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View Poll Results: Sword Art Online - Episode 22 Rating | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 71 | 47.97% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 39 | 26.35% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 18 | 12.16% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 9 | 6.08% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 2 | 1.35% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 1 | 0.68% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 3 | 2.03% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 2 | 1.35% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 1 | 0.68% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 2 | 1.35% | |
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2012-12-01, 20:19 | Link #82 |
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Well...if you give a look at the others discussion posts about SAO episodes you will find out that the ones with a lot of complains are "almost" always the same people, a fast look at the poll votes is a better way to know peoples opinion about the episode.
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2012-12-01, 20:29 | Link #83 |
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Loved the fight, the drama didnt bother me...
I can say now what has been bothering me since the start of ALO... the way the emotions are invested in the game avatars. In SAO was understandable because they didnt have a real counterpart and being killed meant death. So real life limits are applied. But here is not he case and I find utterly ridiculous how Kazuto spout those heroic dialogues and philosophical rebouts. In the LN wasnt a problem, I do wonder if the media change is that drastic. |
2012-12-01, 20:37 | Link #86 | ||
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Well, regarding the way this failed romance played out, it's probably worth saying that -- given that the path was clear for a long time now -- people's opinions about this plot thread have indeed been rather clear for a while now. Indeed, nothing I'm saying or nothing Klashikari is saying or anyone else is really all that different from how we've been approaching it all along, because this was the foregone conclusion. This is just like how, at the end of this arc, I'm sure many people will reiterate their views about the villain when he finally gets defeated.
At the end of the day, it really comes down to your expectations about the show, and what it is that you were hoping for from it. (Or as the case may be, what you enjoyed from the first arc.) There is certainly a group of fans who enjoyed the SAO arc for the sense of tension that the "life and death" situation created. Transitioning to another game where death isn't a present threat with an obviously-doomed romance and an obviously-doomed comical villain is a bit of a culture shock if what attracted you was that sort of "tension". Obviously, you can tell by my posts that this wasn't a factor that personally was key to my own enjoyment, so even though I recognize the "obviousness" of the plot developments, it doesn't deter from my own enjoyment. Indeed, I thought the way this episode played out was quite good in my view. The emotions in the last scene were really intense, even though we all saw it coming. I think most of the complaints are less about this episode itself, but more about the plot thread on the whole that came to a head here in this episode. And so that's why you'll see opinions generally carried over from week-to-week. This week was just a natural climax to something set in motion many episodes ago. Quote:
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2012-12-01, 20:55 | Link #87 |
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I'm sorry, I'm a terrible person. I actually laughed when it got to the big reveal and heartbreak. I found it painfully forced and cliche when I read it, and it felt even more forced and cliche when I watched it. If anything, the entire Fairy Dance arc up to this point was like a really irritating itch that you really really wanted to scratch but you had to wait for someone to finally arrive and scratch it for you. Oh well, at least we finally finished the reveal so we can get to the part of the story that I actually give a damn about.
It's a sort-of spoiler to say this, but every SAO arc is structured fairly differently compared to any other arc so if you didn't like ALO then don't worry, it doesn't happen again. I at least hope Japan doesn't hate ALO as much as I do because otherwise we might not get to see GGO animated. The execution of the card drop and fight scene were excellent though. |
2012-12-01, 20:56 | Link #88 |
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Form a big bubble and fly up together. Layers of bubbles of people with shields. I wonder how many it would take to just get a few into the entrance, as opposed to flat out fighting it out.
btw, this was so cute: Spoiler for gif for size:
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2012-12-01, 21:01 | Link #89 |
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Well, not gonna leave a long rant, am a novel reader so I saw this one coming ever since they started the SAO anime. but gotta say, this has a very different feel with decent VAs and animation. And I mean both the part where Kirito goes on a rampage of love and when Suguha's heart just shatters to pieces.
Great job and kudos to the anime, very well done episode (like I said, I already knew the plot so I won't rate it ) Edit: Forgot to add and I've mentioned this before, but I believe there is a heavily dialed down sense of pain in the ALO world. definitely nothing like what you'd feel in RL, but I think when kirito and later leafa got shot with those arrows, they felt it. when kirito got impaled by the swords, I think he was just too emotionally numb to care. maybe the arrows are like a paper cut, and the swords are like being punched pretty hard by someone |
2012-12-01, 21:08 | Link #90 | |
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Anyone else see Kirito catch on to the confession before Leafa could even get it out just like with Liz.
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2012-12-01, 21:32 | Link #92 | |
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Man I wish I had that kind of problem as a teenager...
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2012-12-01, 21:55 | Link #96 |
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Kirito: Actually Suguha... I quit kendo... because of you..... because I knew that we weren't my blood siblings.... I have already fantasies, very "nsfw" of you back then.. also I find you really hot in a kendo outfit those.. uhmm yeah... ehem... So before I lose myself and commit a crime, I have to quit kendo and used other means to divert my "puberty induced urgent madness, aka impure thoughts og you" to other stuffs like games for example SAO....
Wait, now I get it..!!! You're the one who drove me to play SAO..!!! Last edited by NoemiChan; 2012-12-02 at 01:20. |
2012-12-01, 22:50 | Link #97 |
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Nice grand quest, nice attempt and nice save. Last of all, brilliant revelation.
I think this series has some of the best voice acting I've seen for a long time. First from Kirito, then Asuna and now Suguha. Terrific scene voiced out by Ayanyan. One can really feel her heart being broken twice in there. It's really screwed up and I dun think this will be a story mechanic I'll see again for a very long time. Hope all of them get some form of recognition for their performance. |
2012-12-01, 22:53 | Link #98 |
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Am I the only one who thinks this episode sucked?
Kirito spent the first 15 minutes being an overly dramatic, cliched desperate hero, and in the last 5 minutes his conveniently unrelated-by-blood sister confesses her love for him. This probably was the worst episode since the rushed declaration of love/sex/marriage of Kirito to Asuna back in episode 11(I think).
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2012-12-01, 23:17 | Link #99 | |
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I gave this episode a 9. Wasn't perfect, but it was an excellent episode. Looking forward to the final episodes to this season and praying for a follow up season later on.
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