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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 06 | |||
10 out of 10: Near Perfect... | 21 | 15.22% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 28 | 20.29% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 42 | 30.43% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 24 | 17.39% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 13 | 9.42% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 4 | 2.90% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 3 | 2.17% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 3 | 2.17% | |
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2012-08-11, 14:23 | Link #21 | |
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2012-08-11, 14:48 | Link #22 |
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Hmmmmmmmm................................My impression after finish the episode is soooo what is the point of this 2 episodes arc. I just can't understand the studio's decision. Why do they need to spend 2 episode on this sidestory ? What do we or rather anime viewers get, story/character development-wise, from the last 2 episodes ? Perhap someone can enlight me.
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2012-08-11, 15:12 | Link #23 | |
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2012-08-11, 15:17 | Link #25 |
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Great episode.
The mystery was all wrapped up, even though it took a slightly different route from the novel, it was nicely done. Next week will be "Warmth of the Heart", which along with "The Black Swordsman" is one of my favorite chapters
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2012-08-11, 15:44 | Link #27 |
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At the end of the day, at least as anime-only viewers, I think that you can't really judge the importance of any given episode until you understand the whole story shown in the anime. Then you can fully understand how the pieces fit together and judge how you think the anime spent its time. From our perspective right now, we shouldn't rush to conclusions.
And I think that light novel readers need to be careful what they say about what the overall plot of the story is. Not shown in the anime yet = can't be discussed here. (By the way, on the topic of Crunchyroll, they did post an update that basically corroborated what I said before about MBS. They said "Due to the Olympics and resulting broadcast schedule in Japan, episode 6 will be streamed on 8/18. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience." The station that delayed is MBS, so that suggests they're bound by contract to not show the episode before MBS does.)
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2012-08-11, 15:52 | Link #28 |
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Maybe there are others, maybe not, but I don't think it's a complete waste of time. |
2012-08-11, 16:10 | Link #29 | |
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Episode 4 may feel very fillerish but it at least introduce new character Silica. I don't think the return of Asuna alone justified 2 episodes even from my anime viewer perspective (but I may perhap bias). Making episode 2 or 3 into 2 parter is better time spent IMHO.
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2012-08-11, 17:04 | Link #30 |
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Another episode that further makes me wish the author was designing MMOs, rather than writing about them.
Glad to see the explanation for the 'deaths' made sense. Good to see the normally level-headed Kirito do something pointless. I mean, if you can't hurt/kill people in town, what was he hoping to accomplish throwing his spikes in the beginning? If this episode is like the previous five, in helping to establish ground rules so that the meat of the story doesn't have to waste time on exposition, then I guess it's a fair certainty that Kirito is going to get married at some point, and one would have to assume it'll be to Asuna. Well, if this is really going 24 episodes, I guess it's fine that they're taking their time to lay the foundation via mini arcs. It's kind of crazy that I'm just now realizing how long it's been since I've actually watched a 24 episode anime straight, without the whole skipping a season or some other bs. The over-abundance of 12-13 episode anime has caused me to expect things to move faster, something I guess I need to reign in for this show. I'm glad they're doing it they way the are, or they'red likely be pointless filler later down the road.
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2012-08-11, 17:12 | Link #31 |
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First thing first, please tell me it was my sub that was just trolling me:
Was a good episode, better than last week. The reason for killing was unexpected and the way how those two players faked their death by stabbing themselves to destroy their armor was a great idea.
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2012-08-11, 17:16 | Link #32 |
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well that was kind of a boring conclusion....
the entire reason for the killing of the wife/ring plot was bland as hell. The Laughing Coffin showing up was cool, no action happened though. Kirito's explanation was pretty entertaining though. Best part of the whole arc, was just the regular Kirito x Asuna alone time, the actual mystery was pointless. The end with the ghost actually appearing was confusing though, especially given the game design of what we know so far....why would she appear there like that...makes no sense from a game perspective.
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2012-08-11, 17:18 | Link #33 | |
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2012-08-11, 17:46 | Link #35 | |
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2012-08-11, 18:01 | Link #36 |
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Well, it was okay, it felt a bit sudden how Kirito found out about item durability and considered the possibility of a murder guild involved.
It looked a bit too friendly how Schmidt and Caynz carried Grimlock, especially how he is responsible for their guild leader's death. At least drag him The leader of the trio sounded a bit too rough, the poison guy really fit the image of a crazy killer, props to the voice actor. The leader also has what looks like a scar on his face, did he get it before or in the game? Seriously, we go from the awesome looking weapon Yoruko is holding to some boring long sword the third guy threatens them with, wish they put a bit more effort in designing swords Kirito raised a couple of flags this episode, but considering that there wasn't really any significant development between them for the last ~16 months, these were probably the first flags in the Asuna route.
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2012-08-11, 18:09 | Link #38 |
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Famous words from Kirito:
"I'm willing to bet my virginity". Such a brave man to speak about such a thing to Asuna Anyways, back on track with the episode. I kinda felt let down by the first half of this episode. Last episode was so tense and realistic with the trauma, the sadness, the motives and revenge and it was quite the interesting and enjoyable episode to watch. Then it's revealed that it was all a lie, no one actually died that episode and it was all figured out by Kirito dropping some food that was about to expire? I had hoped for something a little better None the less, it managed to pick itself back up once a real PK guild made their entrance. The Laughing Coffins, quite the name, probably easy to remember too I am really surprised however that Kirito let them live or escape. They showed no signs of changing their ways after being threatened and it was obvious they would continue. He's going to have the blood of other innocent players on his hand for doing that. Alas, I liked the conversation Asuna had with Kirito about marriage and the storing space being shared. It was as if she was hinting something there, eh? Eh Asuna? Go ooonn! Speaking of marriage, Grimlock and Griselda were married in real life eh? That was quite the reveal Also, this episodes end card: Asuna!
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2012-08-11, 18:23 | Link #39 | |
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That was a rather good adaptation. Could have been dragged for longer, but I feel that the plot was covered enough this way. They need to get to the main story anyways.
Still, we got some interesting expositions to the mechanics of the game throughout the episode. Quote:
The Laughing Coffins are on a whole different level than the small fry Kirito faced in episode 4. Even a frontliner like Schmidt automatically recognised them. And even if Kirito was able to take on all three of them (with Yoruko and Cainz being middle level players, and Schmidt being paralyzed on the ground) it’s doubtful that they’d let themselves get caught. Does Kirito have the guts to kill a player? |
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2012-08-11, 18:31 | Link #40 | ||
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it's still a build up, and personally i wouldn't mind at all if it continued like this till the end the pace just slowed down from the previous episodes (where some people were whining about it being too fast), hope the next ones will come back fast as before also this was quite a talky episode, lots of talking and explanations, which may not be satisfying if someone is watching it mostly for the action |
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