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Oct 6, 2012 1:14 PM

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Karura_Jiinsaru said:
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(And also, what was the point of that resurrection item? just a red herring?)


when did that happen? I don't think I noticed that

Episode 3, remeber?


ohhh I thought he was talking about from this episode lol

yea i remember
Oct 6, 2012 1:15 PM

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Karura_Jiinsaru said:
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(And also, what was the point of that resurrection item? just a red herring?)


when did that happen? I don't think I noticed that

Episode 3, remeber?


It's been an almost a year since then, Kirito told Klein to use it on the first person he sees that dies.
Oct 6, 2012 1:15 PM

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prismheart said:
The costs associated with keeping the 6000 plus players alive must be through the roof.
The cost of insurance and any other clams will be even higher.
Like guy is dead (let's asume) but company that made game and that helmets - why will go down in flames (if didn't already).

And since there is story left...
I would love this as ending episode.
Oct 6, 2012 1:15 PM
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Braces yourselves, the ALO arc is coming.
Oct 6, 2012 1:17 PM

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I can't wait to see the next episode.I want to know what happened to Asuna.
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Well, now whats going to happen? ._. I know its not over but how are things going to go from here? Honestly, I just want to see next weeks so kirito and Asuna can be reunited in real life.




Le fuuu

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Oct 6, 2012 1:18 PM

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xtremexx said:
Wonder how much they are going to cover, could they cover gun gale too?


Spoiler tag please:


Great episode.The battle,KiritoxAsuna moments, Kayaba(that guy), the OST, everything :D

Can't wait for next week!!
Oct 6, 2012 1:20 PM

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meepsheep said:
Horrible end to that arc. :/ First half is way too rushed, even if I didn't read LN. The romance is so forced that I can't bear to watch it. 2/5 for this episode.
If anything they already drag this shit, its just like that on novel.
Oct 6, 2012 1:21 PM

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YES! Now commence, ALO project!!!
I don't get why people like Asuna so much... I mean i like her too, but just because she's cute. however, there are other cuter characters like Shino, Suguha, Sachi and Silica. I thought she was a bit clingy ever since they started dating. It's my opinion so don't go bash me because I don't like Asuna as much as the other girls.
Oct 6, 2012 1:22 PM

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Is it me or... (spoiler for both accel world and sao)



Hurdurdur?
Oct 6, 2012 1:22 PM

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The good thing about ALO is that it actually takes time to develop a character that isn't Kirito and Asuna (you know..so we can actually give 2 craps about them). Also the plot is a lot more focused so the pacing is 20 times better.

The problem is the villain is even worse than the villain of this arc (if that can be believed haha).

This episode was horrible in the LN but not quite as bad here, still pretty stupid though. Sailor moon style ending ftw~
Oct 6, 2012 1:23 PM

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SaraSlurpsCoffee said:
And will the episode still be coming out next week or will there be a delay?


still comes out next week
Oct 6, 2012 1:23 PM
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prismheart said:
The costs associated with keeping the 6000 plus players alive must be through the roof.
Not to mention that everyone has their own room...

Future Japan sure looks magnanimous in the public health department.
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Oct 6, 2012 1:24 PM

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well this arc ending was done well, couldn't expect more from them if everything was just crammed into one single episode.

Although it felt rushed, but this ep contained everything I could imagine when reading the novel. But without explanation, the fact that kirito still alive after his health dropped down to 0 still annoyed the hell out of me if I haven't read the novel first, felt like plot armor.

Anyway, waiting for ALO, we're gonna see a lot of amazing stuff out there xD.
Oct 6, 2012 1:27 PM

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Was i stupid to think that the main characters would live through the whole of the series (i certainly thought so when a certain person got slashed XD) i'm not even joking i was trying to make words but all that came out were profanities and A LOT of angry arm flailing :)
Oct 6, 2012 1:27 PM

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ThanatosPersona said:
I don't get why people like Asuna so much... I mean i like her too, but just because she's cute. however, there are other cuter characters like Shino, Suguha, Sachi and Silica. I thought she was a bit clingy ever since they started dating. It's my opinion so don't go bash me because I don't like Asuna as much as the other girls.

The main reasons would be that she's hot, she can fight, she has wife-like traits, and she's the second main character to this show. :/ I find her really tsundere and annoying though LOL
Oct 6, 2012 1:28 PM

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Fuck yeah!
Oct 6, 2012 1:28 PM

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jimmypod said:
Is it me or... (spoiler for both accel world and sao)



Pretty sure its just you; i wouldn't consider

Oct 6, 2012 1:29 PM

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Awesome episode and an awesome fight, not to mention emotional.

