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View Poll Results: Sword Art Online - Episode 12 Rating | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect.... | 44 | 29.93% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 31 | 21.09% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 29 | 19.73% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 20 | 13.61% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 12 | 8.16% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 3 | 2.04% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 3 | 2.04% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 3 | 2.04% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 1 | 0.68% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 1 | 0.68% | |
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2012-09-29, 10:35 | Link #281 |
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SAO is, at the end of it, a story about making the best of a bad situation. All Asuna had to go on at that point was that she was dealing with a child who was very obviously disturbed on a deep level.
And said child had decided she was her mother. Do you tell the kid 'No, I'm not your mama!' and potentially cause her to come unglued again.. or do you play along and try to find out who the kid really belongs to? (Which is, in fact, exactly what they did.)
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2012-09-29, 16:57 | Link #282 | ||
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I'm just going to point out that a lot of other 'world-building' things happened, so it's not the end of the world if you don't enjoy the 'character-building' things that did happen. Last edited by Adigard; 2012-09-29 at 17:13. |
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2012-09-29, 21:05 | Link #283 | ||
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Why you took needs way more buildup to imply a lack of world building, I don't know. Until someone attacks the world building aspect, your whole "show, don't tell" argument falls flat on its face because you cannot apply it to the context of said argument. You can make an argument about the balance (or imbalance) between character development and world building, but again, the "show, don't tell" works against you if you believe the character development is lacking (ie. a lack of "show, don't tell" in the character development aspect). Again, you shouldn't use the "show, don't tell" argument if you don't know how to use it. |
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2012-09-29, 23:08 | Link #284 | |
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It's exactly as Quadratic pointed out . . . I didn't even mention or complain that much of the plot (besides the deus ex machina which relentless clearly explained) so I don't recall ever having an argument about terrible plots and all. I'm just merely concerned (and frustrated) at how things are being handled character-wise (and I'm sure most of the gripes people who aren't warming up to SAO lie there).
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2012-09-30, 00:07 | Link #285 | |
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Personally, I didn't have a problem relating to the affection Kirito and Asuna showed to Yui even in the short time they knew her -- they left the front lines primarily searching for the sort of warmth and closeness that the battle system could never provide. They found that in each other, and they found that in Yui -- a lonely AI who was programmed with emotions that she was never allowed to show. Even if you felt nothing for Yui personally, I think it's quite defensible how Kirito and Asuna fell for her in light of their circumstance (and this emotional connection is very much shown in the story). And based on the emotions portrayed, you should be able to deduce logically the impact this will have on them going forward. I guess it isn't as good as falling in love with Yui yourself, but I suppose it's hard to control how you feel.
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2012-10-02, 10:07 | Link #288 | |
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2012-11-25, 16:26 | Link #292 |
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Sigh, will there ever be any other relevant characters except Asuna and Kirito.
Their connection to Yui was way too strong considering that they knew her only for few days... rushed once again. Nice episode over all but it also bugs me how Kirito knows everything and was able to create that crystal. Is he a programmer? Because in all honesty, after 12 episodes we barely know anything even about main 2 charas =/
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2012-11-25, 16:58 | Link #293 | |
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So, wait wait wait, he has access to admin console for a few minutes and his priority is saving a fucking AI, instead of freeing all players, or at least getting a GM weapon that would allow him to clear up to floor 100 with ease (thus freeing the players)???
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2014-06-02, 16:56 | Link #296 | |
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Saving what you call 'a fucking AI' for Kirito was saving an intelligent entity that held that much importance to Kirito. This conundrum will be back several times during the series, so it's good food for thought.
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2014-06-02, 17:02 | Link #297 |
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He likely wouldn't be able to stop the game, as he used Yui's own GM account, meaning he could only do what her own account would be capable of doing. Considering other GMs couldn't do anything, when Kayaba started the game, it's possible Yui couldn't either.
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2014-06-02, 17:09 | Link #299 | |
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