Although my initial frustration about CLAMP making yet another crossover has worn off, I'm still not happy with the serious pacing issues that this series has.
You know CLAMP, every project that you do doesn't have to tie into your mishmash of a crossover. Really! Remember when you used to do original, stand-alone projects? No? Well, at least one major mystery has been solved.
After the cliffhanger ending from the last episode, it's finally safe to say that the plot is off and running, taking a page from Madoka Magica in the first five minutes (spoilers for Madoka in this post).
Since the second episode, I've been waiting for that "oh crap" moment that meant that the plot was going to arrive. And it finally happened at the end of this episode.
I wish that I could say that something more concrete happened in the plot this week, but we're still stuck with small hints. At least the length of Saya's school life segment is continuing to decrease in favor of better battle scenes.
If you're one of the people who are still watching this but are getting sick of the "daily school life" stuff, skip forward to the second half of the episode. It looks like the plot might finally be emerging...
In typical CLAMP fashion, the second episode makes it obvious that this show is going to spend its time setting up the character relationships and the backdrop of the town before the plot begins to move.