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Great episode. I think people that are criticizing this episode for lack of plot movement have missed a couple of things, one of which is the underlying theme of defeating fate through unity which I think is going to be very important later on. The other is that, you just can't rush these sort of things. It's a complex situation that can't be resolved with a simple action. A simple action (killing Teppei) was already attempted in a past arc, and we saw quite clearly in Tatarigoroshi-hen that is simply does not work.
Slow, or not, it's still dramatic, IMO. Higurashi really is in the top tier as far as execution of drama is concerned, particularly this second season. There's hardly anything that's forced or over-the-top, and the storytelling is that good that pretty much every dramatic plot point is either absorbing and/or moving.
This just continues to be one of the (if not, the) best anime of the year, IMO.
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