Oh shit wait what

Ok, change to Mid. Still much to be desired and there are many issues, but at least there are some decent shots there too. Flashy's little sword flick before he cut Gale Wind's wires was actually cool.

5.5/10. Noticeable improvement.

The first half of the ep was good. FF vs gale and hellfire is undoubtedly the best fight in season 3 so far, Nowhere near season 1 quality ofc.

But still arguably even better than a lot of fights even in season 2 (i.e garou vs metal bat, saitama vs suiryu, red hair garou vs bang).

The camera work, the choreography was good, the osts were used well and there was only one scene with a filter, which was actually tolerable.

That's not to say it didn't have any issues: The art looked a bit rough and weird in some places, A few transitions felt stiff and i think flashy kicks could have been done better without the ghosting. But the issues were a lot less noticeable compared to the previous episodes.

Second half showed some dip in quality - They brought back the repititive filters. Child emperor destroying phoenix man could have been done better, Still it did have some good cuts in child emperor vs g5 such as the three headed cerebus transformation.

Overall a 6/10 episode for me. Would have given it a 7 if the second half kept as much animation and quality as the first

This is after watching ep 9 which was hyped as the best of this season

Ep 8 is still the best in the season so far