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Just when I think this show can't get better, it gets better.
This episode just might have topped the finale of SAO arc and gleam eyes fight altogether in both action and emotional scenes.

Leafa/Kirito sky scene was certainly a bit more cheesy but it was full of the good kind of narm, so I can forgive it as it still was awesome scene. OVerall I love that scene because it showcases on what kind of similar thinking patterns both Sugu and Kirito have - the only thing that they could think up to cheer each other up, was to get defeated in a duel.

And the fight, oh man, the fight was fucking awesome, not to mention surprising, but I like these kinds of deviations/surprises of epicness so its okay. And the ending...WIN WIN WIN.

I am still finding it hilarious that people STILL confuse deus ex machina and chekov gun tropes with each other, as this episode has had plenty of the latter and none of the former.

5/5 easily.

ihateuimeanit said:
For those who was wondering about the "giga drill"

It's really quite normal for that to happen in mmo's. Kirito probably reach a certain point where he was able to learn such a skill~

ALO does not have melee skills - everything that you do you do by yourself. So its not Kirito "learning new skill" its just Kirito doing new shit because he can(haxx stats and buggy character, etc)

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Lyfa's reaction to Recon's "death" was ridiculous. This isn't SAO, it's just a game (at least for the moment).

It still has a quite unforgivable death penalty. Death here can set you back for months.

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Shinichi(Recon): "Why are are they targeting us?"

Suguru(Leafa): "They probably have a different targeting algorithm than monsters outside [this dungeon]."

IT'S FUCKING CALLED HEALING AGGRO!!!!!!

This series. Is getting ridiculous. =_=;;;;;;;;;;
Fucking inconsistencies!

And just how fucking how is that an inconsistency? The mobs also targeted the leaders and since the very start it was clear that Sugou never intended anyone to clear the game, so its not surprising that he would have a different AI installed for those mobs, with the purpose of being unfair.

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I find this arc so much weaker than the first. The first was definitely at least 9, this one isn't so good AND is letting me down because I had high expectations. So far I would give it 6-7. So 7-8 overall. I hope the last episodes bring it up again.

I was excited for Leafa x Kirito but they barely traded blows, if they did it at all. meh.

I miss Asuna. Her character is so much more interesting than Leafa. But again, I'm comparing to the first arc.

Leafa's feelings for Kirito are making her weaker, instead of stronger like Asuna. This bothers me.

Oh well. The dungeon fight was really awesome though.

Fai said:

It still has a quite unforgivable death penalty. Death here can set you back for months.

eh, not so much. Didn't Kirito also died with no visible consequences a couple episodes before? If Ressurection causes no death penalty, Leafa could just have ressurected the guy (forgot his name...Recon?) the same way she did to Kirito.

Unless suicide has special rules, which might be the case.

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Riathamus said:
I find this arc so much weaker than the first. The first was definitely at least 9, this one isn't so good AND is letting me down because I had high expectations. So far I would give it 6-7. So 7-8 overall. I hope the last episodes bring it up again.

I was excited for Leafa x Kirito but they barely traded blows, if they did it at all. meh.

I miss Asuna. Her character is so much more interesting than Leafa. But again, I'm comparing to the first arc.

Leafa's feelings for Kirito are making her weaker, instead of stronger like Asuna. This bothers me.

Oh well. The dungeon fight was really awesome though.

Fai said:

It still has a quite unforgivable death penalty. Death here can set you back for months.

eh, not so much. Didn't Kirito also died with no visible consequences a couple episodes before? If Ressurection causes no death penalty, Leafa could just have ressurected the guy (forgot his name...Recon?) the same way she did to Kirito.

Unless suicide has special rules, which might be the case.

She would have to stop healing/attacking and go to him to revive him.Unless I forgot some special rule for the suicide)

Dec 9, 2012 7:44 AM

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And SAO is nearing its end. Seriously, the second half of this year passed pretty quickly, at least for me.

Dec 9, 2012 7:47 AM

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Oh my God. Can't wait for next week O-O
Epic episode..

Dec 9, 2012 8:15 AM

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Riathamus said:
I find this arc so much weaker than the first. The first was definitely at least 9, this one isn't so good AND is letting me down because I had high expectations. So far I would give it 6-7. So 7-8 overall. I hope the last episodes bring it up again.

