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| Finally, we're done with the mommy problems. Now we can focus on "Yuuki Yuuki". Damn, last episode's gonna be hea-vy. 5/5 this one. |
| Personally I think this was the best arc of SAO to date. It was a mix of reality and VR as well as much needed character development with a nice story, and action as a sweet cherry on top. It also made me like Kirito a whole lot more; he regained a personality that was previously non-existent, and by taking a backseat we weren't getting a ton of self-insert bullshit the beginning of the season (GGO) presented. It's almost like seeing Kirito's true personality (or what he's supposed to have been), which is extremely awesome. Asuna's issues with her mom were resolved nicely, although I think it was just a matter of needing a talk, than arguing and being harsh to each other. I'm looking forward to the next episode. If the ending is good this gets a solid 8/10 from me. |
| Ahhh.... such a refreshing episode. Ended with a smile in my face :) |
| Nice, a lot of feelings like in the previous episode. I'm happy to Asuna, finally she succeed to explain her feelings at her mother. I think the end of the arc will be very sad. |
| yuuki T____T feel train at full speed huh.. |
| This ep was really good. Too bad that's there only 1 ep to go... I hated Asuna's mom, even though my favorite seiyuu was playing her, but now she gained a few good points in my eyes. |
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| Good as expected. This arc is very beautiful. |
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| Loli asuna FTW XD Overall great episode 5/5 |
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| 10/10. |
mayukachan said: Anything is better after, "muh entire family died of AIDS!!!!"Cringey dialogue. Otherwise, okay episode. A lot better than the previous at least. |
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| sigh, so the show is now completely running off its original innovative path...well at least it will be over soon |
| Pretty good episode. Liked the drama in this arc. Hope S3 will come soon! :) |
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Bomb2chest said: Symqn said: Well its almost over and even if this arc adapted well i think it didn't go well since its almost over the ending will probably suck watched SAO for VR fighting scenes and they pretty non existent. Well I would drop the show then because that's not what the series is about. Fighting is not the goal of the show at all and only happens when needed. I would get in to the whole serious drama stuff if i read the LN but since 75% is missing its just doesn't make you feel for char. so they should focus on the fun aspect of this show like they did in first arc. |
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| Hahahahahaha what the fuck am I watching. I don't even know how to categorize this series any more. |
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ROGUEonDUTY said: sigh, so the show is now completely running off its original innovative path...well at least it will be over soon this show was innovative? |
Tyestor said: ROGUEonDUTY said: sigh, so the show is now completely running off its original innovative path...well at least it will be over soon this show was innovative? i think it was in the first season for like the first few episodes yes. unfortunately they are unable to get back to this state so far |
| Damn... I actually had an urge to cry while watching this. One of the best SAO eps ever for me. |
| Aincrad - 5/10 Fairy Dance - 3/10 Phantom Bullet - 5/10 Calibur - 4/10 Mother's Rosario - 8/10 How on earth can the quality change so much in one arc........ >.> |
| "People die when they are killed" - Emiya Shirou |
| I actually quite liked this episode, surprisingly. Yuuki is now a really likable character! As for Asuna's mother, it was nice seeing her cry, since I thought she was heartless. Next week it all ends, I'm kinda sad now. .-. |
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Sakubo777 said: Aincrad - 5/10 Fairy Dance - 3/10 Phantom Bullet - 5/10 Calibur - 4/10 Mother's Rosario - 8/10 How on earth can the quality change so much in one arc........ >.> Are you guys for real? Aincrad is fine at 5/10 but don't tell me you actually believe Mother's Rosario was better to the point of being 8/10... I can't even... |
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Sakubo777 said: Aincrad - 5/10 Fairy Dance - 3/10 Phantom Bullet - 5/10 Calibur - 4/10 Mother's Rosario - 8/10 How on earth can the quality change so much in one arc........ >.> Adaptation quality matters. MR so far i the most faithfully adapted arc, while Fairy Dance is least faithfully adapted(Aincrad being second least faithfully adapted). Hint: Aincrad and FD, if done correctly would be ~30-50 episodes long. GGO relies HEAVILY on all the set-up and character growth from previous two arcs that anime rushed through. |
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| It's so good to have these feels even just once a week :) |
| "Having someone saying you're okay as you are and being needed by that person... It was nice to have someone like that..." — Taiga Aisaka |
