SAO Alternative - Gun Gale Online - Episode 12 Discussion / Poll [FINALE]

[Kairin]

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[BWTraveller]

Fitting ending. I was surprised by the victor as I'd forgotten TS was still around. LLENN was seriously crazy there, gnawing through Pito's neck for the final kill. And of course, we get confirmation of Pito's identity. I didn't notice but it should indeed have been obvious the moment M(asochist) showed up, since no one else would have known her location and appearance besides Elsa.

And it's rather ironic that a loli and a tall, attractive woman in the game are actually a tall, attractive woman and a loli in real life.

[moridin84]

Pretty good fight, I guess they can be pretty brutal since the game censors everything.

I got tricked by the double bait and switch. First time I've seen that.

Wow, M is actually even more messed up then I initially thought. Pita isn't much better.

On the other hand, yuri!

[human6861]

The combat is better than SAO!!!

Remind me of the monty python killer rabbit of Caerbannog . "that's the most foul , cruel , and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!" XD

[mickbis]

Pretty brutal kill on LLENN part... who would have thought bite would be super effective against a sith lord.
T-S got the 1st spot for bring uninvolved until the very end seem fitting end but they really gain a lot of hate from spectators so a lot of player will most likely warmly welcome them in pvp zone later on with a bullet.

LLENN and Pito relation is also nice, at the end Pito manage to snap out of her quest for suicidal game and get the true message behind the entire plot
"IT A FREAKING GAME, WE PLAY GAME FOR FUN NOT FOR XX REASON"

SAOA:GGO is probably one of the very few online game anime done right
a lot of different players not just NPC in disguise existing for legal super OP MC , a lot of tactic bring employ against each other and lastly It FUN to watch

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episode 12 Comments/Feedback & Series Score:

Biting someone to death, that's a different way of finishing someone off but effective nonetheless.

Either way LLENN did it, she killed Pito, just before the other team showed up to blow them all away thanks goodness they ddin't make it in time to interfere, and can now meet her in real life.

Poor M, gets killed by her in the game and gets treated poorly by her in real life.

I really enjoyed the song by Elsa Kanazaki, she has a great voice.

Oh wow wasn't expecting that person to be the real Pito, she's a bit of a shorty herself, the kind of height Karen likes.

Well at least Karen wasn't quite molested like the other main girls but still Pito is a bit of a freak lol.

It is cool seeing LLENN & Pito fight together to end the show, they make a great team.

8/10

[Benigmatica]

What the hell is this random ending for the 2nd Squad Jam tournament!? You know what, this spin-off title sucks because a random team won instead of Team LF!

Just kidding, it's an enjoyable series just to get hyped for the 3rd season of the main series. Also, I have to say that Elsa Kanzaki kissing Karen Kohiruimaki was the most surprising one to see on this final episode!

[Avrorrange]

P-Chan is the best character.

[Tenzen12]

Aesop of this anime? Campers always win

Nice ending, but poor Fuuka, she have to miss on such good catch of man...

[blakstealth]

P-chan's heroic sacrifice was so inspiring. RIP, P-chan *salute*

[Tormenk]

Everything's wrapped up nicely with this episode and I really enjoyed all twelve episodes of this. Anyone in the know reckon there will be chances for an OVA or such?

[lfhoule]

What you get when you fuse both the Black Knight and Killer Rabbit from _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ is some sort of pink little devil... and I was LMAO'ng when LLENN started nomming away. Overall, loved the series, and hopefully we'll get more of the SAO Alternative storylines.

[Magewolf]

I think this proves that Pito was right when she said that LLENN was the scary one. I had to laugh at them banding back together in the end to ruin other people's day.

[SeaDoor]

Originally Posted by lfhoule

What you get when you fuse both the Black Knight and Killer Rabbit from _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ is some sort of pink little devil... and I was LMAO'ng when LLENN started nomming away. Overall, loved the series, and hopefully we'll get more of the SAO Alternative storylines.

I'm so glad someone else got that reference. I was beginning to feel a bit old.

[zeross87]

I think I toke it too seriously to enjoy it. First part of the season was good for me until M showed up irl and thing became serious. Then it was serious but in the over the top way and I really didn’t like it.

I think I would’ve preferred it either completely light hearted or really serious but this mix of silly seriousness really didn’t click with me.

Can someone pm me if the next arc will be more like sj1 or more like sj2 without spoiling me too much please. I pre commanded the English novel but if I’ll like only the beginning I’m considering canceling it.

[Ghostfriendly]

We got some reasonable action, more move-by-move than visceral, but it's hard to applaud an ending where a continuing abusive relationship takes centre stage. When sadomasocism, very thankfully restricted legally in the UK, defines a relationship rather than being a part of it, when there is not verbal consent before every act, where there is no control, and no consideration for the other (which Pitohui never shows), it looks and feels much more like abuse. I'm not complaining about Pito's acts in the game; what really ruins the conclusion is the show's failure to judge her real selfishness and cruelty. We heard Pito was suicidal; if we had only seen her break down weeping and tell LLEEN she had only wanted a real friend, then both she and the series would have been saved. Instead we got a yuri joke.

Still, giving a suicidal person a hug is actually a decent wheeze, and LLEEN does seem to be giving Pito some good advice in the end; only what she should be doing is dragging her into therapy. I thought at first that Pito had abandoned her idea of suicide with surprising readiness, but then I remembered that she probably has peaks and troughs; she will almost certainly get suicidal again, and I see no sight that LLEEN or M will be able to deal with it.

Originally Posted by zeross87

I think I toke it too seriously to enjoy it. First part of the season was good for me until M showed up irl and thing became serious. Then it was serious but in the over the top way and I really didn’t like it.

Serious part could've really been done better, yeah. The writer seems to tried to evoke serious themes like abuse and suicide without too serious consequence, and the result could easily predicted.

[Tenzen12]

Everything that happens to M Does with his consent, except first night, but that was appropriate punishment for creepy stalker like him.

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Ghostfriendly

she will almost certainly get suicidal again, and I see no sight that LLEEN or M will be able to deal with it.

I think something to keep in mind is that Pito is not actually suicidal: what she's after is the *thrill* of near death and of taking life, manifesting in how contradictory the entire thing turned out to be. For all intents though, she's still a lawful person (she only does crazy stuff in GGO), and once she got what she wanted with her fight with LLENN she definitely got... uhm fixed somewhat.

[kari-no-sugata II]

For this anime season this is one of the series where I've been anticipating the next episode the most. Even though I knew what's coming (having read the novel translations). Like the novels, this is a series which is good fun and also has some dark elements mixed in that adds some extra spice. It might not be to everyone's liking but it certainly worked for me.

More please! (though this time I have no idea what's coming).

To me, this series is quite positive about games. While it has some "hardcore" (ie otaku-like) gamers, most of the characters are not obsessed about games and instead use them for recreation or as an outlet for stress in their daily lives or character building or the like. For example, Karen who becomes more positive about herself and makes some friends. The high school girls who become more of a team, though have possibly gone a bit off their original aim. Then there's the sort-of antagonist Pito who was using games to relieve stress but instead got way in too deep and instead the games were causing her stress and she was abusing them - after having some sense slapped into her in-game she recovered. So the message isn't 100% positive, but that's realistic.

I'm going to miss Fuka's rapid-fire amusing comments...

[Norn]

Moral of the story : outcrazy the crazy