is jujutsu kaisen episode 8 filler?

Kyoto's principal visits Tokyo to discuss the Goodwill Event, and students from both schools clash in small confrontations. Megumi and Nobara meet their Kyoto counterparts for the first time, sizing each other up.

Gojo takes the opportunity to challenge the establishment's plans for Yuji while preparing his students for what's coming. The political tensions between the schools — and between Gojo and the conservative jujutsu elders — begin to surface.