User blog comment:Dragonspyre17/Where's the Dark Side of Ares?/@comment-24708868-20180915195703

I don't know, I just accused them of not being liked because of how unfair they are treated. Lol, I heard about Professor Layton, but didn't actually play the games or inform about the franchise in any way, so I don't know what they've got in common with Flora.

From season 2, the only one who appears is Fubuki, who is not only a fan favourite, but also a main character, so they had to feature him in Ares. Tsunami is also fairly popular, but I think he doesn't appear because he's in high school now.

Last, since you're also familiar with TV Tropes, do you think Rika is closer to Scrappy, Base-Breaking Character, Hate Sink or none of the above? Another question is if the boys I mentioned in the first paragraph count for They Wasted A Perfectly Good Character, at least some of them.