Did the direction for the show ever get any better from the first two episodes? Judging from impressions, probably not. My biggest beef with it was that it was just so ordinary, and not in a good way. Everything is presented in the bare minimum that someone would expect given the scene, and nothing more. Scene layouts are boring. Character interactions are like echo chambers. Backgrounds were flat and layered. It was really like... watching someone play a visual novel. Truly mundane and a waste of time.
That's because you don't practice waifuism.