I think today's episode abit dull compared to last week.. now the arc is focusing on the phantom thief Jumonji, and i think it would be another 2 episodes before the Kanya festival arc ends, tho the way they ended today's episode highly suggests that next episode might probably be the last episode for the Kanya festival arc..
- Chitanda's opposite sex persuasion technique!!! Somehow only Oreki that fell for it, while Tougaito feels nothing about it.
- Then the rest of the story is about the Classic club chasing the phantom thief that so far has aimed club which is based on hiragana's monograph. AIUEO (Accappella, Igo (Go), Uranai (Fortune telling), Eiga (Movie) and Oryouri (Cooking)) and followed by Ka Ki Ku Ke Ko, with the final Ko likely stands for Kotenbu (Classic club).
- Knowing that Kotenbu becomes the thief's target, Chitanda went to the Wall Newspaper club to inform them about it. She tried to use the techniques that Irisu taught her, however... unlike Oreki, Tougaito seems like has some kind of immunity against the opposite sex's charm lol. In the end, she could only do the best that she could, though she was hoping for something more than that.
- Fukube and his rivalry try to get ahead of the thief by waiting inside the magic (kijutsu) club's show.. however they're too late as the phantom thief has already took one of their lighting candle. And before that, the wall (kabe) newspaper club has one of their stuff being taken away by the same thief.
- Mayaka on the other hand, still has her issue with the manga club's seniors. And seems like she has a lil bit issue with Oreki too... probably becoz Oreki has no delicacy?
- Next episode's title, saigou no hyouteki (the last target) might refer to the phantom thief vs classic... no, it should be vs Oreki alone
And though Oreki is going to be the star in catching the thief, but Fukube is determined to catch the thief too.
Overall... as said above, not as charming as the previous one. Hopefully next episode will bring out the fun just like when the cooking competition. Its time for Oreki to shine, and bring out Classic club name to the top... for the sake of selling the remaining amounts of their anthologies.
7/10