Oct 6, 2012 1:30 PM

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Da fuck did I just watch?
Oct 6, 2012 1:32 PM
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For a moment there I thought it was the final episode so I was wtfing the whole time.
What's this ALO you've been talking about?
Oct 6, 2012 1:32 PM

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I hope they can explain what happened just now..
Still looking forward to the next arc ^^
Oct 6, 2012 1:33 PM

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draker said:
What's this ALO you've been talking about?

It's the abbreviation for the second arc of SAO. Without spoiling it to you, more crazy shit happens to everyone. :P
Oct 6, 2012 1:33 PM

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draker said:
For a moment there I thought it was the final episode so I was wtfing the whole time.
What's this ALO you've been talking about?


The next online game they play, so they can drag out the story more.
Oct 6, 2012 1:34 PM

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Loved this! Can't wait for the next episode, want to see how ALO looks like :)
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draker said:
For a moment there I thought it was the final episode so I was wtfing the whole time.
What's this ALO you've been talking about?


Its the second arc; SAO covers volumes 1 and 2 (plus the SS Aria which was episode 2 and the Murder case in volume 8 which took up two episodes). Volume 3 and 4 cover ALO; the ending of volume 4 should be the end of this series.
Oct 6, 2012 1:36 PM

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Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the part when Kirito and Asuna were in the sky but... I can't say I liked Heathcliff vs Kirito part. It's not badly done but below my expectations. Nonetheless, still a very enjoyable episode.
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Oct 6, 2012 1:39 PM
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I was kinda expecting more out of the final two boss battles. The last episode ended really good and in this one it ended really quickly. The big reveal was nice but in this too I was like "that's it?" I guess my expectations were just too high.

With that said, I did like the whole "afterlife" scene when everything was explained and Asuna and Kirito had their good-byes. Kirito waking up in the hospital with long hair and then getting up looking for Asuna was really sweet. Unrealistic due to atrophy but really nice. I give this arc a 7/10.
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I don't get why people like Asuna so much... I mean i like her too, but just because she's cute. however, there are other cuter characters like Shino, Suguha, Sachi and Silica. I thought she was a bit clingy ever since they started dating. It's my opinion so don't go bash me because I don't like Asuna as much as the other girls.

The main reasons would be that she's hot, she can fight, she has wife-like traits, and she's the second main character to this show. :/ I find her really tsundere and annoying though LOL
The tsundere thing doesn't annoy me that much since it isn't that bad and it spices things up in relationship.
Oct 6, 2012 1:39 PM

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An episode. Nothing more, nothing less.








Buckle up for ALO!
Oct 6, 2012 1:41 PM

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Hmm so ALO is also only 2 volumes overall... it should be split evenly, but now 14 episodes of SAO passed and only 11 for ALO left...
Oct 6, 2012 1:42 PM

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exostalker said:
Hmm so ALO is also only 2 volumes overall... it should be split evenly, but now 14 episodes of SAO passed and only 11 for ALO left...


SAO had more pages and more content than ALO, a lot of the stuff in ALO can be animated more quickly. Its also a straight line adaption so no side stories.
Oct 6, 2012 1:43 PM

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InfiniteDestiny said:
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An episode. Nothing more, nothing less.


Its an episode? you don't say....


Gosh, is that the best they you can imply it? :/

What I'm trying to say is that it wasn't good episode, but it wasn't bad episode either. It was simply just an episode.
Oct 6, 2012 1:45 PM

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Didn't really like the final stab part. It seemed rather"Meh". Almost like they tried TOO hard to make it stand out as Asuna willing Kirito on. I think the symbolic gesture of him finishing off Heathcliff with his dead wife's Rapier would have been good enough.

The rest of it was amazing.

I get the feeling that the space where Kirito and Asuna shared their final moments is the place where dead players go to wait out a time buffer that is built into the system. Asuna had died mere moments before Kirito and Heathcillf. maybe she was still waiting for he demise when Kirito showed up. With backups in case of errors and other anomalies, it probably was about 30-45 seconds or so waiting in limbo. This probably included time for the Christmas resurrect item.

But since the game was defeated within that limbo time frame maybe Kirito and Asuna were spared the final nervgear self destruct. Being that the game being cleared superseded the self destruct command.



Yes, the next arc will be disturbing to say the least. I see some people are giving out hints. Be prepared to rage.
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Oct 6, 2012 1:46 PM

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YES! D'': This episode was really sad though. The end. KiritoxAsuna shipper forever. That ending scene, the tears.

