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View Poll Results: Sword Art Online - Total Series Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 46 | 21.70% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 42 | 19.81% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 40 | 18.87% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 36 | 16.98% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 29 | 13.68% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 5 | 2.36% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 7 | 3.30% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 2 | 0.94% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 3 | 1.42% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 2 | 0.94% | |
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2013-06-23, 04:36 | Link #101 |
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As I can often be I'm very late to the party, but I've just managed to finish Sword Art Online and in one solid sweep!
A little prefacing here: I was a huge fan of the .hack series, so initially the prospect of another "stuck in a virtual game world" game was met with a lot of skepticism for me. In a lot of ways though, I feel like SAO really made something of itself compared to .Hack, save for one serious parallel that I'll touch on. Spoiler for My detailed wall of text on Sword Art Online:
All in all, I had a lot to say about SAO both positive and negative. I devoted the day to watching through this entire series and I don't regret it, nor do i think I'll forget it any time soon. Personally, I wish for a bigger and better SAO from this author. Heck, I welcome other anime with the premise of a virtual game world. Edit: I should add that my rant betrays the fact that I'm aware that this is an adaptation.
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2013-06-28, 22:24 | Link #102 |
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Finished watching this and I realised my life sadly fails in comparison, Kirito and Asuna are so perfect for eachother it makes me pretty sad that I don't have that magic with my girlfriend. Kirito was a complete loner in the start of the series & yet he has no trouble finding friends / admirers, and even worse he falls for this perfect girl and she falls for him. They have the perfect life the perfect true love its depressing; every girl Kirito meets likes him, if only life were like that. The final moment after SAO finished was sad not just in the anime but for me as well, it was such a beautiful moment where Kirito and Asuna shared that perfect moment 'last kiss'.
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2013-07-06, 19:50 | Link #103 | |
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2013-07-17, 23:28 | Link #105 |
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Sound : 9/10 the OST and the openings were very good
Plot : 7/10 your typical romance/harem anime,, save the girl from the enemy story. except is just enclosed in a virtual world Art : 9/10 looks great Voice: 8/10 they did pretty well maybe if they add gun gale online it could make the storyline better and I think SAO is better than Accel world though
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2013-07-24, 07:04 | Link #106 |
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Alot can be said.
However to make a long story short, Sword Art Online was an anime that I more or less, totally enjoyed. I even, took the time, to watch it twice, something that I haven't done in a long time. It may not be perfect, but was good enough to catch my attention and therefore entertained quite alot. 8/10 Waiting for the second season! |
2013-07-26, 21:10 | Link #107 |
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I vote Excellent yeah
i want this game the risk of losing ur life in a video game means losing ur life in reality thats one hell of an adrenaline rush i want this game now i want to risk my real life in a virtual world and omg guys check this working virtual console. So close to nerve gear XD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OrANjgeYe0 sorry for the 5 second delay first Last edited by relentlessflame; 2013-07-28 at 15:59. Reason: switched to regular link |
2014-04-28, 02:37 | Link #108 |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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What this series needs. Is a complete reboot to build onto same overall plot but flesh out it as much as possible and instead of the boring as hell completely overused 2-cour broadcasting w/e shit, make as many episodes as needed to fully immerse into the world.
SAO arc - I could write more than page worth of Animesuki page talking about it that I won't or I'd try to cut down on talking about it massively. I will say one thing though, The Kirito and Asuna relationship is so far fetched it's not even funny. I don't see the appeal in it. Episode 2 we first meet her; she's quiet the loner herself. next episode apparently she's good with a stabbing sword but somehow doesn't know much about the game's UI even though it's been a month in game, The next time we see her she apparently took a level in badass and is just as good as our resident hero; From sheltered girl to demanding girl whose apparently on the front lines and is hot tempered. After the next few instances of the anime episodes, we get a romance. ? Ummm where did this happen? Because the damn show doesn't show much interaction between those two developing such bonds. They want to marry all of a sudden? Time flies when your having fun I guess, I didn't even know they were friends! acquaintances at best. For me the whole damn thing was rushed. I blame the Author's fault, he clearly doesn't know what to write for romance. (I'll try and be more generous and blame the script but it's an adaption from a LN) The biggest fault the story has is rushing the damn arc itself. Personally I wouldn't mind a 100 or so episodes focusing on SAO to flesh out the two years. Characters came and went that its hard to 'bond' with the characters and cherish them; Sachi actually is an exception; no matter how much her Spoiler for spoilers of characters:
/sigh again i'll re-edit with more, this is time consuming lol ALO arc - The whole urgency to see if Asuna was there up at the Tree is somewhat understandable, So for the biggest flaw and fail for this Arc is the way it was developed right from the beginning. Kirito going off to save the damsel in distress/captive. Oh she just so happened to have been one of the 300 people who Sugou re-routed, Diablo ex Machina/Contrived Coincidence much? I think I'm one of the few who liked the arc, flaws not withstanding, Elfs? yes cliché but hey it's still interesting with difference racial bonuses(World of Warcraft anybody?) This arc features Suguha who we don't know much about; but hey this is were character development happens. We learn that she is in Kendo, and so on. Over the course of the arc we find out she has feelings for her brother... errr her cousin! (I'm one of the few if the only one that actually ship these two together, the whole KiritoXAsuna felt to rushed for me to enjoy(maybe with more content it could change)) while this somewhat overused plot point(w/e) is used (excuse me for my bias) over the course of two years of waiting for her 'brother' she had developed what I call the Florence Nightingale Effect, it happens. So while Kirito had feelings for Asuna, Suguha has feelings for Kirito (WTF its a love triangle, cliché but it happens lol(just look at the Snapped show on TV my mom likes it for some reason) not the point). Suguha who previously stated she detested VRMMO's, plays ALO to understand her brother, this most likely happened around a year after SAO came out. If that isn't love then I don't know what love is! lol. lol I'm getting tired, I'll probably write more later. but there's some things to how I felt about the latter part of this anime.
