The episode was really fun. The battle really had my heart racing, due to how close the results were and how much Shu survived through all of Phi's Dead Stinger move, considering it only took a few stingers to break Free.
Shu
almost bursted Phi the first round but as slow motion would have it, it was merely an Over Finish. Boo...
Then the second round was another close round. Phi uses Dead Break, a similar move to Phoenix Break whilst Shu tried countering his attacks and they both almost knocked each other out simultaneously but Spriggan just landed first so Phi earned a point.
The third round... Phi uses Dead Stinger but this time, it was
far more brutal than against Free since it was a combination of the Dead Stinger and Dead Gravity move. Despite this, Shu breaks out of this and almost rendered Phi's armour useless until Phi uses it again to crush Shu and well...
I was close enough, guess I was wrong about Shu forfeiting then ;)
This of course makes Valt, Aiga and others angry. This episode also showed that Hearts was seemingly disgusted by his actions, not that Phi cares. To be fair, I actually did feel sorry for Shu, the poor guy has had his bey broken enough.
If it makes fans of Shu better, Shu didn't seem very broken about it and reacted rather calmly about it as he saw Valt stick up for him.
Yeah, the conclusion was predictable but it was an intense episode and I highly recommend it.