Starting off at a rather slow pace, this episode focuses heavily on building up the narrative core through theoretical conversations that felt quite sluggish for me. Nonetheless, as the story moves forward, it effectively showcases the strong dynamic between the main trio, supported by elevated stunning visual quality and animation executions. Despite these strengths, the shift in stakes felt a bit rushed, which appears like stitched-together clips added solely to force an extra thrill into the plot. As the end result looks decent, the transitions are fairly noticeable. And actually the comedic approach was quite funny, which clearly redeems the entry of this episode and successfully sets up an intriguing world building narrative core. Though I am still waiting for a deeper foundation to take shape.