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| Waste of time. No Tonkii, despite the fact that this was the perfect chance to fix what they screwed up. Glad people have seen an announcement for season 2, but it definitely wasn't in the Crunchyroll version. Not too sure how I feel about GGO though, guns bore the crap out of me. |
| Watched the whole thing -_- mostly recap.......... The 20 mins of new material were pretty decent although WTF happened to Asuna´s hair??? |
| Nice 2 hour special. Just a refresh from the SAO and ALO arcs until 3/4 of the anime with finding the giant whale quest. Though I expect at least 1 hour of the recap and the other hour with some new scenes. Nice to see several recurring characters in here taking most of their spotlight. Well almost 50/50 of the episode is fanservice and recaps :D. And the most exciting news.... SEASON 2 here we come! :D. |
| yesssss another season of shitty art online |
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| Pretty much a recap episode with some extra scenes here and there. I was planning on re-watching SAO, but this special was worth watching. That interview lasted till late afternoon wow, and they ate nothing but candy lol. I prefer Asuna's SAO avatar than ALO. Idk, maybe her hair doesn't suit her, especially her usual red/white attire. The underwater quest was good, and that old man seemed too relaxed to just tell Kirito and the others he had his pearl stolen. Flashback scenes were also pretty nice as well. The phone call at the end was amazing GGO here it comes. BTW, does anyone think Pina would be Luster Dragon #2's baby form from Yugioh? They look similar. |
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| Wow most of it was recap, although I did enjoy it. Also enjoyed that quest that they did as well. They got to see a whale at the end there. |
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| Its funny how everyone is saying that this is 3/4ths a recap. I thought everyone knew what to expect already? The new scenes were pretty decent, PLUS the details for SAO2 just made my day. I wasn't a fan of the series when it first came out, but grew to love it after marathon-ing it last month. Can't wait to see how they animate the GGO arc. It's going to be totally different from what they had in the first two arcs (expecting something more along the lines of Btooom action maybe, but with guns instead). After gobbling up all the data I could find on the LN and forums up to the current arc, I'm totally hyped for SAO2. On a side note, I wonder what would have happened if they really did hand the egg over to the NPC dude.... |
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| I enjoyed it , looking forward to second season ! |
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| "You were actually pretty cute, that's my type". That guy and this line has made him very awkward ever since episode one. I see no reason to add this part but oh well. |
FishTaco said: yesssss another season of shitty art online Hey look! Another band wagon SAO Hater |
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| So it was a huge recap of the whole series but incorporating it into the plot. Watched most of it but then skipped some of the recap to see the new stuff. The underwater dungeon was cool and I really find it funny that the King of the Sea, comes down and basically pulls a Dora the explorer. "KRAKEN NO SWIPING!" "AW MAN!" |
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| I enjoyed the recap. I watch the whole thing and really enjoyed hearing the music again And that Plot! Dat Suguha plot :3 |
| glad it wasn't all recap with some fans service looking forward 2 season 2 |
| For a recap special,interquel to a second season, and short filler this was not bad. |
| Blue hair Asuna > LN Asuna |
| AWESOME NOTHING IT'S JUST AWESOME |
| '"Hearts, you say? You Humans are always so quick to speak of such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palms of your hands. But this eye of mine perceives all. There is nothing that it overlooks. If this eye cannot see a thing, then it does not exist. That is the assumption under which I have always fought. What is this "heart"? If I tear open that chest of yours, will I see it there? If I smash open that skull of yours, will I see it there?4th Espada |
| Great recap Special! I think.... x3 It was like a summary of Sword Art Online, but it was fun to watch all the characters and some of the scenes from the anime as well. :3 I enjoyed this til the end, so can't wait for the second season~! > W< |
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| It was good to see the whole series again. Can't wait for the sequel. |
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| Okay, so the first 80 minutes was a recap and the remaining minutes was a quest that focused more on Kirito and Suguha's relationship? I really wished they focused on how they did that quest. |
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| Funny thing. In S1 it still was somehow unclear did Asuna had sex with Kirito in SAO but judging from her reaction and how they made recap of that scene here... |
