[Layton13]

As I said, Saber's first arc is wonky, but in a charming way, I'd say.

As for Rintaro and Ogami?

Love em to bits! In general, I love how little conflict there is between them here. Sure, some small gripes, but in general, they all just kinda work together.

And as messy as the first arc can be, it works well as a baseline introduction to these characters in a lower stakes environment, something I always appreciated.

As for the structure of the Swords of Logos. Yeah, Saber loves just dropping some info and then letting it simmer for a good amount of episodes before going into detail. Some dislike that style; I personally love it. There is a lot of seemingly unimportant information in early Saber that gets brought up again later and kinda recontextualises other stuff. And that made watching week to week feel very rewarding since when you looked back, you could draw out a clear path for things to develop.