I didn't know this was how Miyabi's mother died. I thought she got blasted or something in the chaos of the Hollow's expansion, but learning the truth, that she was corrupted by Ether into an almost monstrous state, and the only way for her to pass peacefully was to be slain by her own beloved daughter...
Her mother had always dreamed of a peaceful life for Miyabi, shielding her from the weight of the Hoshimi family's cursed legacy and the blade Tailless. She trained her in gentler ways, pouring everything into giving her daughter a chance at ordinary happiness, far from the path of warriors and Hollows. Yet during the Fall of the Old Capital, when Hollow Zero suddenly devoured their home and corrupted so many, including her, that gentle wish was ripped away.
That single moment shattered everything. A mother who only wanted to watch her little girl grow up, laugh, and chase simple joys, robbed of it all in the cruelest way imaginable. She never got to see Miyabi blossom into the extraordinary young woman she is today. And Miyabi... she lost the one person who was her entire universe. Her mother was her strength, her teacher, her source of warmth and comfort in a lineage steeped in duty and blood. With that loss, the light in her world dimmed. No wonder she often seems to lack emotions on the surface to me, it's not coldness. She's rigorously keeping her grief in check, channeling the unbearable pain into iron discipline so it doesn't consume her.
This kind of grief doesn't just fade you know, it carves deep scars. The helplessness of watching the person you love most twist into something unrecognizable, then being forced to raise the blade against them, it's a wound that never fully heals. Yet Miyabi transformed that loss into unyielding strength. She turned her weakness and sorrow into a vow, to become the blade that protects the weak, so no one else ever has to endure such a nightmare. She leads Hollow Special Operations Section 6 not just out of duty, but to sever the roots of corruption, to confront Hollows headnon, and to ensure that children like the girl she once was never lose their entire world in a single, merciless instant. Her mother's unfulfilled wish now fuels her resolve.
Mothers deserve to see their children grow. Miyabi deserved to be wrapped in that love for years to come. The tragedy stole that from them both, but in honoring her mother's memory through her determination and fierce protection of New Eridu, Miyabi keeps that love alive in the only way she can. It's heartbreaking... yet incredibly powerful.
Hot take but people gotta stop listening to other people's opinion about a game when they havent try it yet. Play the game first and see how you like it or not. Stop basing it from other people's opinions. You never know that you might be missing out on peak.