Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online (light novel)
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| It's amazing how enjoyable something with "SAO" in the title becomes when you don't have Kirito as the main character lol. But seriously, this was quite fun and had a lot of meme moments for me. Dudes don't even finish their sentences before getting blasted by bullets and our loli heroine is a tall babe irl. Yep, points given. |
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| This might be good |
impossablank said: This might be good as equally as it might not |
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| I love this new anime based in GGO in SAO 2. This cute and fast loli isAmazingand I like her as a main character. Nevertheless I more love her Pink P90  |
| Pretty good episode. I like how the MC's choice of weapon is the P90, which is my favorite submachine gun. Also her IRL form is hot. Am looking forward to the next episode. |
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ade-pewe said: Ranxomare said: After the great first season, the mediocre second season, this third started nicely... i like the shooter style game and the characters were nice too!!! Mixed cute and mixed rude, although i I would have preferred a little more action!!!! this is spin-off dude not third season. third season will be airing on fall season Yes, yes, you are in truth! Ssorry i was a mistake! Of course, it´s a spin-of, in this series don´t appears Asuno, Kazuto or Yuuki or Shino or... it was a other vision!!!! , i choose bad the words!!! ;) |
| Better than expected, the studio handled it quite well and I'm more invested in it than in SAO, since it's not just an overpowered MC slaughtering and banging everything and everyone. |
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| Not bad at all. You got your battle royale anime. Maybe we will see Sinon as a easter egg in this show. |
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| I found it fun to watch... Like the little pink MC! |
-NikoNiko- said: Better than expected, the studio handled it quite well and I'm more invested in it than in SAO, since it's not just an overpowered MC slaughtering and banging everything and everyone. TBF, while Kirito did end up overpowered due to glitches piling on top of glitches in early ALO arc, I'm pretty sure he's never laid hands on anyone but Asuna... As far as THIS series goes, <3 tall girl w/ THICC hips. Don't see that often in anime. :3 |
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| Plot is just plain stupid and characters are generic, but overall it's watchable so... I'll check one more episode just to laugh at how badly writers understand competitive online games and shooters in general. |
| The real life karen is better than the game LLEN. JSDF gets rekt by AGI build XD |
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| Ehh. Not that fun tbh but it was better than when the main show was in GGO. I did like the more action through tactics and less through a twat being OP with a lightsaber but at the same time, it wasn't entertaining for me. I'm not too sure how this would turn out at the end but hey, its better than SAO season 2 for sure. |
| can we please ditch Reki Kawahara for this guy who wrote Alternative? please? That first-person view was so fucking nice, it looked like CoD with gay anime shit, i loved it. They actually made GGO looks like an actual game instead of bullshit like it was on SAO. Like, srsly, this was just so good, and Karen is thicc in real life, love it. 5/5, this is already the best thing from SAO franchise ever made. |
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lol true. I want it to be good though. |
| MC saying she need to learn rappelling faster? MY ASS, her movement skill is fucking good enough to learn that rappelling. Why does this kind of anime need to make OP MC? |
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| My first SAO season >_< ahh im so excited and embarassed >_< I didnt really expect what i just saw tho. NEed more episodes to judge it ofcourse, since especially the last part of the episode made me 0.0 really hard. I really like how well 3hz explained what the anime is gonna be about in the first 40 secodns of prologue , very very good. So their world thought that Sword art online game is too dangerous and created a new game which is more safe but with guns instead. Coool,very cool. Karen is pretty cute and her special name Pu-chan aww <3 I also liked when she called herself a Lucky girl in such a cute voice <3 And in general her reactions and pouts and voice is just the greatest <3 I also like the design of her partner. Cool that Karen's main attribute is her speed and how agile she is and her being so small, thats very very cool. And that revelation at the end, whats with that? someone prefers to be a loli more heehee. Songs are ok i guess, when i'll connect to anime more maybe so will my love for the songs :P Anyway very good 3hz, keep going :D hope you succeed with the adaptation >_< EDIT: omg omg how could i forget to mention how great Karen looks with pink clothes ^^ |
HirugikuApr 7, 2018 1:39 PM
impossablank said: uninstallthegame said: as equally as it might not lol true. I want it to be good though. i don't want it to be bad either, but here we are... |
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Ookami-des said: Plot is just plain stupid and characters are generic, but overall it's watchable so... I'll check one more episode just to laugh at how badly writers understand competitive online games and shooters in general. if you can call it plot anyways. i know it's kinda early to judge, but if it's gonna be a story about winning a battle royale game, i'd rather watch some stream on twitch |
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| this shit is dull that i dont find anything interesting in their conversation.the slow pace killed this series. |
| DA TING GO SKRRRRRRRAAAAAA! PA PA KA KA KA! SKIBIKI PAP PAP! AND A PUT PUT DRRRRRRRR BOOM! .... SKIYAAAA!! DUT DUT KUT KUT TOOM TOOM! POOM POOM! |
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| I never watch SAO, but a small character that is crazy fast to the point you can barely target her is just cheating, c'mon xDDD |
