The plot is still not moving much. There's some character development but it's still fairly slow. It seems like they are relying only on the charisma of the characters to drive the series and that by itself is usually insufficient to grip the audience. (Azumanga Daioh and Da Capo are exceptions) I wouldn't classifiy this as horror anymore. It's a romantic drama. It's mostly about how the different girls interact with Shiki and how much of an klutz Shiki is. There's the cute, pink haired Hisui, whose quiet and unwavering loyalty to Shiki makes me sooo envious. Imagine she lied to her Akiha sama to cover up for her beloved Shiki sama (Derivative statement: *I have the hots for you, Shiki sama*). How many cute pink haired maids will do that? There's also our bold Ciel senpai who openly declares her love for Shiki in the school canteen. (*Forget about her already!* roughly translated *I've got the hots for you, Tohno kun*) Of course there's Arcueid who takes up part time modeling to buy Shiki a meal and asks for a date etc. Yeah yeah, we know, she has the hots for him too... This series is from a dating sim alright.

The well crafted ambience of the series is starting to wane, starved by the slow pace of the plot. If something or some answers don't come soon, Tsukihime would end up like another Wolf's rain, all atmosphere, no substance. Still looking forward to Ep 7. The countdown has began, 6 more eps to go.....