As usual, I couldn't wait for a subbed version to be released, so I watched the RAW as soon as it was available. Even though I could barely understand a word said, I've gotta say that I couldn't be more pleased with this adaptation of the corresponding manga material. The animation team has done a spot-on job, and I would unequivocally rate this episode a 10, even with a couple of very insignificant changes.
Spoiler for Episode 8 and Manga Chapter Comparison spoilers:
This episode encompasses three consecutive manga chapters, 20, 21 and 22 (the chapters are titled 'Mysterious Sensation,' 'Mysterious Feeling,' and 'Mysterious Resonse.' And, remarkably, it loses nothing in the adaptation. If anything, it is greatly enhanced by the very minor changes.
The dream sequence at the beginning of the episode is far better than the manga. Instead of a couple of pretty flat pages, the anime, as well as Urabe's seiyu, vividly bring the teenage sexual tension of the dream sequence to a far greater level than portrayed in the manga. You could almost feel Tsubaki's hand tremble as he reached out...
The second minor change that I noticed was also an improvement over the manga. After Tsubaki wakes up and is heading out for a walk, his sister is shown sitting and reading a detective novel in French, De Saint en de Z-man by Leslie Charteris. In the anime, this was changed to a couple of large, breast-like buns[?] which his sister was holding. As corny as it was, the comic affect was great.
There weren't any other changes that I noticed, but another scene got me to laugh out loud, something I don't usually do while watching anime, and also didn't happen while reading the corresponding scene in the manga. Oka's immediate reaction to tasting Urabe's 'dessert' really cracked me up. I've already watched it a couple of times and, though I don't understand a word she's saying, I just can't help but laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
I gotta hand it to the production team and the seiyus, this episode is great!