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| I'm not a LN reader, but I heard this episode was supposed to be one hell of tear-jerker. Turn out to be so rushed I don't feel a damn thing. Extremely disappointed. Sachi was cute anyway, so I'll refrain myself from disliking. 3/5 |
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| Real good episode, but why!!! Sachi, she was so awesome!!! T__T Her gift was really great! |
ijen said: .one thing don't you guys think there isn't any relation among the episodes.i mean each episodes are starting from a different point. well yes there isn't any real relation between episodes 1,2 and 3 yet since so far only episode 1 was part of the original novel while 2 and 3 were both side stories. |
| You know what? Give this show all the 9s and 10s you want. It's 5/10 for me so far. It's rushed, non-emotional and not even so good so far. Nothing is explained, character development is reduced to 10s cameos from another players and story is, well, completely non existent besides the goal to beat 100 floors. I loved 1st episode, but ever since then it's been downhill ride. Heavily overrated show in my humble opinion. Now than, putting that aside, this COULD be great, great, GREAT show, if things start getting explained and not rushed just because they have only limited number of available episodes (seeing how he came to floor 35 in 3 episodes, it's not gonna be long before 100). I probably won't drop this since it has a lot of promise and isn't a bad show despite all the negative things I said about it. Also, can anyone point me in the direction of LN since I'd really like to read it because the premise is excellent and I'd like to actually "get into" that world (I could always google it, but people here are better than google when it comes to anime and stuff :P). Pity there isn't a VN of it, I'd love to read this as VN, it would be hell of a game to read. |
| A good but sad episode. I'm just really loving this show already. |
tzukimata said: KaitoDash said: I'm not a LN reader, but I heard this episode was supposed to be one hell of tear-jerker. Turn out to be so rushed I don't feel a damn thing. Extremely disappointed. Sachi was cute anyway, so I'll refrain myself from disliking. 3/5 True since it is only 3 episodes in there is no way anime only viewers could sympathize with the MC much more the side characters. It is just that because the LN readers could already sympathize with kirito it had more impact to them. Exaggerated too much i guess... I'm biased but I would like to think that this episode's message is more of stepping stone for the future reasons and actions of kirito than a stand alone side- story. sry, am i making sense here? hahaha and that the anime to promote the novel. Actually, I didn't feel for either Kirito or Sachi & co. Maybe the side-characters weren't built enough to grow on me, or maybe they didn't struggle enough in their deaths to make me feel their desperation? I don't really think the problem lies with compressed details, but I think something I don't know must have gone wrong in pacing. I think I made even less sense than you. LOL This episode was not so bad. Just that it didn't live up to my very high expectation. And the show as a whole is still steadily among the top of the season. I'll continue to hope for the greats. |
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KaitoDash said: I'm not a LN reader, but I heard this episode was supposed to be one hell of tear-jerker. Because you heard that from a LN reader, because of that your expectations went up high expecting a "real" tear jerker. nina4life said: Now than, putting that aside, this COULD be great, great, GREAT show, if things start getting explained and not rushed just because they have only limited number of available episodes (seeing how he came to floor 35 in 3 episodes, it's not gonna be long before 100). You'd be surprised that in the original novel the game is already at the 78th level at chapter 1. Episode 2 and 3 are side stories to show the development of Kirito. -SAO Is more about Kirito's interaction with other characters and not about the "Gameplay" itself. I honestly don't want every floor to be explained in detail. I always hate those "monster of the week" type stories -And the ones who cleared till that level is not by Kirito himself. there are plenty of guilds that aims to clear the game. |
