Happier
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Cue funny accents, a very prim-and-proper Canadian grandmother who keeps everything bottled up (as opposed to Malcolm's violent Ruritanian grandmother), and a family who are essentially them but better and happier.
Source: Canada, Eh? -
In Junjou Romantica, Usagi trips over this trope when Misaki's brother (who doesn't know Usagi and Misaki are lovers) persuades him that Misaki would be happier living with him and his wife, since Misaki's never really known what a proper family is supposed to be like.
Source: I Want My Beloved to Be Happy -
In the film proper, he sets his mother's old scarf aside in favor of Hinata's as part of his Character Development, symbolizing his decision to finally let go of his painful past and look to a happier future, with Hinata by his side.
Source: Red String of Fate
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