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View Poll Results: Sword Art Online Episode 2 Discussion
| 5 out of 5: Loved it! | 547 | 69.50% | |
| 4 out of 5: Liked it | 148 | 18.81% | |
| 3 out of 5: It was OK | 43 | 5.46% | |
| 2 out of 5: Disliked it | 33 | 4.19% | |
| 1 out of 5: Hated it | 16 | 2.03% |
Voters: 787
#41
07-14-12, 2:17 PM
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Offline Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 919 |
It was rushed, but still excellent. 4/5 |
#42
07-14-12, 2:19 PM
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Offline Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 612 |
Dammit, they rushed it a hell of a lot. Still a great moment though. I wish they speaded out the Aria ending, though. That last scene with Kirito and Asuna was cut a bit short.... |
#43
07-14-12, 2:21 PM
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Offline Joined: May 2012 Posts: 3 |
Sometimes I forgot how little time there is in one episode. I wasn't at all surprised that Aria was crammed into one episode, but I hadn't expected so much to be cut. Even if you ignore the separation of novel and anime, it still felt incredibly rushed, but I guess that's inevitable with how much they had to cover. On a good note, though, the parts that were animated were great, and Yuki Kajiura did a wonderful job with the music. I guess the only reassurance from this rushed episode is that we're getting two arcs instead of one filler-packed arc. |
#44
07-14-12, 2:23 PM
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Offline Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 225 |
So the people who were so into gaming that they lined up to be the first ones to get a game copy, 2/10 die the first month? Not even that, the first boss hasn't even been cleared? Come on, no casual lines up for the midnight release.  |
#45
07-14-12, 2:23 PM
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Offline Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 848 |
That was cool, Kirito pulled a Lelouch to take on himself the building blame and frustration so the rest can cooperate in harmony (in theory at least). |
#46
07-14-12, 2:24 PM
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Offline Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1158 |
kirito - not a noob. bamf Dont bother replying to my posts in forums, dont check them afterwards.  |
#47
07-14-12, 2:25 PM
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Offline Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 862 |
Rushed. Like, really rushed. Np still awesome. |
#48
07-14-12, 2:33 PM
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Offline Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1201 |
It was indeed rushed very much, which kinda disappointed me, but in overall episode was AMAZING.Animation is sick, and Asuna <3  |
#49
07-14-12, 2:34 PM
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Offline Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 153 |
The episode, like everyone said, was quite rushed seeing as they removed numerous aspects of it such as Kirito and Asuna's real first meeting, Argo, bath scene etc. One thing that was left out from the novel and really should have been put in was the explanation of Kirito's arrogant sounding speech. In the novel, Kirito's reasoning was explained: |
#50
07-14-12, 2:39 PM
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Offline Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 21 |
He's not a beta tester, he's not a cheater, he's a Beater! That episode flew by, it felt 5 minutes long. Loved the episode though, the boss fight was really well done, lots of action and different angles. The ending part seemed a little rushed but when you only have 22 minutes, hard to make everything right. Can't wait for episode 3. |
#51
07-14-12, 2:41 PM
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Offline Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 21 |
Chrischunn said: The episode, like everyone said, was quite rushed seeing as they removed numerous aspects of it such as Kirito and Asuna's real first meeting, Argo, bath scene etc. One thing that was left out from the novel and really should have been put in was the explanation of Kirito's arrogant sounding speech. In the novel, Kirito's reasoning was explained: Thanks for the extra explanation. As I haven't read the manga this really helped out. |
#52
07-14-12, 2:47 PM
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Offline Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 296 |
dotphil said: Chrischunn said: The episode, like everyone said, was quite rushed seeing as they removed numerous aspects of it such as Kirito and Asuna's real first meeting, Argo, bath scene etc. One thing that was left out from the novel and really should have been put in was the explanation of Kirito's arrogant sounding speech. In the novel, Kirito's reasoning was explained: Thanks for the extra explanation. As I haven't read the manga this really helped out. The manga adaptation is not as good as the source material...the Light Novel. :> |
#53
07-14-12, 3:00 PM
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Offline Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 749 |
somewhat decent ep I hope there's PvP or Guild v. Guild conflict in the series thefakesoundofprogress |
#54
07-14-12, 3:02 PM
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Offline Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 94 |
