It's likely the budget or constraints on other aspects, but it really looked better when it was the normal animation being used instead of CGI T_T Imagine how great it would have been That aside, this is a very interesting episode. All of them were working really hard, especially Akira. It wasn't some full-blown talent this blooming out of nowhere, but effort and hard work stacking up one after another. Akira's worries were really spilling until it eventually let loose. But at least we now understand why he was the way he was. I'm really glad Banri and Chihiro were there for him. Not to cheer him up but to walk alongside him and give him the push and encouragement he needed, not some lip service.