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Dec 10, 2020 11:09 AM
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Sao 3 has nobody speaking on it as I've seen. Is it as hated as other seasons or is it loved, is it seen as a redeeming season or has this series just died?
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Dec 10, 2020 11:13 AM
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recency bias affects many popular anime anyway so not just SAO especially that there are many new anime airing each season so ye recency bias strikes
Dec 10, 2020 11:54 AM
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sao alicization were the best parts of sao for me, though it got alot worse in wou imo
Dec 10, 2020 11:57 AM
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would have been better as a seperate story from sao .
but reki doesnt sell anything unless sao is on the cover.

improved his writing in some aspects.
fucked over some other.
the anime litterally forgets to explain kiritos new imagination power.
wich makes it look more stupid then it already is.
how do you forget that ??

4/10 over all .
i think its enjoyable but not good

also had some really terrible fanservice .
leafa letting herself get tentacled for no reason with a bullshit excuse just to one shot that thing as soon as the fanservice scene is over. so stupid
Dec 10, 2020 12:04 PM
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There are maybe two moments I don't like but I think it's the strongest season, personally.

From what I've seen on MAL, it was better received than the other two seasons.



Dec 10, 2020 12:05 PM
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SAO is always hated... and for good reasons too.
Dec 10, 2020 12:07 PM
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Sequels have less hate because they get given up for good if the first season was bad. It's obvious.
If someone disliked the first season or even dropped it, why in the hell would they want to watch the 3rd?
Dec 10, 2020 12:12 PM
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Nemo_Niemand said:

If someone disliked the first season or even dropped it, why in the hell would they want to watch the 3rd?


Some people are like that; they cannot drop an anime no matter how much they dislike it. 'Completionists', they are called. Maybe OCD-related...I dunno.



Dec 10, 2020 12:20 PM
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I think most people besides the SAO fanbase have moved on, though I still see a handful of "SAO is worse than Hitler" posters here and there. Personally, I lost interest in the series after three seasons that ended up underwhelming me each in their own way, the last part of the third season is there but I just can't be bothered to continue with it, might as well just watch the Progressive anime when it comes out since I liked the manga at least.
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Dec 10, 2020 12:22 PM

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sao?
get with the times grandpa, AoT is the new thing in cool
Dec 10, 2020 12:24 PM
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I dropped the second season, because I didn't like it and found the second season was worse than the first one. So I didn't watch the third and I bet a lot of other people, who didn't like it, stopped after the first or second as well. It's normal that sequels get less attention than the first seasons.
Dec 10, 2020 12:27 PM

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It was the worst season of SAO which is saying a lot
Dec 10, 2020 12:29 PM

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Pixel_Vapour said:
It was the worst season of SAO which is saying a lot


Please explain to me how it's worse than Alfheim because it so is not.



Dec 10, 2020 12:33 PM

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Chiibi said:
Pixel_Vapour said:
It was the worst season of SAO which is saying a lot


Please explain to me how it's worse than Alfheim because it so is not.


Too many exposition dumps and I got bored.
Dec 10, 2020 12:39 PM

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Pixel_Vapour said:


Too many exposition dumps and I got bored.


*shrugs*

The only time I got bored was when they focused on the center outside of the game...but...okay. Can't really say anything else to that...if you are bored, you are bored.



Dec 10, 2020 12:42 PM

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What I'm getting from OP is that SAO has to be hated to be relevant.
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Dec 10, 2020 12:43 PM

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i thought acilization wasn't as bad as that horrid second season. but damn. their streak on the rapey parts for each season NEVER ends.
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Dec 10, 2020 12:47 PM

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Definitely not an SAO fanboy because I thought SAO and SAO II were flat trash, but Alicization is definitely a step up. It's actually a pretty big improvement imo but for most people who hate the guts of SAO, it should still not be AS BAD
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Dec 10, 2020 12:50 PM
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the haters jumped on other bandwagons and understood that shouldn't be wasting so much of their precious time watching something they don't like only to shit on the show and the people who like it. the only people who still care are the lovers and there's nothing with that.
Dec 10, 2020 12:52 PM