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kaimax said: You'd be surprised that in the original novel the game is already at the 78th level at chapter 1. Episode 2 and 3 are side stories to show the development of Kirito. -SAO Is more about Kirito's interaction with other characters and not about the "Gameplay" itself. I honestly don't want every floor to be explained in detail. I always hate those "monster of the week" type stories -And the ones who cleared till that level is not by Kirito himself. there are plenty of guilds that aims to clear the game. I don't want every level to be shown or explained. Never asked for that. As a matter of fact that would be going into Bleach territory where every episode there's a new boss to defeat. Silly and stupid. What I do want and hope for is more development. Kirito speaking with guild for 30 seconds is not that. It's just, well, teaser emotions so to say for me. Sure, Sachi was cute and likeable and all, but she had a total of 30s-1m in this whole episode. I can't feel any real sadness for her, nor can I feel Kiritos emotions (which I'm supposed to, since he's protagonist and all) and his sadness since, well, I didn't care for any of the characters. Hell, I don't even care all that much about Kirito, since, again, I know almost nothing about him. Yes, I called story non existent, that may have been overreaction since the story is moving on, it's just that protagonist is not really the one moving it forward. I don't mind that, read some VNs where protagonist was just a side character in a whole story and didn't really serve to move the plot, he was only there to have POV. Guess it's the same with Kirito. I don't mind that. But this show is rated 42nd, I'd really expect way more from it than it currently offers. Thanks. I'll probably start reading it today :) |
| I feel so so sorry for those who have already read the LN, for those who have not read yet doesn't feel so rushed at all. When the anime will end I will go to read the LN and to enjoy fully both anime and LN. |
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| This episode did feel a bit rushed. I wished they would have showed the Santa fight which they show in the novel. And why did Sachi have to die she looked so hot in the bed lol I think Kirito had some feelings for her. But very sad episode though but it was still a good episode. |
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| The worst out of the three episodes. It was so fucking rushed that I'll probably have to drop this after a few more episodes if the the story will go on like this. |
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kaimax said: KaitoDash said: I'm not a LN reader, but I heard this episode was supposed to be one hell of tear-jerker. Because you heard that from a LN reader, because of that your expectations went up high expecting a "real" tear jerker. Yes, exactly. |
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| Just when the guy from the guild said they'll be fine in that dungeon, I just knew something will happen and they will all die. |
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aiNkyy said: wise choice, i'm going to do the same :3I feel so so sorry for those who have already read the LN, for those who have not read yet doesn't feel so rushed at all. When the anime will end I will go to read the LN and to enjoy fully both anime and LN. Kasai-Scythe said: death flags everywhere xDJust when the guy from the guild said they'll be fine in that dungeon, I just knew something will happen and they will all die. |
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Raphow said: the moment he assured her she won't die, I was like " you are gonna die pretty soon " it was obvious Haha, same here. |
bakuramariks said: Raphow said: the moment he assured her she won't die, I was like " you are gonna die pretty soon " it was obvious Haha, same here. +1. aiNkyy said: That's what I'm gonna do.I feel so so sorry for those who have already read the LN, for those who have not read yet doesn't feel so rushed at all. When the anime will end I will go to read the LN and to enjoy fully both anime and LN. |
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| There wasn't really enough time to get attached with Sachi within 20 minutes, whereas in the LN, we had ages, so the death scene and recording weren't really tear jerking. |
| What's with all these time skips?.. |
| Coming from someone who hasnt come from the LN. I didnt really feel for me that it was rushed at all.. I liked sachi and felt that there was enough in it this episode to make me care for her, and when she died I well, cried. The ending was a nice touch to reinforce what I felt with the gift message. T_T Given that they had to cram everything like new characters into a 20min or so episode I think they did perfect. Though after all the complaints I'm curious to go read the LN to see what I'm missing. :D 10/10 from me. |
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| Good Episode |
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| 10/10 Absolutely fantastic! To be honest, if they had decided to animate every single thing in the light novel, I must say the anime would not have been this great. There's no need to do that, for example the current HunterxHunter anime is just horrible, everything including even very unnecessary scenes is animated to the extent I feel it's dragged too long. Totally looking forward for next episode. |
| lol sachi looks like haruka from idolmaster.. :lol: glad that our good old friends klein still alive |
