Hell yeah! An epic perfect 10 for this episode!
Funny that the powerless Accel was acting like a zombie. Beaten up like a pig-face. And then, he eventually gained the Awakened ability (the black wings manifestation), and shoot Kihara up to the sky like a railgun. Kihara... is ACCELERATED!
In Touma's part, yup. The same old cliche quote and Touma Punched Vento in the face. I wonder why Vento was so persistent, even though she did know? Or if Touma had punched her to senses?
And then again, Acqua of the Back show up in the end. Any more details about him?
Anyway, it looks like the Academy City Invasion arc is the beginning of all of the interesting plots, after all.
By the way, did anyone noticed that J.C. has left out the part where Accel was using pistol against the Hound Dog cannon fodders in episode 20? Are you out there, suzuka? Could you show me this part?
Spoiler for Mark my words:
I think it is better not to read the LN first (although you do know a bit from the LN for spoilers), if you prefer to watch the anime series in the first place. But... it depends on one's particular choice. Cause one of my buddy was trolling about the LN's storytelling. So I've learned a lesson.
Well, this is just my personal point of view for this series.