Sword Art Online II

A year after escaping Sword Art Online, Kazuto Kirigaya has been settling back into the real world. However, his peace is short-lived as a new incident occurs in a game called Gun Gale Online, where a player by the name of Death Gun appears to be killing people in the real world by shooting them in-game. Approached by officials to assist in investigating the murders, Kazuto assumes his persona of Kirito once again and logs into Gun Gale Online, intent on stopping the killer.

Once inside, Kirito meets Sinon, a highly skilled sniper afflicted by a traumatic past. She is soon dragged in his chase after Death Gun, and together they enter the Bullet of Bullets, a tournament where their target is sure to appear. Uncertain of Death Gun's real powers, Kirito and Sinon race to stop him before he has the chance to claim another life. Not everything goes smoothly, however, as scars from the past impede their progress. In a high-stakes game where the next victim could easily be one of them, Kirito puts his life on the line in the virtual world once more.

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Kirigaya, Kazuto Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Yuuki, Asuna Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Asada, Shino Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Konno, Yuuki Main

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Yui Supporting

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Kirigaya, Suguha Supporting

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Tsuboi, Ryoutarou Supporting

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Ayano, Keiko Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Shinozaki, Rika Supporting

Takagaki, Ayahi Japanese

Mills, Andrew Gilbert Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki Japanese

Miki, Kazuma Producer

Futami, Yousuke Producer

Itou, Tomohiko Director

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

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Jul 8, 2024

Elyshion

Recommended

Sword Art Online II is slightly better than the first season, particularly due to its first arc which is more interesting than the subsequent arcs. It's a pleasure to follow the series' protagonists, some of whom have evolved, especially Kirito who regains his charisma. Overall, the characters are well developed. Unfortunately, the second arc, Calibur, and the third arc, Mother's Rosario, are quite disappointing. Only Asuna's mother stands out as interesting. The animation and character design continue to evolve and remain pleasing and enjoyable to watch. As for the soundtrack, I love both openings and the first ending. The OST is good. I only remember ... the first arc for its high quality, which slightly restores 'SAO' in my estimation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 15, 2024

0004_1

Mixed Feelings

Art - 7/10 YEAHHH The animation is nothing special in this season, no where near as good as season 1

Characters - 6/10 Honestly, Most of the characters in this season are fine, especially towards the end but Kazuto is still an edge lord mc who acts way cooler than he is.

Story - 5/10 First half of the season is basically star wars, and the second half is definitely better but looking at newer isekai its pretty generic albeit coming at a far earlier stage in isekai history.

OST/Sound Design - Probably going to remove this section from my reviews, because it doesn't really matter but SAO ... is obviously a big name anime so its got high production quality

Enjoyment - 6/10 The ending of the season is really damn good, just wish the first half wasn't as desperate as it was to give us information about guns, and Kazuto in GGO is um.... A strange character.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 17, 2024

Waffle188

Not Recommended

oh ma days man, SAO II is making the mandems livid innit.

Plot/Story and Character: 2.5/10

A 10-year-old probably wrote the entirety of this story. Everything just doesn't make sense. They live in a world where technology is so advanced that they have full-dive VRs everywhere; however, I guess this technology budget wasn't used on anything else other than VRs because the whole Japan doesn't have the technology to track one guy in-game and needs a 17-year-old boy to save the day.
The whole plot revolves around Kirito and this new girl, Asada Shino, so that all the other important/main characters, like Asuna, are simply left behind. Well, ... of course, they need to do this so that this new girl also joins Kirito's harem, and once she joins in, the show just gives up on them and they lose their personalities. Most of the girls in Kirito's harem party are so useless that if you removed them from SAO II, the story would probably run better. Rika, Keiko, and Sugu manage to add nothing to the show and just sit, hug Kirito and say, "WOW, KIRITO-KUN! SUGOI!!!!"
Hmmm, 5 girls might not be enough for Kiriko; how about we add another one: Konno Yuuki. Another one joining the cheer squad for the last 5 episodes (i have no words...)

Pacing: 3/10

The pacing is absolute trash. You thought the time skips during the Aincrad arc and the jump between the Aincrad and fairy land arc in the first SAO were bad? Well, prepare for yourself; SAO II manages to make it even worse. They managed to add in another arc in, so in total, there are 3 arc in 24 episode (Gun Gale Online or Phantom Bullet, Calibur, and Mother's Rosario.) I wish they could dive deeper in the gun world instead of vaguely exploring it, because I was actually interested in the story for the first 2 episode. 50% of the episodes were only talking, all of the information I got from watching 2 people talk for 20 minutes could've done in 2-3 minutes.

Animation/Sound: 7.5/10

The animators and the production team were undeniably good. It kept its quality from the first SAO. The fight scenes were done well, which is why I forced myself to finish this show.

Overall: 4/10
The idea of SAO is really a masterpiece. I really liked the SAO progressive movies (very recommended), where the pacing was actually good and Kirito didn't need his harem cheer squad.
But SAO II is just not it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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