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| LLENN is so cute I can't even. I liked this episode a lot up untill the end when she beasts those pros with out much trouble, I hope we are given a valid reason for why she is so good in the game all of a sudden, can run so fast and jump that high. |
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| Very good episode and honestly, the pro-team did exactly as I imagine real military forces would do. As a military enthusiast, I really enjoyed seeing this. I don't see splitting the team as a fault at all. Vast majority of militaries have the smallest unit a 4 man fireteam. Anymore than that becomes difficult to command for a single person. That's why on squad level, you have one squad leader and two fireteam leaders. There's no benefit in having a 6 man fireteam. A 4 man fireteam will have a grenadier, support gunner and two riflemen which is very versatile. As for the sniper team, sharpshooters usually have a spotter and a sniper. There's no point in having more than that. Having a 6 man sniper team is inefficient. Separating the sniper team allow the sharpshooter to provide overwatch for the advancing fireteam. Only problem I had was that they stood in the middle of an intersection. If you can hug a wall and protect one of your flanks with a natural obstacle, then you should always do that. Having a wall on one flank lets you concentrate that one extra gun else where. TBH, the instant they mentioned the suitcase, I knew it was that. Though I thought it was covering the manhole instead of her hiding in there. __________________________________________ The main team is pretty fine as is. Some of you mentioned 2 out of 6 seems like a disadvantage but its not. As I said earlier, a sniper team only needs two people to be effective. A spotter and the marksmen. Though she doesn't seem to fill her role as a spotter very well... but that's all you need to be effective tbh. Ideally, they would have a fireteam they can provide cover for during building clearing like the pro-team but that assume they have enough players for a full 6-man team. Otherwise, going for a typical 4-man fireteam would be better. ___________________________________ Also, I should note that having the MC defeat a fireteam consisting of real soldiers really raises the bar for future enemies....For something this early, I kind of worry. Maybe they can try to play it off as just good thinking but still. |
zcv45Apr 7, 2018 2:26 PM
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| LLENN was extremely annoying. I hope she will not stay this way. Small body plus speed is like cheating. At least come up with a new way to be OP than just straight up copy Kirito's agility. And who is that big guy teaming with her? He seems even more experienced than the "pros". This spinoff is a bit underwhelming. |
| Despite being a thorough SAO hater i was actually excited for this one, mainly because the 2 things that i despise the most in the main series, kawahara's writing and kirito weren't there. And boy was i pleased, i can proudly say this is the first time i actually enjoy anything related to SAO. The whole episode is just one game of GGO, but i must say it's a pretty intense one, with strategies and mechanics that actually seem to make sense (though i actually haven't put much thought into that). I especially liked that game mechanic with the satellite gimmick thingy that shaped the whole strats and helped in building tension (that thing the main series lacked to me). My only real nitpicks would be that llenn's level is kind of a mindfuck because at the beginning of the ep she seems to be some noob with a cool speed skill asking the pgm guy to provide exposition, but at the end she seems to be a pretty good player and famous one. Idk, maybe something went over my head because i'm kinda tired rn. 4/5 episode, looking forward to the next episodes. |
Daniel_Naumov said: Yeah in a mind controlled body VR environment. As if you were a visionary of VR technology based PvP games. And then you call it a bad writing, while you obviously fail to fathom just ANY STORY as there was none so far, but someone says it is brilliant compared to the original series. But me? I know you both are mere consumers. Damn, I understand that you are classic troll, but it's not trailer, it's full episode with straightforward explanations and poorly written behavior to fit most likely standart "cool players" plot. uninstallthegame said: if you can call it plot anyways. i know it's kinda early to judge, but if it's gonna be a story about winning a battle royale game, i'd rather watch some stream on twitch Yep, you have to ignore both IRL combat and online shooter/BR logic to not double facepalm on "yeah, we are pro, let's group at open so enemy could easily kill us, and then just surrender because it's training" (／_＼) |
UImoetard said: LLENN was extremely annoying. I hope she will not stay this way. Small body plus speed is like cheating. At least come up with a new way to be OP than just straight up copy Kirito's agility. And who is that big guy teaming with her? He seems even more experienced than the "pros". This spinoff is a bit underwhelming. If you read the LN, it was mentioned that agility build was a huge thing in GGO. Pale Rider was also a agility type, not just Kirito. In fact in the original anime, they showed the LN scene. The interview with one of the agility type players. The only problem I had with this adaption was the rookie mistake for the pro-team to be standing in the middle of a open intersection. If there is cover, use them. Always. The reality of the situation is that well-trained infantry would dominate against any type of GGO player. The modern infantry tactics is developed over 100 years of real warfare, so it's hard to imagine anyone including Kirito countering professional soldiers. I liked the touch of adding them in but if done poorly, you can easily write yourself in to a corner. I still found the whole scene to be a stretch but it was within suspension of disbelief. She had the element of surprise and at close proximity with a fully-automatic weapon in addition to her superhuman speed. I can let it slide given that they played to her advantage. If anything the pro-team just under-performed by being out in the open with no area of cover to run to. A extremely obvious mistake but it was literally the only mistake. |
zcv45Apr 7, 2018 2:23 PM