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2014-06-02, 22:19 | Link #109 |
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Finished.
Many many plotholes here and there, big lack of actual fighting, strategy or any real MMO stuff. But lots of plot (in both meanings), a nice emotional background, good graphics and good music. Overall a very pleasant experience. Hype for S2 I guess. I really need to get my hands on OP2 and ED2 and loop them 24/7 for the next week...
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2014-06-03, 05:06 | Link #111 | |
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2014-06-05, 19:50 | Link #112 | |
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Recently re-watched the series with my wife (my second watch, her first). She was more enthusiastic about it than any other anime series that we've watched together. We're both eagerly awaiting season 2.
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2014-06-05, 19:56 | Link #113 | |
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And specifically in regard to MMORPGs the koreans have been making manwha regarding them for more than a decade as well.
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2014-06-27, 06:59 | Link #114 |
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Binge-watched season 1... Although I liked it, I think it could have been a lot better.
- I would have liked to see more MMO principles being applied/shown - Character development was pretty horrendous tbh - Some episodes didn't really add much to the plot/development and were too episodic - Arcs were rather short so a lot of stuff felt rushed - Kirito was a walking cliche, little to no depth to him (again, lack of character development across the board) Nevertheless I did get sucked into it quite a bit, or I wouldn't have finished it in one go. 7/10 |
2014-06-27, 14:43 | Link #115 |
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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What good people. My name is Anthony and I'm new here (just joined a minute ago). Just thought I'd jump right into this thread as I am an avid SAO fan.
I can't tell you how happy I am to hear that Kirito and Asuna stay together, and that someone else besides me thought they did a terrible job ending this series. However, I also think that their relationship would be nothing without conflict and competition. Although I disliked how quckly they rapped up all the different plot arcs, I thought the brother-sister love twist was pretty interesting and emotionally charged. It also helped to bring out Kirito's devotion to Asuna, which we don't really see after episode 16 until the near end. I had this incomplete feeling inside after the season finale, mainly because of how rushed it was. Interesting enough, I didn't get any closure after the extra edition came out. I still feel a sort of emptiness. However, this is probably because one of my all time favorite series was coming to an end, and I still have to wait for season 2 :/ I wanted to take a second to talk about something no one else seems to care about on this forum: how frequently Kirito taps girls on the head. Every female character in the show, from Asuna to his sister, gets a stead stream of these "love taps" throughout the season. I generally regard myself as a sane, functioning, anime-loving alcoholic. However, last weekend, I decided to let my inner Kirito run wild, and began tapping girls on the head when they bugged/bothered/joked with/charmed me. The feedback I receieved was anything but what you'd expect. Long story short, I met and have been seeing a girl for about a week now, never mentioning to her why I pat her on the head or what it means to me when I do. It's strange, but I think they nailed this part of human nature on the head. We have a weird kind of connection through this simple action, even though our relationship has been built upon a wide variety of other factors, opinions, traits, and interests. That being said, I also noticed that certain people FREAK OUT when you touch their hair in any small way. So be careful out there fellow SAO-lovers. 10/10, best anime ever, shout-out to those who cried at least twice during the series (I'm right there with you). Peace. Last edited by Flower; 2014-07-03 at 22:45. |
2014-06-27, 16:04 | Link #116 | |
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