The episode was okay. I liked the look of things, and the set-up could work. It was a bit hard for me to grasp what's really going on. And the MC's screaming was a real turn-off.
But Yuuki Aoi was totally outstanding. I've never really enjoyed her Madoka voice, so it's great to hear something (two somethings) rather different from her. The riveting performance as Claire is what I love about her work. She doesn't hold back, and she has a great instrument to work with. When she really does her thing, she dominates the screen. Left me breathless.
I got the impression that Claire might have thanked him for embracing her because she doesn't normally get any human contact. Perhaps her status is too high for people to touch her. Or else she was just being ditzy.
The OP by Petit Milady (Yuuki Aoi and Taketatsu Ayana) was good. And the ED by Akai Kouen ("Red Park") was better.
I'll just mention again that I made a
characters/seiyuus page for this show, with pics of the characters and their seiyuuus, and a bit of info about each seiyuu. There are a couple of temporary gaps there. Check sig below for other shows with character/seiyuu pages.