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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 20 | |||
10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 46 | 37.40% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 39 | 31.71% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 25 | 20.33% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 7 | 5.69% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 1 | 0.81% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 1 | 0.81% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 1 | 0.81% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 1 | 0.81% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 1 | 0.81% | |
1 out of 10 : Torturous... | 1 | 0.81% | |
Voters: 123. You may not vote on this poll |
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2012-11-18, 03:25 | Link #105 |
Hu Tao
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Kirito is literally a god in this game.
Handsome, powerful, smart, and rich enough to fund a military. No wonder Lyfa succumbed into Kirito's charm. Also, I am totally speechless when I saw Sigurd had 2 semi-naked girls sitting on his lap, and other players were offering their tributes to him. Are they really a player? I can understand if this is a real-life, but to degrade yourself into a slave just because someone is stronger/influencial than you in MMORPG is simply just make no sense. |
2012-11-18, 03:30 | Link #106 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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2012-11-18, 03:42 | Link #107 |
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Rokkenjima
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I was surprised by how very bad this episode was. I think it's the worst episode in the series so far, and by a long way. I liked the fight scenes and the animation, but the problem was in the dialogue, with the way Kirito acted and the way people treated him.
- Kirito is awfully perky and relaxed for someone who's on such an important mission. He's on a strict time limit for saving Asuna, here! - Leafa appears to think there's no chance of victory, but once she gets to the meeting place, Kirito's standing in front of the group and she's all "But the one thing I can say is that our fates depend on him". And then, later, when the leaders are thanking her, she says "I didn't do anything. You should thank Kirito-kun." That's right, she didn't do anything. But it all seems very contrived. - While it was a good fight, the one-on-one thing seemed a flimsy pretext for allowing Kirito to win and stop the Salamanders. - Kirito is the best fighter Eugene has ever seen. (Granted, I suppose he should be excellent, given his time in SOA.) - Leafa says "You're insane, you know?" to Kirito, and he replies with a super cheery "I get that a lot". - Kirito gets told "I can't believe you came up with that on the spur of the moment." He replies, ever-perky, with "Whenever I have a bad hand, I always raise the pot". Spare us from the witty self-praising one-liners, man. Spare us. - Then Kirito gets praised for how strong he is, etc, and then he whips out a large fortune of money... - The Sylph and Cait Sith leaders are both all over Kirito, complete with boob-squishing his arm. And Leafa spends much of the episode completely mesmerised with him. In short, this ep just had far too much by way of moments where Kirito was amazing and everyone thought so. It was complete overkill. It made Kirito look insufferably perfect, with everything that happened carefully arranged so that he had every possible ounce of praise from nearly everyone, and nobody else got to do anything at all other than be wowed by him. That was just horribly, horribly written. In previous eps, although it is clear that in many ways SOA is a wish-fulfillment series, it was never this blatant. Thank goodness for Asuna getting a scene near the end. I'm sure the next ep will be a lot better. |
2012-11-18, 03:58 | Link #108 | ||
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One thing I can say is to just enjoy the show. And by show I mean Oppai. This is Sugus Arc Oppai afterall.
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2012-11-18, 04:03 | Link #109 | |
Eaten by goats
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This was the first ep where, in my opinion, the flaws outweighed the positives to the point where it wasn't enjoyable to watch. (I was too busy cringing over the writing!) But I hope it'll be the only ep in the series to be that way. |
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2012-11-18, 04:47 | Link #112 |
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Age: 28
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I'm kinda disappointed that Eugene vs Kirito fight didn't show their HP bars at all during fighting, where it's just pure action. Makes me wondering, how much HP remaining from them when they got some damage from their opponents?
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2012-11-18, 04:53 | Link #113 | ||
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Location: Philippines
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2012-11-18, 04:56 | Link #114 |
ゴリゴリ!
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 32
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The series needed this episode. Y'know...something where something interesting happens.
But seriously, what's with the pointless fanservice? It feels so shoved in that it's jarring.
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2012-11-18, 05:30 | Link #117 |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
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It funny because I think this is probably the best episode of this arc considering I haven't been enjoying this arc all that much and could have used an episode where I can just switch off my brain and enjoy a spectacular fight. And now I know where the budget for Shin Sekai Yori went to...
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2012-11-18, 05:32 | Link #118 |
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Wow, this episode is the boss thanks to Kirito... again!
Not only he can transform into a freaking monster from last week's episode, but his dual-wielding skills are back! Amazing! Still, at least he wasn't laid by either Sakuya or that Cait Sith leader. Although Asuna manage to escape, does this mean that Oberon might capture her again or successfully escapes on the next episode? |
2012-11-18, 05:41 | Link #119 |
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Tristinian Academy of Magic
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You made it sound, like the imouto in red pajama's fanservice was needed. They just had to do it, since Luu and Sakuya just made their appearance. Remember how it was with Sillica? First time and they already shown her in underwear.... baka producers. >///<
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2012-11-18, 06:07 | Link #120 | ||
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(And keep in mind that he doesn't know he actually has to "save Asuna". He has to go try to see her, if she's even there.)
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