CookingPriest said: Sakubo777 said: Aincrad - 5/10 Fairy Dance - 3/10 Phantom Bullet - 5/10 Calibur - 4/10 Mother's Rosario - 8/10 How on earth can the quality change so much in one arc........ >.> Adaptation quality matters. MR so far i the most faithfully adapted arc, while Fairy Dance is least faithfully adapted(Aincrad being second least faithfully adapted). Hint: Aincrad and FD, if done correctly would be ~30-50 episodes long. GGO relies HEAVILY on all the set-up and character growth from previous two arcs that anime rushed through. No f*cking way lol (Only if you are refering yourself to SAO Progressive). I would give 15 episodes for Aincrad to make a perfect adaptation (it only needs one more, for the sake of some better char-developments) and 16 for Fairy Dance (for the sake of content and development, it needs at least more 5 episodes. The fights in the animateed version were basically huge "deus ex machina"s, since Kirito just randomly shook his sword to win everyone). |
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Danpmss said: CookingPriest said: Adaptation quality matters. MR so far i the most faithfully adapted arc, while Fairy Dance is least faithfully adapted(Aincrad being second least faithfully adapted). Hint: Aincrad and FD, if done correctly would be ~30-50 episodes long. GGO relies HEAVILY on all the set-up and character growth from previous two arcs that anime rushed through. No f*cking way lol (Only if you are refering yourself to SAO Progressive). I would give 15 episodes for Aincrad to make a perfect adaptation (it only needs one more, for the sake of some better char-developments) and 16 for Fairy Dance (for the sake of content and development, it needs at least more 5 episodes. The fights in the animateed version were basically huge "deus ex machina"s, since Kirito just randomly shook his sword to win everyone). THey already added the first boss from progressive. It does not make sense that htey could not add all the other things from progressive and side stories. Side stories alone were rushed as fuck(yui's story would need one or two more episodes, murder mystery, another episode, etc) |
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| omg, the BGM song at the end was really good! reading her scene with her mothers was heartwarming on Ln but seeing it animated made me shed a tear... right through the kokoro, can't wait for the last episode!! 5/5 |
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| Her mom actually has a heart after all. :) |
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| nice episode, lots of feels |
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Stark700 said: Asuna's mom also enters the game and her game character design is pretty typical. But, I thought that character was Asuna's sub account, not her mom's hurr durr. :P Anyways....nice episode, felt heart warming throughout the whole thing. What with Yuuki attending school....in a cool way, Asuna making up with her mom, and Asuna also gets to stay in the same school, as usual. :3 It all worked out nicely. :3 Overall nice episode, but what's next? o-o I wonder..... |
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| Good episode, full to the brim with the emotions. Kind of wondering how the last episode will bring the whole thing together. |
Danpmss said: CookingPriest said: Adaptation quality matters. MR so far i the most faithfully adapted arc, while Fairy Dance is least faithfully adapted(Aincrad being second least faithfully adapted). Hint: Aincrad and FD, if done correctly would be ~30-50 episodes long. GGO relies HEAVILY on all the set-up and character growth from previous two arcs that anime rushed through. No f*cking way lol (Only if you are refering yourself to SAO Progressive). I would give 15 episodes for Aincrad to make a perfect adaptation (it only needs one more, for the sake of some better char-developments) and 16 for Fairy Dance (for the sake of content and development, it needs at least more 5 episodes. The fights in the animateed version were basically huge "deus ex machina"s, since Kirito just randomly shook his sword to win everyone). Did you actually read the novels? Regardless of the events in volume 1, every1 1 of the side stories skipped scenes, dialogue etc. Well i agree with you in the NO WAY to 50 episodes. My estimate on a faithfully adapted aincrad arc with sidestories would come out about 18 episodes. episode 2 of sao1 came from the progressive novel. If we try to include progressive up to the 3rd floor, then perhaps a perfect 2-cour show(maybe a little longer). Idk about fairy dance cuz I never bothered to read it. |
powerofemoDec 14, 2014 1:02 PM
| SAO1 NEEDED first day. Kirito's development was lacking. Also, Santa side story SHOULD have been more than 1 episode, or showing Kirito leveling as crazy 18 hours a day would be good for the character too. There were bunch of things that needed to be animated. |
| 50 episodes may be a bit much for Aincrad and Fairy Dance, but the Aincrad arc at the very least could have easily made 24 episodes, maybe even more. If we analyze just episode 2 of season 1 for example, you can truly see how much A-1 has skipped, so much that they skipped more than they actually adapted Personal explanation picture: http://i.imgur.com/5KaFpfU.png Argo literally got no justice in the anime, not even a mention that she was the creator of the guidebook. Only a 3 second appearance in Red-Nosed Reindeer (Sachi sidestory). Lind wasn't mentioned at all in the anime too, you see him only once in the background in Red-Nosed Reindeer. Seeing that he is the leader of one of the top clearing guilds (Divine Dragon Alliance) and becomes the successor of Diavel's will, A-1 chose not to do anything about that. Kibaou also appears again over the course of the series, and is one of the major figures in the clearing guild Aincrad Liberation Force that ordered Kobatz's team to attack the 74th floor boss Gleam Eyes in which they were wiped out and Kibaou was also the leader of the corrupt faction that stranded Thinker in Morning Dew Girl (Yui sidestory) and extorted players on the first floor. And that's just from one episode of season 1. |
