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JD2411 said: I never thought SAO could do something like this tbh. very good episode yup. best episode of the show |
| i was ready for a trouble but NOT FOR THE FEELS! T___________T |
| Simply loved this episode, the feels were so strong. |
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| Best episode of SAO and probably the best arc of all time. Some people complain about forced drama, but I need to disagree. Yuuki is suffering from a terminal illness people meaning she's going to die. Are you telling me if you had a terminal illness you'd be able smile as much as she does? She's a strong girl IMO. |
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Chef_Curry said: It seems like this show is heading in all kinds of random directions at this point, I'd like to see some more consistency such as a bigger focus on Kirito and Asuna's relationship considering they spent an entire arc (in SAO 1) making their relationship seem like the most important thing on the show. I have enjoyed the last couple of episodes a lot but Idk where they're really gonna go from here to finish the season. ... Again, this show has never been about KiriAsu. The show is consistent with his main theme, VR/games and his effects/uses on people and real life. |
Chef_Curry said: It seems like this show is heading in all kinds of random directions at this point, I'd like to see some more consistency such as a bigger focus on Kirito and Asuna's relationship considering they spent an entire arc (in SAO 1) making their relationship seem like the most important thing on the show. I have enjoyed the last couple of episodes a lot but Idk where they're really gonna go from here to finish the season. Romance is not one of the main themes of the show, it never was, even if it felt that way in the first season of the anime. |
Chef_Curry said: It seems like this show is heading in all kinds of random directions at this point, I'd like to see some more consistency such as a bigger focus on Kirito and Asuna's relationship considering they spent an entire arc (in SAO 1) making their relationship seem like the most important thing on the show. I have enjoyed the last couple of episodes a lot but Idk where they're really gonna go from here to finish the season. The how i about VR technology and its impacts to human lives and how the experiences with hi-tech stuff affect the characters psychologically. Romance is VERRRRRRRY small to non-existent thing in this story. |
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Chef_Curry said: It seems like this show is heading in all kinds of random directions at this point, I'd like to see some more consistency such as a bigger focus on Kirito and Asuna's relationship considering they spent an entire arc (in SAO 1) making their relationship seem like the most important thing on the show. I have enjoyed the last couple of episodes a lot but Idk where they're really gonna go from here to finish the season. Honestly speaking, Romance was being used only as a "tool" to prove, that Virtual World can be another reality and to show, how VR changes people. So don't get wrong impressions :P |
| Guess being in GGO helped Kirito, for once I thought he was being OP in a good way. Klein and Yui are here as well, all's good. Yuuki is just too fun to watch. Ah man, Asuna in action! The Asuna I love is back for real! Just awesome. And they won... Great plan! Time for some Yuuki x Yuuki yuri = I ship it. LOL at one of the player names in the Memorial i.e. "Aaaaa" And I just found that they got "Yuuki" Aoi to voice Konno "Yuuki". Coincidence? No. Man, Yuuki's backstory.... Right in the feels. She has been suffering for so long... Her one last wish. This episode was amazing. 11/10 |
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| I can't believe SAO made me feel something. |
| "The weak get washed away by the tides of fate...The strong drink it up."-Godot |
| It was ok for me. didn't got too emotional .. eh. nvm, good episode. |
| Oh my god, if they do what I think they will I'm going to break down. |
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| Yuuki :( |
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pacuuuuu3 said: I can't believe SAO made me feel something. Agreed, that was quite sad The lack of Kirito and the development in this episode will probably make this my favorite arc |
| Quite dramatic development but I like how it is developing so let's find out what the two last episodes will offer us! |
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| This is very sad, i wish some one could already find a cure for AIDS in 2025........ please....please some oneee |
| So many feels... :'( So Yuuki and others are terminally ill (and I knew that earlier before I watched this because I looked into spoilers lol) and have short time to live. Good thing Asuna is a true friend. Two more episodes. |
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| Wow that was so sad, unfortunately she got AIDS. I could already feel it next episode, the feels that is. |
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| Oh shit, my feels. ; ( Someone hold me |
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Barion-Zara said: Can people start rating this season up now. It's ridiculous how low it is compared to S1 even though it's way better <_< Sorry sir, this arc didn't have enough overpowered cool SFX and fanservice. Drama with Asuna and her situation with her parents was cool and all. But this Yuuki girl ain't got nothing on pseudo rape scenes that Shinon experienced. Bring Kirito back, and ratings will go up. |
Just watched the episode... |
| Actually shed a couple of tears this episode. Really good. |
