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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 21 | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 12 | 12.50% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 27 | 28.13% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 22 | 22.92% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 14 | 14.58% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 9 | 9.38% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 6 | 6.25% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 6 | 6.25% | |
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2012-11-25, 04:56 | Link #121 | |
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Spoiler for tiny spoiler:
to answer the above... I'd say Sugou was just over confident like a typical villain who thinks everything is according to plan; the dude is a corporate worker, not a villain master mind after all. I can't really say anything about the tentacle part, except that they make good constricting medium... and the last part about Kirito flying to the tree, that was him overwhelmed by the knowledge that Asuna is indeed on top of the tree. there's no confirmation about it until Yui told him at that point, so he just want to rush it. Don't forget that the main reason he play AOL is to find Asuna. and now that goal is really close... I'd say that's a very plausible reaction. |
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2012-11-25, 04:57 | Link #122 | |
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I've about just had enough with all the moral-rage too, I'll just let someone else deal with it. |
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2012-11-25, 05:05 | Link #123 | ||
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That was my guess on the Kirito flying scene, thanks for corroborating it. I'm just desensitized from the actual plot because they screwed around for so long. Quote:
It sounds like I don't want Asuna to escape, but that's not the case. It's just that as a spectator, she's going to get out with no resilience, and that ruins the point of Kirito even coming to get her. And by turning your back to the matter, are you implying that there's nothing wrong at all with how the direction's been taken? There are moral-rages here I will admit, but some things are just plain baffling to me. Plus, you can't disagree in saying that the show's been degrading since the start, am I wrong?
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2012-11-25, 06:13 | Link #126 | |
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Besides, it doesn't apply in this case since as mentioned Sugou is more of a businessman. My standard explanation that I use for all the quirks in the VR setup is that they're borrowing legacy code, and hence it may not be easy for them to make the underlying SAO engine do exactly what they want. Plus Sugou seems like the type who'd take shortcuts. |
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2012-11-25, 06:44 | Link #127 |
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Wow, this episode made me rage more! Do I have for Asuna to be saved on the next episode because I can't take it anymore!
Still, if Sugou has some cunning skill, he could have kill Kirito, rape and kill Asuna, take over the company and screw everyone. Unfortunately, he's such a wannabe compared to effin' Seiji Noumi! |
2012-11-25, 07:44 | Link #131 |
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I'm starting to feel really bad for Suguha/Lyfa. I almost dun wanna see how she will react if she knew who Kirito really was.
So far till this episode, amazing adaption, poor source material. That really sums up this series as a whole, I think. |
2012-11-25, 07:52 | Link #132 | |
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2012-11-25, 09:45 | Link #135 |
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Let's also add that a lot of times, people in positions of power aren't there because they're almighty geniuses. Many times they're there by sheer luck; because they've been stepping on other people's back; they're manipulative psychopaths or because he has an awesome team covering his back.
So far he has shown jealousy towards his senior Kayaba Akihiko which one might interpret as him feeling or really being inferior to Kayaba. And he's a manipulative psychopath from his interactions with the Yuuki family and how he has reached his position as VP. I could add more but they'd be considered spoilers. |
2012-11-25, 10:30 | Link #136 | |
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2012-11-25, 11:20 | Link #137 |
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This was better than last ep...
The fact that there's a little-sister-in-love-with-bro plot is annoying, but Sugu is at least being written fairly well for a character lumbered with that plot. Some of her reactions are realistic. She's not actually considering a romantic relationship with him and has realised it's not going to go anywhere, but is still having to deal with her feelings. Poor Sugu, she's likely to think of Kirito in the game as being a healthy option for getting over real-life Kirito! Although Yui did mention a "Mama" so with a bit of luck she'll realise that Kirito is taken too. The scenery this ep was nice, too. I'd have liked to see more of the city, but oh well. It's also nice that Kirito's taking things seriously now and not running off to do side quests. Asuna's scenes in this ep were a mixture of good and bad. The good: she did, very nearly, escape and save herself. Her decisions were sound, she was cautious, and she swore to save those other trapped people. Although she got thwarted, she was at least able to grab the keycard, which may be of use later. This is better than many characters get when they're locked up and stuck as a damsel in distress. Sugou's a very boring villain IMO, but it's interesting that it didn't cross his mind to have Asuna monitored in any way. I suppose he would have been confident that she couldn't escape. But, you know, he should have been able to anticipate that Asuna would at least attempt to find the right combination and put her hours of boring captivity to use. He was arrogant and lax, leaving her with keypad access and no monitoring, no matter how small he thought the odds of her getting the combination were. The bad: The creepy as hell tentacle molestation scene. There's really no excuse for it. Fanservice has been ramping up in this story arc, and now it's even at the point of having an eroticised tentacle scene. It sucks that much of Asuna's role in this arc has been to be helpless and take part in scenes consisting of various levels of threatened molestation. Okay, so she needs to be a captive for the sake of the plot, but this other stuff is gratuitous and unnecessary. |
2012-11-25, 11:29 | Link #138 |
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Well cool episode , i guess ?
The end kinda escalated quickly and i can't stop laughing at the kirito's sister Jesus christ , looks like she have some really mental issues after all. She can't even discover that the dude is her brother. The next episode would be funny about that. relentlessflame I also wonder why people wich do forbidden experiments in order to make a path in science are tagged "bad guy" I mean , way before , some people used dissection on human bodies in order to make things move , they were considered like criminals / terrorist / against god /whenever It would be funny if for a change some bad scientist brings this up to explain their actions.
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