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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Man this is crazy. Just from the following,  All are shipping Kirito x Rika. Insane in Japan! I admit though they were pretty cute together during this whole episode itself. About the beginning, the start has its merit in not only rich facials of Rika but of her teasing Asuna in the spoiler About Rika x Kirito, decided to do a nice list as to the moments of why they were so much like that for me.
About the fight, it was most amazing in the following,  Along with the spoiler About thee end, if the list was not enough the end really shows out how Kirito concludes with Rika along with some Rika teasing of Asuna. Whom was quite nice in the spoiler While Kirito finishes on 2 strong points as well, The first being in the spoiler The second was the most astonishing one in the spoiler So it’s quite easily the most Rika x Kirito episode and for a first quite surprising of how it developed between. Now it would be nice to know how much more the LN does this. If anyone cares to share their version of it. BTW End Art in the spoiler However nice collage of both weapons in the spoiler |
Yumekichi11Aug 18, 2012 9:47 AM
| >increases episode count after preview title is given >thread created >7 minutes ago. Ah fuck it, this is never gonna end. The CG dragon looks weird. Why CG though? Ilfang was cool enough as hand drawn. Ehh. And yeah, first love is already taken. Don't worry, I still like you Lizbeth. So, back to volume 1 now I presume for next episode. Nice. This should shut up all the people. Let's wait for the next episode before asking if they want that episode as episode 2 or not. |
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| Very good episode! Rather fascinating, but that CG dragon was lame. |
TyrelAug 18, 2012 7:12 PM
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belatkuro said: Well the things is Lizbeth even has more quality than Asuna so far.And yeah, first love is already taken. Don't worry, I still like you Lizbeth. I just hope they do something as EPIC as a sleepover soon enough. Keiko and Lizbeth have so far the most brownie points in terms of scoring moves with Kirito. Asuna needs to catch up ASAP NOW! Well as of this episode I have more than enough ammo to prove of a decent Kirito x Rika coupling. Well at least the main reason. I told many the dragon might be CG failure. I guess to a certain extend it might have been. However make no mistake that it can become much better in the BDs. So I would not bang the final say on this one yet. Buddy. |
Yumekichi11 said: belatkuro said: Well the things is Lizbeth even has more quality than Asuna so far.And yeah, first love is already taken. Don't worry, I still like you Lizbeth. I just hope they do something as EPIC as a sleepover soon enough. Keiko and Lizbeth have so far the most brownie points in terms of scoring moves with Kirito. Asuna needs to catch up ASAP NOW! Well as of this episode I have more than enough ammo to prove of a decent Kirito x Rika coupling. Well at least the main reason. I told many the dragon might be CG failure. I guess to a certain extend it might have been. However make no mistake that it can become much better in the BDs. So I would not bang the final say on this one yet. Buddy. Yep I'll be buying the BD's though I'm not sure if they will be subtitled. |
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| Perfect adaptation. This episode took around ~70 pages, previous two took 150 each. A clear difference when something actually has time to develop. |
mdzAug 18, 2012 2:56 PM
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| There's also a female player who fixes weapons? Didn't realize it until her scream, but she's by Takagaki-san? Kirito wanting a sword that's stronger than the current one? But it's too heavy!! She's amazed at his skill against the dragon. Because of her, they fell. They had to spend the night together. lol @ what they are finding out is dragon's poop, and they slept at dragon's house. Now it's against two of Sphere girls for getting Kirito? After seeing Asuna, she gave up. Nice new sword, though. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| Oh.. so this episode reveals 'that' already huh?. /hasn't watched yet. |
| Kirito is badass and so is his sword. Poor girl Liz coming too late. Not bad an episode. Good thing we will get the main story going, finally. |
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Paul said: The answer is no, they didn't.Oh.. so this episode reveals 'that' already huh?. /hasn't watched yet. |
belatkuroAug 18, 2012 11:14 AM
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belatkuro said: Paul said: The answer is no, they didn't.Oh.. so this episode reveals 'that' already huh?. /hasn't watched yet. I see, that's good I guess... /waits for subs Though... now that I think about it, I could probably watch the entire thing and understand no problem. |
| volume2 finally ends（except YUI） next week will come the main story，I hope the quality can be higher，especially BGM。 |
ReariaAug 18, 2012 11:22 AM
Nowhere,everywhere.  |
| I thought the episode was pretty well done, it cut out some parts that would be spoilers. The only part it cut that I would complain about would be him using his sword to break the fall, but still enjoyed it without it. But that is the end of the side stories for now, on to the main plot things should start picking up now ! :D |
| It's still rushing like always but they cover the important stuff so doesn't really matter, the quality of dragon feel kind of odd but that doesn't destroy most of the anime but fun to watch. Back to main story and soon a little more sidestory. Kirito x Asuna. :D |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| that cg dragon was so retarded lizbeth smelted dragon shit into a sword double tsundere this show |
| ~"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands." (Pirsig) |
Dessiato said: Regicide said: that cg dragon was so retarded lizbeth smelted dragon shit into a sword double tsundere this show always something to complain about right!?!?!? I find it funny that we get a GOOD episode, and people still find ways to complain, even invalidly. not really complaining other than the cg dragon |
