Sword Art Online (light novel)
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ----------------------------------------  Another side story? Well, it looks like the beast tamer Silica is introduced from the Forest of Wandering. Poor dragon though... Also, I lol'd @ Silicia's face several times this episode; so priceless ~_~. She's such an innocent little cookie. |
Stark700Jul 28, 2012 12:28 PM
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| >posting a thread when the episode begins rather than when it ends Huh, as usual, eh? ( ¬‿¬) Too many tentacles in this episode. Other than that, it was a pretty well-made episode, honestly. And Kirito's badassery is always awesome, whether it's reading about it or watching it. |
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| >finished watching the episode >increased episode count >thread created >24 minutes ago >preview not even mentioned yet ( ¬‿¬) Silica is such a tentacle magnet. And it was an okay episode. Kirito being badass is just awesome. Taking those blows from the orange guild like a boss. Next episode is Murder Case in the Area huh. She'll be back then o/ Also, >reminds him of his sister >Silica is short and with twintails >Suguha, is tall, athletic, short hair, has big boobs >Kirito's face when ( ¬‿¬) |
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Keiko was very nice in this episode. I liked a lot her attack in the following, That was nice. About Keiko’s fan service, I liked a lot Keiko body in the spoiler That being said they did it pretty well. They however did Kirito in the following,  Rather well too in terms of a serious stance. Other than that Silica in the spoiler About thee end, I liked the end a lot in the spoiler BTW End Art in the spoiler Oosran said: Yeah I know it's stupid but that's stark for you. >posting a thread when the episode begins rather than when it ends Huh, as usual, eh? ( ¬‿¬) |
Yumekichi11Jul 28, 2012 8:49 AM
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Yumekichi11 said: Just call her Silica instead. щ(ﾟДﾟщ)>Keiko >Keiko >Keiko :too much to keep track of: They're in the game, so you might as well just address her with her in-game name, right? Besides, nowhere in the episode is it mentioned that her name is anything other than Silica, so just stick with that instead. I mean, you're calling Kirito Kirito, right? |
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| And so the Loli appears. I like this episode for the fan service heh. But otherwise poor Pina...at least in the end... |
Akiyama said: I got better for you in the spoiler(*´д｀*) Oosran said: Right and Silica sounds I don't know, I like Keiko better and it sounds nice. Why Silica. Reminds me of Silicon. I don't like it.Yumekichi11 said: Just call her Silica instead. щ(ﾟДﾟщ)>Keiko >Keiko >Keiko :too much to keep track of: They're in the game, so you might as well just address her with her in-game name, right? Besides, nowhere in the episode is it mentioned that her name is anything other than Silica, so just stick with that instead. I mean, you're calling Kirito Kirito, right? Yes Kirito and I like that name. Silica no, well it's OK and tolerating but that's it. |
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| Showing of two girls in a group in argument. Twintail girl in pinch and her pet died protecting her, and main guy saved him. He tries helping her with reviving her pet. lol~ because she looks like his sister (actually cousin who grew up with him, and always helped him)? That's so cute. She's popular with guys to group because she's cute, but weak. The original group showed up and that girl who argued against her says bad thing about her (and him?). Funny moments between them during the path to get the flower. So the group she was with was "orange" who hunt for rare items? Wow, the main guy is really high level with really cool special skill!! Wait, that twintail girl is voiced by Last Order/ Inu x Boku SS tsundere girl?? |
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tsubasalover said: Not quite right. Orange players assault other players because it's generally easier to gang up on weak players and steal their items than it is to go farming monsters and hope that some good stuff drops.So the group she was with was "orange" who hunt for rare items? And then there are the Red players, who've gone one step further and actually kill other players. Also, tsubasalover said: Yeah. That would be Hidaka Rina.Wait, that twintail girl is voiced by Last Order/ Inu x Boku SS tsundere girl?? |
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Yumekichi11 said: Yes Kirito and I like that name. Silica no, well it's OK and tolerating but that's it. I just call her Silica unless she has another nickname besides Keiko that sounds more cute. |
