This is not relevant to the anime's plot but I absolutely love it when they have subtle things like going to the tournament venue, showing the player's village, quick brief into what the tournament is going to be like and other small details like best food to eat at X location. It makes the whole adventure seems more personal.
Now, the rest of the posters already raised the major points but instead of seeing the Star Build Strike as OP, it is Qubeley Papillon, which trumps all other combat showings in this episode. It's magnificient; how it just stands regally, as the enemies explode before it. Not even Legilis' bits was that good. And that's just the funnels' firepower, I can't imagine going melee against it. I won't be surprised if it's not actually funnels either. Exploding nanomachines
About Star Build, I understand there's still other techniques/weapons which have not been revealed but I believe that showing off its capabilities, like "erasing" beam weaponry [Which I agree with Blazer-X, looks like it absorbs the energy instead], may make enemies more careful about its potential, such as opting to limit their beam usage IF it really charges the Star Build. Smart enemies, like Shinn Asuka, I mean Nils, will use their research findings against the enemy.
Oh well, least Aila didn't know that it's her food rival that's piloting that machine, and it's better that she even acknowledged the fighter's strength. These 2 needs a Toriko spin-off of their own. Hell, why not introduce SnK Sasha into it as well.
Just a side-note comment, I liked how some of the World Tournament fighters use kits like Zakus as one would expect it to be saturated with Gundams and Mobile Armours. I hope that by season's end, I will get to see an animated Ex-S.
. Their interactions were pretty fun with how they were just going back and forth not at all intimidated.
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The true last samurai...