| Trying hard not to cry too much because I have intern and classes tomorrow fuuuuck. Still cried a ton though. Puffy eyes on the first day of intern sounds like a good first impression. I already spoiled myself with Yuuki's condition but this episode still hit hard. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: It's an anime. You can't expect anime characters to portray realistic emotions given her disease, much less from a show called Sword Art Online. She's as strong as the writers want her to be. Nothing more nothing less. Best episode of SAO and probably the best arc of all time. Some people complain about forced drama, but I need to disagree. Yuuki is suffering from a terminal illness people meaning she's going to die. Are you telling me if you had a terminal illness you'd be able smile as much as she does? She's a strong girl IMO. That girl and her story is probably the only thing that makes me actually care about someone in this show. It's too bad she has to work with horrible characters like Asuna though. I still don't understand why Asuna is so special to this girl. Yeah sure she was "similiar" to her sister, which is just convenient isn't it. Nah, it's bullshit. Forced drama. I would love to get an explanation on how Kirito managed to discover her secret simply by fighting her. Did she say something to him? Because if she did then we sure as hell didn't see it. Did he just guess or did he just know out of convenience to make Asuna in focus and not himself for once? I bet he knew because he is Kirito, and because Asuna fits the "you're similiar to my sister" better than Kirito. Still think she should prioritize her guild members more. Asuna came in and took over the spotlight completely. Sure she might resemble her sister because that's convenient, but she should still not care about Asuna as much as she's doing. Her friends that she spent three years playing with are all of a sudden less important just because she met a stranger who happened to be similiar to her dead sister. That's what I don't like about this show. Main characters being important and special for stupid reasons. |
| Touching episode. I had a feeling it would be something like that for Yuuki. AnimeSweden said: At least from what I saw during SAO, Kirito had a few more fighting encounters with "real" people than Asuna did. An opponent who "lives" there will fight differently than someone just playing a game. I would assume he simply recognized that. (Though, I think I'm giving way too much credit to this anime.)I would love to get an explanation on how Kirito managed to discover her secret simply by fighting her. |
BurntJellyJan 16, 2015 7:35 PM
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BurntJelly said: Touching episode. I had a feeling it would be something like that for Yuuki. AnimeSweden said: At least from what I saw during SAO, Kirito had a few more fighting encounters with "real" people than Asuna did. An opponent who "lives" there will fight differently than someone just playing a game. I would assume he simply recognized that. (Though, I think I'm giving way too much credit to this anime.)I would love to get an explanation on how Kirito managed to discover her secret simply by fighting her. It could also be that since Kirito and Yuuki are kinda one in the same when it comes to VR. They both spend a lot of time in VR so it's more of it takes one to know one. Also Kirito is pretty smart so I'd imagine he would know when someone spends a lot time in VR. It would kinda imply if you were playing video games or anything at that and could tell someone spends tons of time practicing whatever it is. |
Bomb2chest said: How do you know that a player who lives inside the game fights differently? It's not something that was shown to us. It sounds more like an asspull. But okay lets say that it would be true, wouldn't Asuna know this as well? She was at the top of her fighting guild was she not? Surely someone of such strength would have fought other players as well. Thus making me think that Kirito shouldn't have been the only one to realize her secret. Hell there would be loads of other people who survived SAO that could do the same. BurntJelly said: Touching episode. I had a feeling it would be something like that for Yuuki. At least from what I saw during SAO, Kirito had a few more fighting encounters with "real" people than Asuna did. An opponent who "lives" there will fight differently than someone just playing a game. I would assume he simply recognized that. (Though, I think I'm giving way too much credit to this anime.) It could also be that since Kirito and Yuuki are kinda one in the same when it comes to VR. They both spend a lot of time in VR so it's more of it takes one to know one. Also Kirito is pretty smart so I'd imagine he would know when someone spends a lot time in VR. It would kinda imply if you were playing video games or anything at that and could tell someone spends tons of time practicing whatever it is. Kirito spends as much time in the VR as anyone else. It's not like we se him game hours on end all by himself everyday. He is rarely by himself in the game he is mostly with his friends and so on. So you know, saying that he is a hardcore gamer isn't exactly the same as actually living inside the game like Yuuki. How would Kirito know that someone spends a lot of time in VR? Does it show on their in-game characters face? I don't think so... |
AnimeSweden said: Bomb2chest said: How do you know that a player who lives inside the game fights differently? It's not something that was shown to us. It sounds more like an asspull. But okay lets say that it would be true, wouldn't Asuna know this as well? She was at the top of her fighting guild was she not? Surely someone of such strength would have fought other players as well. Thus making me think that Kirito shouldn't have been the only one to realize her secret. Hell there would be loads of other people who survived SAO that could do the same. It could also be that since Kirito and Yuuki are kinda one in the same when it comes to VR. They both spend a lot of time in VR so it's more of it takes one to know one. Also Kirito is pretty smart so I'd imagine he would know when someone spends a lot time in VR. It would kinda imply if you were playing video games or anything at that and could tell someone