| Swag Fart Online II heh I'm so funny Vokoca said: I will watch this for Kajiura. If she does the OST again, that is. This. And for hot Sinon too. |
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| Would watch for the sakuga only...and maybe Kajiura too. |
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| Had been waiting till the thread calmed down to post, so here i go Overall i'm not really looking forward to the second season. Having watched the entire first season and it left too much to be desired of. The Aincrad arc in particular, was such a huge mess filled up almost entirely by completely disjointed and disconnected episodes that made me feel as if i missed few episodes in between. Most of the side characters were either weak, uninteresting, or simply pointless plot-wise, since the show never seemed to be able to develop them properly and instead throw them away once the purpoe they're written already done off. What's more infuriating is how stupid the conlusion of such arc was written. It completely broke its own established rule and turned the hero Kirito into God-mode to finish off the seemingly unbeatable GM, for the reason that the show didn't ever bother to adress. It's one of the most narratively flawed conclusion i've ever seen in anime (the other one being Chaos;Head and Blood-C). Though to be honest, i burst into heavy laughter once the main antagonist, the creator of the game itself, forgot as to why he started out the entire crap to begin with. A really laughable villain which was probably similar with those on scooby-doo. The second arc (Fairy Dance) IMO was a pretty significant improvement from the first. More coherent storyline, more reasonable world building, and perhaps i'm just a sucker for Fairy species. What's troubling me the most though, is how easily they degrade Asuna from a badass heroine into mere damsel in distress. It's annoying. It sucks. And it practically renders her character development during first arc (assuming she actually develops during such arc) meaningless. some stupid my-not-actually-little sister-want-to-bang-me which i find tasteless in most anime, turned out to be the strongest flavor here. And again, its conclusion, by unrealistically having Kirito bend the law of the game itself to defeat the final boss, was extremely silly and once again provided a cheap laugh for me. But eh~ overall the show was entertaining if you turned your brain off completely (Err~ Was i really that shallow?) Anyway, i'm probably going to consider watching the second season if : 1) No stupid Deus ex Machina that break the game's established rule for no apparent reason aside from making Kirito look even more badass 2) No random girl popping out and fall for Kirito only to ends up being friendzoned 3) No cartoonish villain that do evil thing for extremely silly/shallow reason Minagatachi said: And trolls, no one is forcing you to watch it. And nobody's forcing you to pay attention to them. The reason why the shitstorm looked very glorious was because most people pay more attention to haters and trolls instead of focusing more into people who genuinely intend to discuss the show. No matter what kind of crap they spew on the show you like, so long as they don't personally attack you, what's with the hard feeling over it? |
| I think I'm more excited to see the controversy surrounding each week's episode discussion than I am to see the second season itself. Still, for some reason my heart started racing when I first saw this news. Actually looking forward to it more than common sense should dictate. |
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Minagatachi said: And trolls, no one is forcing you to watch it. That's true, but how can we miss the comedy of the year? |
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AbbyArtavia said: Its going to air on october: http://www.swordart-online.net/phantom/#!/ I was expecting it to air during the summer season to be honest... |
| 5 main aspects I base my ratings on: 1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it? 2. Is it better than Breaking Bad? 3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it? 4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL? 5. Is it actually good? Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant... |
Amiluhur said: 1) No stupid Deus ex Machina that break the game's established rule for no apparent reason aside from making Kirito look even more badass 2) No random girl popping out and fall for Kirito only to ends up being friendzoned 3) No cartoonish villain that do evil thing for extremely silly/shallow reason 1. There's no if I remember correctly 2. There is one 3. Yes, there is |
| I already saw my friends sharing this news in some social sites. They really made a big deal out of this even though they haven't read the light novel which I think is better than the anime. |
| Guess it's time to jump on the hype train XD |
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| Well this will be fun. |
| So why does Kirito has long hair and boobs? Anyway, will watch because I want to understand and participate in the incoming shitstorms. Can't wait. |
