The beginning was slow-paced as expected, but when it settled around the mid-way point I actually enjoyed the episode. Of course, the real main part was with Eita and Masuzu but Chiwa's background antics were pretty amusing (she's such an adorable fool
) as well.
The characters have their main traits displayed pretty well in this episode, but of course, having prior knowledge of their characteristics did help me (I've read the manga and bits of the LN material). Definitely following this.