I really like the new OP. And I’m pleased to see that the series is finally getting into its groove.

It looks as if almost all of the first cour was background and context and worldbuilding, because the pace has really picked up over the last few episodes. Even though there was very little direct exposition (aside from Yashiro muttering to himself), most of the focus in the earlier episodes was on illustrating various aspects of the world and the people. But now it’s shifting towards pure story, with the characters and the world just left to do their thing with the assumption that we get it now. And definitely to the benefit of the series.

And the girls are coming into their own. One of the things that hooked me in the beginning was the promise of rewarding chemistry, especially between Yashiro and Aki, but just like the bulk of the story, it didn’t really start to click until just the last few episodes.

And I predict that we haven’t seen the last of Ishino. And that’s going to be one of the keys to the background mystery (Aki’s eye is another).