Surprising absolutely no one, Shiina is now in the same class as Yuuto and Haruka.

This episode seemed to go out of its way to shatter anime cliches:

• Male lead walks in on a half-naked girl. It was his fault, even, but the girl doesn’t throw a megaton punch (or even get mad).
• Character trains hard for a big competition. Not only did she not win, she wasn’t even able to finish.
• Male lead accidentally pulls off a girl’s bathing suit. Not only did she not get mad, she tries to cuddle up against him.
• The obligatory beach episode (BBQ, watermelons, and all) takes place at the school swimming pool
• Male lead offers to help another girl learn swimming; instead of getting jealous, female lead offers to help and shows no serious signs of jealousy.
• Big-boobed women in a skimpy bathing suit tries to catch male lead’s attention. He doesn’t stare or get nervous; he just pretends she’s not there.
• Classmates storm in to find the male lead with a half-naked classmate. Instead of assuming the worst, they completely ignore the male lead and ask how the girl is doing.
• The female lead’s younger sister calls the male lead “onii-san”, not “onii-chan”.
• The male lead is completely ordinary. He’s not perverted, wimpy, stupid, or nerdy.

Other thoughts:

• The secondary characters (the maids, Mika, Ruko, etc) are amusing without being annoying
• Haruka sure is dense!
• Haruka and Yuuto make a very nice couple
• Haruka doesn’t seem to have much to worry about. When she and Shiina came out in their bathing suits, Yuuto stared only at Haruka. Also, the two of them were almost acting like a married couple in this episode, helping out a mutual friend of theirs.
• I hope this map is going to be better than Haruka’s last map.