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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, 19:38 | Link #61 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Wisconsin
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Remember, we saw you can't see a persons name in SAO unless you're in a party with them, so unless they're a part of the clearing group, most people who would've heard of him would have by the nickname "The Black Swordsman."
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2012-10-27, 19:38 | Link #62 | |
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2012-10-27, 19:44 | Link #63 |
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From my perspective, and considering the novel, everything up to this point is really just exposition. The world is this, my plan is that, and Lyfa/Suguha gets revealed.
The ALO arc focuses a fair bit on the dramatic irony of the double parallel Kazuto/Suguha Kirito/Lyfa pairing, so the reveal isn't supposed to be something special. [mod edit: removed allusion to future novel content] So whereas SAO was a case of "reality that is not reality", ALO is closer to "an extension of reality". If you're looking at the ALO arc and wondering if you should continue, I'd say wait till next EP. [mod edit: removed more allusions to future novel content] [Post-edit-self-edit] Ehhh, the first one was probably too alludy, but the second was mostly "If you don't like it now, don't worry it gets better." *grumble* Last edited by Vsin; 2012-10-28 at 17:25. |
2012-10-27, 19:45 | Link #64 | |
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While I will always think of him as a typical villain what he is trying to do really scares me. To implant/change memory, emotions, etc of the brain is something I find really chilling. |
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2012-10-27, 19:56 | Link #65 | |
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Suffice to say, yeah he's ridiculously over the top and cheesy, but being trapped in a cage by a psycho not only having to deal with the delicate juggling of not provoking him enough to violate you by force you have to spend your days counting down the time to where he can flip a switch and rewrite your thoughts and will at the base level until you're no longer you anymore. That I would have to imagine is freaking SCARY. Last edited by relentlessflame; 2012-10-27 at 20:13. Reason: removed small reference to "other parts" |
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2012-10-27, 20:09 | Link #66 | |
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Absolutely. And, though it may annoy people for me to say this, I'm sure the thing she feels she's most at risk of having stolen from her is her memories of Kazuto/Kirito -- what better way to eliminate your "rival" than to wipe out all traces of his existence from that person's mind? It is pretty chilling all around, and doubly-so for her.
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2012-10-27, 20:13 | Link #67 | |
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the key to being a world dominating super-villain is = being obsessively, meticulously careful about every tiny possibility of your plains failing, and have fail-safe plans, and fail-safe plans for your fail-safe plans, and add another fail-safe plan just for extra good measure Of course, that takes all the fun out of world domination |
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2012-10-27, 20:28 | Link #69 | |
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29. I will dress in bright and cheery colors, and so throw my enemies into confusion. |
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2012-10-27, 20:30 | Link #70 | |
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Lets not forget the fact that she's already been trapped there for 2 months now. |
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2012-10-27, 21:07 | Link #73 |
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Oh brother. I already had an inkling that Lyfa was Suguha in actuality but this confirmation just depresses me. Still, it doesn't make her introduction pointless at least. Now if only her crush on Kazuto didn't exist I'd probably have more respect for her.
Hmmmm, Sugou's train wreck of a villainous role is a little easier to accept in his Oberon appearance considering this is more how I'd expect a villain from a fantasy story to act. Too bad it's only just an avatar. Pretty boring episode for me though. All-in-all I could hardly find myself to give a shit about anything. Not even Sugou's goal was particularly interesting. (But I will give credit that he actually has a more sensible one, unlike Kayaba.) I'm not even sure what the point of it is. Unless something incredibly awesome happens soon, I'm still thinking this show would've been better off ending after episode 14. It's not looking good.
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2012-10-27, 21:14 | Link #74 | |
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As for Sugou, I have an overwhelming urge to "KILL HIM WITH FIRE!" |
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2012-10-27, 21:35 | Link #75 |
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I never had the slightest clue that Leafa might turn out to be Suguha, but then I have the weakest plot twistdar in the world. I'm the sort of person who could read John Dies at the End, and then be utterly shocked when John dies at the end.
I was surprised to learn that ALO has been around for almost an entire year... during early 2024, Sword Art Online was still quite some time away from being concluded, I would expect VMMORPG distrust and hysteria to still be very high. The Japanese must not be a very cautious sort. I'm really enjoying this arc so far. I love the muted dark green colors, the elven motif, and think the pacing has been perfect, very much slow but steady. |
2012-10-27, 21:38 | Link #76 | |
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