Admittedly, despite the somewhat normal first-half (with the exception of the proposal ordeal), I was on edge the whole episode because of the title name.
Someone did state that Lawrence's part at the end had felt somewhat scripted in order for Horo to lose trust in him. I kind of felt Lawrence did less than possible in his defense, but perhaps it was that Lawrence was unable to properly express the Yoitsu situation, coupled with his state of panic/depression in the wake of Horo's display of raw, core-cutting emotion. Powerful episode.
Now, after having finished watching episode 3 on a summer with nothing to do, my next week is going to be a living torment waiting for ep 4. Of course, this particular arc may not see conclusion until ep 5. . I'll be traveling that week but argh! it's definitely something worth waiting for.
I imagine I'll be going through the volumes like the bubonic plague one of these years
