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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 17 | |||
10 out of 10: Near Perfect... | 17 | 14.91% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 34 | 29.82% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 37 | 32.46% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 17 | 14.91% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 5 | 4.39% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 1 | 0.88% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 1 | 0.88% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 2 | 1.75% | |
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2012-10-27, 17:19 | Link #42 | |
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(In this game, there isn't even any guarantee that people are playing their own gender, given that Kirito had to choose in gender last episode when creating his character. I guess they must have a voice altering feature too, or else people wouldn't have been surprised when the genders were revealed by the Mirror in SAO. So neither appearance nor voice will be give-aways in the game, even though it's obvious to us.)
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2012-10-27, 17:39 | Link #43 | |
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Now that you mention it, the guys turned girls in Ep.1 had female voices before transformation, so there were voice altering features. I doubt Kayaba got a wide range of samples, so everyone in the game is talking in the same voice?
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2012-10-27, 17:46 | Link #44 |
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The naming convention is making the sense now. The show makes the reference to Shakespeare's work, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania is a fairy queen in the play. By Oberon's cruel joke, she falls in love with a donkey man. I thought I knew all about it since my high school class. Apparently, there's still something new. ALO avoids Tolkien reference. Instead, it uses Shakespeare reference. Per Shakespeare reference, fairy is equivalent to elf. Per Tolkien reference, the usage fairy is avoided. According to Wikipedia, Tolkien avoided it due to some disturbing reference. It doesn't stop anime fans from teasing the show has “Fairy of Forest” (森の妖精 or “Mori no Yousei”) element.
The second joke about the show is NTR element. Apparently, Kirito is having the backup plan. That's why he's flirting with a fairy whose nutrient is as big as her head. The downside is it kinda degraded Kirito as a worthy man for Asuna.
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2012-10-27, 17:54 | Link #46 |
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I can't say this new arc is all that entertaining thus far. After the tribulations of SAO, the lack of suspense is almost laughable. I'm not particularly saying that Kirito should have went from one death game to another death game, but the scenario on display in ALo feels a heck of a lot different than SAO. In SAO, it felt like something was at stake, and it was; their very lives. I feel that thousands of peoples lives have far more reach in terms of empathy than Asuna's life by itself. Once I saw how cocky Kirito was, I just felt an sense of disgust (=_= ). I can't but help but correlate how he smirked at taking out those red guys to when he killed Kuradeel. The way he felt at the latter, becoming a murderer, really made me empathize his oh-so-perfect character. The former made me think of him as bullying the weak =02.
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2012-10-27, 18:02 | Link #47 |
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It looks to me like Kirito is downright ecstatic to be playing a video game again. To posture like that and play the hero in a setting where you no longer have to worry about your actions potentially endangering the lives of yourself or others must be an amazing relief.
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2012-10-27, 18:03 | Link #48 | ||
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There is still something at stake in the lives of Asuna and the rest of the 300 prisoners, but sure -- this is a totally different kind of game, since "death" is more of an annoyance than a real problem. Quote:
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2012-10-27, 18:17 | Link #49 | |
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2012-10-27, 18:24 | Link #50 |
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Enjoyable episode. Got to see ALO magic and HUD for the first time. Suguha and Yui are as adorable as ever.
... and then they decided to animate every single detail of Sugou feeling up Asuna. That was even more rage-inducing than how I imagined it from the novel. Though because of that, I'll admit it's very well done. |
2012-10-27, 18:51 | Link #52 | ||
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2012-10-27, 19:14 | Link #53 |
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Gave the episode an 8, was a bit surprised that so many others did the same lol.
I find it hard to believe that the name Kirito isn't an online legend by now, I suppose the government and Kazuto himself covered it up well, even from Sugu lol. That aside, the whole knight saves the princess theme is getting a bit old. It was enjoyable to watch Kirito fight, but in the end the level of his opponents abilities makes the fights a bit too one-sided oh well, all in all it seems there'll be a lot of exciting things in future episodes |
2012-10-27, 19:17 | Link #54 | |
I disagree with you all.
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Though I don't know why he bothers with a keypad at all. It should either be a menu command, or a key item. Another point is that Asuna did see - roughly - what moves he made to enter the code. And she's got nothing but time. |
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2012-10-27, 19:19 | Link #55 | |
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Until she does something about it, as I surmise she will. Seriously, this bad guy is a sadistic idiot. Just alter her memories and get on with your life already. |
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2012-10-27, 19:21 | Link #56 | |
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2012-10-27, 19:21 | Link #57 | |
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2012-10-27, 19:26 | Link #58 | |
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Spoiler for Comparison to what people said about the novels:
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