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Of course this wasnt the first time an episode lead by Sessha featured a surprise animator with zero connection to the franchise, like when Takafumi Hori blessed the Sakura vs Sasori fight
Once or twice might be a coincidence but after a while you have to assume it was his doing
Fast-forward about 50 episodes and a year later on #196 we have something much closer to what he would eventually settle on. Effects show more of a commitment to the zig-zag shape, meanwhile the timing especially on the last two cuts is very familiar.