Not satisfying, at the end, it still never truly reckoned with the gross internalized sexism of these girls, and if anything it vindicated it.
Yeah, maybe it would have been nice if they had done that; if you mean e.g. that Kurokawa was never "ugly" just because she didn't put as much effort into her appearance as Fujishiro. Although I don't think these girls have more internalized sexism than the average Japanese girl, beauty and cuteness just happen to be important themes.
The fact that this time Fujishiro called Kurokawa beautiful without any caveats like before ("you're cuter now that I helped you and you don't look like a nerd anymore"), and called her her princess, is not quite the same as explicitly addressing the themes regarding beauty or sexism, but it at least implies that Fujishiro sees Kurokawa in a completely different light than she did at the start, and not just because Kurokawa's looks have changed.
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