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Oct 16, 2020 1:05 AM
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I watched sao 2 seasons it's so bad but I heard every one saying season 3 is best.But I'm not ready to believe that thing l past I watched 2 seasons it's just an average Anime or below average anime to me.so I want to know just quiet sao don't waste your time or just continue to watch.
Oct 16, 2020 2:53 AM
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In my opinion it's the best season after s1. But I think it's worth it but it's just up to you if you want to watch it.
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Oct 16, 2020 3:00 AM
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you should probably watch the movie first (Ordinal Scale) as main characters from the movie come back towards the end in alicization war of the underworld part 2. The movie is pretty good imo, seemed pretty high budget.
Oct 16, 2020 3:22 AM
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Season 3 has better character development and no toxic harem. But it's a 4-cour season so it has (total all of Alicization arc) 48-50 episodes. If you find first season isn't that bad or average for you, you could try this. This is better.
Oct 16, 2020 3:24 AM
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HEARD THAT SOA IS SHIT AS FUCK. I THINK IT'S THE TRUTH
SO I'M NEVER GONNA WATCH ANY OF IT.
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Oct 16, 2020 3:29 AM
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No... I hated SAO with a passion. And yes, I actually watched the show, it was hell.
Oct 16, 2020 3:37 AM
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After the first part of season one, SAO becomes a really shallow anime with average content. Every season is the same thing for me, it starts with a good plot and then turns out cliche and weak. There is a lot of people who enjoyed it but since you disliked the second season I'd say it isn't much different. I felt like it was the worst season in terms of story development, that's just my opinion though.
Oct 16, 2020 3:43 AM
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Alicization is the best of SAO at the moment to write this.

Now, speaking. Is it worth it? Well, first of all is quite different from the other two seasons. But at the end is SAO; that means Alicization is far better than some others isekais, but it's not for everyone.
If you didn't like the past two seasons, you're not going to enjoy Alicization. You may like it more compared to 1st and 2d season, but not as much as to be worth it.
Oct 16, 2020 4:02 AM
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"best"

Thing is that SAO fans say that same thing about every latest instance of the franchise at the time.
They said it about season two, about the movie, about Gun Gale Online, about every part of Alicization...
Oct 16, 2020 4:21 AM

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I like alicization though its completely average and takes on mature themes... Badly, like think of rape and implement it on your show in the most immature way possible... Alicization season 2 is better than season 1 but both are still way way average
though they are still way better than the previous seasons

Oct 16, 2020 4:33 AM
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Nah
if you ask me the 1st season 1st part is the best
after that is 2ed Season 1st part
Season 3 is the worst
Oct 16, 2020 4:40 AM

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Season 3 is good but it's still SAO
Season 4 Part 1 is great
Season 4 Part 2 is trash


You already watched 50 episodes of SAO, you might as well complete it, right ?
Oct 16, 2020 2:27 PM

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Alicization was alright just not as great as people say on this site and alicization-war of underworld is just bad and extremly dull to me.

Your choice friend.

Also neither of these seasons have better fight scenes than s1 just so you dont go in expecting better fight scenes.
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Oct 16, 2020 2:30 PM
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i'd say continue it, season 3 is really good. The animation is stunning, the soundtrack is great. And it has some really neat fight scenes. the characters are also way better (kirito isn't op anymore, there is another interesting male character, the useless harem got pushed to the side) so i'd say watch it.

season 4 is imo the worst season of them all tho so idk about that
Oct 16, 2020 2:32 PM

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Alicization isn't that bad, but it's really shallow. There's not much depth at all, just an OP Protag with a hot girlfriend
Oct 16, 2020 3:14 PM

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imo sao3 is on par with aincrad arc, a bit better in some parts, if you liked it you can watch it. sao2 was definitely weak
Oct 16, 2020 3:24 PM
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No. Alicization is arguably the worst season at some points it was as bad as GGO. The harem tropes remain, the characters remain shallow and underwritten, it has an exposition problem with the first half having far too much that’s handled awfully and the second half just handwaving everything. Villains in this season are probably worse than Kayaba because their motives are just so ridiculous it’s hard to take seriously and rape is overused.
Oct 16, 2020 3:25 PM

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I thought that the first half of s1 SAO was SO good. Then everything else was so bad. But if you ask me, s1 > s4 > s2 > s3
Oct 16, 2020 5:42 PM

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I'd say that the first half of Alicization is actually pretty good and I deffinatly enjoyed it however I wasn't a massive fan of the second half. It had mindless fun fight scenes but that's really all the second half had however the first half has some really interesting Characters so I'd recommend giving it a shot.
Oct 16, 2020 5:43 PM

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Season 3 is probably the only best thing to happen to SAO, though it still ended up almost mediocre, it has more of a story, character development and better action scenes. Though it still had r*pe themes...
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Oct 16, 2020 5:46 PM

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Alicization is pretty great minus the dumb controversial scene the 1st season of it. It is worth continuing.
Oct 17, 2020 11:42 AM

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If you really want to watch it, I recommend just watching the Alicization (the first one) and don't watch beyond that (War of Underworld arc).
The Alicization's premise seems ok, there is some character development, Kirito seems more grounded than ever and can't use cheat to beat every single enemy. It's an enjoyable show.
The first part of the War of Underworld is okay, not until Kirito's friend decided to join. After that, it's a just a cringe-fest one after another, you're gonna cringe every single episode.
Oct 17, 2020 12:26 PM

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i'd say Alicization is the best of sao so far, although i'd say the war of underworld (the one after alicization) is pretty crap, just watch alicization
Oct 17, 2020 12:42 PM

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welp its ur choice if u hate it then why do u want to put urself through hell just drop it and if u like the show then watch it
Oct 17, 2020 5:31 PM
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Oct 25, 2020 8:26 PM
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Its very hard to say definitively whether to finish or not for me. I have never been so devastated at the ending of a season in my life... I literally don't know what to do with myself right now. It was the best season yet. But the cliffhanger at the end.....

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