NEVER apologize for posting picture of Hiromi-dono.
I completely agree that we've seen nothing from Minchi to this point to justify wasting, sorry,
devoting two episodes to her non-existent character arc. Which puts her in company with everyone in the show not named Ohana, Kou or Satsuki.
If you're going to compare, I guess you may as well use the finest example of the author's own work as a benchmark - valid point. If the current model doesn't measure up, guess that's just too bad.