| Augh! I loved SAO so much when I first watched it. (Despite the corny romantic plotline etc etc.) I watched the "episode" yesterday and I love how they ended it. I thought it was going to be a one-off thing, but I'm really, really glad that there's another series coming out for it. ...tbh I just really like it for the art wahhhh. |
| HOLY SHIT.. HOLY..... I can't believe I'm seeing this. Hahahaha.. only one arc this time.. all the better.. make sure they make a better adaption. This will be something worth expecting.. |
| I didn't like the first season I hope this one is better |
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| Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. |
VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying |
- I've always... always been watching you... This whole time... Because you were there... That's why I was able to try hard. So you could have some balance! So you wouldn't treat me like a kid! So you would see me as an actual girl! Even while you were gone... You were right here! You were right here in my heart! |
ssjokg said: Shangetsu said: wakka9ca said: In the novel, the inner struggle of the characters are EXTREMELY detailed. In the anime, it will just look they are all emo :/ All of my '^this'. They should have taken the first whole season to do the Aincrad arc. A lot of people would be surprised but SAO's novel feel closer to Bakemonogatari in term of character development than your usual shounen. I'm not kidding when I say that three quarter of every single books is about inner thoughts of the characters. NO NO NO NO Monogatari's char development is WAY different(and better) than SAO's(any volume). Yes it does a better job than shounen like Naruto,FT and Bleach but Monogatari?No. Sigh, calm your fanboy hormones for a second and read the sentence again. "SAO's novel feel closer to Bakemonogatari in term of character development than your usual shounen" >feel closer >never said it was exactly like it nor one of them was superior to the other. I also think that -monogatari novels are better than Sword Art Online novels. My point is that the way the character thoughts are emphasied a lot in the SAO novels make it closer to a work like -monogatari instead of a badly written shounen with a emo character that got a harem just like the anime made it seems. Shokun said: Litrydow said: Minagatachi said: And trolls, no one is forcing you to watch it. That's true, but how can we miss the comedy of the year? This ^^  VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. I fully agree with this. |
AversaJan 1, 2014 12:47 PM
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| Haha this thread is already full of haters. S2, was waiting for it..can i rate it 10/10 already? I'm serious. I love SAO. |
delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying Of course, let's not forget Seriously, no amount of games would let you be able to do that. |
| The first season wasn't that bad so I'll be watching this. |
| It's been a while since I've watched an anime that has a really OP MC since Beelzebub or Mondaiji. It's only something in an anime that can give me the chills. In the end it all comes down to your tastes. SAO's first season was my gateway to watching a lot of anime's and since then I've come to realize its flaws and decided to drop its rating to somewhat more realistic and 'friendly' to the MAL community, though it's an anime that will always have a place in my favourites. At the time it was a really darn of an awesome show when you've barely recognized the different flavours of anime but after watching a few more really good romance anime, like Chihayafuru, I could not help but cringe when re-watching SAO and how they dumbed down Asuna role so bad in the second arc. THOUGH despite all that, you can't ignore the fact that it was a really enjoyable anime. ESPECIALLY if you are a newcomer and had only been watching 'The Big Three'. |
VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying Of course, let's not forget Seriously, no amount of games would let you be able to do that. And also, Alicization is great but when I read the web novel summary given by other users, after the whole bushel with the Administrator, |
delulytricJan 1, 2014 8:07 AM
- I've always... always been watching you... This whole time... Because you were there... That's why I was able to try hard. So you could have some balance! So you wouldn't treat me like a kid! So you would see me as an actual girl! Even while you were gone... You were right here! You were right here in my heart! |
delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying Of course, let's not forget Seriously, no amount of games would let you be able to do that. And also, Alicization is great but when I read the web novel summary given by other users, after the whole bushel with the Administrator, Though I haven't read up to that point(I stopped at Turning), I still think that Alicization is quite better than the past arcs. |
VoidNoodle said: Actually, this made my mind. Hell with GGO, let just skip to Alicization.delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying Of course, let's not forget Seriously, no amount of games would let you be able to do that. And also, Alicization is great but when I read the web novel summary given by other users, after the whole bushel with the Administrator, Though I haven't read up to that point(I stopped at Turning), I still think that Alicization is quite better than the past arcs. |