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I can only speak for myself, I like the setting and the simple plot, but I am impressed by the fight scenes, they hype the integrity knights so much yet they're very easy to beat. I dislike the character designs, only alice looks ok, the rest is sub par (per my taste of course). It's a bit better than SAO2 but Aincrad is still my favorite
Dec 10, 2020 12:52 PM

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SAO is still pretty popular though I imagine a lot of the haters dropped the series by now unless they are masochists.
Dec 10, 2020 12:54 PM

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their streak on the rapey parts for each season NEVER ends.


That's the worst part of the franchise and I can't defend it.

Which is why I like the movie Ordinal Scale so much; not only is there a lack of that, the antagonist is actually sympathetic.



Dec 10, 2020 12:55 PM

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Alicization was the best SAO so far and was really enjoyable. Atleast Kirito was not overpowered in it
Dec 10, 2020 1:08 PM

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Hi again DBZ, it’s mostly that it’s faded into irrelevancy, it’s got 4 season now, not 3 (because Alicization and War of the Underworld are separate seasons).
The plot is dragged to such absurdity that it’s pointless to hate on it because they just keep pumping more and more seasons that only the fans (idk how the show has fans) are excitedly watching it. For everyone else, it’s a long dead argument about “SAO being good”, nobody cares enough to watch it hoping to see some improvement in quality (there isn’t any)

Simply said, only the fans watch it and they don’t talk much about it so it’s pretty irrelevant for everybody else (outside meme community because that shit can be milked for memes)
Dec 10, 2020 2:20 PM

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Theo1899 said:
What I'm getting from OP is that SAO has to be hated to be relevant.


Not at all, wasn't it loved when it was first airing? I wasn't so into the anime fandom back in 2013-2015
Dec 10, 2020 2:22 PM
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bruh sao alicization (take WOU and throw it out of the picture) is my favorite season, I love it so much.
Dec 10, 2020 2:27 PM

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I mean everyone hated SAO 2 that they stopped continuing the series so there’s that, but I think Alicization gets Demon Slayer- type praise.
Dec 10, 2020 2:37 PM
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Sao 3 has nobody speaking on it as I've seen. Is it as hated as other seasons or is it loved, is it seen as a redeeming season or has this series just died?


The general thoughts on it [I believe] is that Alicization is liked more than SAO I & II, but that it's still very flawed. The last 12 episodes (or let's just say the ending) are considered the weaker part as well.

I personally attempted to keep watching because people kept saying "the writing improved so much", "it's so different from the other seasons", etc. I got to episode 10 and I just gave up because I thought it was just as bad, if not worse, than the first two seasons.

They still sit around and explain things that could be so simple to explain, but they somehow take half of the episode.
They still have a rapey antagonist mixed in.
The characters are still mostly bland.
And much more.



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Dec 10, 2020 2:40 PM
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War in the under world also the last part wasent good they jumped over some importent things in the last eps and jumped dir to the final. But yeh overal was SAO III good but I only get a 7 in raitin becuse of the missing parts. In War in the under world part 2
Dec 10, 2020 2:41 PM

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SAO 3 was a great season for me. Expect for Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld 2nd season, that kind of was a downfall. It had too many cringed moments compared to few great moment.
As long as animation quality is good ( from what I saw SAO 3 had better animation), I don't think people would have much hate (other than usual SAO hate).
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Dec 10, 2020 2:49 PM

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Well I think it'd still be rather popular, like maybe the hate will make it even more popular.

One thing for sure now is I probably won't bother follow the story of later SAO seasons from now on. I gave it 47 episodes of chance, and I got a stinky pile of trash.

