Okay, while Kirino forcing Kyousuke to salvage the situation was predictable, Ayase's behavior is... errr, completely unexpected?
Color me surprised for the sort of "yangire" reaction when the Kosaka siblings were trying to run away. It was... sort of similar to Rena's "嘘だ!" if you ask me.
That said, it doesn't mean I was impressed by that. To be honest, the mood and the "dramatization" with the rain were a bit over the top for this franchise. It is hard to to relate with the content we had in the previous episodes. When Ayase raised her voice, it almost looked like a catfight between 2 girls over the same guy so
But seriously, with the crap Kirino was doing in this episode, I just can't help but hope there will be even less screentime for her.
In any case, the whole deal was really exaggerated, and it almost looked like some matter involving life and death, to the point it looked even more serious than what happened with gend... err daddy.
Ayase being so superficial with the news and all makes me wonder how elaborate such friendship was... well you can argue that it is sort of representative of what Japanese society may feel about that, but the execution was really way too much, focused solely on a single incident, hardly convincing on a prospect for a "best friend".
At least, Kirino acted on her own for once, but I can't say this saves the boat, considering how half baked the issue was to begin with. And it just turned into a... "very special" kind of resolution...or was it?