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Nachtwandler_21 said: Funny thing. In S1 it still was somehow unclear did Asuna had sex with Kirito in SAO but judging from her reaction and how they made recap of that scene here... Given how the scene played out, I don't see how anyone could argue they didn't do it. |
Phoenix6000Dec 31, 2013 3:59 PM
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| Enjoyable recap, I hope season 2 has less tear-licking, tentacle groping and twisted perverts than season one though. |
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Phoenix6000 said: Nachtwandler_21 said: Funny thing. In S1 it still was somehow unclear did Asuna had sex with Kirito in SAO but judging from her reaction and how they made recap of that scene here... Given how the scene played out, I don't see how anyone could argue they <i>didn't</i> do it. dem Italics though. |
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| That was long. But, I liked all the new stuff. Nice to see an in game quest. |
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| Skimmed through the recap, interesting twist at the end of the quest. Really looking forward to animated GGO. |
| so nice to hear crossing field again |
| Wait... there are two SAO : Extra Edition on MAL. What's going on? |
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| TO sum it up. This episode was basically a recap of season 1 with reactions by other characters. Sort of like fix with fan-service and recap. |
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| Did anyone else notice this emblem on Kirito's Sword, haven't seen or read about it anywhere before. |
ichigoteguzDec 31, 2013 5:06 PM
| I skipped some of the recap since I've rewatched plenty of episodes, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Su... gu... ha... <3  |
redinsideDec 31, 2013 5:30 PM
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| Watching the recap made me realize how bad the writing of the first season was. I am hoping that the bad writing and the mediocre animation level up for the GGO arc. Please! Anyways, nice fanservice and quest episode. Good to see Asuna with different hairstyle. |
hahailham1 said: sorry to ask but did i miss something about kirito character appearance ? did he revert to his original SAO appearance? ------------- about the episode, kirito didnt tell the truth about kayaba to the guy. the animation quality isnt as good as the 1st season, lot inconsistency in it. As far as I can remember, the old SAO players were asked to choose if they want to maintain their old SAO avatar that they used in Aincrad or make a new one using ALO's feauture. Everyone used their old avatar except for Kirito and Asuna. As usual, they won't explain shit like in the first season and I doubt they will do so next season.... I think the animation of this special is actually better than the first season. The first season's animation defines inconsistency. They just focused animating the battle scenes in the first season, other than that they didn't give a crap. |
| I liked the episode regardless of it being mostly recap. I brought back many feels from the show when the intro played and the Sachi footage ;_; Can't wait for SAO 2 ^_^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZSVM8Qi-rA |
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| So season 2 confirmed. Better not mess up in the second half like the first season. |
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| This made my new years eve the best one I had in life. |
The real world is past the virtual world is future. |
| All that nostalgia, fanservice, plot and the thrill of reliving Sword Art Online in over a year feels great and season 2! Can't wait. |
| OMG!!!!!!! SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDD!!!!!!! Season 2 !!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
| They had the girls in swimsuits in both the real world and the game world lol awesome. Kirito commentary on the first season, was good because it's been over a year since I watched the last episode of SAO so this was a good refresher even though I didn't really forget much, if any of it. The new stuff at the end was awesome, the quest was pretty cool. I'd like if they made more episodes like that, all of them partying up and doing a cool quest together. |
| Pretty boring ended up skipping though most of it. |
| =====Pros===== 1:54 asuna & kirito finally get to meet in real life :D 6:25 awesome swim suit fanservice 13:00 girl x girl fanservice!!! 30:31 smart phones have really replaced the old styled flip-open cell phones 38:57 super fanservice of asuna :DD 54:47; 1:16:25 how dare sugou smell asuna's hair like a dam pervert >:o 1:17:26 HOW DARE SUGOU TOUCH ASUNA THERE >:OOOOO I'm a guy and I feel like I'm being violated as much as asuna 1:21:34 asuna with blue hair… *heart flutters* 1:34:36 nice 'npc quest' twist. Npc dude ends up being a boss baddy. =====Cons===== 1.) Don't like the recaps because we already know what happened in first season of SAO. I just skipped all those summary parts. 2.) Not much asuna x kirito interaction in the real world 3.) The ending wasn't very memorable ------------------- All in all, I wanted more asuna x kirito. Felt like the movie left me with nothing in the final minutes. but that preview at the very end gave me hope & excitement for season 2. asuna all the way!! :D |
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