"Thankfully the culprit was a woman and wasn't aggressive or anything."
Yeah, sure.
Gotta love double standards.
She wasn't a violent criminal. She didn't resist arrest. She surrendered without a fight. This is cause for celebration, as everything was solved peacefully and nobody got hurt. Any sane person would be happy about that. No double standard here.
From what I can tell, outside of when they literally come off for story reasons, they disappear whenever they're in the yuri void (pay attention to the background). Basically the yuri version of when Mortal Kombat games remove masks and stuff during X-ray attacks and fatalities.
The snuggling was cute, I hope we get a kiss soon though. The "almost kiss but suddenly interruption" is a trope I personally have little patience for haha