I was excited for Leafa x Kirito but they barely traded blows, if they did it at all. meh.

I miss Asuna. Her character is so much more interesting than Leafa. But again, I'm comparing to the first arc.

Leafa's feelings for Kirito are making her weaker, instead of stronger like Asuna. This bothers me.

Oh well. The dungeon fight was really awesome though.

Fai said:

It still has a quite unforgivable death penalty. Death here can set you back for months.

eh, not so much. Didn't Kirito also died with no visible consequences a couple episodes before? If Ressurection causes no death penalty, Leafa could just have ressurected the guy (forgot his name...Recon?) the same way she did to Kirito.

Unless suicide has special rules, which might be the case.

You lose around 15% of your skill level progress, money and items when you die. The penalty for using this particular spell was 3-4 times higher (if I remember correctly) than the normal one.

Dec 9, 2012 8:18 AM

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Whoa, ho,ho, last 2 eps left, I hope that evil king gets what he deserves.

Dec 9, 2012 8:35 AM

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that was... cliche... oh well... not that i have higher expectation than that...

oblivious is a bliss

Dec 9, 2012 8:38 AM

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flame_tiong said:
that was... cliche... oh well... not that i have higher expectation than that...

glad you liked it enough to post in the discussion board :)

Dec 9, 2012 8:39 AM

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Mrameez said:
Another epic episode with detailed fighs, the kirito and sugu incest. Only 2 more episodes can't wait!!

they aren't related.

sigh

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whatever123456 said:

You lose around 15% of your skill level progress, money and items when you die. The penalty for using this particular spell was 3-4 times higher (if I remember correctly) than the normal one.

That makes sense. You got this info from the light novel?

There are only fan made translations to english of it, right? I think I should read them...

Dec 9, 2012 8:54 AM

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Riathamus said:

whatever123456 said:

You lose around 15% of your skill level progress, money and items when you die. The penalty for using this particular spell was 3-4 times higher (if I remember correctly) than the normal one.

That makes sense. You got this info from the light novel?

There are only fan made translations to english of it, right? I think I should read them...

Yes. You can get the pdfs from nyaa or B-T.

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Riathamus said:

whatever123456 said:

You lose around 15% of your skill level progress, money and items when you die. The penalty for using this particular spell was 3-4 times higher (if I remember correctly) than the normal one.

That makes sense. You got this info from the light novel?

There are only fan made translations to english of it, right? I think I should read them...

If the animation made you go "that made no sense" or "I wonder what that mean", and you actually care to find the answers, then I would say definitely read the novels. I was the same way after the 3rd episode so I went and read the novels and found that Kawahara does a pretty good job at explaining things.

That being said, remember that translating from Japanese to English is hard work, Japanese novels are much harder than manga, and even when you translate it, it sounds somewhat strange because it is a literally translation of Japanese characters, which does not translate the nuances that Japanese possesses through the use of similar meaning characters (and a lot of word play). On top of it the translators are not professionals, so where a large part of translating is to take the direct translation and then adapt it to sound more pleasing in the translated language, this is not done here. Many people think this is the authors fault, but it is really something lost in translation.

That said. The SAO novels are fun reads. And I definitely enjoyed them. Since you are curious I think you will enjoy them as well.

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vbyo said:

Mrameez said:
Another epic episode with detailed fighs, the kirito and sugu incest. Only 2 more episodes can't wait!!

they aren't related.

sigh

Does it even matter?The "incest" part of the series was over in the last ep.

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vbyo said:

Mrameez said:
Another epic episode with detailed fighs, the kirito and sugu incest. Only 2 more episodes can't wait!!

they aren't related.

sigh

uhhhh yes they are.... they are first cousins. Kirito's aunt took him in as a baby. They are still related, but whether or not it qualifies as incest purely depends on cultural values. In Japan they don't seem to have any taboo on cousin relationships, only actual sibling ones, which from a purely biological standpoint makes sense, there is really no reason first cousins shouldn't have kids(the chance of birth defects is almost 50% with siblings, but only around 5-6% with first cousins, up only a few percent from the norm, and once you get out to second cousins, the increase is so slight there is no effective difference between them and two random non related people).

