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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE LIGHT NOVEL BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Heh, so we get Sinon with her handy gun for quite a bit. What? Is that a minigun I spotted in this episode? I wonder what other type of guns are there in this show. I think the type she used is a M134 or something. Looks like the episode is a battle of squadrons. And at the end of that fight, I'm pretty sure that's Sinon irl we briefly. |
Stark700Jul 12, 2014 10:12 AM
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LastChapter said: It was probably just a reference to the first season. We also get to see more ALO adventures with the main crew, and Silica gets tentacle raped again. Didn't remember that in the light novels. Was anything important cut out btw? |
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Anime/Manga said: 5. Do not ask when subs/raws will be released, or where to download/watch an episode. |
| I kind of forgot why I despise this series sometimes when Sinon was doing her thing. That part, despite some silly dialogue, was really pretty neat. And then we swapped to Silica being felt up by tentacles whilst Asuna and Kirito sat on a mushroom over yonder and I remembered. |
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| Good episode indeed, I really like how much works A-1 put into designing those guns, they just looked so real to me. The fights were intense as well. |
| I was actually expecting this episode to show more Shino IRL and the the girls from her school *NOT SPOILING ANYTHING* but it actually ended earlier than I thought. Now I can really see this show reaching the 24 episode of non stop GGO. Also, I don't remember the ALO scene in the anime being in the LN? Its good to see A-1 Pictures getting down to the very detail with this season compared to season 1. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SUPPORT A SERIES PEOPLE! WHEN YOU PAY TO GET THE DVDS/BLU-RAYS. 5/5 for this episode. Good animation and didn't miss any details ;) EDIT: I'm going to abuse the fact that I am on the first page by explaining some stuff that you might of missed about some reasons why they did certain things. First of all the gun Sinon has is a rare sniper (the best sniper in the game) that uses .50 caliber rounds which is enough to leave a large dent in a tank, so in other words it will kill you even if you are hiding behind a rock or in a car. The reason why she can't snipe them all is because of that red trail that appeared as soon as tge gun was fired a second time. If you go back to that scene you will notice that the first shot had no red trail so the bullet couldn't be dodged (keep in mind she is 1500m away so the bullet would take atleast 5 seconds to reach the target). Once that first shot is fired, she can't shoot a bullet that has no trail on it for another 60 seconds (the guy in the cowboy hat Dyne mentioned this before the gunfight as they were up on the perch). She realized who that guy was with the mini gun was (he is a high ranked player that got a better rank than her in the previous bullet of bullets) and she decided the best course of action was to go to her team mates and to shoot him at a range that he can't dodge the bullet. Dyne sacrficed himself because he knew that the only person in the team who could take behemoth down was Sinon so he decided to run in to get a better view of the enemy and throw a grenade towards the 2 support guys the other team had so that it was just Sinon and behemoth. Sinon knew that behemoth went into the strength stat like her and ran up to the top of the tower to shoot him but he predicted that so she decided to jump off to dodge the bullets (unfortunately loosing her leg) and to also make him over extend his shooting in that particular angle to the point that he can't shoot. At the moment she was just above him, she shoot her .50 caliber round into his head at point blank so that she couldn't miss. Also, the penalty for death in GGO is the lose of all your gear. So its similar to DayZ. Well that was the explanation of the detail you might of not understood. If there was anything else I missed, just give me a yell and I'll add it. |
adaw31Jul 12, 2014 8:09 PM
| Awesome action! Really introduced Sinon this episode. Maybe Kirigaya will join Gun Gale next week? |
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adaw31 said: A-1 is taking this series nice and slow. It's no doubt now that this will be a better season. But the 24 ep mark still baffles me.I was actually expecting this episode to show more Shino IRL and the the girls from her school *NOT SPOILING ANYTHING* but it actually ended earlier than I thought. |
LastChapter said: Nice to know, this gives me more hope that this will be a lot more faithful than season 1.First scene showed a flashback of how Sinon received her Hecate, but I'm pretty the anime audience wouldn't know and think it's a random scene. Most of the episode was pretty much about Sinon, and I can't help but commend the CG and the animations, much better than last season. We also get to see Shino in real life, hinting her traumas. Last scenes were the main cast in ALO with the episode ending with Kirito about to tell Asuna about his involvement with GGO. And we get to see the new ending theme~ Only complaint and anime original content I saw was basically the Silica tentacle rape. Nothing was skipped though they could have made Sinon acquiring one of the most powerful sniper rifles in the game more obvious.. |
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| Wow a good Sinon episode |
| Great episode the animation was good as well, Sinon is awesome with that sniper rifle. It was nice seeing Asuna and Kirito at the end there, they look pretty different from the first season. |
| I'm liking the rate of progression they're going with this season. Kirito doesn't rush into the game like it seemed to happen in season 1. Sinon seems like a pretty badass character. Can't wait to see more of her... and that scene where she jumps off the building and snipes Behemoth in the head was intense. |
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| GGO is awesome but I like watching Kirito and all the girls playing ALO better I hope there's more scenes like the one at the end of this episode but I'm assuming there won't be much of that in this season. |
| I have to say. This episode wasn't bad at all. Apart from a few rough edges in dialogue (that most people won't notice anyways.) the show is pretty enjoyable. :D |
| Memories may fade, but that doesn't mean there isn't any point in making them. |
