>>47943930Honestly, true. You’ve struck the essence of what makes a good character return: impact on the story that only they can do, and that can’t be replaced by a COTD. Iris did this (somewhat) well, while Gary is doing it pretty much perfectly by becoming a recurring rival in the series for Goh. If Koharu had actually gotten interested in Contests, an argument could be made in Dawn’s favor. However this isn’t the case as of right now, and while the return overall was a good episode pair, they WERE NOT a good return. You could replace Dawn with any relatively outdoorsy girl and the same result development wise would occur in the end. However, development isn’t necessarily the end all be all and it was fun to see the two interact, at least for me. Even if it didn’t lead to anything