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View Poll Results: Sword Art Online - Episode 24 Rating | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 52 | 33.33% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 31 | 19.87% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 21 | 13.46% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 16 | 10.26% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 9 | 5.77% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 4 | 2.56% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 4 | 2.56% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 2 | 1.28% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 1 | 0.64% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 16 | 10.26% | |
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2012-12-15, 20:51 | Link #101 |
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I told myself I wouldn't buy into the hype of SWO, but I guess I only have myself to blame for holding such high expectation. The entire series has been average at best with the ending conclusion to ALO being terribly disappointing with the introduction of Sugou as the last villain. A terrible caricature of a villain with the terrible torture scene and the amount of effort put into making the audience hate him was just silly and unbelievably hilarious at the same time.
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2012-12-15, 20:53 | Link #102 | |
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2012-12-15, 20:56 | Link #103 | |
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I think very few have ever claimed that "everything is ok" with the show, but they may still enjoy it, and so the flaws you find devastating may not seem noteworthy to them. Surely there are shows you enjoy that others find flawed too, and that isn't because you're being "wilfully ignorant". Everyone just sees things differently.
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2012-12-15, 20:57 | Link #104 |
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This episode looks like the conclusion. The story could be interpreted this way.
Kirito finds the passage to Asuna. The GM cleans Yui's data from the server's memory. The GM starts make Kirito angry, so Kirito will want to do some crazy thing. Kirito almost sees the NTR online. Kabaya's personality is mysteriously stored in the system. The GM never detects him. Kayabay grants the true administrator access to Kirito. Kirito starts goes barbarian and tortures the former GM. To make up the gore scene, he immediately starts the romantic moment with his fairy girlfriend. Kirito immediately logs out Asuna, so she can start the physical recovery. Kirito talks to Kayaba. Kayaba gives the game's source code to Kirito. Kabaya's dream is open source gaming. Kirito knows it's propriety software. To use it, he may get into trouble. So, he plans to host the game secretly. Else, he has to get the patent and rewrite the source code. Yui's data is reloaded into the server. She explains her data is stored in Kirito's helmet. Kirito wakes up and finds his imouto staring at him. Kirito rides to the hospital. It seems the story is over Maybe the next week is probably aftermath, such as meeting with online friends or releasing new patch(open ended).
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2012-12-15, 21:02 | Link #106 |
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So there are a backdoor called Kayaba that offer something called The Seed to Kirito. You must suspicious whether it will contain another backdoor or not. Nevertheless, Kayaba hinting that he hope he will meet Kirito again must double your suspicion.
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2012-12-15, 21:04 | Link #107 |
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This has got to be one of the most terrible episodes of SAO... the only good thing that really happened is the whole issue was resolved... but how it got resolved... siiiiiiigh... it's like first season ending all over again...
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2012-12-15, 21:13 | Link #108 |
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Oh wow, they ended the Ep THERE? [mod edit: removed allusion to future content]
They really overdid the "Sugou nearly rapes Asuna" part. I mean, it occupies half the Ep for crying out loud. And then in return, the impact of virtually every other scene gets partially neutered due to time constraints. Deus Ex Machina, emphasis on the Deus. It's one of two core reasons why I dislike Fairy Dance so much - so much happens for no apparent reason because the plot needs to move forward. The other core reason is that the arc spends way too much time labouring single points, but I already had that argument back during Ep 22 so I'll stop there. [mod edit: removed allusion to future content] Last edited by relentlessflame; 2012-12-15 at 21:44. Reason: no hints |
2012-12-15, 21:18 | Link #109 | |
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Thematically, the entire SAO arc was largely about the what it really means to be living in a virtual world. And if you want more detailed technobabble about game mechanics or how the magic of VR works, there's always the novels.
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2012-12-15, 21:20 | Link #110 | |
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2012-12-15, 21:23 | Link #112 | |
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There's nothing wrong with that, I just hope your idea of the future turns out to be wrong, just like I always hope that more optimistic views of technological progress win out over bleaker and slower ones. This shitty, worthless fuckhole world of ours needs to change as much as it can as fast as it can.
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And I don't have to disregard the square/cube law if the mechas are in outer space. And this isn't the first time I've brought it up. I already said it's something I haven't liked since the beginning of SAO. Quote:
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2012-12-15, 22:18 | Link #115 | |
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But alone the premise of SAO, being trapped in a death-game shattered the feeling of it being JUST a game. You can't go on and say that SAO was a game if you died when your HP hit zero. This was also shown in the anime itself, where people even went as far as taking SAO as "real" world after being trapped in there for 2 years. EDIT: Ahh, and btw "living" in the VR world wouldn't be so far fetched if that technology would exist now. At least it holds great oppertunities for injured or sick people and for seeing friends that live at the other end of the world while interacting with them |
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2012-12-15, 22:23 | Link #117 |
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Well, a 10/10 mostly b/c of Koyasu's voice acting. Yes, this "final battle" IS disappointing, but then, people should really realized by now that Kirito's "main hero power" is infinite and you just don't mess with him.
Of course, I'm 100% sure SAO would get my Sakurasou treatment whenever I get to SAO novel...
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You do NOT risk your life for someone out of "immature infatuation." Further more, Asuna and Kirito both depend and trust each other wholeheartedly. They show their weaknesses and worries to each other and they ACCEPT every flaw and every strength about each other. People in the real world will be married and still not understand how important this is. "Immature teens" my ass. Quote:
....on the other hand, had it not been for Kayaba, Kazuto would not have played SAO, met Asuna, (and the others) or grown as a person. Maybe that's why he said 'Thank you' to him.
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2012-12-15, 22:39 | Link #120 | ||
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On the other hand we have Sugou, who is for once a villian without a 2h backstory that leads into at least a positive understanding of his actions but instead a villian who is just a villian without any greater motive apart from being evil. Well even as LN reader and sb, who likes the LN series quite a bit, I simply have to admit that the ALO arc is imo by far the worst arc of the series (btw that doesn't mean it's horrible or anything; it just can't really compare to the other arcs). Quote:
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