Netflix’s Aggretsuko has already proved to be more than a cute animated show capitalizing on the popularity of Sanrio’s all-too-relatable red panda, Retsuko. She’s the new and improved millennial Hello Kitty, a 25-year-old working woman battling sexism and microaggressions through death metal karaoke. Retsuko is the show’s heroine, finding herself and learning to fight back against sexist cultures, but another character appears as a tragic figure illustrating a powerful lesson about the pitfalls of romance.