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| I started watching this show because a lot of people was making a big fuss about it under a certain fansub website. After watching it up to this episode, I can comment that I hated it more after every week's show. - It is illogical. Doesn't make sense. No real world connection. - It is based on a mere fantasy to rob moneys from online gamers. - It contradicts with a lot of software engineering concept. - Animation is idle and poor in a lot of scenes. It is only good in fighting scenes which are only about 10% of the entire show. I don't understand how people like a show like this over one or two romantic scenes. Yeah, the scenes that lead two kids to marriage... This show is also too poor in plot. I lacks a main purpose. And they are overdosing the emotionalism which is leading the show to be unnatural and slow paced. It is not half as good as Accel World which was quite enjoying, made more sense, had worse graphics but better animation, and had a very balanced plot. This episode truly bored me to my bones. I may drop this show any moment... 1/5 |
| Sad to see Yui go, despite not being around that long. Hope she'll return again someday. I really like this Anime no matter what anyone says. I've never read the LN but that's not stopping me from enjoy it. |
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AhmedHan said: I started watching this show because a lot of people was making a big fuss about it under a certain fansub website. After watching it up to this episode, I can comment that I hated it more after every week's show. - It is illogical. Doesn't make sense. No real world connection. - It is based on a mere fantasy to rob moneys from online gamers. - It contradicts with a lot of software engineering concept. - Animation is idle and poor in a lot of scenes. It is only good in fighting scenes which are only about 10% of the entire show. I don't understand how people like a show like this over one or two romantic scenes. Yeah, the scenes that lead two kids to marriage... This show is also too poor in plot. I lacks a main purpose. And they are overdosing the emotionalism which is leading the show to be unnatural and slow paced. It is not half as good as Accel World which was quite enjoying, made more sense, had worse graphics but better animation, and had a very balanced plot. This episode truly bored me to my bones. I may drop this show any moment... 1/5 Lol. SAO is following the LN, everything that has been in the LN is pretty much in the series so far. Also Accel world is made by the same creator of SAO, and sure the hell isn't better than SAO. Wojtini21 said: Am I wrong or they could restore Yui with her heart just like Kirito did with wing of little dragon of Keiko ? She is exactly just like dragon because she is part of game. No, because she was deleted from the game permanently. All that's left is the Item Asuna has, and the data Kirito stored on his NerveGear. Also the resurrection only works on Familiars, and even that has a time limit of 48 Hours? I believe before it can be resurrected. |
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Wojtini21 said: Am I wrong or they could restore Yui with her heart just like Kirito did with wing of little dragon of Keiko ? She is exactly just like dragon because she is part of game. She isnt a pet monster. |
Wojtini21 said: Am I wrong or they could restore Yui with her heart just like Kirito did with wing of little dragon of Keiko ? She is exactly just like dragon because she is part of game. It's probably not possible i think, it's a particular case, because the system erase yui's data, kirito and asuna can't use normal reraise road. Anyway i'm still curious how they restore yui in real life <.<; |
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cyb said: Wojtini21 said: Am I wrong or they could restore Yui with her heart just like Kirito did with wing of little dragon of Keiko ? She is exactly just like dragon because she is part of game. It's probably not possible i think, it's a particular case, because the system erase yui's data, kirito and asuna can't use normal reraise road. Anyway i'm still curious how they restore yui in real life <.<; I stated this before, let me just paste it here. Honestly, that was stupidly said in the anime. He did say Yui's data was saved into NerveGear, near the end of ep. |
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| Good episode. Yui turning out to be a derelict psychologist AI is pretty interesting. However, their attempt to tear jerk with this family theme and lost "love one" story is really failing. Compare to the level of TV drama, this is at around 3/10. I hope they stay focus on the meat of this anime, which is action and Shounen goodness, and not trying to overdo its genre by going all family and drama theme. Don't be Jack of all trades, master of none. ~~Yui should have spawn tons of max level legendary item before she got deleted. :P Just saying. |
leeo268Sep 23, 2012 1:39 AM
leeo268 said: Good episode. Yui turning out to be a derelict psychologist AI is pretty interesting. However, their attempt to tear jerk with this family theme and lost "love one" story is really failing. Compare to the level of drama, this is at around 3/10. I hope they stay focus the meat of this anime which is action and Shounen goodness, and not trying to overdo its genre by going all family and drama theme. Don't be Jack of all trades, master of none. ~~Yui should have spawn tons of max level legendary item before she got deleted. :P Just saying. Next two episodes you should see quite a bit of action. Also I believe ALO arc has quite a fair bit of action compared to Aincrad where lots of it was side stories, etc. |
