I watched it 2 days ago, good to see Makucha again, he is a smart and interesting villain, too bad his 2 helpers left him at the end of this episode, they'd made a nice villain team.. the episode itself was nice, it has some more depth than the fillerish season 2 episodes. What also gives it more depth, is Kion struggling with his anger issues caused by the snake bite, and Ono having a hard time with his lost of eyesight.. these are struggles that need a mindset and dealing with, we might learn a thing or 2 from.
Also I wondered why this was listed as episode 3... is the season opener counting as 2 episodes?