Depending upon the pairings, characters may or may not be pleased with their spouses. At the conclusion of the miai, characters may choose to grant their spouse either the Blissful Betrothal advantage or the Bitter Betrothal disadvantage, though this is by no means required. It is entirely possible for one member of the pair to love or hate a fiance who does not return the sentiment, and thus does not grant them an advantage or disadvantage in return.

Closer ties to the Crane of late, culminating in the marriage of Daidoji Tomoe and Akodo Takahide, have allowed for some relaxation of wariness in that direction; while Crane and Lion cannot be called close allies, hostilities between the two seem unlikely.

Obviously way late to clarify it now, but I take it from everyone else's reactions that when I read


It sounded like there's nothing any more wrong than usual between Lion and Crane. But I take it I read too much into that particular sentence?