Talk:Episode 99 - The Things We Both Forgot/@comment-26426093-20180324065740

I just realized something, and it's quite the sad revelation indeed. For all the debate over whether the Yume-Laura rivalry got a truly satisfying conclusion or whether Yume's contest against Hime was truly necessary, what about the relationship between Koharu and Mahiru? Let me ask you guys this: did any of you make any noise about those two?

It's really bittersweet, because the relationship between those two really had lots of potential to form its own subplot-in fact, that was the intention way back in Season 1. But because due to the Yume-Laura rivalry hogging the spotlight, not to mention Koharu leaving FSA, we never really got to explore or observe how their friendship/rivalry would have developed. And by the time Season 2 rolled around, Mahiru's attention got directed towards Rei, while Koharu was stuck with Yume for the majority of the season. So yeah, bloody waste.

Making things even worse is the fact that they could have replaced the plot of last episode with one focusing on both Mahiru and Koharu talking about the future of Moon Beauty Class and their respective goals, but they instead settled on Yuzu and Lilie, whom despite the respect and love I hold towards them weren't deemed necessary enough to fill up a major part of the final three episodes. There are far more important loose ends that are tied to major characters, and seeing them underplay Koharu challenging Mahiru after doing what they did to her character through two seasons wasn't just disappointing, it was beyond rage-inducing.