Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld

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Synonyms: Sword Art Online: Alicization 2nd Season, Sword Art Online III 2nd Season, SAO Alicization 2nd Season, Sword Art Online 3 2nd Season, SAO 3 2nd Season, SAO III 2nd Season

Japanese: ソードアート・オンラインアリシゼーション War of Underworld

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 13, 2019 to Dec 29, 2019

Premiered: Fall 2019

Broadcast: Sundays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Egg Firm, Straight Edge, Kadokawa, Sonilude

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: A-1 Pictures

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Theme: Video Game

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.58¹ (scored by 453,890 users)

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Ranked: #1563²

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Popularity: #254

Members: 761,360

Favorites: 3,646

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Synopsis

Despite the defeat of Quinella—the pontifex of the Axiom Church—things have not seemed to calm down yet. Upon contacting the real world, Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya finds out that the Ocean Turtle—a mega-float controlled by Rath—was raided. Due to a sudden short-circuit caused by the raiders, Kirito's fluctlight is damaged, leaving him comatose. Feeling insecure about the people at the Axiom Church, Alice brings the unconscious Kirito back to their hometown—Rulid Village, disregarding her banishment due to an unabsolved crime. Now, Alice is living an ordinary and peaceful life close by the village, wishing for Kirito to wake up.

However, tragedy strikes when Alice notices that the Dark Territory has already started to invade the Human Empire. Reassuming her previous alias, Alice Synthesis Thirty, she promises to defeat the Dark Territory in order to defend the world that Kirito and Eugeo worked so hard to protect.

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Background

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld is an adaptation of volumes 15 through 18 of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series.

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Adaptation:	Sword Art Online
Prequel:	Sword Art Online: Alicization, Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Reflection
Sequel:	Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld 2nd Season
Summary:	Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Recap

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kirigaya, Kazuto

Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Yuuki, Asuna

Main

Tomatsu, Haruka
Japanese

Zuberg, Alice

Main

Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Asada, Shino

Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Eugeo

Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga
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
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Kaneko, Atsushi

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Niwa, Masami

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Futami, Yousuke

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Ono, Manabu

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Opening Theme

"Resolution" by Haruka Tomatsu

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Ending Theme

"unlasting" by LiSA

Reviews

Dec 28, 2019

Pipe

Recommended

The world of SAO's lit is already so jam-packed with Kirito and Asuna providing enjoyable moments that it's unimaginable we'd need any more of them. How many of the anime fans hate SAO and its story? The weird surprise of Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld it gives the possibility to a more creative story and to other characters to shine, leaving zombie Kirito as a secondary character. I know this already happened on the "Mother's Rosario" arc when other characters were allowed to take the lead. However, this time I think the author handled it better, and for that reason, Alice's growth ... is delightful, and the story is more enjoyable than the usual SAO's plot. Without any fear of mistake, SAO Alicization is the best arc of the series so far, and I hope to see the sequel in a few months because I am eager for more SAO.

The story is a prelude of the war that we will see in the sequel, and it has a nice pace. The plot introduce the characters and the reasons behind the fight. However, from my perspective, the villains are not appropriately developed, and some characters need a bit more details that I hope to see in the next sequel. We do not have the usual information about them, and that could be seen as a terrible outcome. Also, at the begging, following the events from Alacization, we have a Kirito that ended in a catatonic state. I thought that without him, the story would fail. Still, now I can say it is better. The other characters are now the protagonists, such as Alice. Her will to fight or all the conflicts surrounding her and the need to see all to possibilities and her reasons to wear the armor again. Furthermore, she proved that she could be the main lead of SAO's series. I liked the part when she decided to fight again in the first episodes. Also, if we notice, Kiriko is used as a motivational character, as we can see in some events. Even if he does not fight or talk, he stills as an essential character of the whole series. Additionally, the entrance of Asuna is excellent. Still, she looked vastly overpowered. The ending was interesting if you ask me.

I am not giving any further details about the plot; I want to avoid any spoiler that could destroy the readers' enjoyment. Even if you hate SAO or find it annoying, I am sure you can enjoy this arc. The bad part is that you need to know the characters or the previous arc to understand the whole plot.

The art and sound impressed me. It is excellent and gorgeous. I was not expecting that quality, and it helped the story to be entertaining. All the fights and the camera movements combined with a good score and sound mix made a great series that hope it continues with the same level in the sequel.

Finally, SAO is not a loved series. However, the LN is now the best LN of the decade in Japan; we need to give the series some credit and stop burying it because we cannot stand the plot in some parts. The fans loved it, and I love it. I know there are some silly parts that we want to avoid, but Alicization is the best arc from those novels. I am thrilled that they animated it.

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Dec 28, 2019

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Ok, so that's SAO too annoying when were gonna have to wait for the next sequel:

So:

Story:

Pros: The same plot and it involve where he 1st sequel end and as sual it involves them characters going back in to the VMMOPG world only this time the guy was push into the sidelines as a cripple and it's them girls who does the ass kicking.

Cons: The same plot where only this time were the characters with god tier capabilities were starting to keep adding, also the plot of them character having sympathy for a buch of NPC that were nothing more than algorithms inside a main ...

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Dec 28, 2019

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Not Recommended

"SAO is finally a good show" - general audiences after this season

So far SAO is a bad series not that no one could enjoy it, its just badly written. I still somewhat enjoyed it for its silly moments and had my fair share of fun watching it. Sword Art Online Alicization - War of Underworld tho is by many people regarded as the Season were SAO finally gets good. Well i disagree a whole lot with that statement and here is why.

Its time to beat a dead horse i guess.

I will maybe write some things some say are spoilers so here is ...

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