First thoughts after watching I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Episode 7

This note includes a spoiler.

I watched I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class episode 7. 5/10.

Story and characters: 3/5
Design and animation: 3/5
Voices and audios: 3/5

This episode started with:

The threesome went shopping and ran into Maki's dad
The next day, Umi and Maki went on a date and ran into his dad again
Maki talked to his mom after the date

So, in terms of rom-com, this episode is gold. It's clear Umi almost always led their date and she was trying to get closer to him, and their opinions sometimes lined up. This was her first or second date, so thinking about it, she prepared a lot for the date — finding Maki's clothes, preparing her own clothes, finding a theater, and a few restaurants, too. I wanted to see more of the karaoke scene but the singing was cut.

Even though this episode showed a good side of rom-com, that scene was the moment before Maki had his work cut out for him, and that's how the story went. I shouldn't say anything whether Maki's dad was bad or not until next episode. That depends on whether he had dated anyone before his divorce. At least, that guy paid for Maki's minor living expenses so seems okay.

In terms of animation, it seems the drawing isn't good when a character is drawn from the side, though. Also, there was a scene where the camera was placed low, under the table. When Umi came to Maki's room, there were several shots showing her girly outfit from different angles.

I didn't notice anything specific to audios stuff.