This is definitely in the same universe, and the show does a good job upholding the same aesthetics from the first series (apparently Nodoka's always been stacked). I still find it weird how the further away we get from the mainline series, the more sameish the hair colors become. Shizu's team doesn't have nearly the rainbow variety that Saki and friends had, but it's still pretty easy to tell them apart. They look like a fun group, and there's still two of them we've yet to meet.
Bit of a fast-paced episode, though. A lot of plot to set up in a relatively short amount of time. Things should slow down next week.
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