I love seeing Ika Musume back. Kind of more thoughtful this episode, but it's probably to remind us why we love Ika-chan.
Spoiler for wordy:
The first third was kind of tedious with the reintroduction, but that's to be expected. Second part with Kiyomi et al was quite a bit more... thoughtful or waffy than I remember it being in the manga, but it ties in with reintroducing Ika Musume and why people love her (and how nutty Sanae is). They really stretched the chapter they used from the last third too, but the extra reactions and dialog was interesting (she blushes during Goro's little talk!
). I think this is just for refreshing the characters for us, because the sentimental padding is quite the departure from the way they blended incongruous skits into solid segments last time.
**For any one curious, the second and third part were 134 and 135 from the manga.
And... this episode felt much nicer to me after I rewatched the last episode from the first season.