Dec 9, 2012 9:55 AM

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Please tell me the ending isn't even more generic than this episode just now was.

Please.

@Incest deniers: There is still the concept of emotional relation. The fact that they are cousins is just a copout, on the emotional level they are brother and sister.

Edit:
Nearly forgot to mention it: Suguha is an annoying cunt and every NTR, rape or otherwise cruel doujin that'ill be released at Comket 83 is justified.

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Jojolion anime when?

Dec 9, 2012 9:57 AM

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Nidhoeggr said:
Please tell me the ending isn't even more generic than this episode just now was.

Please.

You expect an amazing ending?lol
And by ending you mean saving Asuna or the actual ending?

Because both are generic as fuck.

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ssjokg said:

Nidhoeggr said:
Please tell me the ending isn't even more generic than this episode just now was.

Please.

You expect an amazing ending?lol
And by ending you mean saving Asuna or the actual ending?

Because both are generic as fuck.

No, but I think it can't get any worse than this.
Well, SAO continuously proves me wrong in that aspect...

Jojolion anime when?

Dec 9, 2012 10:02 AM

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Wow... <3 that was just amazing. Kirito is such a beast... can't wait till Asuna is saved!

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Nidhoeggr said:
Please tell me the ending isn't even more generic than this episode just now was.

What's wrong with an anime being generic? If it's so well-made like SAO, then I don't see a problem if you can enjoy it.

Dec 9, 2012 10:04 AM

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I have been a pretty staunch defender of the anime, but I'm not even going to argue that this episode was pretty dumb. I still enjoyed it, but it so SO FUCKING CORNY XD. And the giga-drill-breaker at the end was just stupid. Literal interpretation of Star Burst Stream much.....

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Nidhoeggr said:

@Incest deniers: There is still the concept of emotional relation. The fact that they are cousins is just a copout, on the emotional level they are brother and sister.

That aside since I never used that argument,from the end of the last ep it stopped being an incest story.I dont get why this ep had incest according to some.

Dec 9, 2012 10:05 AM

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Pure awesomeness.

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ssjokg said:

Nidhoeggr said:

@Incest deniers: There is still the concept of emotional relation. The fact that they are cousins is just a copout, on the emotional level they are brother and sister.

That aside since I never used that argument,from the end of the last ep it stopped being an incest story.I dont get why this ep had incest according to some.

because hugs are obviously incest. come on man get your head in the game

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fishergirl16 said:

Nidhoeggr said:
Please tell me the ending isn't even more generic than this episode just now was.

What's wrong with an anime being generic? If it's so well-made like SAO, then I don't see a problem if you can enjoy it.

It's not well-made when even fans of the LN agree that the adaption is horrible.

And come: Dancing in the air and the clicheed "I'll be waiting for you line" were ridiculous and obviously should hint at that. The anime staff seem to like hinting at romantic hijinks to increase sales.

Jojolion anime when?

Dec 9, 2012 10:08 AM

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Nidhoeggr said:
No, but I think it can't get any worse than this. Well, SAO continuously proves me wrong in that aspect...

I have to admit, you are the first person I have met who takes so much pride in telling everyone that he has absolutely nothing better to do in his life than to waste 22 minutes every week watching something that he believes is complete, total, unredeemed garbage.

And please spare us the "I only watch it because I think its funny how horrible it is" line. That would be true once, maybe twice, but 23 times? You have to wonder about that, protests aside....

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Nidhoeggr said:

It's not well-made when even fans of the LN agree that the adaption is horrible.

I don't think it was a terrible adaption and I loved the novels. They kept every major event in(except oddly that underground level from ALO) introduced every single recurring character, and animated the fights pretty awesomely.

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Nidhoeggr said:

fishergirl16 said:

Nidhoeggr said:
Please tell me the ending isn't even more generic than this episode just now was.

What's wrong with an anime being generic? If it's so well-made like SAO, then I don't see a problem if you can enjoy it.

It's not well-made when even fans of the LN agree that the adaption is horrible.

