All I heard was a lot of 'baka's'

The Media Improvement Act is a law that seeks to control creative expression that disrupts public peace or infringes on human rights. In short, lololol media censorship. Implemented in the Seika era, the Media Improvement Act carried out censorship through armed intervention. At the same time, however, the Library Freedom Act was passed. This allowed libraries under local governments to create self-defense teams, and oppose the central government's policy. The conflict escalated for thirty years and is considered to be war.

Cue to young Kasahara Iku, the protagonist. She's about to purchase a book when government police burst into the bookstore and begin confiscating books. Unfortunately, the book she wants is also to be confiscated, but when one of the officers tries to take it from her she says she'd rather be accused of shoplifting. Just when the situation is hopeless, a mysterious stranger steps in to help, saying that he's from the Kantou Book Squad. The government police leaves, and Iku is allowed to buy her book. Since then, she wants to live up to what her "prince" has done for her, and maybe even meet him again.

Present day, Iku is now in the Kantou Book Squad, as a first-class soldier. Life isn't easy though; her instructor, Doujou Atsushi, is particularly tough on her, which annoys Iku to no end. Iku's friend, Asako Shibasaki, doesn't seem to share the same low opinion of Instructor Doujou. At the cafeteria, Iku drops a letter, and tells Doujou to throw it away, because if her parents find it she'd definitely be taken home.
Iku continues to have difficulties from Doujou. Although she's unaware, it appears that he has high expectations for her, and that is the reason for his no-nonsense attitude.

Later, as Iku and Doujou are walking together, they spot a suspicious looking man. Iku follows him into the bathroom, and catches the man in the act of cutting the fold-out of a swimsuit magazine. He charges her with his box-cutter, but she easily disarms him. Doujou comes running, and Iku lets her guard down at the sight of him, and he takes a punch for her. He quickly subdues and handcuffs the obese man, then slaps Iku for not properly catching the bandit.

Asako informs Iku of something surprising later, though. Doujou apparently wrote in the report that it was Iku who caught the bandit. Iku meets Doujou as she goes to get a drink, and asks him why he gave her credit since she wasn't qualified. She breaks down and cries, and Doujou tells her to go to bed.
Next day, Iku is on patrol with Genda Ryuusuke when they see a vehicle belonging to the Media Improvement Committee. Genda muses that the government may be targetting the big bookstore in town center, and Iku rushes off despite his objections. The government police have taken a book from a little child, when Iku rushes in to save her. Taking the book from the government official, Iku states that she's from the Kantou Book Squad and her rank. Her plan backfires though, since she needs to be at least a book officer or higher. Once again put into the situation she was in high school, Iku is saved by the cooperative efforts of Doujou, Komaki, and Genda. Between them they have two second-class book officers and one third-class book commander. With this, the government police leave. Iku, of course, gets a scolding.

Later, Iku finds out that she's been assigned to the task force, a squad that only elite members can be apart of.

Thoughts:
Forgive my summary; I know it's definitely not up to par with what I normally do. This episode was a little bit achronological, and was difficult to blog - not to mention the withering of my work ethic in the past few days.
Toshokan Sensou's art definitely hooked me, it seems like a good mix between Soul Eater and regular anime. At the least, the outlining the characters in bold didn't detract. The comic scenes weren't badly placed, either.
Something bothers me about the plot/setting, though. How are the local governments able to stand up to the central government? By common sense, the central government should have enough power to get what it wants, no matter what. Secondly, with the escalation to total armed conflict, it sure seems peaceful overall. What's with all the shooting scenes in the OP?
Oh, and, Doujou's appearance was what distracted Iku - he really shouldn't have slapped her. If he hadn't arrived, she would have had no problem apprehending the pervert bandit. Well, he does seem to care for her, though.