portrayal realistic, I see it as a method of caving to the damsel in distress plot. She has not grown if this many chapters in, she is still the same weak willed individual, which is why I asked in my topic does she ever change.

I totally agree with you! It would be nice if she would learn to defend herself a bit more.