I really really liked the entire series of episodes leading to this one, and everything at the final parts of this episode was so sweet and satisfying. Also didn't realise how much I missed(? i don't even know if it's been that long since it last appeared) Storywriter until it came back for this episode. (ep 25 was also cool in its own way and had a bit of a Kino's Journey feel to it!). Really looking forward to how the second half of this very good, very 2000's show goes.
(shotouts to @mildoo for recommending this, i honestly don't think i'd watched it anytime soon otherwise.)