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| I actually like the way it turned out! wow.. i like how they animate silica's sword skills, wish i could see more. And kirito should get a better looking coat lol Finally next week we get to see Asuna! :D Edit: Stark700 said: THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Another side story? Well, it looks like the beast tamer Silica is introduced from the Forest of Wandering. Poor dragon though :(... Huh? The show wasn't even aired and we have a thread on this? Is this a new trend in MAL to post before episode are watched? I'm feel so leftout.. |
idJul 28, 2012 9:54 AM
Stark700 said: I don't like it at all. Keiko sounds nicer. Seriously Silica for me reminds me too much of Silicone and for some reason I don't like that feel. What's wrong with Keiko. It's a nice girl name used often.Yumekichi11 said: Yes Kirito and I like that name. Silica no, well it's OK and tolerating but that's it. I just call her Silica unless she has another nickname besides Keiko that sounds more cute. |
Yumekichi11 said: Basically it's just the fact that someone who only watched the anime and didn't look her name up on, say, the MAL page's character list wouldn't know her by any other name than Silica.Stark700 said: I don't like it at all. Keiko sounds nicer. Seriously Silica for me reminds me too much of Silicone and for some reason I don't like that feel. What's wrong with Keiko. It's a nice girl name used often.Yumekichi11 said: I just call her Silica unless she has another nickname besides Keiko that sounds more cute.Yes Kirito and I like that name. Silica no, well it's OK and tolerating but that's it. Actually, LN readers also know her as Silica. What's wrong with silicone anyway? It's a fantastically useful, heat-resistant synthetic compound that can be used as a sealant against air and water. |
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Yumekichi11 said: Stark700 said: I don't like it at all. Keiko sounds nicer. Seriously Silica for me reminds me too much of Silicone and for some reason I don't like that feel. What's wrong with Keiko. It's a nice girl name used often.Yumekichi11 said: Yes Kirito and I like that name. Silica no, well it's OK and tolerating but that's it. I just call her Silica unless she has another nickname besides Keiko that sounds more cute. Cause it's the name that she goes by in SAO. Keiko also sounds nice but I'm going with Silica when she's in game and Keiko when she's irl. |
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| Surprisingly, a great adaptation. I don't have any major complaints outside the skipping of mechanics as usual. This episode was one of the easier ones to adapt, in both length and in detail [not a lot of complex character development, as cool as twin tails are, she's a simple character]. It should also be noted that it has been a game since the game has started. The players are maturing, and essentially being raised in SAO. |
mdzJul 28, 2012 3:37 PM
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Yumekichi11 said: Stark700 said: I don't like it at all. Keiko sounds nicer. Seriously Silica for me reminds me too much of Silicone and for some reason I don't like that feel. What's wrong with Keiko. It's a nice girl name used often.Yumekichi11 said: Yes Kirito and I like that name. Silica no, well it's OK and tolerating but that's it. I just call her Silica unless she has another nickname besides Keiko that sounds more cute. Hahahaha...you must really hate them BETA huh to hate on Silicon? XD |
Netto_Azure said: THAT'S IT! You made me realize it.Yumekichi11 said: Stark700 said: I don't like it at all. Keiko sounds nicer. Seriously Silica for me reminds me too much of Silicone and for some reason I don't like that feel. What's wrong with Keiko. It's a nice girl name used often.Yumekichi11 said: Yes Kirito and I like that name. Silica no, well it's OK and tolerating but that's it. I just call her Silica unless she has another nickname besides Keiko that sounds more cute. Hahahaha...you must really hate them BETA huh to hate on Silicon? XD |
| Silica makes for a nice addition. |
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| Now it was the first time I even felt it was really rushing here. Since I already read the novel I knew what would be happend here, but still fun to see Silica this was my favorite episode so far. I thought it would become more action here but felt the action different from the novel thought. I can't remember well if the main story will progness next episode but I do remember the title somewhere, can't wait for Asuna x Kirito party, they will make such a good combination. I do like they follow the timelines correctly and not cover volume 8, since it's still far ahead. |
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zilentworld said: She was on her undies in the LN but it was her that visited Kirito in his room. In here it was Kirito who visited her room. inb4 LN readers complain.I haven't watched it yet cause im waiting for UTWoots. I don't remember the scene where Silica is on her undies on the LN, maybe my bad memory is just ticking again. I thought it was Liz' arc next, but it was murder case eh. Didn't notice it at all lol And Murder Case is said to be 2 episodes. Warmth of the Heart is after that. |
