I know I can't be the only one who is often bothered by this...

Q73POWER said:
They wouldn’t throw her out because they love her too much. When she did the rainbow eyes they thought it was a bit odd but ignored it. I think the reason for the high rating is the world building. We don’t know what’s going on or the what the rules are. It’s mostly from her point of view and we are learning it with her. It’s season 3 and we are just now learning how magic works. She was probably scared and didn’t know what they would do to her if she said “sorry the girl you knew is dead and I took over her body and memories.” It’s understandable why she didn’t tell them. (I don’t know how to do the spoiler tag) So far in the anime three people do know. She told one of them “I’ll leave if you want but I should do it at home because the other girl is probably gone.”

FreshSalmon827 said:
I don’t think the best thing would be to tell them your from another world and you’ve taken over there daughters body and their daughter they know is dead. Especially at first, if you wake up in a body you don’t know and in a world you don’t know, I’d play it by ear until you figure out what’s happening. If she was kicked out the house she’d die with that weak body. But also would her parents believe her or think her frail body and illness is making her delusional?

I also think that because she was so ill and frail before the reincarnated Myne they probably didn’t have the strongest grasp on her personality. She wouldn’t of had many of any hobbies or interests and her body is less developed that an child that age should be. Even then they must of noticed a change but be so relieved she’s better and not on deaths doorstep it wouldn’t be at the front of there minds. It’s not like it’s unusual for a 5 year old to get a sudden obsession. But also to be able to understand someone’s education level, you’d have to be somewhat educated yourself. From her parents perspective, any words she might have said that isn’t typical of a peasant 5 year old might just sound like gibberish to a working peasant family. Besides that, the new Myne got a flood of the old Mynes memories and since our memories are what we are, you can say the two people merged. She would have some understanding of her relationships and the way she speaks and whatnot as to mostly fit in. So the old Myne isn’t necessarily dead. But obviously the much longer life that’s full of information and distinct memories will overpower the couple years of faint childlike memories of a sick person who probably rarely even left the building she was in.

Your not entirely wrong though and people do question where she gets her knowledge from and some people do find out. But she doesn’t tell her close family. The new Myne develops a genuine care and love for her new parents, probably because whilst she has the memories and experience of a young adult. She has the biological make up of a child who craves attention, especially a sick child who needs loving care and she does get that. From her perspective they are just as much her parents and the ones from her old world. She also says in season 2 at the end that she regrets not spending the time with her old family so she gets a chance to relive that now and try again. From her family’s perspective they mostly know her as she is now as well.

She also isn’t lying, she just doesn’t come out with the truth as of yet. They’re different things. But the old Myne’s body would have died that day if the new Myne hadn’t gone into that body. From the parents perspective they got a successful, relatively healthy and happy child who is caring and loving. As opposed to a dead one.

Essentially I don’t think it’s cruel to not inform her new parents about what happened but in fact the smart and kind decision but that idea of this strangely intelligent young girl is addressed. I also think there’s enough reasons as to why those parents wouldn’t question things too much as to suspend your disbelief. So whilst it’s worth thinking about, I believe your wrong.

ghier said:
Well, throwing her to the fire is a bit extreme 👀. Is that an expression for something else?

But anyway, they aren’t going to think it’s plausible for their daughter to be dead when they see the same person acting differently. They also seem like a very unassuming family that would care for their daughter regardless, so I don’t think they care enough to probe into why she’s acting different … especially when it makes them happy seeing her more active.

RoberToby said:

I'm sorry haha. I was trying to be funny. I like Monty Python and the Holy Grail too much. I just get the image of the parents screaming "witch!" and find it hilarious in the context of the anime. Like in the movie The VVitch where But that's a more serious type of content.

I know they couldn't think that their daughter is dead. It's just weird to me that they don't seem to notice or care enough to bring it out. Her friend Lutz who didn't know her much before is the first to put things together. And he notices little things that stand out to him. He smartly remembers that she started acting different when she began wearing that stick on her hair. If the relatively new friend who didn't spend much time with her before noticed something was different, I imagined her parents, or at least her mother and sister who were in the house with her all day, would at least ask her some significant questions you know?


I know I'm overthinking it haha I just wanted to talk about it.