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rederoin said: InfiniteDestiny said: So its unreasonable for characters to blend into a new form of reality? You make it seem like it happened right away; they have been stuck for two freaken years; i think its normal for their way of thinking to change.= TO treat programs like that? yes it is. I'm sure a lot of people are okay with them acting like that, but i'm not okay with it. They have no good reason to care about a bunch of data. How many years they have been stick in SAO doesen't matter, that data is still data, they aren't humans, they don't real emotions. I dont think this is the LN or Anime series for you as you are missing or simply cant understand key concepts - and youd be surprised at how quick humans adapt to a changed 'reality' Btw the way you say its a 'bunch of data' that was intelligence not 'human' but intelligence so.. what are you but the sum of your memories haha thus I agree with InfiniteDestiny and Tsundereppoi ----- I actually did find this side story arc to be decently adapted too - enjoyed it leeo268 said: Good episode. Yui turning out to be a derelict psychologist AI is pretty interesting. However, their attempt to tear jerk with this family theme and lost "love one" story is really failing. Compare to the level of drama, this is at around 3/10. I hope they stay focus the meat of this anime which is action and Shounen goodness, and not trying to overdo its genre by going all family and drama theme. Don't be Jack of all trades, master of none. ~~Yui should have spawn tons of max level legendary item before she got deleted. :P Just saying. Actually thats not the series 'meat' -_- go view naruto/bleach etc for that.. but whatever |
| Yui's sword was freaking EPIC!! Though I didn't really care much about Yui, it was still sad to see her disappear... Still can't believe that Kirito managed to turn Yui's heart into an item so quickly. Still rather shocked to find out that Kibaou is still alive and not only that, he is some high-ranking dude in the Army. Not really surprised to find out that he's monopolizing some of the spawn points and generally, being an ass. |
| I mainly see the animes... so don't blame me for not knowing about the Manga/LN |
| I'm confused, terribly confused. I don't know what the hell kids are supposed to be doing in a game like that either, and even how they got they NevGears. Unless their onii/onee-chan was stupid enough to let the helmet hanging around. Kirito is supposed to be a beater, but the hacking part was way too forced, and they took out a good amount of time that could have be spent in quality fight scenes with melodrama, I'm somewhat disappointed. Aside from that, I liked the frog part and Kirito had a more solid personality this episode, not all bad overall at least. |
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Vhaeraun said: Tyrel said: cyb said: Wojtini21 said: Am I wrong or they could restore Yui with her heart just like Kirito did with wing of little dragon of Keiko ? She is exactly just like dragon because she is part of game. It's probably not possible i think, it's a particular case, because the system erase yui's data, kirito and asuna can't use normal reraise road. Anyway i'm still curious how they restore yui in real life <.<; I stated this before, let me just paste it here. Honestly, that was stupidly said in the anime. He did say Yui's data was saved into NerveGear, near the end of ep. She was never 'created' in the real world, but Ah is that so? Never read that far :P. Good thing I don't mind spoilers ahaha. |
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| Great episode, I really want to see Yui again in the near future. If the preview is reliable shit will (start to) happen in the next episode, I'm looking forward to it. |
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Vhaeraun said: She was never 'created' in the real world, but Aside from the novel number that seems correct to me ~ sadly we only likely get through 4 |
^ said: Actually thats not the series 'meat' -_- go view naruto/bleach etc for that.. but whatever I pray for the sake of this anime that Shounen action is the main theme. If family happy stuff, tragic lost of love one, and drama is the main theme, this is one terrible anime. I rather watch my usual TV drama on HBO or crounchyroll. |
leeo268 said: I pray for the sake of this anime that Shounen action is the main theme. If family happy stuff, tragic lost of love one, and drama is the main theme, this is one terrible anime. I rather watch my usual TV drama on HBO or crounchyroll. No ones forcing you to watch - if you dont like that the series relies on an actual plot and story that includes everything from love to drama to family and action ofc move on or move back to the pure plotless shounen fighters EDIT: It helps when you know the parent story from the novels imo anyway |
sirwenceSep 23, 2012 1:50 AM
sirwence said: Actually thats not the series 'meat' -_- go view naruto/bleach etc for that.. but whatever Im certainly not stopping you~ Sry about the mess up quote from the previous comment. Not use to this site. Anyway, I already watch those. Just saying if SAO is trying to do drama, they are failing hard compare to TV drama. That is why, I hope they stay focus on what their MMORPG alternate reality theme is best for, ACTION. /End |