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belatkuro said: Murder Case is said to be 2 episodes. Warmth of the Heart is after that. I dnt get why they would use two episodes on Murder case and not Aria, Murder Case wasn't even extremely important, IMO "First Day" had way more importance, but oh well if i criticize to much I would end up acting like the people who rant on here so I guess it is what is it is, in any case that means the "main story" starts after the warmth of the heart right? |
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| LOL was that the couple from episode 1 at the beginning? |
InfiniteDestiny said: belatkuro said: Murder Case is said to be 2 episodes. Warmth of the Heart is after that. I dnt get why they would use two episodes on Murder case and not Aria, Murder Case wasn't even extremely important, IMO "First Day" had way more importance, but oh well if i criticize to much I would end up acting like the people who rant on here so I guess it is what is it is, in any case that means the "main story" starts after the warmth of the heart right? Geez whiners are never happy. Aria was fine. the cuts were proper. you even forget that in the LN the author makes the mistake and say in Murder Case that it was the first time Kirito parties with Asuna, which directly contradicts Aria: "Asuna angrily stated as she seemed to be lecturing a stupid little brother, and then opened a window and invited me to a party. I cringed my head back a little and immediately pressed on the accept button, and right below my HP bar at the top left hand corner, I could see Asuna's small HP bar. Now that I think about this, this is the first time I'm teaming up with this girl. Of course, we've met many times as part of the clearing group, but she is the sub-leader of the strongest guild, and I'm just a small solo player, so we haven't had much chance to talk to each other. " You're treating Aria as Gospel when it clearly isn't. only vol. 1 is Gospel. Everything else is side-story, and as side-stories should be as short as possible |
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| was that his sister? 0_o kirito laid out teh raepz this week |
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| Alright. Finally a decent episode since episode 1. I guess Silica is the dojikko of this anime. Kirito is a BAMF. He let those orange guys slash him. His autorecovery is too high! That is how you prove what being strong is. |
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| One of the better episodes so far. It was extremely well paced despite leaving certain stuff out. The transitions are much better than the last and everything is pretty coherent. Not only that but we get more insight to Kirito's personality as well as his character making the episode feel more heartfelt than the previous. The action seemed alright. The information about the game is extremely well presented especially about player colors. The only part that was a bit odd was when Kirito talked about Suguha. Good animation, I enjoyed it for what it was and I'm surprised that they're willing to change his outfits nearly every episode. Next episode is another side story but from vol 7 rather than 2. I'm hoping that this will be two episodes instead of one because of how detailed and well-thoughtout the entire story was. Hopefully.... |
Kirito is looking at Silica's ass lol |
| Silica is cute.. I really wish I could see Kirito fight at the front lines. |
kayos90 said: I seem to remember there being discussion about whether Kirito had the same coat all the way from the 1st Floor boss, so that might be why they decided to clearly show that he's properly upgrading his gear.Good animation, I enjoyed it for what it was and I'm surprised that they're willing to change his outfits nearly every episode. Next episode is another side story but from vol 7 rather than 2. I'm hoping that this will be two episodes instead of one because of how detailed and well-thoughtout the entire story was. Hopefully.... Also, vol.8, mind you. 7 is Mother Rosario. But yeah, should definitely be 2 episodes. Hopefully the director thinks so too. plushkin said: Actually, it can be interpreted as "the first time they party without it being for a boss fight".InfiniteDestiny said: I dnt get why they would use two episodes on Murder case and not Aria, Murder Case wasn't even extremely important, IMO "First Day" had way more importance, but oh well if i criticize to much I would end up acting like the people who rant on here so I guess it is what is it is, in any case that means the "main story" starts after the warmth of the heart right? Geez whiners are never happy. Aria was fine. the cuts were proper. you even forget that in the LN the author makes the mistake and say in Murder Case that it was the first time Kirito parties with Asuna, which directly contradicts Aria: "Asuna angrily stated as she seemed to be lecturing a stupid little brother, and then opened a window and invited me to a party. I cringed my head back a little and immediately pressed on the accept button, and right