>>283553890
I really liked the cast in general. If I had to choose, Ichigo and Aoi would probably be my favorites, but they're mostly all really good. As far as individual episodes go, the ones that come to mind are episode 79, 83-85 and 89. There is probably some recency bias since I don't remember the specifics of early episodes very well, but I really liked the focus on the side characters and the pairings that these episodes had. I also liked Akari's episodes and am excited to see more of her.

As far as the story overall, it really felt like they had no real idea what they were doing and where things were going after the first half. You'd think adding a rival school would add some drama and tension to the story, but the students mostly felt like just another group of people for the characters to befriend, and they just got along so well so fast that all the tension and sense of rivalry just kinda vanished into nothingness. Mizuki on the other hand worked really well as a seemingly undefeatable yet still friendly rival who consistently pushed the story and the characters forwards in both the first half and at the very end, and it is no coincidence that the show started getting really exciting again once she returned to the spotlight.