leeo268 said: sirwence said: Actually thats not the series 'meat' -_- go view naruto/bleach etc for that.. but whatever I pray for the sake of this anime that Shounen action is the main theme. If family happy stuff, tragic lost of love one, and drama is the main theme, this is one terrible anime. I rather watch my usual TV drama on HBO or crounchyroll. Im certainly not stopping you~ Sry about the mess up quote from the previous comment. Not use to this site. Anyway, I already watch those. Just saying if SAO is trying to do drama, they are failing hard compare to TV drama. That is why, I hope they stay focus on what their MMORPG alternate reality theme is best for, ACTION. /End Well the thing is, all this 'Drama' is based on the LN, they're all pretty much side stories. I can see what you're getting at though, barely any MMO stuff happening at all. I can tell you that Next 2 episodes, and ALO should be quite a bit different from what you're seeing right now. Also GGO, which is after SAO, ALO is one of the best arcs. |
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Tyrel said: leeo268 said: sirwence said: Actually thats not the series 'meat' -_- go view naruto/bleach etc for that.. but whatever I pray for the sake of this anime that Shounen action is the main theme. If family happy stuff, tragic lost of love one, and drama is the main theme, this is one terrible anime. I rather watch my usual TV drama on HBO or crounchyroll. Im certainly not stopping you~ Sry about the mess up quote from the previous comment. Not use to this site. Anyway, I already watch those. Just saying if SAO is trying to do drama, they are failing hard compare to TV drama. That is why, I hope they stay focus on what their MMORPG alternate reality theme is best for, ACTION. /End Well the thing is, all this 'Drama' is based on the LN, they're all pretty much side stories. I can see what you're getting at though, barely any MMO stuff happening at all. I can tell you that Next 2 episodes, and ALO should be quite a bit different from what you're seeing right now. Also GGO, which is after SAO, ALO is one of the best arcs. Honestly I wasnt really pleased with LN-9's ending etc - Honestly the series could have very easily been a perfect 4 shot novel series with an expanded epilogue for volume 4 |
Niyawa said: I'm confused, terribly confused. I don't know what the hell kids are supposed to be doing in a game like that either, and even how they got they NevGears. Unless their onii/onee-chan was stupid enough to let the helmet hanging around. . Kids play video games with age restrictions?Who would ever thought? |
sirwence said: Tyrel said: leeo268 said: sirwence said: Actually thats not the series 'meat' -_- go view naruto/bleach etc for that.. but whatever I pray for the sake of this anime that Shounen action is the main theme. If family happy stuff, tragic lost of love one, and drama is the main theme, this is one terrible anime. I rather watch my usual TV drama on HBO or crounchyroll. Im certainly not stopping you~ Sry about the mess up quote from the previous comment. Not use to this site. Anyway, I already watch those. Just saying if SAO is trying to do drama, they are failing hard compare to TV drama. That is why, I hope they stay focus on what their MMORPG alternate reality theme is best for, ACTION. /End Well the thing is, all this 'Drama' is based on the LN, they're all pretty much side stories. I can see what you're getting at though, barely any MMO stuff happening at all. I can tell you that Next 2 episodes, and ALO should be quite a bit different from what you're seeing right now. Also GGO, which is after SAO, ALO is one of the best arcs. Honestly I wasnt really pleased with LN-9's ending etc - Honestly the series could have very easily been a perfect 4 shot novel series with an expanded epilogue for volume 4 Mhm. I agree, plus all the LNs are scattered around in Detail, which is why they're remaking #1 with it being more easier to understand. |
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ssjokg said: Kids play video games with age restrictions? Who would ever thought? What are you trying to imply? I don't know how that applies in SAO. |
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Niyawa said: ssjokg said: Kids play video games with age restrictions? Who would ever thought? What are you trying to imply? I don't know how that applies in SAO. You know pretty well that kids CANT buy the games.As long as an adult buys the games(or NervGear for SAO) any kid can play as much as it want.. |
jimmy2027 said: Yui should have saved her energy for the final boss. By the way, what is a lv 90 boss doing in beginner's area? I don't think its a Lv 90 boss, but as it was put down there to guard that little room we saw of the GM Access System. Not too sure as, its not really detailed in the show. And for the fact that I didn't read much of Yui arc. |
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| Nice episode! Yui was badass with her sword. So next episode sh*t is about to get real...Can't wait :D |
aria93 said: Nice episode! Yui was badass with her sword. So next episode sh*t is about to get real...Can't wait :D That's correct. |
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ssjokg said: You know pretty well that kids CANT buy the games.As long as an adult buys the games(or NervGear for SAO) any kid can play as much as it want.. I know, that was what I said "unless their onii/onee-chan was stupid to let the helmet hanging around". There's the possibility their parents bought the game to let their kids play, but far from what I've heard, SAO is supposed to be a really popular one, so the stock would have probably be sold out to people that was in the beta and others otakus/first liners, I just can't seem to imagine how kids would be able to get a hold on that. I might me looking too much into it, but it was going to be fairly easier if they just didn't tried to put that type of scene. |
