Sword Art Online Episode 4 Discussion

rimartwork said:
this EP makes a huge mistake..and unforgiveable





i'm disappointed..everything went smooth and THAT ruined the entire show,

MidnightPride said:


Are you sure that it is actually duel wielding and, not just a random mistake but, your right duel wielding should be a unique skill that they shouldn't have. I'll go back to that part and, check to see if it was just a mistake or if he was actually duel wielding

Edit: I went back to check it and, ya it clearly shows him duel wielding axes images below. It's probably the animators fault not the story creators I don't think it's cause for concern.

MidnightPride said:
Not really Like I said I doubt there is any real need for concern. It was most likely a mistake on the animators parts and, like most of us the people who checked to see if everything was good didn't notice it. I heard that the writer of the LN is working with the anime people. I don't think she would let something like that slide.

Unless we see a fight or interaction with a real character that is duel wielding It's safe to say it was just a mistake.

kamikaze_1996 said:
yep thats a huge error that shouldn't even be there but i remember reading in the Ln that

still that was an error but it is considering that guy is not even a proper character and is now in prison, it isn't much of a problem

and please be mindful of spoilers some people don't even know what

kamikaze_1996 said:
^yup its possible

anyway we're going into detail a bit too much about it, lets just call it a glitch in the anime and hope that they patch things up

sagdashin said:
They're at floor 50 already and it's been several years. How can they possibly pick up the main story now? I have yet to read the LN, but I doubt the LN just derps through 50 floors and several years? I originally thought at floor 50 the first season would be finished or something, since they're half way, and god was I wrong.

Please, PLEASE, correct me if I'm wrong.

Read this about the ln jump

antonn said:

What MMOs have you played? In most MMOs lv makes a huge difference in stats/hp. Tanking a group of people 30lvs lower than you should be nothing.

holypoop said:
...fucking 20 pages for this shit?

Anyway, dropped. Stupid first episode got my hopes up only for them to be crushed by these last 3 episodes.

sagdashin said:
They're at floor 50 already and it's been several years. How can they possibly pick up the main story now? I have yet to read the LN, but I doubt the LN just derps through 50 floors and several years? I originally thought at floor 50 the first season would be finished or something, since they're half way, and god was I wrong.

Please, PLEASE, correct me if I'm wrong.

Nidhoeggr said:
It's a shame that future generations of anime and manga fans can now associate the term "The Black Swordman" with shitty Gary Stu Kirito instead of Guts. Or even worse: Actually think that SAO has a "deep" story with "dark themes" and isn't just a power-fantasy for teenagers, who probably feel better irl because they grinded to max gear in WoW.

Fuck you for that, SAO.

And fuck this episode as well. This series is pretty bad so far.

kamikaze_1996 said:


he isn't a gary stu, ive already mentioned this before in this thread but ill say it again to save you time rereading the previous pages, kirito didn't reach that kind of level easily, he trained through dangerous methods by fighting monsters on the frontline solo, when normally you would have party (team) to cover your back, he reaped the most amount of xp this way but came close to death many times, although it isn't as clear as the LN, it does state it in the anime at a few points like when argo tells him that his methods of training have become extremely dangerous

on another note, even though they haven't stated this in the anime yet, his battle healing is a skill that can only be leveled up by sustaining large amounts of damage which is proof that he has been in the red zone (near death) many times, he is lucky to be alive and his kind are rare because solo players like him have extremely short lifespans in SAO but he has managed to pull through it all

also these are only the introductory episodes, right now their putting everything into to place and setting the scene for the main arcs, soon it will all come together and you will realize that they did what they had to do

judging by the content that needs to be covered before the main arc, i say that the main story will start to take place at around episode 7/8 thats where the series will stop being episodic

Nidhoeggr said:
It's a shame... max gear in WoW.

Fuck you for that, SAO.

And fuck this episode as well. This series is pretty bad so far.

Nidhoeggr said:
It's a shame that future generations of anime and manga fans can now associate the term "The Black Swordman" with shitty Gary Stu Kirito instead of Guts. Or even worse: Actually think that SAO has a "deep" story with "dark themes" and isn't just a power-fantasy for teenagers, who probably feel better irl because they grinded to max gear in WoW.

Fuck you for that, SAO.

And fuck this episode as well. This series is pretty bad so far.

