[DecoyBlackMage]

The characters need time to grow before we judge them and the show in my opinion, hell even Beast in Wizard eventually had some development, though the massive amount of filler in the series made it a bit to late in the end.

Either way the first arc with the characters getting used to the situation and changing their perspectives and methods to assist the main character will give us a better picture on the overall future of the show.

The comic relief characters now will potentially change drastically as the show moves on, and it seems Akari at least is in denial about the situation because she cares for the main character, and that shows in ep 2 at least.

Overall they need their own spotlight episodes before they will change, just like characters in previous shows, we just have to wait and judge later.

Just look at the drastic changes in Gaim and some of Drives characters as the shows moved on, Mach in Drive was a great example of a character who faked his overall attitude in order to do everything on his own due to very personal reasons we later hear about.