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| Mmm was such a sad ending. The death of the entire guild, Sachi especially, yet as the same time as Christmas and the hauntingly absent rendition of an Xmas Carol, was really well done. Perfect juxtaposition between to emotional opposites. Created great empathy for Kirito. My fave episode so far :) I admit, I was scratching my head in a few places (ie. Why Kirito pretty much ignored Klein in the wolf fields or why Kirito blamed himself so much or even why he felt the need to distance himself from everyone [more last episode]). But despite that, I thought it was a really important episode. It brought home the real weight of death in the game = death in life. More than that, it explored the fact that probably everyone has fear, its just certain people handle it differently (Sachi's fear of death made here fearful of battle; Asuna's fear of death makes her fight and move away from indugences, etc). I just thought this was pretty powerful stuff and liked it, despite how sad it was for poor ol' Kirito... |
o0yamaki0o said: 10/10 Absolutely fantastic! To be honest, if they had decided to animate every single thing in the light novel, I must say the anime would not have been this great. There's no need to do that, for example the current HunterxHunter anime is just horrible, everything including even very unnecessary scenes is animated to the extent I feel it's dragged too long. Totally looking forward for next episode. ^Don't compare Hunter X Hunter with SAO. I like SAO more, I kinda got tired of HxH manga. |
| "Why do I always realize it... when I've already lost it..." -Guts, Berserk "Some things are beautiful because they cannot be obtained." -Gilgamesh, Fate/stay night "We are constantly living in a peaceful world that somebody else won for us. Even if it were only a day of peace, I will be grateful for its value." - Minashiro Tsubaki, FAFNER "Screw you, future me!" -Makise Kurisu, Steins;Gate "We used to show off by waging wars and whatnot." -Watashi, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita "Call me Moses. I'm going to part the sea of students before your eyes." -Moses?, Valvrave "Time is guilty." -Andō & Tomoyo, INOU-Battle |
o0yamaki0o said: 10/10 Absolutely fantastic! To be honest, if they had decided to animate every single thing in the light novel, I must say the anime would not have been this great. There's no need to do that, for example the current HunterxHunter anime is just horrible, everything including even very unnecessary scenes is animated to the extent I feel it's dragged too long. Totally looking forward for next episode. ^Don't compare Hunter X Hunter with SAO. I like SAO more, I kinda got tired of HxH manga. |
| "Why do I always realize it... when I've already lost it..." -Guts, Berserk "Some things are beautiful because they cannot be obtained." -Gilgamesh, Fate/stay night "We are constantly living in a peaceful world that somebody else won for us. Even if it were only a day of peace, I will be grateful for its value." - Minashiro Tsubaki, FAFNER "Screw you, future me!" -Makise Kurisu, Steins;Gate "We used to show off by waging wars and whatnot." -Watashi, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita "Call me Moses. I'm going to part the sea of students before your eyes." -Moses?, Valvrave "Time is guilty." -Andō & Tomoyo, INOU-Battle |
o0yamaki0o said: 10/10 Absolutely fantastic! To be honest, if they had decided to animate every single thing in the light novel, I must say the anime would not have been this great. There's no need to do that, for example the current HunterxHunter anime is just horrible, everything including even very unnecessary scenes is animated to the extent I feel it's dragged too long. Totally looking forward for next episode. ^Don't compare Hunter X Hunter with SAO. I like SAO more, I kinda got tired of HxH manga. |
| "Why do I always realize it... when I've already lost it..." -Guts, Berserk "Some things are beautiful because they cannot be obtained." -Gilgamesh, Fate/stay night "We are constantly living in a peaceful world that somebody else won for us. Even if it were only a day of peace, I will be grateful for its value." - Minashiro Tsubaki, FAFNER "Screw you, future me!" -Makise Kurisu, Steins;Gate "We used to show off by waging wars and whatnot." -Watashi, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita "Call me Moses. I'm going to part the sea of students before your eyes." -Moses?, Valvrave "Time is guilty." -Andō & Tomoyo, INOU-Battle |
| I thought the episode felt really rushed and I haven't even read the light novel. Still enjoyed it, but like many of you, wish these events spanned two episodes instead of just the one. |
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| So much better than episode 2. (8/10) Anyone feel like Sachi came straight out of The iDOLM@STER? |
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Mattafixx said: My fave episode so far :) I admit, I was scratching my head in a few places (ie. Why Kirito pretty much ignored Klein in the wolf fields or why Kirito blamed himself so much or even why he felt the need to distance himself from everyone [more last episode]). Read this guy's post http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=466501&show=280#msg16011459 |
