Sorry I'm late for the discussion
but I've only watched episode 3 this morning.
I admit that I never cared much for Kurugaya and as such I don't remember much of her route (nor do I have the completed game around anymore thanks to a nasty hdd crash on my laptop), but this episode's closing moments were pretty powerful and I was very surprised at the amount of foreshadowing that went into Kurugaya's speech.
Wonder if anime only viewers are able to put some pieces together by now... but if anything, this episode revitalized my hopes that this adaptation won't bomb (IMHO) as season 1 did.
Off to Rin's arc, huzzah!