Can I watch this anime without any knowledge of anything about the previous seasons?

YooNooMAL said:
Well I just watched a random episode from the anime and it was a HUGE Meeeeh, the op was great and thats it.
what a coincidence, This was uploaded a hour ago XD
https://youtu.be/OR4e2OLs8kA

deiosa said:
I think you can since most of the story doesn't rely on knowing a lot about the previous story arcs, and anything that does is explained in the story itself.

Hrybami said:
Yes you can.

And it's not like knowing about the villains before hand would impact your experience in any way. You can pretty much guessing by yourself that villains are evil because they are bad bois. Don't tell me anyone could take these infodumps seriously.

ldanes said:
Yes, you can see it. But I must warn you that you will not understand some scenes where the reason for some actions are based on friendship or courtship, as Alicization and most recently War of Underworld told you have enough content to entertain you on its own. Anyway SAO you can skip some content like the second season of the first arc and see that summary and the summary of SAO 2, with that it will be enough, the movie does not contribute much to the recent plot.

chriskor022 said:
I think the movie is cannon because the anime add some characters from the movie and skipping GGO is dumb move because the antagonist have a duel with Sinon. So overall that is dick advice.

ldanes said:


You think that, but seeing a whole series just to know what you already said is an exaggeration, if he wants to skip a bit of the series it's fine for him, I only give a tip based on what he asks

ldanes said:
Why I give him a wrong idea? Seeing or reading a summary of the story is fine for him, especially the fairy dance season that only provides the introduction of a couple of secondary characters and gun gale that only provides that
If you are willing to not understand in few parts of Alicization what are the motivations of some secondary characters for not seeing part of the series, I do not see it as bad, it would still be enjoyed.

chriskor022 said:
i understand but skipping it is unnecessary and just drop the series. Reading summary is not a viable reason to skip it, it creates confusion and plotholes for the last part of Alicization. And its important to watch the series in order, because its the norm.

ldanes said:

I know that he must be confused in some parts, but it's not a big deal; yes it's the norm, i watch all the series, but he just want to skip, i gave him the best way to deal alicization with the less confusion in my opinion

chriskor022 said:
but its wrong. Clearly his not interested. So I think you just ignore him. Its not worth time telling him to watch the whole thing. Its not making sense.

ldanes said:

Yeah it's wrong for you but if he's not interested to see the first part your commentaries don't make sense

chriskor022 said:
nothing wrong in my comments, he is not interested in the series. So I think its not making sense to watch by skipping because its not.

ldanes said:


Ok, what is the "big deal" that he skip by watching the summaries? (except 1-12 cap.)

chriskor022 said:
by watching the summary is not advisable, he gonna skip some details and the final strech of the arc, with all the cast appearing is a factor. How they get here? Etc.

ldanes said:

Which details?, give me 3 BIG wtf factors that will prevent him from continuing with alicization

chriskor022 said:

1. How Incarnation works, explains it at the start of SAO.
2.How STL works, why Kirito is in that world explains it in Mothers Rosario.
3.why Kikuoka objective creating this simulation explains it in Alicization.
This three prevents him if he watching 1st season then skips to Alicization.

ldanes said:


1.- It's not a big deal, only a few characters are able to do that and change details (you don't mind how the eye of alice restores)
2.- STL it's explaned by kirito in the first cap, Kirito's "deepest motivations" can be ignored
3.- It explains in alicization, and viewing the 2nd summary give you and idea of his relationship with Kirito and others

chriskor022 said:
but not a viable approach. Skipping is dumb. I heard that main criticism on SAO is have a plot holes. And BS outcome but by watching it in order, it explain to you how the story works.

Godou said:
Screw the people who say skipping is dumb.

Dude, who cares as long as it's enjoyable. If someone finds the 1st season bad and want to just skip to the good season then go ahead. I rather have someone like my anime than hate it. There's no perfect anime so yes it has plot holes you just have to listen to criticism sometimes to realize that.

But to answer the question yes, you can skip all the past seasons because the previous stories doesn't affect this season much at all because there's a completely new story and cast for the most part.
Like for No Game No Life, the anime aired first and the prequel movie aired after but the anime still made sense and was fine, it's the same concept for this. If you like end up liking this season you could always go watch the prequels, not a big deal.