Why axe it? They just cut it before they got the best part, awkward first dates. Maybe they axed it to make a spin off or something since the side characters did ultimately end up stealing the spotlight by accident. A spin off with Kawai and Lori as a sort of "2 broke girls but in Kyoto" spin off would be super great, Kawai acting as mature as Lori looks with both awkwardly navigating the dating scene there.