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Originally Posted by Mesnick

I mean "8 Years of Akari and 11 Years of Neon", which was repeatedly discussed by the entire Kurama family throughout episodes 43 and 44. I doubt it could have been skipped because, as I wrote, they repeated it 6 times in 40 minutes.
Again, if the author had trusted the audience, Irumi would have just hugged Neon in the hospital, without any dialogue, because we already heard that she loves her daughter in the previous episode and will hear more when the family gets together. Nevertheless, for some reason they decided to take the time to say it all out loud.

I'll be honest, I think it would've been equally strange if she just hugged Neon without saying a thing considering how Neon at that point has been viewing herself and her relationship with other people, especially her parents. Because another part is just Neon not realizing that she is loved because of how long she hadn't been outright told it before. And ever since finding out the truth about her origins, she hadn't thought she was capable of being loved because of it. Nor has she been really able to recognize it either.

This isn't a case of the author not trusting the audience, this is a case of a character affirming the truth of their words to another, both of whom are currently at an emotional high at the moment. I feel like that reunion at the hospital would need affirmative dialogue like that between characters because Neon was someone who wanted and needed to be explicitly told that her parents truly love her after realizing it.

I don't think this is the same as trusting the audience to connect the dots between things like Jitt being Game Master meant he had a hand in affecting Keiwa's wish in Genesis to how Girori being Game Master meant that he had a hand in affecting Ace's wish in Encounter/Scheme.

Honestly though, it's pretty clear to me that neither of us will get the other to agree, so I think we'll just have to agree to disagree and end it at that.