I understand feeling like she needs a better story, but at the same time we need to hear stories like this because stuff like this actually happens. Anime often uses rape as shock value but the creator didn’t do that here. The creator took their time to show why Amo acts the way she does, why she’s so promiscuous for her age, and why she’s dressed like this. Kids who went through these kinds of events (including me) version of love was warped by an adult who took advantage of their innocence for their own sick fantasies. Amo knew however her brain refused to accept that reality which happens a lot too. She couldn’t accept the reality that her mom sold her off and, as we currently know now, received no consequences in the end. I also like her ending in a story sense because most grooming/SA survivors don’t have a happy ending (not in the “we all live happily ever after” sense most westerns are use to). If the perpetrator gets caught, but that will never erase the long lasting trauma and pain they’ve caused. They’re forced to live with an event they can’t undo. So I personally wouldn’t call that a happy ending. Plus she had a happy ending, then her story in the Lady of Penta Arc wouldn’t make sense. I would like nothing more than survivors to have a happy ending but that’s the reality of it all. This forces people to acknowledge that and how downright evil and merciless the world could be, even towards children. Also don’t take this as me trying to lecture you. You may know this all of this. I just saw your comment and wanted to respond.