I think in a weird way, their relationship absolutely is wholesome.
In setups like this, most of the time the couple becomes more and more dependent on each other. The typical development would be that Sayori gives up on the idea of going to another college for the sake of their love. But really that's just accepting the fact that in the end, there's a lack of trust between the two in that hypothetical scenario.
But that's not how this situation ended up playing out - because they irrevocably marked each other with those scars, it actually resulted in a greater degree of trust between the two. Mizuki accepts that Sayori has to independently do certain things for her own sake (which is what going to a separate college effectively entails in this scenario) and is perfectly happy, currently betraying not a single hint of doubts that Sayori has become disinterested in her. At some point they had to have sat down and talked the situation out, coming to some kind of compromise about what Sayori needs to do to realize her full potential.
I think it's also hilarious to imagine them having the most passionate fucking session after cutting each other up, and then, while they're lying in each other's blood and other fluids, Sayori going "ok fr tho im not going to your college its shit ngl" and Mizuki being like "uuuuuuugh fine no you're right this place is shit."
If you think about the future the two of them share together, it's happy. They trust each other. They're realizing their own goals, even if it means they will have to spend time apart. They have the approval of their families to live together. Of course, the incident that triggered this was twisted, but in some weird way they actually benefited from it. It's like, super romantic.
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