Sword Art Online: Alicization Episode 23 Discussion

Arikawa-chan said:
To anyone who read the manga please spoil me what's gonna happen next. And also, did Quinella really get to the other side? And by other side she meant outside the VR right?

Pedram said:


Novel is full of inner monologue and character developments and explanations.

I give u a brief example of Kirito vs Chudelkin.

• Alice say she can only keep the Fire Genie off for 10 sec.
  
• Kirito goes into thinking how he should kill the guy in 10sec w'o him dodging or just running away.
  
• He think the longest skill he can use... it's Vorpal Strike... but even that is 1/3 of the distance he need to reach chudelkin...
  
• then he think about how he never used any of his signature skills from Aincrad in here... any of the skills that Black swordman was known for...
  
• then he goes into struggle and how and why he always hate and run away from his blackswordman persona... which also had a lot of foreshadowing before this, tho novel didn't point them out again but you can connect the dots.
  
• then he kinda get over his trumas and decide he should clear his mind and use them along with Incarnation... and try to make the Range of Vorpal Strike 3 time bigger to 1 hit kill Chudelkin.
  
• While he try very hard to use incarnation because of it being his signature skill of black swordman his cloth change and take his old aincrad appearance.
  
• he signal eugeo to distract Chudelkin and use his incarnated Vorpal Strike to kill Chudelkin.
  

well these all take so long to explain in the novels. but what anime did ?

• Alice say he keep it for 10 sec
  
• Kirito yell and change his cloth
  
• Eugeo distract and Kirito attack.
  

this is a simple example and i didn't even explain it all, there is many more scene like this.


plus stuff like why Cardinal decide to give up and why she even believe Quinella would let them go if she make a deal and don't help them and let herself die or how Kirito Alice Eugeo were thinking while Cardinal was sacrificing herself and how Eugeo come up with the plan and such... all is in the novel.

but anime don't show anything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

KeeloSantana said:
I knew i wasnt the only one...his whole season has been garbage, 1min fights and 20min dialogue episodes. Cardinal died for no reason, I dont see why Eugeo needed to turn into a sword....could have gone better if they asspulled it and made Eugeo/kirito an administrator too and have beat Quinella that way...but no all it takes is 2 deaths and a flashback for kirito to decide to save the day

Shirokuza said:
Bro, if you have watched this episode, you should know that at what time Eugeo appeared to be split into two, is there a human who can live from a wound like that? (think logically). If you ask is he really alive? I also do not know because I have never read novels from this series, whereas in this topic we discuss the 23rd episode if you want to ask about Eugeo going to die you should make the topic of discussion outside or surf on Google to find out.

Sande said:
So Cardinal dies for no reason while the others just sit there and watch and Eugeo turns into a random sword and dies too. OK.

jknightkt22 said:
All I can say was... What the fuck A-1. Why did I punish myself to watch yet another episode of this shit. How tf do they plan on wrapping this shit up in one episode, because there are so many plot holes. It's insane. And yea I get it, there is going to be a season two, but whyyyyyyyy. Just end it. Please. No more. Stop making more SAO. Dude this episode tho. The whole first half was just lame talking, then Eugeo just turns into a sword. W-wait. Did I just see that. Did he really just t-pose on us then dip out of existence. I don't get it. One other thing I noticed is that the art has gone waaaayyyy downhill. They are at the point where they decided to add an insane amount of effects just to cover up the low quality art. Y'all can get mad at me for posting this rant on a discussion, but idrc. Thats an issue not an issme.

Shirokuza said:
Cardinal challenged the Administrator to duel but in the end Cardinal lost and died. On the other hand Eugeo continued the battle by turning into a sword but he also died. Next Kirito will fight the Administrator.

Woodfall said:
So uh cardinal dies to let them escape and then they dont bother trying to escape? What am i even watching?? And a spider joins Kirito’s harem??? This is like youtube clickbait. They literally spent more than half the show climbing this god damn tower. Such a shame since this started on a high note, but the second half has just been really boring and cliche with sprinkles of plot convenience and nonsense. And now its up to Kirito to save the day once again.

And these characters have all seemingly died about 20 times up to this point so I wouldnt be surprised if Eugeo and Cardinal manage to come back. Or just Eugeo since Cardinal was more disposable of a character.

Mr_Chr15topher said:
This arc has had no character development at all. When past characters have died, there has always been so much impact, even when it was a side-character who was only in one episode, like Sachi.
I have watched Eugio for 23 episodes and felt nothing at his death. The new art style didn’t help with everything feeling so flat, but where was the full-on emotional music? Where was the final exchange between two friends who have practically been joined at the hip for 2-3 years, facing numerous life or death circumstances together?
This whole arc has just felt like a bargain-bin rip-off of the real SAO. The 2nd cour really needs to up it’s game.
Less pointless talking, more action. And Asuna needs to turn up at some point too. This whole show basically lives on the connection between her and Kirito.