below my HP bar at the top left hand corner, I could see Asuna's small HP bar. Now that I think about this, this is the first time I'm teaming up with this girl. Of course, we've met many times as part of the clearing group, but she is the sub-leader of the strongest guild, and I'm just a small solo player, so we haven't had much chance to talk to each other. " You're treating Aria as Gospel when it clearly isn't. only vol. 1 is Gospel. Everything else is side-story, and as side-stories should be as short as possible In Aria, they grouped up solely for the boss, after all. Though I'm well aware that there are some minor inconsistencies, so it's not like I'm trying to defend it here. Actually, isn't Kawahara working on a remake kind of thing which further expands the story and eliminates the inconsistencies? |
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lolzteez said: LOL was that the couple from episode 1 at the beginning? Yes it is. xDDD Nice throwback. Welp finally saw the CR-subs. Great adaptation, feels better to have a more light-hearted episode than Ep. 3 LOL. But yeah, this episode and the next one highlights the differences between Orange Guilds and Red Guilds...and how MMO players personality changes online. Or people in general on the internet. :V Power corrupts. Except Kirito, cuz he's a BAMF Ace. Seriously, he just stands there and lets the Bad Ass flow out. xDDD Edit: Remake is called 'SAO: Progressive" retconning all the sidestories. But that's after Alicization...so 2 years or so from now heh. |
| Another solid episode but still waiting for the plot to get moving! |
| So "Black swordsman" SS was adapted quite good. So we'll get more SS next? As excepted Lizbet's SS would be later. |
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shinigami013x said: Another solid episode but still waiting for the plot to get moving! Technically the plot is moving, it's just giving a lot of information about the world of SAO. There will be a lot of references to all of these points by the main plot of Ep.8-ish I think. xD |
| I don't want to derail the thread to talking about the next episode, specifically the Murder Case so I'll keep it short. Despite Aria being adapted into one episode, it was very coherent and was very well done. This was because Aria at its core was actually a very short story with a lot of stuff padding it, though the padding was very good stuff such as more information about the game and such. However, with Murder Case, I feel that it has so much information about the core story itself that it will require two episodes. However, this can be easily remedied by having an original take on the case but the core content necessary to tell a coherent story requires two episodes. |
| This ep was better than the last one... I actually don't have that much expectation for this show anymore but I still like it very much. But one thing.... WHERE'S ASUNA?! |
| This episode is pretty good despite this being my least favorite side stories. The anime show more of Silica's fights than I expected (one scene). And the one-way battle against the Titian's Hand made me all tingly inside. (and snickered a little of Kirito's rolling spurs on his shoe) CAN"T wait for the Murder Case and Liz's story before the main storyline! But when did you read that the Murder Case was two episode? |
The bonds within stories are unbound, unexpected, unspoken. Only the characters themselves can see the truth of their feelings. No matter what others would deem incompatible or not. "Because we're imperfect, we couldn't help but search for each other. Because we're imperfect, we couldn't help but hurt each other." 'Perfect World' by Rocky Chack Spice and Wolf II |
| It's really nice having a main character that isn't useless for once. Kirito is actually strong, and rather cool. I could have done without a loli being introduced who is more concerned about her panties being seen than being useful. Kirito owning Rosalia and her goons was great though. |
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draker said: Girls like Silica really piss me off. If you don't want a guy to see your panties then don't wear a fucking miniskirt! Oh, the anime logic. Kirito is the one who gave her that outfit though... |
draker said: Girls like Silica really piss me off. If you don't want a guy to see your panties then don't wear a fucking miniskirt! Oh, the anime logic. Then people have no reason to buy the Blu Rays! lol... |
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kayos90 said: Well at least it shows his tastes. Does he have knack for magical girls by chance?draker said: Girls like Silica really piss me off. If you don't want a guy to see your panties then don't wear a fucking miniskirt! Oh, the anime logic. Kirito is the one who gave her that outfit though... Forbbidenx said: HAHAHAAHA! I did not notice. Oh dear I hope this does not turn into another "Kirito has lolicon fetishes" thing. I can already see it.Kirito is looking at Silica's ass lol |
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