Laura's behavior in this episode confused me to no end. As recently as 2/3 of the way through ep8 she hated Ichika's guts, now she's madly in love with him. Then at the start of the episode she's shameless enough to show up naked in Ichika's bed but then later she's too shy to be seen by him in a swimsuit. I get that she doesn't get how to interact with people very well because of her upbringing but is a little internal consistency too much to ask for?
Charlotte seems to be scared of Laura's advances and seems to be going out of her way to try to increase her lead on the group. Rin, Houki and Cecilia didn't provide much competition so she didn't have to work hard to lap the harem until now. I like how she seems to be taking Laura under her wing, that's either extremely kind, extremely savvy or both since it'll be harder for Laura to pass her by if they're together all the time.
Spoiler for image macros just because:
Who else thought of Eva when you saw this?
Poor Cecilia and Rin