[Tenoia]

My Yuiko not present in the first episode? 0/10, would not continue watching
Ok, jokes aside, I'll give my actual opinion of the first episode now.

I think we've all discussed the animation enough already, so I'm not going to further comment on it.

Spoiler for Comparison with VN:

Thank goodness that the seiyuu for Masato is also the same one for Masato in the VN. Masato's lines aren't really anything special, but the way his seiyuu pulled them off in the VN made me burst out laughing. I fully expected myself to burst out laughing at both the battle scene and the aphorism scene (and I guess during Rin's mission too) and I was not disappointed.

Now, for my opinions on pacing:

Pacing is just how I like it; it's not too slow nor too fast in my opinion. They did cut some things out, but only minor things (the aphorism scene in the VN had a couple more aphorisms, etc.). And the end of the episode introduces the second heroine we've seen so far in Little Busters!, Komari-chan. Overall, things are looking good so far with the pacing; no complaints here. The anime is also staying very, very faithful to the VN.