| Not much of Kirigaya this episode, i mean he only gets one line of dialogue lol. Still was an okay episode. |
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| I still don't like how seriously some of those guys take their game. |
SetsukoHara said: I still don't like how seriously some of those guys take their game. LOL, unless you play ranked in a moba game such as League, Dota 2 then u won't know how seriously some people are in taking games seriously. |
| *slurp* [spoiler]  |
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| That shot to the head was awesome. I like this Sinon character. |
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| That was friggin EPIC!! :D This ep showed why Sinon is so liked by the LN fandom :3 She was friggin BA! And nice hearing her monologue too. Sawashiro Miyuki is <3 Hyping the guys and Dem skills!! Her sniping is amazing! And Dat finale was awesome with how she jumped off the tower and shot him in the face with a missing leg :D Like a BOSS :D AND DAT OST <3 Really loved the animation. The movements were so swift and the scenery was beautiful (although it's just technically a post apocalyptic desert XD) The end with the girls (Lol at Silicia still getting tentacle raped XD) and nice seeing Kirito and Asuna being lovey dovey :3 Can't wait til Kirito enters GGO ^^ |
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| Alright episode. Nothing too exciting yet. Loved how Kirito and Asuna were just chilling on top of that mushroom thingy while the other girls were farming :) |
| goddammit kirito log on to GGO already! |
trabeus1Jul 14, 2014 11:37 PM
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| Shinon is so fucking bad ass! Great episode. Love how they start off with what happen before the ending of the first episode. The battle between Shinon group vs the other ones was amazing. The best part was when Shinon lost her leg and still kick ass. Back in ALO. Asuna looks good with blue hair. Seems like Kirito is about to make his move. Can't wait for next episode. 5/5. |
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| Lovely episode. Pretty much everything i had imagined from reading the LNs. They even added a scene for the haters. Hateservice anyone? |
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| I wished they would of called it something else besides Sword Art Online 2. I always keep comparing it to the first season and its always coming up short. It's an ok episode. You could skip the first episode and it would be just as awesome. The fighting scenes were better than SAO but I think the story is just moving way to slow. Login already Kirito |
| Great for a second episode. |
LastChapter said: adaw31 said: I was actually expecting this episode to show more Shino IRL and the the girls from her school *NOT SPOILING ANYTHING* but it actually ended earlier than I thought. I'm sure they're saving those scenes for later, probably for next episode. Episode 2 I felt was made to introduce Sinon and the world of GGO. I did notice some scenes were out of order in both the first and second episode, but A-1 comes back and adapts them so for right now, I'm not worried about them omitting any scenes. Relax, they have 24 episodes in total to do that. This episode did a nice job at introducing the world of GGO. That machine gun sure looked powerful, but I could tell the bodyguard was getting tired. When Sinon was getting ready to snipe him, he was pretty much not even looking at her. To me that machine gun must weight a ton in GGO. Silica once again tentacle raped, and Leafa has to rescue her. Liz does a finishing blow to end the battle. Afterward Silica gets jealous at Asuna/Kirito being lovey dovey xD I wonder how Asuna will react once Kirito tells her about his next adventure. |
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| 1 episode and Sinon is already a fucking badass. Easily the best girl after the next episode which is entirely for Sinon. Also, the pacing is really nice and slow unlike Season 1 where it rushed everything. 5/5 |
LastChapter said: julyan said: A-1 is taking this series nice and slow. It's no doubt now that this will be a better season. But the 24 ep mark still baffles me. I'm still holding on to this schedule here: After all, it's impossible to adapt 2 volumes of a light novel in 24 episodes. The first two episodes already adapted the prologue and 3 chapters out of 7 of the first volume of Phantom Bullet to put it into retrospective. I doubt they would touch Alicization, just cause then it leaves nothing for OVAs cause once the Alicization train gets started there are no stations off it |
Playing said: LastChapter said: I'm still holding on to this schedule here: After all, it's impossible to adapt 2 volumes of a light novel in 24 episodes. The first two episodes already adapted the prologue and 3 chapters out of 7 of the first volume of Phantom Bullet to put it into retrospective. Tell me in a spoiler what's this cliffhanger? What's going to happen? THIS PERSON ASKED FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT EPISODE WITH THAT CLIFFHANGER SO ITS IN A SPOILER BOX. DO NOT CLICK SHOW SPOILER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILT DESPITE HOW TEMPTING IT IS TO PRESS!!!! |
TyrelJul 12, 2014 11:15 AM
| I think it doesn't really make sense that Sinon didn't die at the end there. I know they wanted her to look really badass but I mean, she jumped out of a high ass tower and took heavy damage from a minigun, including having her leg blown off, and still survives. Apparently there's no fall damage in GGO. |
| Great ep. Sinon was pretty impressive to watch. All her monologue and everything about that guy with the minigun sounded great. Great part of her getting the people to actually fight back. Finally it seems its Kazuto will be entering there soon. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Episode 2: 10% Setups, 20% Snipers, 10% Assault Rifles, 10% Energy Weapons, 20% Assault Miniguns, 30% Sinon. :D They extended a few scenes in there just to let the other girls in hehe. Though as usual there's the unnecessary fanservice tentacle rape. Anyways nice episode, I like it when it feels like it was too short rather than dragging overall. Ah love how the ending is all about the best girl. :P |
NettoAzureJul 12, 2014 10:40 AM
| That ED though...Sinon kinda reminded me of Mikasa for a moment, complete with scarf and icy personality. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Shinon looks so badass, really like her |
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