And come: Dancing in the air and the clicheed
"I'll be waiting for you line" were ridiculous and obviously should hint at that. The anime staff seem to like hinting at romantic hijinks to increase sales.

Oh come on...

While I agree about the scene being ridiculous even in the LN the rest is crap just for the sake of saying it.They dont even need that "trick" to increase the sales.

Dec 9, 2012 10:43 AM

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vbyo said:

Mrameez said:
Another epic episode with detailed fighs, the kirito and sugu incest. Only 2 more episodes can't wait!!

they aren't related.

sigh

uhhhh yes they are.... they are first cousins. Kirito's aunt took him in as a baby. They are still related, but whether or not it qualifies as incest purely depends on cultural values. In Japan they don't seem to have any taboo on cousin relationships, only actual sibling ones, which from a purely biological standpoint makes sense, there is really no reason first cousins shouldn't have kids(the chance of birth defects is almost 50% with siblings, but only around 5-6% with first cousins, up only a few percent from the norm, and once you get out to second cousins, the increase is so slight there is no effective difference between them and two random non related people).

Not just in japan.

Latin America, half the europe, most of asia counts cousins as "not related".

And emotionally-wise it also does not make them related too since Kirito treated her like crap for gods know how long till SAO incident.

Dec 9, 2012 10:48 AM

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Man of the match = Recon GG

Keep moving forward

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Fai said:

Not just in japan.

Latin America, half the europe, most of asia counts cousins as "not related".

And emotionally-wise it also does not make them related too since Kirito treated her like crap for gods know how long till SAO incident.

Just as clarification, in Latin America cousins counts as "not related" only if your cousin is hot.

Dec 9, 2012 11:59 AM

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Holy fuckballs, that animation was stunning. Bravo, whoever was in charge of the episode.

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Fai said:

Not just in japan.

Latin America, half the europe, most of asia counts cousins as "not related".

And emotionally-wise it also does not make them related too since Kirito treated her like crap for gods know how long till SAO incident.

Oh I wasn't trying to imply that only Japan lacks that taboo, I apologize if it came off that way, I just meant that for this discussion, the only relevant country is Japan.

Also, I don't think it was so much he treated her like crap as it is he was just emotionally distant. She could very easily have interpreted it as him not liking her and being a jerk, but from both the anime and the novels I more felt it was that he just distanced himself emotionally from his family, rather than being outright antagonistic or mean.

Dec 9, 2012 12:22 PM

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AWESOME episode!

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Marhuto said:
AWESOME episode!

Seriously! WTF! Is that Recon!?! He's using Dark Magic.... that was one powerful attack... i'll say.
And then all of that for nothing!... Well I guess it wasn't for nothing.. they were inspired and it gave them time.

FLY.... Fly like the wind bossy!!! Go get your lady!

Ah Recon, kinda missed that they didn't show him going all otakuppoi over Yui, and he is even more "face palm" worthy in the LN with his "confession" to Lyfa, dry humping once again after getting punched the first time.

He's the type of character that you want to root for (most of us can probably identify with the nerd going for the pretty girl), but in true nerd fashion just when he is about to win he does something that can only cause you to clasp your hand to your forehead and shake your head a couple of times. He just can't help himself.

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Recon..quite honestly should have never been in the story. He never amounted to anything and he serves very little purpose..if they had randomly introduced him in this episode I would have felt no different about his character.

I know the author wants to focus on Kirito primarily but cmonnnn

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Completely predictable episode.

Also tactically dumb. Kirito knows the dome is hard. He bought himself an army and they're getting ready. So what does he do? In the last episode he tried a solo attack and had his ass kicked. So this time he tries an attack with Lifa and gets his ass kicked. Finally his army shows up and saves his ass.

More of an issue: he's not trapped in the game. But Asuna is, and he's sure of that now. He's in contact with the people who are investigating the SAO debacle in the real world, where thousands died and hundreds are still in hospitals. They know he beat the game and knows a lot about it. He knows enough to start raising questions and applying pressure in the real world.

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oldskoolpunk said:
Completely predictable episode.

