[Xtreme RX]

Fun episode. Humour was on-point, I laughed out loud at a lot of parts. Match was a great character and the guest of the week plot was brilliant.

Only thing is, maybe this wasn't the right time to be elaborating on Aruto's loss of control with Metal Cluster? The two sides of the plot felt at odds. At times it didn't really feel consistent with Aruto's character giving into his anger from the last arc, considering how he interacts with Gai this time around especially.

Him gaining control of the form so soon without really exploring that character trait seems like a wasted opportunity. But next week could change my mind. Seems to be an all-around plot episode with no special guest (though we appear to get a lot of familiar faces).

Good excuse for why Aruto HAD to use Metal Cluster Hopper. Both fight scenes were incredibly well-choreographed and it was nice to see Valkyrie again. Stand-out moment for me was Fuwa's sick AuthoriseBuster disarm. That was brilliant.