Cute boy Eugeo is gone forever anyway so no eye candy of some BL element anymore, so what's left is another awful story /characters/ villians.
Dec 10, 2020 4:02 PM

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SAO 3 gets hated because of its previous seasons. People think 3 is as bad as the previous two. But for me, SAO 3 is the best season of SAO, better than its prequels as well as its sequels.
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Dec 10, 2020 4:19 PM

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Every SAO season sucks ass and it has always been shit in my opinion, the fact that it has started getting hate makes me very happy
Dec 10, 2020 4:21 PM

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SAO lost its relevancy from the moment that Kuradeel died. If only Kirito would not have plot armor, Kuradeel would've replaced him as the protagonist and the anime could have been amazing.



Dec 10, 2020 4:23 PM
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Its the worst arc imo, alice is a garbage character
Attack on titan final arc makes game of throne season 8 look like a MASTERPIECE.

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Dec 10, 2020 4:23 PM

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laslodj said:
SAO lost its relevancy from the moment that Kuradeel died. If only Kirito would not have plot armor, Kuradeel would've replaced him as the protagonist and the anime could have been amazing.


I think it would have been better if Kuradeel stabbed Kirito to death instead, and then Godfrey stabs Kuradeel, and that he becomes the main character
Dec 10, 2020 4:25 PM

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Piogigl said:
laslodj said:
SAO lost its relevancy from the moment that Kuradeel died. If only Kirito would not have plot armor, Kuradeel would've replaced him as the protagonist and the anime could have been amazing.


I think it would have been better if Kuradeel stabbed Kirito to death instead, and then Godfrey stabs Kuradeel, and that he becomes the main character


I totally agree with you. That could have been such a dramatic moment and they didn't do it. Shame on the creator for missing out on such an amazing story opportunity.



Dec 10, 2020 6:21 PM

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because I only gave facts



"Facts"....lol, head's preeeetty far up that butt, huh? :D

Meh, I don't want to; I'm tired of this argument so someone else can do it.

But selecting one of the most MINOR characters who barely does anything is really grasping at straws, bruh.

Is it? If he was there since season 1 and is always present when Kirito calls the squad, he is a close friend of Kirito and yet the viewers don’t know anything about him. Do you get it? The show that had season and season to develop a character, that is pretty important to the MC, made him into a tree in the background. It’s just sad.
There are characters in other episodic anime that are present for only 1 episode, 23 minutes, and have deeper and more complex character and personalities than all of SAO’s cast combined.
Dec 10, 2020 6:28 PM

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I honestly thought SAO 3 wasn't that bad. It was a bit repetitive and cringe at some parts but I personally found it enjoyable.
Dec 10, 2020 6:40 PM

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I watched the alicization and the story just don't interest me at all.. Not to mention very illogical, why is kirito has to be the center of all that is also wtf
I didn't even bother to watch the underworld part, I just don't found any reason to continue the series anymore. same cringe formula over and over. I bet the underworld is the same, with lots of friendship in data form proly
Dec 10, 2020 6:50 PM

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ShinAn said:
I watched the alicization and the story just don't interest me at all.. Not to mention very illogical, why is kirito has to be the center of all that is also wtf
I didn't even bother to watch the underworld part, I just don't found any reason to continue the series anymore. same cringe formula over and over. I bet the underworld is the same, with lots of friendship in data form proly
where is the part of it being illogical when the anime have you bunch of information in the early episodes. And he is the MC of course.

The repetitive of story is nowhere to be found on the arc. Its simply not your thing. Without spoilers its war of course your friends are present like other anime.


Dec 10, 2020 7:10 PM

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I'm really not a fan of SAO, but what I'm sure is that it has 100 times better characters than Death Parade. At least SAO's characters aren't completely dumb or autistic and they have believable reactions.
Dec 10, 2020 7:12 PM

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Nope.It's just haters have moved on to other anime to hate.
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Dec 10, 2020 7:20 PM

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KazumaNagato said:
SAO 3 gets hated because of its previous seasons. People think 3 is as bad as the previous two. But for me, SAO 3 is the best season of SAO, better than its prequels as well as its sequels.


