Konoe makes a good addition to the cast, especially since they're such a bunch of oddballs to begin with. She basically ends up being a complete airhead; putting a tablecloth on her desk, misunderstanding what others said, falling asleep on other people's lap, wandering around looking at birds, having feathers from said birds stuck in her hair, and just all around being clumsy and somewhat confused. The mystery over how she's related to Hecate and Bal Masque also keeps you interested, and should make for a good overarching plotline.
also thought Yoshida was a riot this week, as they have her so absorbed with the usual "oh no! what if Konoe is a tomogara! I have to protect sakai, etc., etc." that she got hit in the face with a volleyball. And then when she went into exposition mode, Konoe just falls asleep on Yoshida's lap.
glad to see they're not taking themselves too seriously here. (was also funny to see Margery start to mutter her usual battlecry that she'll destroy any denizen who shows up...only to fall asleep before she finished.)
the Tomogara of the week wasn't anything special, but he was fun while he lasted. (got in way over his head) Fight was enjoyable, pleased to see Shana actually hitting something. There wasn't nearly as big a rift between Shana and Yuji either when it came to the testing if Konoe was a human or not as I had thought there'd be, which is too bad. still, with Shana being convinced Konoe's a human out of the way, I suppose Konoe can move up to being another rival for Yuji's affection (though from what I've seen so far, Yuji is just being friendly and Shana's going to misunderstand that...as usual -_- Yoshida seems to be in the same deal, but she never really acts on her fears until pushed to the limit, so I'm not really interested in her non-action and usual stalking)
looks like everything's finally taken off, first episode this season I throughly enjoyed from start to finish. Anyway, next week seems to be Shana hitting Yuji on the head with a stick, which is always fun.