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jimmy2027 said: Tyrel said: jimmy2027 said: Yui should have saved her energy for the final boss. By the way, what is a lv 90 boss doing in beginner's area? I don't think its a Lv 90 boss, but as it was put down there to guard that little room we saw of the GM Access System. Not too sure as, its not really detailed in the show. And for the fact that I didn't read much of Yui arc. Umm... i see. So how did Yuriel's husband got into the GM access room in the first place? Judging based on just the anime. Ran right into the room without getting hit? ahahaha. |
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| Pretty good ep and that sword with flames was epic. |
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jimmy2027 said: Tyrel said: jimmy2027 said: Tyrel said: jimmy2027 said: Yui should have saved her energy for the final boss. By the way, what is a lv 90 boss doing in beginner's area? I don't think its a Lv 90 boss, but as it was put down there to guard that little room we saw of the GM Access System. Not too sure as, its not really detailed in the show. And for the fact that I didn't read much of Yui arc. Umm... i see. So how did Yuriel's husband got into the GM access room in the first place? Judging based on just the anime. Ran right into the room without getting hit? ahahaha. Ah!! I see. That really makes no sense at all. Haha. Yeah, I don't really understand either. I'm probably missing some info. Never read much of Yui's arc. |
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| Lame episode, lowering my score from 8 to 7 |
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Niyawa said: ssjokg said: You know pretty well that kids CANT buy the games.As long as an adult buys the games(or NervGear for SAO) any kid can play as much as it want.. I know, that was what I said "unless their onii/onee-chan was stupid to let the helmet hanging around". There's the possibility their parents bought the game to let their kids play, but far from what I've heard, SAO is supposed to be a really popular one, so the stock would have probably be sold out to people that was in the beta and others otakus/first liners, I just can't seem to imagine how kids would be able to get a hold on that. I might me looking too much into it, but it was going to be fairly easier if they just didn't tried to put that type of scene. Rich kids that can have everything.Asuna's big brother isnt an otaku,wasnt in the beta test and SAO would be his first game after a long time.If you have the right connections everything is possible. |
ssjokg said: Rich kids that can have everything.Asuna's big brother isnt an otaku,wasnt in the beta test and SAO would be his first game after a long time.If you have the right connections everything is possible. Where in the anime did they mentioned about Asuna's brother? I don't remember that. |
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Niyawa said: ssjokg said: Rich kids that can have everything.Asuna's big brother isnt an otaku,wasnt in the beta test and SAO would be his first game after a long time.If you have the right connections everything is possible. Where in the anime did they mentioned about Asuna's brother? I don't remember that. Not yet and I doubt they will ever mention it.It isnt "necessary" for the story.I just used it as an example it's not even worth to be called a spoiler. |
| Can I ask one question here? It might sound like nit picking but I wanted to know why Kirito was all of a sudden some sort of leet hacker? You can go so far as saying that he likes the game and is a beta tester, but now he's a software developer/programmer? 10/10 ...and I still can't feel empathetic over that farewell over Yui. Maybe if she died brutally I might, but this episode was just extra drama that wasn't really needed....or was it? Not an LN reader so maybe they can explain. |
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tokumei-ko said: Can I ask one question here? It might sound like nit picking but I wanted to know why Kirito was all of a sudden some sort of leet hacker? You can go so far as saying that he likes the game and is a beta tester, but now he's a software developer/programmer? 10/10 ...and I still can't feel empathetic over that farewell over Yui. Maybe if she died brutally I might, but this episode was just extra drama that wasn't really needed....or was it? Not an LN reader so maybe they can explain. To answer one of your questions. The drama was needed, and not a brutal death, as |
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ssjokg said: Not yet and I doubt they will ever mention it.It isnt "necessary" for the story.I just used it as an example it's not even worth to be called a spoiler. I see, maybe I should catch up with the novel, but I don't know if it's needed. |
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tokumei-ko said: Can I ask one question here? It might sound like nit picking but I wanted to know why Kirito was all of a sudden some sort of leet hacker? You can go so far as saying that he likes the game and is a beta tester, but now he's a software developer/programmer? 10/10 ...and I still can't feel empathetic over that farewell over Yui. Maybe if she died brutally I might, but this episode was just extra drama that wasn't really needed....or was it? Not an LN reader so maybe they can explain. Kirito's hacker skill: |
ssjokgSep 23, 2012 2:56 AM
| They went into a dungeon to save someone who was probably in danger and they were screwing around, no wonder they caught Yui's attention. |
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