The second episode has perfectly highlighted the consequences of chronic constipation... Definitely these kids could use some laxatives, but I guess they are in shortage in their universe.
Also Alaska seems really warm and shiny in the TE-universe, particularly the second fact made the BETA look very crappy, at least in the prequel it was dark and there was a lot of censoring
On the upside, the japanese hatred restored some semblance of seriousness, however simplistic and childish it was presented.