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MidnightPride said:
Not really Like I said I doubt there is any real need for concern. It was most likely a mistake on the animators parts and, like most of us the people who checked to see if everything was good didn't notice it. I heard that the writer of the LN is working with the anime people. I don't think she would let something like that slide.

Unless we see a fight or interaction with a real character that is duel wielding It's safe to say it was just a mistake.

TK8 said:
A quick question:
If you hurt a green player, your tag will become orange, and if you kill one it will become red.
What if you hurt an orange player? Will your tag stay green?
And if you kill a red one? Will it also stay green?

TK8 said:
A quick question:
If you hurt a green player, your tag will become orange, and if you kill one it will become red.
What if you hurt an orange player? Will your tag stay green?
And if you kill a red one? Will it also stay green?

Immahnoob said:

Kaimax already responsed, but... I have a question for you...

Have you never played an MMO before?

TK8 said:


Not many,
only Fiesta Online and Runescape.

Immahnoob said:

Even Runescape had (and still has) this.

TK8 said:


Was around level 60, but last time I played was 2 years ago, and I never did PvP.
might play a little again, since I received an email saying I received a week of free membership from Jagex for being absent for so long

Vforvendetta said:
although it still revolves around MMO but back to the topic guys O.o

Immahnoob said:

Even Runescape had (and still has) this.

TK8 said:


I just searched for this.
Is this the skull system?

kentaseo said:
Too many side stories, more plot and asuna please.

precious said:
^yeah, they make a good job at making me care about this panty loli and red-haired-girl which tried to get the potion for god-knows-what reason

Immahnoob said:

We don't really care of your opinion.

kentaseo said:
Too many side stories, more plot and asuna please.

precious said:
^yeah, they make a good job at making me care about this panty loli and red-haired-girl which tried to get the potion for god-knows-what reason

your edit sounds better though^^

kamikaze_1996 said:




look forward to the next episode, asuna shows up

its not necessarily about making them care but its more about introducing the characters and the game mechanics of SAO, like in this episode they introduced orange + red players which play a big part in SAO, they also show how they are dealt with, how they become orange players and how they operate, which they did pretty well in this episode while also introducing how kirito met silica

also rosalia wanted the potion because its hard to get and is rare, she could most likely sell it for a good price at the market, also she planned to ambush them when they make their way back from their trip so that they use up their potions and are tired, its a common strategy that Pkers use to fight. what she didn't count on was kirito being one of the "clearers" who made the trip seem like a cakewalk and had a high level search skill so he could detect nearby enemies and players even if they are hiding

ahhh runescape, that brings back lots of good memories, i loved the whole wilderness and skull system but it sucked hard for me because i was lvl 94 and had to go at the deep ends just to kill other players, but i quit that game because my membership expired and couldn't be bothered renewing it..........shit im going off topic aren't i :P

Seems like clearers are really rare on the lower floors, almost a legend.

TK8 said:

I also quit Runescape when my membership expired. One day I started it up again and wanted to try that "new" (not so new now) dungeoneering, only to discover that you must not be carrying any items and my bank was 3 times as full as non-members were allowed to.

kamikaze_1996 said:

he isn't a gary stu, ive already mentioned this before in this thread but ill say it again to save you time rereading the previous pages, kirito didn't reach that kind of level easily, he trained through dangerous methods by fighting monsters on the frontline solo, when normally you would have party (team) to cover your back, he reaped the most amount of xp this way but came close to death many times, although it isn't as clear as the LN, it does state it in the anime at a few points like when argo tells him that his methods of training have become extremely dangerous

on another note, even though they haven't stated this in the anime yet, his battle healing is a skill that can only be leveled up by sustaining large amounts of damage which is proof that he has been in the red zone (near death) many times, he is lucky to be alive and his kind are rare because solo players like him have extremely short lifespans in SAO but he has managed to pull through it all

tzukimata said:

where was it ever emphasized the words "deep" and "darkplot"? link please...
power fantasy in my view is not a bad thing[...]*edit- ok now i see, lol you got offended? because your favorite character is GUTS? and only high priority manga is berserk?
don't get me wrong i find that manga great

Vforvendetta said:

you sir, should shut up and die. Haters gonna hate.

so basically what you say is that 6.5 mil pp who read the novel are all considered as "teenagers". Your so smart sir.
well, the term "power-fantasy" may be right in this case, but it's only one of many reason that make this novel famous, so as Harry Potter you *** head.