I mean she is a child maybe she thought she was the problem and wanted to change them and in her seventh life she seemed to have finally confirmed that they are just beyond helping
This is based on my thoughts not a spoiler.
But, from how she was raised I think she just wanted to be loved by her family so she held out on any small hope and clung to it (Like her brothers "kindness"). Also, it's not like she lived full lives for the 7 times. She goes back in time at a set age and probably dies within the next couple years. But, I do want to think she changed with each life (ex: her control on her powers)
Re: 3/7 times. 3 times is lucky, 7 is unlucky. She’s been unlucky her whole life(s) (mom dies, dad blames, step/replacement sis, bad maid), so she isn’t able to ‘access’ the luck of going through it 3 times. She has to go through it 7 times, and reclaim her bad luck. (Although, if you bother to figure out which country the author is from, which I did not, you could argue 7 is arbitrary, and 4 is more culturally significant) It does seem to have european influences, so 7 is a reasonable unlucky assumption.
Re: Putting up with it. I totally agree, it seems like a lot of time.... I also think (other than the probably essential plot points they will provide) that people who are in/ raised in bad situations have trouble recognizing that fact? Like they reason away horrible behaviour?
Re: Personality change. Trauma?
Re: Fun potential. Where might you have gone? I’m very curious.
/srs
Anyways, I enjoyed responding to this! Character development is also a favourite of mine. Also this is all speculation lol. /g
PS. This was probably waaayyy too formal, but I don’t know how to not write an email lol.
Um...why wait for the seventh life to suddenly have a personality change so drastic? what were she doing before? Still gonna read it, cuz its fun, I'm just a little confused---three lives seems much more reasonable. Seven times is overkill and makes you wonder if there is an outside force that kept her from changing before. I'd have gotten progressively colder each life until I decided to mess them up on the third try, not meekly put up with it for seven lives and THEN decide to protect myself. Damn. It compromises an otherwise relatable and admirable character's ability to feel 'real'... which is a crime, here, there's so much fun potential...
Sorry, I'm a writer who takes editing my own work very seriously, and I get a bit caught up on details. Hard to immerse myself when my brain is saying "You need to fix that!!" Σ(っ°Д °;)っ and then doesn't let me relax until I've done it. Character development is my favorite part of writing too, so I'm particularly anal about it. ╥﹏╥