User blog comment:Genista882/Mitsuru and Kokoro/@comment-26567684-20190430161720/@comment-38094676-20190430175823

This. Exactly this.

Some people think that relationships are all about the attraction and the sex, and then forget about the commitment part. When the initial attraction falters, they think the 'love' is gone too. Good grief. The relationship can only last because those in it have committed to make it work no matter what. Love is not some bullshit about 'wanting to know someone better' lol, it's the desire to make this significant person happy. This meant a willingness to serve. A selfless attitude.

I always wanted to shake people when they say that Kokoro is all about 'muh babby' and nothing else. Well guess what? It's not easy to be a responsible parent. Sure anyone below 50 can pop babies like a factory, but that's not what Kokoro is all about, it's about being a good parent. This meant  getting up in the middle of countless nights to tend to your baby's needs, a million and one nappy change, the death of your social, personal life...well okay maybe not the death, but significant reduction of it lol

Being good parents is the most thankless, most unappreciated job in the whole world, and you don't get paid for it. And yet you give and give and give to your child without expecting anything in return. Seriously, those people didn't know what they were talking about when they hurl 'muh babby' like it's an insult. They just never appreciated all the sacrifices their parents has done for them. (given that they have good parents that is. >.< )

And then, we see Mitsuru and Kokoro so happy with their first child, they've embraced their roles as parents with such happiness and named her Ai. 10 years after Hir02 went through the warp gate, and the couple is still very much together and obviously happy. A fourth baby on the way, just so we'd know that yes, they still go at it. >_<