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| It's outrageous how utterly tasteless the premise of 'dying because you lost in a video game' is. I would have shrugged it off if it weren't for the hilariously terrible execution of SAO. Has anyone played Shadowgate for the NES? It's basically a trial and error point and click dungeon game. Shadowgate is exactly what happened to Kirito's guild. It's unfair and pointless and is a poorly written and exploitative excuse of a tragedy. Once again, I'm guessing the novel had probably set up the events here better, but what a trainwreck this rushed show is turning out to be. |
FaiyezJul 22, 2012 9:35 AM
| Super super super rushed.....didn't even get to see Kazuto and the crazy Santa fight and on top of that how can the player died so easily, i mean they got hit in the back once and is fucking game over? I mean Kazuto got hit in the back as well but he just kept fighting? Does 28 level really makes that much difference? |
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Netto_Azure said: Episode 3 End Card: The real life members of the «Black Cats of the Full Moon» Guild. My heart feels so heavy. ;___; Man that picture is killing me right now ;_____; |
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Faiyez said: It's outrageous how utterly tasteless the premise of 'dying because you lost in a video game' is. I would have shrugged it off if it weren't for the hilariously terrible execution of SAO. Has anyone played Shadowgate for the NES? It's basically a trial and error point and click dungeon game. Shadowgate is exactly what happened to Kirito's guild. It's unfair and pointless and is a poorly written and exploitative excuse of a tragedy here. Once again, I'm guessing the novel had probably set up the events here better, but what a trainwreck this rushed show is turning out to be. The treasure chest trap was the only part of this episode that I didn't agree with when I was watching it. Thinking about it now, though, the unfair and pointless aspect of it might be purposeful. The world of SAO isn't fair, and even if it there wasn't enough "fair" warning about the trap, it's always a good idea to keep in mind that some things are too good to be true. Especially when your life is on the line. Kirito did realize something was wrong before they went in as well, so part of it was about how the guild members shouldn't have been so hot-headed about going to higher floors that they are unfamiliar with. The other part is about how Kirito naturally ends up blaming himself for what happened because he could have saved them if he had realized it was a trap a few seconds earlier and/or had been more assertive by stopping everyone from going in and/or had not lied to them about his level so that they would've allowed him to make the choice. |
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Sachi is now RIP. |
Nasty001Jul 22, 2012 10:26 AM
| So .. Episode 1 > Episode 2 had a 1 month transition (Aincrad F.2) Episode 2 > End of Episode 3 had roughly one year right? (Aincrad F.39?) Currently December 24th 2023? And these are all side stories which i can read without spoiling the future story right? The LN seems so all over the place with these time skips to me |
Nasty001 said: Man, I love her. Fixed. |
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ovoon7 said: Ok so how many episodes will this show be? Because I was not expecting that huge timeskip. At first I thought this was setup to be a 50-100+ long show, but with this current structure it looks like an 11 episode long series. What is here is excellent but the pacing is just too damn fast! Why would you think it would be 50-100? It's based off of source material. I don't know how the pacing lines up with the LN so far, but I'm hoping for a normal season of 24 episodes. |
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Yanoflies said: Yes, but the adaptation should be fulfilling by itself. If not for having read the novels a few times, I wouldn't even have had any enjoyment watching this episode. Assumptions. How can you know since you are really biased by having already read it? I have friends who haven't read the LN and most of them think that this episode was just fine. Just slightly fast paced. Sure it could have been better with at least 2 episodes. However, that is assuming they are not cramming ALO into this. It seems your assumption is wrong. Look here: GSG_Angelica said: Given that they had to cram everything like new characters into a 20min or so episode I think they did perfect. Though after all the complaints I'm curious to go read the LN to see what I'm missing. :D 10/10 from me. Please, people. Yes, talking to you my fellow LN readers. Wuppie said: Why won't Kirito team up with Klein.. ? Because he becomes Batman. /joke |
wakka9caJul 22, 2012 10:35 AM
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
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