Alright, looking at Mingfei's situation, honestly? That whole 'wife' subplot often feels like a narrative consolation prize slapped onto his character after the main event. For a protagonist who started out defined by missed chances and a chaotic power-up, suddenly saddling him with a domestic life kind of caps his development in a weirdly static way. It softens the edges of his earlier loneliness and ambition.
Instead of exploring the complexities of a character who lived through 'Don't be sad' and world-ending threats, it redirects his arc toward stability. The influence isn't about growth through partnership so much as it's about providing a neat, traditional endpoint—husband, father, settled. It drains some of the restless energy that made his journey compelling to begin with. I always preferred his dynamic with Nono; that had more unresolved tension.