Also tactically dumb. Kirito knows the dome is hard. He bought himself an army and they're getting ready. So what does he do? In the last episode he tried a solo attack and had his ass kicked. So this time he tries an attack with Lifa and gets his ass kicked. Finally his army shows up and saves his ass.

More of an issue: he's not trapped in the game. But Asuna is, and he's sure of that now. He's in contact with the people who are investigating the SAO debacle in the real world, where thousands died and hundreds are still in hospitals. They know he beat the game and knows a lot about it. He knows enough to start raising questions and applying pressure in the real world.

And he could also be a traumatized player that is delusional because his girlfriend is still sleeping.The authorities have no reason to believe him.

As for the army part.Back then when he saved the alliance, people were crying that Kirito is focusing on other things and now he is an idiot for trying to get closer to Asuna????

Dec 9, 2012 1:13 PM

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decent ep, I guess
the Kirito-Sugu drama got solved quicker than expected

Takuan_Soho said:

Marhuto said:
AWESOME episode!

Seriously! WTF! Is that Recon!?! He's using Dark Magic.... that was one powerful attack... i'll say.
And then all of that for nothing!... Well I guess it wasn't for nothing.. they were inspired and it gave them time.

FLY.... Fly like the wind bossy!!! Go get your lady!

Ah Recon, kinda missed that they didn't show him going all otakuppoi over Yui, and he is even more "face palm" worthy in the LN with his "confession" to Lyfa, dry humping once again after getting punched the first time.

He's the type of character that you want to root for (most of us can probably identify with the nerd going for the pretty girl), but in true nerd fashion just when he is about to win he does something that can only cause you to clasp your hand to your forehead and shake your head a couple of times. He just can't help himself.

what the hell does "otakuppoi" mean?

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ssjokg said:

oldskoolpunk said:
Completely predictable episode.

Also tactically dumb. Kirito knows the dome is hard. He bought himself an army and they're getting ready. So what does he do? In the last episode he tried a solo attack and had his ass kicked. So this time he tries an attack with Lifa and gets his ass kicked. Finally his army shows up and saves his ass.

More of an issue: he's not trapped in the game. But Asuna is, and he's sure of that now. He's in contact with the people who are investigating the SAO debacle in the real world, where thousands died and hundreds are still in hospitals. They know he beat the game and knows a lot about it. He knows enough to start raising questions and applying pressure in the real world.

And he could also be a traumatized player that is delusional because his girlfriend is still sleeping.The authorities have no reason to believe him.

As for the army part.Back then when he saved the alliance, people were crying that Kirito is focusing on other things and now he is an idiot for trying to get closer to Asuna????

I think what he meant is that Kirito knew it was tactically impossible for him to beat the encounter by himself, yet never thought it fit to call upon the army he himself supplied with all his gold, especially when that armies purpose was defeating that encounter.

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skudoops said:

ssjokg said:

oldskoolpunk said:
Completely predictable episode.

Also tactically dumb. Kirito knows the dome is hard. He bought himself an army and they're getting ready. So what does he do? In the last episode he tried a solo attack and had his ass kicked. So this time he tries an attack with Lifa and gets his ass kicked. Finally his army shows up and saves his ass.

More of an issue: he's not trapped in the game. But Asuna is, and he's sure of that now. He's in contact with the people who are investigating the SAO debacle in the real world, where thousands died and hundreds are still in hospitals. They know he beat the game and knows a lot about it. He knows enough to start raising questions and applying pressure in the real world.

And he could also be a traumatized player that is delusional because his girlfriend is still sleeping.The authorities have no reason to believe him.

As for the army part.Back then when he saved the alliance, people were crying that Kirito is focusing on other things and now he is an idiot for trying to get closer to Asuna????

I think what he meant is that Kirito knew it was tactically impossible for him to beat the encounter by himself, yet never thought it fit to call upon the army he himself supplied with all his gold, especially when that armies purpose was defeating that encounter.

Kirito thought that it was possible because Yui told him that he could do fly past them with his speed.

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And he could also be a traumatized player that is delusional because his girlfriend is still sleeping.The authorities have no reason to believe him.

As for the army part.Back then when he saved the alliance, people were crying that Kirito is focusing on other things and now he is an idiot for trying to get closer to Asuna????

