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she has character development way down the line dw you’ll prob get annoyed w her before then but she does grow, also the romance isn’t the main focus so it doesn’t take away from the story imo

I get where you're coming from about the FL but literally she's just a kid in the early chapters
There is obviously character development but since the author and story progresses from childhood all the way to adult, you can probably tell it's going to take a while...

How does she not have character development? Everyone deals with grief differently. Her mentor just died. Do you expect her to not cry and just accept it? Her character developed throughout this entire manga. She went from an overly exuberant child to a mature young woman, putting herself at risk to help keep her continent and her loved ones safe.

She gets worse for ages and then she gets better but it takes a while

Ahh I think I skipped that part I was at the part where MC is teaching her the ways but she never really does apply what he said then getting into trouble then inconveniencing the MC to save her I think it happened a few more times so I just skip shit and never knew her mentor died

for real. her character is giving damsel in distress. the girl always needs to be saved wth