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10 out of 10: Near Perfect... | 49 | 22.17% | |
9 out of 10: Excellent... | 39 | 17.65% | |
8 out of 10: Very Good... | 52 | 23.53% | |
7 out of 10: Good... | 46 | 20.81% | |
6 out of 10: Average... | 18 | 8.14% | |
5 out of 10: Below Average... | 6 | 2.71% | |
4 out of 10: Poor... | 6 | 2.71% | |
3 out of 10: Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10: Very Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10: Torturous... | 5 | 2.26% | |
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2012-07-22, 17:16 | Link #281 |
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From authors twitter, monsters in that trap chest room. thanks for BeginnerXP in baka-tsuki for posting this there in first place:
さっきのモンスター、でっかいほうが《グラナイト・エレメンタル》 小さいほうが《ダークドワーフ・マイナ ー》という設定です。ってなんか解説っぽくなってきた… Granite Elemental & Dark Dwarf Miner. |
2012-07-22, 17:36 | Link #282 | |
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2012-07-22, 18:15 | Link #283 |
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Decent episode. Maybe they could have replaced the OP and ED scenes with actual episode footage to expand the time he was with Black Cats. That might have helped ALOT. I give this episode an 8 for entertainment though, and getting it's point across.
Note: I am an Anime Viewer only. I have not seen anything on the Novels.
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2012-07-22, 18:33 | Link #284 |
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I have a feeling that Klein and the object that Kirito gave him which revives someone within 10 seconds may come into play at some point in this anime. It's just a thought that keeps running around in my mind
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2012-07-22, 22:51 | Link #286 | |
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2012-07-22, 23:46 | Link #288 |
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In terms of the whole getting attached to characters bit I think an episode is more than good enough. If there's anything that "Natsume Yuujinchou" taught me is that one episode stories can have just as much emotional impact or more than a longer arc. It's all about execution. Not saying this episode was as emotional as one of that series' episodes, but it can be done. Overall it wasn't too bad. It could have been better, but I thought it wasn't bad.
I thought that they did a good job making you care about Sachi and that last message hit home for me personally. Yeah, the rest didn't really matter to me, but that one girl did and it was sad to see her go down like that. Glad she made that message for Kirito though since he really needed it. I'm definitely getting a feel for Kirito and curious to see how he approaches interacting with people going forward. Has already had some tough experiences in the last two episodes.
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2012-07-23, 00:03 | Link #290 |
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damn, im so glad sachi recorded that message. if i were kirito i would have probably went insane after a while.
though it kinda felt obvious when kirito made that baseless statement on how she's not gonna die, she was actually. though the shocking part for me is how the last group member actually killed himself. that item....10 seconds....damn. actually, from the moment i saw sachi, i felt she was important, but i had a bad feeling it was only becuz she was gonna die.
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2012-07-23, 01:59 | Link #291 | |
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2012-07-23, 02:09 | Link #292 |
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usually these 10 seconds its wath it takes in MMORPGs to respawn, the time someone has to revive you in some cases to prevent XP and money penalization, i think here its the time the nerve gear waits to fry someone brains after death in SAO.
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2012-07-23, 05:03 | Link #293 | |
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Anyhow, the basic outline of the episode was competently done though you really can't build too much empathy through people that appear through half an episode. Basically, the moral here is that to level more and not to just let a high level carry you, otherwise you will die like a noob. Kirito feels unable to help and if he wants to lead will have to do so more strongly. And now he's back to soloing. Decent episode, but certainly lacking impact. Then again, I'm playing D3 atm, so I can't help but think "lol noob" when people die.
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2012-07-23, 06:34 | Link #295 |
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All that being said...
Klein and his Fuurinkazan guild mates look even cooler than I imagined. Like a gang of ronins straight out of a samurai flick or something. He also provides an interesting contrast to Kirito, considering how he managed to become a "frontliner" despite having been a newb who couldn't even kill basic monsters on the first day and safely dragging his whole guild around. As for the episode, they could have skipped the op and ed to gain some precious minutes of exposition. It had the gist of the story, but in the end there wasn't enough attachment to the characters, and a lot of info was skipped. I'm not sure if this episode was really necessary to be honest. Originally (before the side story was written) it was just mentioned by Kirito in the main story. It could have been done as a flashback later in the cours. Now there's a bit too many timeskip jumping around. |
2012-07-23, 06:37 | Link #296 |
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Maybe they should have leaped directly to when Klein re-meets Kirto as episode 2. That would have keep my interest. Then have some flashbacks for these other stories.
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2012-07-23, 07:38 | Link #297 |
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For some reason I think this episode would have been received much better had they followed the sequencing of events from the LN
In fact after reading the SS this episode was adapted from I'm a bit baffled about why they decided to change the sequencing of events the way they did, but that is a discussion for a another thread |
2012-07-23, 10:25 | Link #299 | |
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