Still not great, and the plan is unspectacular, but the courtesan character won me over by the end of the episode, despite starting off on the worst possible foot. Seriously, that war table scene was like a concentrated extract of boring, as well with her introduction as a "sorry, I lied to everyone about who I was- I'm here to help fight my creator..." Like the author didn't know how popular she would be so shifted the story to make her harem-eligible.

My greatest hope for this show is that the turtle arc is over by episode after next and we can move on to the next spaghetti thrown against the wall that will hopefully stick.

If one true positive could come from this episode, it is the remainder that I have many shows from this season to try out still; I can't watch this and not give some of the other shows a chance, or I am part of the "problem" with anime.