Satan-sama said:DancingJack said:
Kirito's little harem world where he only has to interact with cute girls that have thing for him sure gets annoying fast~... (It was already incredible stupid in Sword Art Online where it completely contradicted a point that was made in the first episode).
If Sinon also falls for him for no reason while the other guy gets turned into a "overly possesive creep" to "make it okay" I will probably just stop the episode right there, turn it off and try to wipe the anime from my mind entirely.
I had really, really hoped Asuna gets to see the little scene at the end of their battle where Kirito pulls Sinon creepily close for someone who has a girlfriend he wants to marry and basically "a child". But Kirito never has to deal with conflicts like that. And it's totally okay for Sinon to lose her mind over Kirito and getting pulled close by him, standing there with eyes wide open... but if "the only person who really understands her" wants to hug her, she is not ready for that... >_>
The pacing was again all over the place but this time really slow... and with the "trauma" part played to death. Yes, we know now that he feels bad about it, jeez... it's like a few episodes back when they needed to point out that "Kirito is special" over and over again. People actually have a brain, the point of a visual medium is that you can figure stuff out by looking at it, not by repeating something over and over again while also shoving it into your face with obvious, extra dialog (maybe some signs pointing to Kirito with "I'm sad now!" written on them would help if you are really going for that).
Edit.:
Isn't kind of funny btw. that alot of commenters here feel that Sinon's friend seemed a bit "creepy and crazy" because it was presented that way while last episode when Kirito did about exactly the same, pulling her close for no reason at the end of their fight people reacted like it was the "cutest thing ever"?
Yeah, all Kirito's harem is in ALO and I really -just like you- gets annoyed when I saw them xD ALO is really so vivid compared to GGO, It's like watching two different anime, watching Kitito's hot and cute harem killing cute monsters using cute skills, while in the other hand, Kirito's suffering from trauma, there's a psycho who's after him and he entered a tournament for pro gunmen. I see that so amusing.
L-Ryoshi said:
Awfully slow episode this time around. I'm kinda glad it happened though. We needed the change of pace as well as the connection to the "Outside world", since we haven't really seen it since episode 1. Kirito is still suffering from guilt and all that jazz, I was quite surprised what with all the crazy stuff going on in his mind that he didn't actually crash his bike in the real world.
Sucks to be Spiegel. The only real friend that she has in real life, and he loses out to the godly Beater "Sword" of Kirito :P
Not that it wasn't expected of course. The dude is way too forward with his advances. If Shino actually had more friends in real life than him, I would bet a million bucks that she would have reacted with disgust when he went in for the hug. Oh well, he's gonna lose out anyway, but the characterization of him leaves a lot to be desired. He comes off obsessive and stalkerish, even in this episode. I wonder just how much worse he'll get once he finds out that Sinon has been stolen away by Kirito's Lightsaber.
It was good to see Sugu, Asuna and the rest of the gang again, though I would have wanted a little more interaction still. Sugu threatening to break down Kirito's door was hilarious. I think personally Klein has a worse role than Spiegel, he's pretty much the nanny to Kirito's harem when he's away. Now if that role ain't the most depressing, I don't know which role would be.
Can't wait for the action to drop next episode!
Oh and yeah, I'd take Nurse Aki to the Harem any day!
Shinkawa wants to take the advantage of being Sinon only friend, He's so stubborn even though she pushed him when he surprisingly hugged her, and she did the same when he tried to hold his hand, He's like "I'll make you mine no matter what happen". I hate these kind of people, but Kitiro won't let him touch his harem.