Pusswookie said: This, cressidaaa said: Levi and Eren should be bro's. I'm rooting for their friendship! is truth. |
| I'm solely watching due to the fact that it has animated bitches and guns, who doesn't like that? |
Shangetsu said: Good try but no. Otaku Fanboys were teens with lower IQ and have shitty taste. As for Elitist, when Elitist watch some shitty anime, they tortured themselves and rate the series into 1/10 - 4/10, i call them masochist. I`m not an Otaku/Fanboy/Elitist/Hater or whatever. i`m a person who always laugh at shitty anime with pleasure because some bad anime can be enjoyable to watch. I`m a Sadist >:D |
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VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying Of course, let's not forget Seriously, no amount of games would let you be able to do that. And also, Alicization is great but when I read the web novel summary given by other users, after the whole bushel with the Administrator, Though I haven't read up to that point(I stopped at Turning), I still think that Alicization is quite better than the past arcs. The source I got from is actually a summary of someone who read the web novel in Japanese before Kawahara took down it due to licensing problems. Currently LN vol 13 which is dividing, is still very very far from the very end of Alicization. Well definitely if I conclude Alicization as a whole, it's way better than the four other arcs since it has heckload of sources to back up with (from LN vol.9, could be written all the way till vol.18). If given more opportunity to expand GGO or SAO arc, I think it would be also great. |
- I've always... always been watching you... This whole time... Because you were there... That's why I was able to try hard. So you could have some balance! So you wouldn't treat me like a kid! So you would see me as an actual girl! Even while you were gone... You were right here! You were right here in my heart! |
delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying Of course, let's not forget Seriously, no amount of games would let you be able to do that. And also, Alicization is great but when I read the web novel summary given by other users, after the whole bushel with the Administrator, Though I haven't read up to that point(I stopped at Turning), I still think that Alicization is quite better than the past arcs. The source I got from is actually a summary of someone who read the web novel in Japanese before Kawahara took down it due to licensing problems. Currently LN vol 13 which is dividing, is still very very far from the very end of Alicization. Well definitely if I conclude Alicization as a whole, it's way better than the four other arcs since it has heckload of sources to back up with (from LN vol.9, could be written all the way till vol.18). If given more opportunity to expand GGO or SAO arc, I think it would be also great. Whoa, that long? That would be a pain to turn into an anime. But yeah, I actually thought the end of Turning meant that the arc was nearing its conclusion, but damn. Maybe this is what the author originally planned to write, and the past arcs were experiments or something. |
VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: delulytric said: VoidNoodle said: Eh, GGO felt kinda boring for me(typical Kirito OPness). Can't wait for Alicization. Now that's good. But typical OP while carrying Of course, let's not forget Seriously, no amount of games would let you be able to do that. And also, Alicization is great but when I read the web novel summary given by other users, after the whole bushel with the Administrator, Though I haven't read up to that point(I stopped at Turning), I still think that Alicization is quite better than the past arcs. The source I got from is actually a summary of someone who read the web novel in Japanese before Kawahara took down it due to licensing problems. Currently LN vol 13 which is dividing, is still very very far from the very end of Alicization. Well definitely if I conclude Alicization as a whole, it's way better than the four other arcs since it has heckload of sources to back up with (from LN vol.9, could be written all the way till vol.18). If given more opportunity to expand GGO or SAO arc, I think it would be also great. Whoa, that long? That would be a pain to turn into an anime. But yeah, I actually thought the end of Turning meant that the arc was nearing its conclusion, but damn. Maybe this is what the author originally planned to write, and the past arcs were experiments or something. A pain? Let's do it the A-1 way ! >Remove every inner dialogue >focus on important plot point without caring about pre and post development >focus on Kirito doing flashy things >pantsu of female characters >extra episode where Kirito, Alice and Eugeo go to swim no matter how illogical it is >put the whole alicization arc in a 24 episodes season >dance as they made the shittiest adaptation known to mankind |
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| How did this get a sequel ?! Whats next, School Days 2 ? ...sigh another timeslot that could have been used for good or new anime, wasted ...pass. |
