The two battles for this episode were Valt vs Hikaru and Bel vs Hyuga. Hikaru showed heart and with his brother's cheering he got out of a tight spot during the battle but I'm ngl, Valt had complete control of that. Didn't sweat once and got the burst with ease. At least Hikaru keep his head up. As for Bel and Hyuga this one was a bit more leveled. Personally, I would've liked for Bel to win without losing a point to Hyuga(kinda like how they did with Pri, twice, when she beat Kitt and Ranzo and Drum)but it is what it is. Bel got 3 points in the end so I guess we can say he's slightly above Hyuga as a blader(but Bel himself isn't legend level). Two things I wanna note on, since his loss to Aiger Bel finally started having more avatar moments with Belial(WHERE WAS THIS EARLIER IN THE SEASON!)and... Bel finally learned Hyuga's name with is nice. At the end of the episode Bel makes his new launcher as well.

The tournament continues as we move onto the next battles being: Valt vs Hikaru and Bel vs Hyuga. Valt vs Hikaru was an amazing match it was nice to see Valt and Hikaru have an actual 1 vs1 since they only had one at the beginning of sparking. This battle shows just how determined Hikaru is even with knowing who his opponent is and I have to give respect. This is definitely a step up from sparking where we saw hikaru sometimes worry during battles. But despite that Valt won and omg Valkyries new avatar is amazing!!!! It’s design is so clean and they even have the blue horse again! For Bell vs Hyuga, it was an extremely even match despite Bell’s newly upgraded bey showing that Hyuga has definitely stepped up his game. I like the interaction between all the bladers in this episode.

Rating: 8-9/10

I appreciated the Asahi brothers' focus in this episode, I did like them a lot as protagonists. Destined Belfyre's avatar is cool, and Bell making a new launcher is unexpected but appreciated. Given that we're in the endgame Tournament stage, there isn't much to talk about outside of the battles sadly. All in all, good episode.