spends tons of time practicing whatever it is. Kirito spends as much time in the VR as anyone else. It's not like we se him game hours on end all by himself everyday. He is rarely by himself in the game he is mostly with his friends and so on. So you know, saying that he is a hardcore gamer isn't exactly the same as actually living inside the game like Yuuki. How would Kirito know that someone spends a lot of time in VR? Does it show on their in-game characters face? I don't think so... It's almost the same way a baseball scout could tell someone has talent more than others. Most likely that scout never played pro baseball in his life but he sure knows when someone has the skills. Also Kirito spent tons of more time in VR than anyone in the show(except maybe Yuuki but we still don't know that exactly. The reason Kirito even got duel wielding in SAO was because his reaction was faster than anyone's. Which he got this good from spending more time gaming in VR than most. Kirito has the skills and imo could also tell when someone is beyond him which he did. The show started off with SAO starting but they never showed how Kirito turned to VR because of real life issues(being lied to and never trusting anyone). |
| Very sad episode, but it was done well. Those underlying themes are something they should use from the start, it's this VR pros and cons, together with its controversy what make a story good. Mechatronics, eh? Is it? I have a hunch that Kirito's skills can be really usefull in real life too. As they are with Yui. |
| Oh gawd! This was a hard episode to watch. The feels... Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Asuna used online games as a form of escapism from her unhappy home life, fancying it as her reality at times (excluding the time she was trapped in it against her will). But then, she meets someone who is truly using it as their reality as a way to escape the pain and depression of a terminally ill body, to simply even exist with some semblance of true peace and happiness. Rich and well-off girl gets hit with a heavy dose of reality. I didn't expect that the entire Sleeping Knights guild consisted of people who were going to die soon. I had suspicions about Yuuki and Siune based on how they were acting, but the rest were a depressing surprise. If the ending is anything like what I think it'll be, then I really think this arc would benefit from having this episode moved back one or two episodes earlier to allow for more time for the build up of feels, but we'll see. If it can execute well from this momentum, then I expect this arc to end in a satisfyingly bittersweet manner. I really love that OST when Asuna logs in to meet Yuuki again, and the ED fits incredibly well with the emotions that I was beginning to feel at the end of the episode. |
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| on the stone it says KIRITO did clear floor 17. YIPI!! |
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| This is why I watch Anime. |
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| Man ... the feels :( Already guessed it previous episode, just got a vibe from the guild and considering their name aswell - And it was still hella sad. |
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| How the hell is this season not ranked above the first? The level to which this series turned its quality around has been astounding, but this... jeez, I knew it was coming (was spoiled), but I didn't expect it to hurt so much, and then you think that every single one of the members of the Sleeping Knights guild are in or will be in the same position as Yuuki... jeez, this show... |
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| Kirito to the rescue? |
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| Man, feel so sorry for Yuuki and her guildmates.. three months to live? seriously? I remember 5 years ago after I had undergone brain operation I was still confined in the hospital for more than a month because of all the antibiotics that I had to take through IV.. there's this one guy, a fellow patient he's just beside me. He was sleeping and then his wife was talking with my mom I was sleeping too or rather pretending to be sleeping but I was actually listening to them. She told my mom that his husband's operation was a failure and that he only has half a year left to live and that she don't how to tell him about it. I wonder what if that dude was actually awake at that time like me and was actually listening to them? Damn. RIP. Well I admire Asuna for pursuing after Yuuki.. if I was her, I'd let her go. Why would I chase after someone who I barely know and clearly doesn't want me around? This would've been better if Asuna and Yuuki were friends for a longer time. All they did was kill a boss and that's that. This episode is really sad indeed but it lacks depth. It's good but could be better. Yuuki can go to school using whatever it is Kirito is using to let Yui see him in the real world. I'm sure that's what they will do. Anyway I'm just glad I'm gonna watch an episode of gintama after this. Surely didn't expect a heavy drama in this show -,- I was avoiding drama dammit. |
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| This arc is so strong not only for the swordfights, but also for it's AIDS awareness and the focuson Asuna's problems |
| I am surprised people had "feels" watching this episode. It was so manipulative. We don't even really /know/ Yuuki or the Sleeping Knights. How am I supposed to be invested in their terminal illnesses? I am happy that Asuna is actually doing something though. I have missed her. |
| If only the rest of the show was like this, I might have caught the #feels. This felt really cheap though. They tried it. |
Reli77 said: Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeels!.. 2 eps left, my body is not ready. |
| Welp, we learned the devastating truth and it was...devastating. :( |
| Damn. Powerful stuff. |
| Omne Solum Forti Patria |
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