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zcv45 said: UImoetard said: LLENN was extremely annoying. I hope she will not stay this way. Small body plus speed is like cheating. At least come up with a new way to be OP than just straight up copy Kirito's agility. And who is that big guy teaming with her? He seems even more experienced than the "pros". This spinoff is a bit underwhelming. If you read the LN, it was mentioned that agility build was a huge thing in GGO. Pale Rider was also a agility type, not just Kirito. In fact in the original anime, they showed the LN scene. The interview with one of the agility type players. It doesn't matter that agility build is huge in the game or not. The pros' obviously had some amount of experience in the game already. They were acting like they had never seen such agility in the game. The point is, LLENN has an abnormal speed, making her OP in a similar way as Kirito. I personally would want her to be strong in a different way, maybe an analyzer like her teammate. |
Punkero said: LLENN is so cute I can't even. I liked this episode a lot up untill the end when she beasts those pros with out much trouble, I hope we are given a valid reason for why she is so good in the game all of a sudden, can run so fast and jump that high. The pros said it best. "That speed isn't the speed of a normal human." They were using the tournament as a means for training themselves for the real world. Her speed wasn't something they would encounter in the real world. So the four who were up close were caught off guard, and the two who were far away saw no merit in continuing since it wasn't something they'd encounter irl. |
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| Not liking that high speed of hers those pros would've won otherwise. Though it surprises me that they claim to be pros yet they leave a possible IED lying on the road when they go on foot. They should've destroyed it as soon as it came into view that was their mistake. |
Daniel_Naumov said: zcv45 said: If you read the LN, it was mentioned that agility build was a huge thing in GGO. Pale Rider was also a agility type, not just Kirito. In fact in the original anime, they showed the LN scene. The interview with one of the agility type players. The only problem I had with this adaption was the rookie mistake for the pro-team to be standing in the middle of a open intersection. If there is cover, use them. Always. The reality of the situation is that well-trained infantry would dominate against any type of GGO player. The modern infantry tactics is developed over 100 years of real warfare, so it's hard to imagine anyone including Kirito countering professional soldiers. I liked the touch of adding them in but if done poorly, you can easily write yourself in to a corner. I still found the whole scene to be a stretch but it was within suspension of disbelief. She had the element of surprise and at close proximity with a fully-automatic weapon in addition to her superhuman speed. I can let it slide given that they played to her advantage. If anything the pro-team just under-performed by being out in the open with no area of cover to run to. A extremely obvious mistake but it was literally the only mistake. Again, everyone is strongly advised to stop pretending to be a combat specialist, even more so while denying the reality and concept of the episode. There was nothing in their immediate vicinity they could be aware of, except for the fact that the enemy was somewhere there in an open, where they saw NOTHING. Their eyes give the mind the information that the sector is visually clear, why would not they move in? Maybe they should have pushed the bus in the middle to have just some cover, you could argue. Are they supposed to stand still and wait for something to happen? I guess, if they were playing the game. Another thing you all ignore masterfully - they were training, they are not your average shooter player that sits behind corners half the match. Hatism is bad, critique is expected, but constructive critique is welcome. Get your priorities straight, everyone. I wasn't even hating on the anime. I said I enjoyed it and in fact I look forward to it. I just said that the pro-team made an obvious mistake. Also visually clear doesn't make it clear. There's such things called ambushes and snipers. The enemy won't just let you see them. Also the scanner only scans for LEADERS. This means that a non-squad leader could easily of ambushed them for waltzing in the open like that. Not only that, they knew someone was near them. Even if they couldn't identify where she was, why would you stand out in the open knowing someone was there? Assuming she was visually out in the open, you wouldn't want to reveal your position either. There's no reason for them to do what they did. I wasn't complaining that they moved in. I was complaining how they moved in. You move from cover to cover. Also they are 'training' which is weird since the military should have their own VR for training but I can let that go. Just like I can let this scene go since as you said, its not a big deal. But since you mentioned training, yea that's true but they would still be leagues ahead of your average shooter player. As for hiding behind a corner half the match, noo... If you ever seen battlefield, CS;GO and CoD, people run around and jump non-stop the whole game not camp. Regardless, using cover =/= camping. The above was just minor issues with how the scene played out. Not the integrity of the story itself. If you want me to critique the story then I would say the following: Having the MC defeat a fireteam consisting of real soldiers really raises the bar for future enemies....For something this early, I kind of worry. Maybe they can try to play it off as just good thinking but still. |
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SayuriUliana said: Ashix said: Not liking that high speed of hers those pros would've won otherwise. Though it surprises me that they claim to be pros yet they leave a possible IED lying on the road when they go on foot. They should've destroyed it as soon as it came into view that was their mistake. These are Japanese, which I don't think have the same kind of experience with IED's as Americans or British do. Oh I didn't think of it that way. You may be right. |
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