So, I really like this in the emotional aspect of things. Same as the episode prior, we deal with two battles and a bit of fluff surrounding them, so I'll talk about them both. With the first, I suspected that outcome but didn't really expect all the intricacies of it all, let alone the new trick Wakiya shows up with. Furthermore, the emotional, character-driven sequence following the conclusion of the battle is genuinely spectacularly done (I cried), although the emotional resolution happens too quickly and the characters do move on a little too rapidly for my taste. If that was altered slightly, this episode would have been rated five stars for me. As for the second battle, the outcome and the way everything would play out was more than obvious, but it was a good battle nonetheless. Questionable moments from the audience and Valt aside, the atmosphere surrounding the characters involved did well to create a sense of tension, and the following match-ups are just going to get more crazy, it feels.