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VoidNoodle said: Whoa, that long? That would be a pain to turn into an anime. But yeah, I actually thought the end of Turning meant that the arc was nearing its conclusion, but damn. Maybe this is what the author originally planned to write, and the past arcs were experiments or something. Well if the author decided to drop the OP/somewhat senseless crap after the Administrator arc, it would be quite short, maybe till volume 15. Cause from what I gathered in the summary of the web novel (spoilers to the max, not even reading Dividing which is LN vol 13 could help. but i may remember wrongly, but this is how the story goes after that) |
- I've always... always been watching you... This whole time... Because you were there... That's why I was able to try hard. So you could have some balance! So you wouldn't treat me like a kid! So you would see me as an actual girl! Even while you were gone... You were right here! You were right here in my heart! |
Saito6689 said: Haha this thread is already full of haters. S2, was waiting for it..can i rate it 10/10 already? I'm serious. I love SAO. The haters are good for SAO and its fans :)! I can't wait to drop another 10/10 as well!! |
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N41X said: How did this get a sequel ?! Whats next, School Days 2 ? ...sigh another timeslot that could have been used for good or new anime, wasted ...pass. Yeah another timeslot wasted instead of putting shit like Code Geass or Muv-luv on it. SAO's anime is shit, so are your favorite and so are mines. Welcome to the internet. |
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| I'm pretty excited for this 2nd season. I think GGO is a good game compared to SAO and ALO, and the phantom bullet arc was great from what I read. Oh well, can just wait and see >_> |
| This Anime is becoming the naruto and Dragonball z in the west. Overly hype. |
| Hmm... mixed feelings toward watching this. On one hand, I didn't like SAO and on the other hand, I heard GGO's the best arc. I guess I'll decide when the time comes :( |
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delulytric said: This is the same shit Infinite Stratos pulled in its latest volume. Are Yumizuru & Kawamura talking to each other? lololololol |
| l AICW said: delulytric said: This is the same shit Infinite Stratos pulled in its latest volume. Are Yumizuru & Kawamura talking to each other? lololololol As I said it's web novel which was removed later. Not from the light novel. The story may or may not change depending on how they end off the Administrator arc . And serious why Infinite Stratos do this shit too when it was like more of a harem show. |
delulytricJan 1, 2014 9:47 AM
- I've always... always been watching you... This whole time... Because you were there... That's why I was able to try hard. So you could have some balance! So you wouldn't treat me like a kid! So you would see me as an actual girl! Even while you were gone... You were right here! You were right here in my heart! |
Shangetsu said: A pain? Let's do it the A-1 way ! >Remove every inner dialogue >focus on important plot point without caring about pre and post development >focus on Kirito doing flashy things >pantsu of female characters >extra episode where Kirito, Alice and Eugeo go to swim no matter how illogical it is >put the whole alicization arc in a 24 episodes season >dance as they made the shittiest adaptation known to mankind Err... Let's resume. Removing inner dialogue, focusing on important points, focusing on flashy things, ecchi things, and the main character, extra episode that is crappy and doesn't makes sense, 8-9 LN volumes in a 24 episode series so about 3 episodes per volume... Yep, yep. That's about what every single LN adapted gets served. Except that most of them never get 24 episode, let alone a second season. Stop complaining, SAO doesn't have it half as bad as some other LN adapted. And that's definitely not "A-1 style". LN that didn't get served this during their anime adaptation are only the lucky one. |
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| I liked the first few episodes of Sword Art Online so I'll give it a watch in hopes that it doesn't depreciate in value as the anime continues. And I really hope Kiritio doesn't break the game again via the power of love or some ridiculous junk like that. Also, I want to see other supporting characters receive some more screen time, it's like they get introduced in one episode and then we rarely see them again. |
Shangetsu said: A pain? Let's do it the A-1 way ! >Remove every inner dialogue >focus on important plot point without caring about pre and post development >focus on Kirito doing flashy things >pantsu of female characters >extra episode where Kirito, Alice and Eugeo go to swim no matter how illogical it is >put the whole alicization arc in a 24 episodes season >dance as they made the shittiest adaptation known to mankind hahahah xD you know, I loved the SAO in both anime and LN, and don't have any problems with it, but reading this I can't help but laugh and kind of agree with you Nevertheless, SAO anime was great, and I expect the next season will be just as great and illogical :) cuz anime logic |
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