Well, the show is blatantly harem, it even states it in the beginning of this ep. I can handle that. I like the occasional harem show. The big problem so far is, as others have commented, it seems too rushed. I don't care about Erica rushing into loving him, I presume, based on the description given by the Japanese government guy that she was literally saving herself for "the right one" and somehow she identified him as the guy. That is actually a refreshing change of pace, though I like a good tsundere just as much, if not more, than the next guy. (In this case, it looks like he is the tsundere!) I also understand his distrust of her love declaration. I loved her refutation of his accusation that she was professing her love under orders, that had a real sense of genuineness and pride. (Basically saying, "You know who I am? I would never stoop so low as to pretend to love someone in order to get something from them. If I say I love you, damn it, I love you, you idiot!!!")
But the bit at the beginning where he mentioned as an aside that it had been a week and he "became the center of attention, was forced to test my abilities against other Campione, and finally came back here to Japan." That really suggests that they are skipping a ton of story. Yes, it might be a ton of repetitive action sequences and meeting the other Campione, but it still just seems too fast. From the fight scene in this episode, it is clear that he has become proficient at using his God Power to great effect, and I love his style when he is in combat. Misdirection instead of brute force is a refreshing change in a overpowered character. However, I just can't get past the feeling that it is rushing to get to some story that comes from the fourth or fifth book or something like that, so they have to toss aside the world and character building of the early part of the story. But, of course, they can't skip the standard harem tropes either, so let's rush through the other part!
All in all, this was a good episode, though mightily flawed. I will still continue to watch, but I hope I can read the book before too long to see what I missed...
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