She's honestly a top 10 on characters that have suffered the most in this franchise, even in Showa while people had a bunch of horrific slow deaths they would usually just last a day or hours, Michiru's life is the equivalent of a 20-year old mild torture
Anyway who's the actual character that has suffered the most in this franchise? I was kind of left with the feeling that Ryo would keep suffering infinitely after Agito was over