Looks like someone knows what I'm thinking about.
Dec 10, 2020 7:35 PM
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Nemo_Niemand said:
Sequels have less hate because they get given up for good if the first season was bad. It's obvious.
If someone disliked the first season or even dropped it, why in the hell would they want to watch the 3rd?


And if you didn't think it was that good to start with but are muddling through just because of completion or something, then you're basically resigned to it by that stage.

For example, Mahouka had a lot of haters, it's objectively much worse than SAO due to the MC being far more terribly written and making Kirito look like a well-rounded character absolutely dripping with depth and complex character development. So Mahouka S1 has a huge amount of analysis into how and why it's so flawed*. Yet none of those people are bothering to dissect Mahouka Season 2 even if they watch it to oggle the sheer trainwreck potential.


*( only a couple of examples: Mahouka's Mr Main Character has the same initials as the author, he has every ability and skill imaginable, constantly one-ups everyone else even at their supposed specialties, he gets all the girls swooning, and even the ones paired up with other guys admit *during* their confession speech - they basically say MC was their first choice but he was too cool for their humble, average girl selves, so they settled for Mr Butt Monkey who is standing right next to them and Mr Butt Monkey seems thrilled to even be mentioned in the same sentence as Mr Main Character. Seriously? even in a scene where a girl is conveniently paired up with another guy to get rid of her, the author has to have her give a speech about how Mr Main Character has a bigger dick but his dick is too good for her lowly self so she settled for Mr Limp Dick. And hearing this in front of everyone makes Mr Limp Dick go "oh honey how I love you". The guy literally cucks the other guy characters HE created because he can't stand the idea that another character getting a girl implies the girl didn't want his own author-insert dick. Such is Mahouka and this isn't even the worst of it - for example the frequent thing where the author describes girls as wearing sexy clothes then has his author's insert MC slut shame them over wearing it. This includes him slut-shaming a teacher for wearing a tight sweater I believe, and the teacher apologizes to *him*).

You lot and your SAO hate haven't experienced the true bad writing. The Mahouka guy basically wrote himself as a highschool magical super-stud for whom reality itself distorts itself to suck his dick.
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Dec 10, 2020 7:36 PM

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Nope.It's just haters have moved on to other anime to hate.
(Jujutsu Kaisen)


I've seen mostly love for JJK lol, I could see why the elitists hate it though. I thought they'd do more with the main character, but that's neither here nor there. Not gonna start a JJK argument on an SAO thread
Dec 10, 2020 7:48 PM
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Sao season 3 in my opinion was a strong season and a breath of fresh air from season 2. It is rather unspoken of as most of the fandom died off after season 2 came out and season 4 came so quickly that all the attention went towards that. I feel that common opinion is that this season was a 6.5/10. I would argue that die hard fans enjoyed it while other viewers saw it as just another season.
Dec 10, 2020 7:51 PM
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The whole alicization arc was dope except the latest season war of underworld part 2 which has infinite amount of plot holes and in my opinion it was the weakest season of all....
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Alicization was the best part of Sword art Online. May have some spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk.

-Best girl here
-Best fights here
-Good emotional scenes here
-Huge world building here
-Actually enjoyable side cast

But was destroyed by:

-Quinella's naked body
-Rape scenes
-Rape scenes
-Dumbest deus ex machina ever
-TURN ME INTO A SWORD!
-"Wtf those characters weren't dead in previous seasons?"
-Harem
-Lack of character development

Though the real best part was War of Underworld S1 since Kirito isn't there to say a thing & it's a war scenario with good animation. Still, we have a lot of meme scenes like
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Let's agree, Alicization premise is great. What fucks up everything are the characters (our previous main cast, not those new) & how things were developed. Is common knowledge that author had a big improvement in his writing here.

I don't think SAO III is hated. It is just people who have a wrong view for the series since they think SAO will never be a good anime. I don't blame them, after all, SAO II is a huge mess.

Hope Progressive movie will be interesting; Aincrad was a good trip.
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I liked the 1st season in alicization series but the 2nd and final are good but not as good as 1st season.
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