-Karoshi-Dec 14, 2014 2:22 PM
LastChapter said: 50 episodes may be a bit much for Aincrad and Fairy Dance, but the Aincrad arc at the very least could have easily made 24 episodes, maybe even more. If we analyze just episode 2 of season 1 for example, you can truly see how much A-1 has skipped, so much that they skipped more than they actually adapted Personal explanation picture: http://i.imgur.com/5KaFpfU.png Argo literally got no justice in the anime, not even a mention that she was the creator of the guidebook. Only a 3 second appearance in Red-Nosed Reindeer (Sachi sidestory). Lind wasn't mentioned at all in the anime too, you see him only once in the background in Red-Nosed Reindeer. Seeing that he is the leader of one of the top clearing guilds (Divine Dragon Alliance) and becomes the successor of Diavel's will, A-1 chose not to do anything about that. Kibaou also appears again over the course of the series, and is one of the major figures in the clearing guild Aincrad Liberation Force that ordered Kobatz's team to attack the 74th floor boss Gleam Eyes in which they were wiped out and Kibaou was also the leader of the corrupt faction that stranded Thinker in Morning Dew Girl (Yui sidestory) and extorted players on the first floor. And that's just from one episode of season 1. We should petition for a redo of SAO I BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO STOP _________ ABOUT A _____ ADAPTATION. GOD. |
| Pretty good! Kirito-kun helps Asuna with Yuuki's dream to go to the school and now she can goes to the school every day with Asuna. :) Yuuki gave straights to Asuna for she can get courage to convince her mother talking with her inside of the virtual game on SAO. Their story was wonderful and I might that her mother is now free to let her daughter study with their friends on her school. Such a good mother! ;) |
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| Yuuki finally able to go to school again with Kirito and Asuna help :D Asuna and her Mother finally can understand each other, well done. :) next final episode brace yourself. |
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| What a nice conclusion with her mother... Very touching ep, just sad to know that Yuuki's lifespan is very little remaining... Hufff... I'm preparing for the worst for next episode.... |
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| Well done. If there were more arcs with Asuna, it would be nice:) |
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| This reminded me of when I tried to get my mom to play Call of Duty and she just kept walking in circles and asking if there was a way to turn the violence off. She later banned me from using the Playstation 2. |
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| Beautiful episode. Glad that Asuna resolved her problems with her mom. Yuuki finally got to see what school is like now, that was nice. :) |
| AHHHHHHHHHHH EHHHHHHHHHHH Kirito alwasy there to help Asuna. She would do the same for him T__T When Yuuki read that story OMG it was basically Yuuki T__T. Shedding a tear at the moment. Yuuki house being torn down WTF TwT Asuna mother finally saw her world she loved T__T The forest house on floor 22 is basically Grandparents home> I now understand why she loved it so much T__T Asuna gets to stay and be with everyone YAY!! LAST EPISODE OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO Been crying these past episodes. |
| Asuna's mom is a milf. Need a doujin about her |
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chakracat said: I laughed when she carried AIDS-chan on her shoulder as a cam. Wow come on man that's so bad, but made me laugh as well when I read this. I'm really liking the adaptation and pacing of mother's rosario. I definitely wouldn't mind a 3rd season. |
Legal_Latino said: This reminded me of when I tried to get my mom to play Call of Duty and she just kept walking in circles and asking if there was a way to turn the violence off. I tried to teach my gf to play LoL and... well, she kinda did the same thing but asking if there was a way so people would stop attacking her... |
AnimeFan500 said: AHHHHHHHHHHH EHHHHHHHHHHH Kirito alwasy there to help Asuna. She would do the same for him T__T When Yuuki read that story OMG it was basically Yuuki T__T. Shedding a tear at the moment. Yuuki house being torn down WTF TwT Asuna mother finally saw her world she loved T__T The forest house on floor 22 is basically Grandparents home> I now understand why she loved it so much T__T Asuna gets to stay and be with everyone YAY!! LAST EPISODE OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO Been crying these past episodes.  Dafak went wrong here, can't tell if trolling or not. |
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| Nice episode. It went as expected. Well, this arc is about to end, I have my worries about next episode, I hope I'm wrong about what's going to happen... 5/5 |
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