Nachtwandler_21 said: reve said: Nachtwandler_21 said: Why they rushed. It weas said that only SAO arc would be animated. 25 eps are more than enough. Ep wasn't bad actually but I raged that they cut all scenes with Argo and Asuna and Kirito's meeting in dungeon. It was never stated that only SAO arc is going to be animated. Judging from cutting and next episodes titles ALO is going to be animated as well It was mentioned in producer's interview as I remember. And there's totally no hints for ALO adaptation so far. No ALO scenes in trailers. No ALO characters in chara list and cast(Suguha made cameo appearance in ep. 1 so she doesn't count). And the tempo is not the case. They still could fit only SAO+SS in 25 eps Yea, I dont think they will animate the ALO arc, with 25 eps i think SAO is the only arc they can manage. Modified by Eucliwood, 07-14-12, 3:47 PM  |
#55
07-14-12, 3:05 PM
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Offline Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 12 |
Hybridbloodszak said: Hm while I thought the episode was rushed at first after thinking about it I was fine with it. What I wasn't fine with however was the main speech at the end, to me that development came from left field. I knew he was a little on the arrogant side since he got into the beta test but still a little more time to let us as viewers know he has that darker side beneath him would be nice. A good episode nonetheless though, 22 minutes flew by without even realizing it and was surprised when the ED came up Random Thoughts I really liked the raid group vs boss fight! Slick animation and great camera angles Is this going to be a long running show or a 1-2 cour series? I hope it isn't too long before Asuna comes back I'm interested in finding out more about her I can understand why you thought Kirito was being arrogant as they didn't really explain it well. What Kirito was doing was saving all of the beta testers who weren't going out and hoarding gold, items and quests by directing all of the hate to the beta tester that were leaving the new guys alone and going off by themselves. If you have any spare time I would recommend that you read the novel as it explains things a lot more than this episode did. |
#56
07-14-12, 3:08 PM
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Offline Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 94 |
ghdht369 said: I can understand why you thought Kirito was being arrogant as they didn't really explain it well. What Kirito was doing was saving all of the beta testers who weren't going out and hoarding gold, items and quests by directing all of the hate to the beta tester that were leaving the new guys alone and going off by themselves. If you have any spare time I would recommend that you read the novel as it explains things a lot more than this episode did. Yea, the novel explain things in a lot more detail than the anime, it's worth the read ^^ especially when the anime is probably only going to cover the first arc. |
#57
07-14-12, 3:11 PM
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Offline Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 677 |
 Although it felt like we had already seen the fight (think it was actually the one in the pv's?), it was pretty alright. Kirito had all the epic moves and was really stunning and fortunately got the final blow! and that cool coat of midnight or whatever, that scene was just amazing when he put it on after going into serious beater mode, hope he stays that way Unfortunately the ending song and animation is pretty dull and I already dislike Asano. Surely she can act more engaged and stronger. [how do you not access the menu at all to figure out your party members name?! and her attacks werent even as strong as his, ugh <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx1a8gz3tu1qbxqfpo1_500.png" /> |
#58
07-14-12, 3:15 PM
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Offline Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 2221 |
The time-skip kinda shocked me, but nonetheless this was yet again another enjoyable episode. I hope we get to learn more about Asuna, I'm interested to know more about her. Damn, Kirito's got some balls to actually stand up and say stuff to get everyone to go against him. I'm still a bit confused on why he did that though. Was it because he knew that everyone else would be against him since he's a beta tester, and it'd be better if they feared him then turned against him? If anyone knows, please tell me. Gonna be looking forward to Saturday's from now on. Ghostony said: Just did a quick skim.. Mahou Shojo is targeted to pedophile muslim extremists that live in california |
#59
07-14-12, 3:16 PM
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Offline Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 94 |
27CansOfTuna said: Although it felt like we had already seen the fight (think it was actually the one in the pv's?), it was pretty alright. Kirito had all the epic moves and was really stunning and fortunately got the final blow! and that cool coat of midnight or whatever, that scene was just amazing when he put it on after going into serious beater mode, hope he stays that way Unfortunately the ending song and animation is pretty dull and I already dislike Asano. Surely she can act more engaged and stronger. [how do you not access the menu at all to figure out your party members name?! and her attacks werent even as strong as his, ugh Don't want anyone stronger than Kirito ww, and asuna's supposed to be a speed kind rather than power but ye i wish she had more scenes |
#60
07-14-12, 3:20 PM
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Offline Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7208 |
Very entertaining episode. I'm glad that he joined the quidditch team.  |