^ You
think so?
Completely sold on episode 4. I always get this anxious feeling when an episode completely centered on a game is starting because the studio is obviously going to have to churn out more animation than usual... and this has passed the ultimate test of not too much stock footage and montages! Sure, the budget showed just a bit at the beginning of the second half, but hey, this is still a Jump adaptation of a manga that's not a huge smash hit which makes me tolerate it, and it didn't completely kill my excitement. Now it'll be hard not to look forward to the better games later on in the story!
Oh, and boy, was the ending sequence genius...
Spoiler for Episode 4:
... buzzer beater -> Kise's face ->
datte kuyashikute ED song...