Wow, the problem was resolved pretty quickly this time around. Feels like the mangaka placed that odd climax there just to give a plausible way to end the series.
Still, I'm loving that art style. Feels familiar, somehow.
Has this got any yuri in it?
That's what I was thinking...
Pretty sure it was those small Alice/Regulus scenes where nothing actually happens. And those other subtexted things where we'd need our yuri-goggles.