| ~"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands." (Pirsig) |
Dessiato said: Regicide said: Dessiato said: Regicide said: that cg dragon was so retarded lizbeth smelted dragon shit into a sword double tsundere this show always something to complain about right!?!?!? I find it funny that we get a GOOD episode, and people still find ways to complain, even invalidly. not really complaining other than the cg dragon I don't... even... Are people just spoiled now? On a side note, if people download they can be found on horriblesubs. Correct, people are finding more ways to complain about a well directed episode, seems like it happens way more often when it comes to SAO for some reason. |
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| another terrible n boring episode. time to drop it. 2/5 5/10 |
| Decent episode. Didn't think the dragon was too bad. I mean, it could have looked like F/SN's dragon in the anime. Now that was pretty bad. |
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| This episode wasn't that bad, it was better than I expected it to be. I don't know why they decided to use 3DCG to animate the dragon, but whatever, it could have been worse and atleast, we saw some "real" fight. IIRC, I don't think they skipped important things, this episode got a pretty decent adaptation to my eyes. 4/5, because, it's been so long since the last real fight (episode 2 ?). Also, so many lewd moments. |
| Ugh. The overall narrative was great but the theme and the character development just felt so rushed that it was hard for me to care. The ending was particularly jarring because it's hard to see that's how Kirito feels or how Lizbet feels. It just feels like there was no precedence for that stuff and as a result it feels out of the blue. I think this episode suffers from pacing and rushing just like episode 3 but not to the crazy degree. It's just hard to care about Lizbet and the themes of the episode when it doesn't really give you precedence or the time to sink in. Other than that, it was an okay episode. Great that it remained faithful to the SS though compared to the other SSs. *sigh*. Oh well. It sucks that this show has the ability for so much awesome fight scenes yet it opts for still pictures for fights. Come on... |
Yumekichi11 said: Regicide said: That could be positive. The interactions are so much more win to see how they intermingle together. Not often you have 2 girls of those types in shows.double tsundere this show since it was only for the side story i wonder |
| ~"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands." (Pirsig) |
| Aww I love how they animated liz :) Great episode, enjoyed seeing the part when they latch to the dragon! |
| Why people so complaining about the Dragon. I didn't even realize that it was CG. It looked CG just maybe just in moment it appears but not in other. |
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| Poor Lizbeth... On another note, it would be really convenient if you could really make a sword that easy. |
| Liz is one of my favorite side stories, and largely i was very happy with this adaptation, much moreso than the last one at least! I really like Liz as a character too, but based on the name of the preview and the fact that i can't think of many more side stories that they can choose from, we're going to see alot more Asuna/Kirito action coming up. Can't wait! prismheart said: On another note, it would be really convenient if you could really make a sword that easy. Heh, rl perhaps but it really is that easy in any mmorpg. :P |
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| Awesome ep my favorite so far :D |
| Good thing they didn't animate the part where he did "that". Kerozinn said: another terrible n boring episode. time to drop it. 2/5 5/10 bye~ |
Regicide said: OH NO NO! Rika is bound to come back later and I even know it might beyond SAO with Rika, well I heard around. Oh yeah plenty of Rika to come back and with Asuna there are chances of that too.Yumekichi11 said: Regicide said: That could be positive. The interactions are so much more win to see how they intermingle together. Not often you have 2 girls of those types in shows.double tsundere this show since it was only for the side story i wonder |
| The dragon looked stupid. But liked the romance between Liz and Kirito. Feeling so bad for Liz but still rooting for Asuna :D |
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| Well, I think they pretty much got everything that was needed in there while not being too revealing, and they even managed to make that dragon look godawful. And there really isn't anything else to complain about, so I really don't see why there are so many complaints. I mean, really, what is it people want to watch these days? I can name at least 13 other currently airing shows that are much, much worse than this. Actually, this is one of the best shows airing right now. Which isn't really that amazing though, considering the current state of the industry. Also, Kirito×Liz > Kirito×Asuna. Which, of course, does not mean that I don't like Kirito×Asuna. |
OosranAug 19, 2012 12:25 AM
| Protip: I don't really check the forums anymore, so if you want something, take it on my profile. Is it time for my long-awaited return to the forums? щ(ﾟДﾟщ) Nope™, probably not. |
Oosran said: And there really isn't anything else to complain about, so I really don't see why there are so many complaints. Let me give you one then: 7 episodes and we're only going to Main Story next week, if that is not enough, I don't know how you can be so patient. |
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| I wonder what is going to become of the sword Kirito forged? Gift to Asuna perhaps? I enjoyed how Kirito acted now in comparison to the first girl he let die( I can't remember her name for the life of me atm X P). It's been like what 5 episodes since then but I feel he's grown a lot as a person. |
 Asuna, you got competition now. |
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| Was an alright episode. Disliked the CG'd dragon. |
| Liked the episode, I hope they keep it up. |
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