Huh, the battle really did end on a 1-1 cliffhanger. The preview for the next episode really makes it seem like Bell will win. The episode itself was nice with the little character moments and all those antics but I do have to admit, I am starting to see why people are getting slightly annoyed by how slowly DB is dragging on. I haven't really shared any of my bigger opinions regarding the season for a while, but from what I have seen, the characters and filler moments of DB are all really enjoyable and fun but it is also very slow with a constant setting, something I don't think will change considering the shrinking cast size of beyblade burst (which seems to have been further reduced for DB evident by the release inconsistencies of the products). 

Im gonna be honest even tho the first half is wholesome it's filler and useless alright with that out of the way let's start reviewing this episode, first of all belial asking bell about strategy and then reminding him that free ain't a regular blader is pretty neat and fresh moving on the first match is pretty quick it just like bam clashing then both beys goes to the air and then free wins via ko, in the second round free goes in high mode and bell stays at low mode this round imo is the highlight of this episode because battle is being choreographed goodly and yes bell got a point so it's 1-1 and the battle is still continuing 

for the art it gets a solid 4/5 yes the character are all on model so no complaints here for the animation it gets a 4/5 really it just some scenes that look good like good good and then rest just looks good. for story importance yeah im giving this a 3/5 half of the episode was a bit wasted and I think they should've just make it something else like free prospective or bell training. for the characters mmm 5/5 i love how free lose a point against bell is because he went easy or arrogant giving a sense that bell is a guy to not mess with. How enjoyable is this episode id give it a 4/5

Total score is 20/25 not bad episode pretty enjoyable overall

I feel like the first battle was a bit rushed but the second totally made up for it because Belilal used Dynamite Counter for a counter-attack was awesome and Free was literally viban the whole battle and Vanish Counter was pretty cool but Dynamite Counter sounded way better and hey when Belial and Fafnir went up in the air Belial kinda got lucky because if you noticed when they clashed Belial actually equalized with Fafnir essentially saving it from a burst finish 7/10