After last week with the emotional hitting flashback, we get a more silly episode as Sugimoto tries to reach out to Asirpa is alive. Though this episode really showed off their personalities well, especially Koito. Though the information about Alexandrovskaya Prison could be crucial going forward.
It makes sense to push off the arc centering around Hijikata’s group, as it keeps the flow going with Sugimoto & the 7th Division here. We got the start of chapter 151 as well as chapters 154-158 outside the Hijikata stuff in chapter 154. Superb direction here.