For this adaption of Kirito, that is true. I do think it's a bit strange that Kirito said earlier in this episode that he needed to trust people a bit more, but he sure doesn't trust the authorities haha.

In the LN the only reason is because he's a show-off.

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ssjokg said:

oldskoolpunk said:
Completely predictable episode.

Also tactically dumb. Kirito knows the dome is hard. He bought himself an army and they're getting ready. So what does he do? In the last episode he tried a solo attack and had his ass kicked. So this time he tries an attack with Lifa and gets his ass kicked. Finally his army shows up and saves his ass.

More of an issue: he's not trapped in the game. But Asuna is, and he's sure of that now. He's in contact with the people who are investigating the SAO debacle in the real world, where thousands died and hundreds are still in hospitals. They know he beat the game and knows a lot about it. He knows enough to start raising questions and applying pressure in the real world.

And he could also be a traumatized player that is delusional because his girlfriend is still sleeping.The authorities have no reason to believe him.

As for the army part.Back then when he saved the alliance, people were crying that Kirito is focusing on other things and now he is an idiot for trying to get closer to Asuna????

True, i saw the army coming, but it was still awesome. And as long as kirito is working towards saving Asuna, who cares what he does? I'm just glad they have the guardians behind them now and i cant wait to see what happens next ep

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skudoops said:

ssjokg said:

oldskoolpunk said:
Completely predictable episode.

Also tactically dumb. Kirito knows the dome is hard. He bought himself an army and they're getting ready. So what does he do? In the last episode he tried a solo attack and had his ass kicked. So this time he tries an attack with Lifa and gets his ass kicked. Finally his army shows up and saves his ass.

More of an issue: he's not trapped in the game. But Asuna is, and he's sure of that now. He's in contact with the people who are investigating the SAO debacle in the real world, where thousands died and hundreds are still in hospitals. They know he beat the game and knows a lot about it. He knows enough to start raising questions and applying pressure in the real world.

And he could also be a traumatized player that is delusional because his girlfriend is still sleeping.The authorities have no reason to believe him.

As for the army part.Back then when he saved the alliance, people were crying that Kirito is focusing on other things and now he is an idiot for trying to get closer to Asuna????

I think what he meant is that Kirito knew it was tactically impossible for him to beat the encounter by himself, yet never thought it fit to call upon the army he himself supplied with all his gold, especially when that armies purpose was defeating that encounter.

But they did ask back then.And the lords told them that it would take some time.
Choices:
a)Wait for an unknown amount of time.
b)Try the quest.

Dec 9, 2012 1:20 PM

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ssjokg said:

And he could also be a traumatized player that is delusional because his girlfriend is still sleeping.The authorities have no reason to believe him.

As for the army part.Back then when he saved the alliance, people were crying that Kirito is focusing on other things and now he is an idiot for trying to get closer to Asuna????

Frankly yeah, if Kirito, someone who spent two years in life-death game suddenly would start shouting that some VR-MMO is EVIL, that would give him total of 0 credibility. Not to mention that there's that(mostly logical fear) that any open involvement of authorities, would lead to Sugou to chicken out and just pull the plug on everyone including Asuna.

As for army part - people can never be satisfied. They rage when he wins, yet they rage when he lost last ep. They rage when he is focused on his goal, yet they rage when he spends time paying attention to the surroundings. They rage when Kirito does something by himself, yet they also rage when millions of chekov-guns set in the arc go off at once to make him achieve something...some people will never be satisfied.

Dec 9, 2012 1:22 PM

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ssjokg said:

But they did ask back then.And the lords told them that it would take some time.
Choices:
a)Wait for an unknown amount of time.
b)Try the quest.

I guess that makes sense then, I didn't even remember him asking.

Dec 9, 2012 1:25 PM

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Read this if you want to start the Fate/ series but don't know from where.

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skudoops said:

ssjokg said:

But they did ask back then.And the lords told them that it would take some time.
Choices:
a)Wait for an unknown amount of time.
b)Try the quest.

I guess that makes sense then, I didn't even remember him asking.

Note:I assume that they did show it in the anime.As I dont have the ep I cant say for sure.

Dec 9, 2012 1:45 PM

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