Anyways, I expect that the ALO arc is next?? :DD It's my favourite arc~ I think they should go ahead and make an anime of all the novels, they're all so good.

Oct 6, 2012 1:51 PM

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meepsheep said:
ThanatosPersona said:
I don't get why people like Asuna so much... I mean i like her too, but just because she's cute.

The main reasons would be that she's hot, she can fight, she has wife-like traits, and she's the second main character to this show.


Look at Asuna I love her because she's has waifu traits, she's just going to be in a kitchen cooking my food and having my babies all day :DD
Those are the cutest things a girl could ever do!!
Oct 6, 2012 1:52 PM

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WOAH! They're in the real world now?! Dang this is turning into the Matrix or something! What's the rest of the series gonna be like now? Are they just gonna try to find each other in the real world? Are they gonna have real world sword fights and stuff?! Will the Sword Art Online world come back better than ever? Man I'm mad hype right now! At first I was really bummed because I thought they were gonna die and the series was just gonna end like that. But then Kirito showed up all malnourished and stuff and then the credits started rolling and I thought it was gonna be a cliffhanger ending! But there's more episodes! Awesomeness! Amazing episode! I love this show!
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Oct 6, 2012 1:52 PM

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Really emotional episode ,and just leaves you there waiting or more!
Oct 6, 2012 1:53 PM

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Karpola said:
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For a moment there I thought it was the final episode so I was wtfing the whole time.
What's this ALO you've been talking about?


The next online game they play, so they can drag out the story more.
So they learned nothing from this and just wear another nervegear as they see one? I don't get it.


Oct 6, 2012 1:53 PM
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lmfao i had a feeling it will end like this. Not suprised or really impressed. So is the next episode ALO? or does it show more of what happens in the real world?
Oct 6, 2012 1:53 PM

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i prefer the ALO part over SAO so i'm happy that we finally left SAO behind us.
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hey wtf super ep is this.. i thought when u die on game u will die on other world too?? kirito and asuna died but they win the game does that explain why they're still alive?

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Karpola said:
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For a moment there I thought it was the final episode so I was wtfing the whole time.
What's this ALO you've been talking about?


The next online game they play, so they can drag out the story more.
So they learned nothing from this and just wear another nervegear as they see one? I don't get it.


lol amusphere to be exact, cause nervegear was stopped producing due to safety reason.
And there's another reason for them to dive in another world, they have to.
Oct 6, 2012 1:55 PM

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Amazing episode,the duel was good and Aincrad destoying was sadness.
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DarkTemptation said:
hey wtf super ep is this.. i thought when u die on game u will die on other world too?? kirito and asuna died but they win the game does that explain why they're still alive?


obviously the guy lied
Oct 6, 2012 1:56 PM
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I don't get why people like Asuna so much... I mean i like her too, but just because she's cute.

The main reasons would be that she's hot, she can fight, she has wife-like traits, and she's the second main character to this show.


Look at Asuna I love her because she's has waifu traits, she's just going to be in a kitchen cooking my food and having my babies all day :DD
Those are the cutest things a girl could ever do!!

lol too bad bro, it's not your baby, it's kirito-kun's baby
Oct 6, 2012 1:57 PM

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Rush much?

Some guy one another forum said this was a perfect ep.
I say, not even close.
It was rushed as I've said, it was confusing.
It was lame that we didn't get to see more of that boss battle.
First I thought Asuna died of course, I was shocked, then she comes back and I think she lived, then Kirito starts to cry a lot, then he wakes up and says Asuna and walks out.
So I guess he's gonna look for her. SO IS SHE DEAD OR NOT? :P
What will happen in the next ep is so predictable, especially with that titile. Of coruse he'll go back.

I'm so disappointed at this ep, GAH.
Just make Klein the main, he's cooler XD

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JavierR said:
lmfao i had a feeling it will end like this. Not suprised or really impressed. So is the next episode ALO? or does it show more of what happens in the real world?


Next episode will set up ALO; just as the title indicates its the "Return" to the real world.
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InfiniteDestiny said:
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An episode. Nothing more, nothing less.
Its an episode? you don't say....
Ah, let me deepen the description: Televised segment of drawn animation, transmitted over an approximate period of 24 minutes, consisting of a series of 24 pictures per second to give the illusion of movement, and composed in such a way that illustrates the narration of a story.
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Oct 6, 2012 1:58 PM

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This episode actually made me cry a bit(alot*)
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