Well I guess I wasn't looking into the meaning that much to realize who Aleida really was. I knew Honoka would somehow be related to and/or be part of the Shishido family. That was the Shishido ruling council or whatever she visited, right?
And yeah, Ep8 had a cocktease ending -- the roof gets blown open then in Ep10 we don't see any of that ... wtf?
PS: Sakura totally just had Leopard take it up the butt