Good episode, but not great. Last week felt much better paced due to the dense content in the parts adapted, this week you could feel the stretch.
All these cinematic shots of Kaido's massive size eclipsing the sky and overwhelming the town were amazing, I could pause and admire that shit all day. That side, it was a mistake to show Kaido approaching Oden castle from afar. Anytime the dragon looks that tiny on screen, the animators must have had a tough time drawing a fluid sequence so it just looked like Kaido was floating around or zooming into the shot instead. Any other time Kaido's large body moved in front of the screen it looked great, Kaido flying around and blowing away scrubs with his presence is glorious. I especially liked that sequence where he turns around to catch Ashura and you see his rippling scales in motion.
King and Queen's first appearance? They're already in the opening, and anime onlys can't tell who they are until they're given names, so it's not really a big deal. Kaido dwarfing the boys is just hilarious, when in reality Jack is the closest individual to Big Mom's height. I love how everyone at the top of the Beast Pirates hierarchy are semi-giants around the same size. Even Whitebeard looks tiny compared to these four, and he's the biggest in his crew. Just imagine when they activate their hybrid forms and grow even further in size.
Hawkins staring at Kaido and running at him showing no intimidation. Jumping his action deer from roof to roof. Making a plan to use Kaido in a situation where he probably should have kept his mouth shut and stayed out of the way. Props to Kaido's MVP in Kuri.
Boro Breath was outrageous. The destruction easily surpassed the manga. It straight up looks like an energy blast compared a gust of hot air like the manga. I honestly could never tell if Kaido actually spit flames or just hot air, I have to assume Oda will just follow the anime to keep things consistent in the future. This was the focus of the episode so no complaints there.
The preview doesn't look promising, might just be another good but not great episode like this one. Fingers crossed!