Somehow it took me til like episode 10 to realize it, but I know why I liked Satone so much. I -was- her when I was in high school. That'd be the second time I've felt this type of connection to an anime character, and it's quite the interesting feeling.
Haven't watched the finale yet since CR doesn't have it out for free members yet, but I've rather enjoyed this season thus far, though some of the earlier episodes felt like they would have been best used as OVA side stories rather than being put in the main season.
Can't wait til the first season comes over here in...May, I think it was. Hopefully they'll release Chu2Ren here as well so we can have the complete set.