Sword Art Online II - Episode 14 Discussion / Poll

[Rageth]

Originally Posted by Peanutbutter

ep 15,

Actually, the anime site is calling it Episode 14.5

[Peanutbutter]

Originally Posted by Rageth

Actually, the anime site is calling it Episode 14.5

Ahh, then that settles it. GGO in one episode.

I'll come back two weeks later.

[Rising Dragon]

Originally Posted by Peanutbutter

Ahh, then that settles it. GGO in one episode.

I'll come back two weeks later.

You don't know yet if it's just pure recap or recap with new scenes, like character interactions and such, much like how the inter-season special was.

[Benigmatica]

Man, Shino-chan knocking her deranged childhood friend was a plus! Good job saving Kazuto for which he was lucky thanks to that electrode!

[Justice Knight]

the cafe that sinon was brought to is a place where kirito's collection of girls he saved in the entire life

[Esclair]

This episode was pretty unintentionally hilarious.

-Sinon lifting up Kirito's shirt and seeing the electrode and her WTF expression, along with Kirito thinking he's really dying. It almost seems like a parody of these kind of scenes in other shows.

-Kirito picking up Sinon at her school and her classmates thinking he's her boyfriend.

-The whole cafe scene, before they introduced the teller and her daughter, the atmosphere really felt like the scene could have just been about informing Sinon regarding the Kirito harem rules.

One thing that I really didn't like was how they recapped the whole Death Gun mystery. We pretty much already knew everything, the only information that wasn't apparent was how they got through the electronic locks. So far they seem to really like to beat us over the head with information we already know.

[Gravitas Free Zone]

Originally Posted by Esclair

-Sinon lifting up Kirito's shirt and seeing the electrode and her WTF expression, along with Kirito thinking he's really dying. It almost seems like a parody of these kind of scenes in other shows.

Not to mention how the injection ended up being an ambiguous whitish fluid.

[screaming4vengence]

Originally Posted by MasterVampire

And whats with Kirito not introducing Asuna as his girlfriend and just as his friend?

hes ganna have to spill it at some point, it seems like they cant just ignore it forever

Originally Posted by Benigmatica

Man, Shino-chan knocking her deranged childhood friend was a plus! Good job saving Kazuto for which he was lucky thanks to that electrode!

that stereo looked like it had some weight to it too, and sounded like the drop to the floor wasnt to soft either ;they did that scene really well ( at least this half.)
but seriously an electrode saved him? not a doctor, maybe someone else here knows more, but would an electrode even stop a needle? and besides that ,this kid needs to play some slots because just...odds -dey no good
the writing was good though i actually thought they killed him for a sec ( i forgot it was kirito.)

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by screaming4vengence

but seriously an electrode saved him? not a doctor, maybe someone else here knows more, but would an electrode even stop a needle?

It was a needle-less syringe, which given the setting makes sense.

[Rising Dragon]

Yeah, 'bout that. How does a needle-less syringe work? I've never seen one before, whereas I've seen regular syringes and epi-pens.

[XFire]

Originally Posted by Rageth

This was an amusing touch
(proof)

Hah, I never would have noticed that. That's kind of adorable, actually.

My favorite part of this episode (Aside from the Boombox Slam) was Kirito casually dodging and tripping Liz and how everyone just ignores her for the rest of that scene.

[Rageth]

Originally Posted by Benigmatica

Man, Shino-chan knocking her deranged childhood friend was a plus! Good job saving Kazuto for which he was lucky thanks to that electrode!

They were friends for a few months to a little under a year. It's said so in Episdoe 3.

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

Yeah, 'bout that. How does a needle-less syringe work? I've never seen one before, whereas I've seen regular syringes and epi-pens.

It uses high pressure to shoot the liquid through the skin. Theoretically, it shouldn't leave a mark (at least no the future ones?) but I imagine anything harder than skin should be able to stop any meaningful penetration.

[Nerroth]

That "friend" bit reminds me of

Spoiler for SAO:HF:

Asuna being introduced to Philia in SAO: Hollow Fragment, when the former is brought over to the Hollow Area by Kirito for the first time.

(I'm pretty sure that, despite being an "original" branching timeline, certain game events like that one - and some of those involving Sinon, for that matter - were written with specific canon LN/anime scenes in mind...)

[dark998]

Solid wrap up (this is it?) and nice resolution for Sinon's character. And looks like next arc is in ALO again so should be interesting to see more stuff in that world and a premise different than the rescue story seen in the first season.

[eiyuuou]

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

Yeah, 'bout that. How does a needle-less syringe work? I've never seen one before, whereas I've seen regular syringes and epi-pens.

You can pierce through skin with enough pressure.

But be careful of Kayaba Akihiko products. It might just pierce further than you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD-6C3u7A8Y

[c933103]

Actuallu, the official site said that the next week's ep14.5 is an episode that summarise GGO with prerelease of some shots from calibur.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

Yeah, 'bout that. How does a needle-less syringe work? I've never seen one before, whereas I've seen regular syringes and epi-pens.

It's called jet injection, or to use the Star Trek term, hypospray. It basically uses high pressure to force drugs into the skin (some versions can also remove liquid too, such as blood). Because of how it works, you don't need needles and it doesn't really cause any pain.

YouTube

https://youtu.be/M09LyLqb5qw

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It's still not widely used, but the technology exists and is continually improving. Eventually, the traditional syringe will be obsolete.

[Yan3242]

Nice end overall.

But, are they trying to save budget or something? Only lisbeth and asuna is introduced to sinon, what about the others? There is agil over there, also one of sao players and a good friend with kirito too, why he is being ignored? Could at least say hi or something

[frodonk]

Asuna is ok with being called a "friend", is that why she's considered as the best waifu?

[HandofFate]

Originally Posted by Yan3242

Nice end overall.

But, are they trying to save budget or something? Only lisbeth and asuna is introduced to sinon, what about the others? There is agil over there, also one of sao players and a good friend with kirito too, why he is being ignored? Could at least say hi or something

Considering the nature of the reason for calling her there, I assume its because its an issue that would be handed better with only girls there as support.

Kirito is there for obvious reasons, and Agil is the bar owner, which he can just go into the backroom when the reveal was going to happen. As for Suguha, and Silica, who knows, I guess Silica is too young, and despite her dealings in ALO, Suguha is still an 'outsider' in regards to SAO matters.