>>279881573
They adapted it right after Shampoo left in the anime, that's why, they adapted a lot of shit out of order but it was thanks to the anime that we got Ukyo since the OC they used for this episode was a proto Ukyo, they made up for it by giving Shampoo many anime original episodes, plus it was thanks to the filler that we also got other cute girls and I will gladly take any of the 1989 anime original girls over Ichiro (the reporter), the nameless cameraman and the new classmates that the censored 2024 anime created