Hard to tell people apart now T_T
Sakurako has short straight hair, Kasumi has long wavy hair, Ruriko has long straight hair and each and every one of them has their bangs cut/styled very differently from the others. Inability to tell them apart would be quite the
Respectfully submitted—bullshit.
Reading on a small tablet or phone, with two 4-koma columns per page, these panels can be very cramped. It’s not a “can’t tell people of that ethnicity apart” thing—and of course the characters can be distinguished by nuances of hair style.
But the one-dark-haired/one-light-haired panels have always been the baseline look of the series, and can be identified at a glance; it just takes more work/closer attention in some of the more crowded scenes.