It certainly beats Book of Bantorra by including a cute, female lead. I've seen moles on anime characters before, but twin-moles, and cute ones at that, is a first.

This episode didn't "wow" me, but it certainly got me into wanting to know more about what's going on.

The Chinese was....weird. Naturally I tried listening to it, but halfway through I had to force myself to ignore the sounds and read the subs. It screws with your brain less. Funnily though, the way they spoke Chinese was exactly the way they spoke it in Sword of the Stranger.

They never animated Yukina picking up her hat after that fall, or wearing it after, so I wonder if that will form their first trail.