There s nothing wrong with a lighter, sillier episode every now and then, but this one just doesn t feel like it serves a whole lot of purpose except green pepper propaganda.
Everyone else has had episodes or mini-arcs devoted to building them into more solid characters, but Yui s still mostly just “the pink leader one,” and that s a problem.
It s frustrating to see Kokone s parents flailing around and putting their careers ahead of their child, but arguably the more important story point is that they do start to try to be better parents.
It s the combined earnestness of the girls, along with Mint s clear effort to stop making Zakuro uncomfortable and annoyed, that really gets through to the star.