Originally Posted by Unregistered

Although, I don't think any event girls pick up something great from blooming? The ones I know of who do get 1.2x skill activation have them from the start or pick them up from evolving. So they're more a case of 'you bloom them because you're using them already so might as well squeeze out some more stats'.

If your needing them for whale fights then that doesn't matter. You just need to up the stats to start with so that you can complete missions. When they are picked to hit the crystals they have 100% skill activation...