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Oct 14, 2019 6:29 AM

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oh so this is where alice is the main character,i hope it doesnt turn up to be a shit show like alicization s1
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LMAO here it comes SAO classic antagonist where everybody but kirito and waifus basically fucking evil to the bone and purposely triggering us
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also i guess alicization s3 will change the MC to kirito again or asuna

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Oct 14, 2019 6:32 AM
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lyckuer said:
I enjoyed this first episode, it was way better than the alicizations first seasons first episode. Though the earlier first episode was over 40 minutes long wasn't it? Maybe this could be too.
Anyway the last episode of fisrt season was interesting and after watching it i really waited this new season. Expecially i wanna know, what is happening in the real world?
Poor Kirito can't even speak now and it's kinda sad, because Sao without our badass Kirito seems not right, but i hope that Kirito will be no longer vegetable XD
Also i'm interested who really but that village on fire?
Hope that Asuna comes to Underworld soon though.
Rate: 8/10 for the first episode of season two.
1st eps of last season was actually quite important, but they failed to deliver the feelings/emotions into us due to some scenes getting skipped. Try to recall first eps from last season, or better yet, rewatch it. Then watch this first eps.

You'll notice that both starts from Rulid village. In the 1st eps of last season, they were a happy trio childhood friends who complements each others nicely.. and now she is back at Rulid village, but with a disabled Kirito, and without Eugeo nor her original memories. They had few months time skip from last season's final eps and the anime adaptation depicted the nuance of their current life in Rulid village perfectly in this first episode because of that.
Oct 14, 2019 6:44 AM
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Not a bad first episode, but I was hoping for news about what happened on Rath, like are the intruders the reason he is like that and stuff. What are Asuna and co.'s plans now?

I also want to know what happened to Administrator. Her former knights say she is dead, but didn't the ending of the previous season imply she is alive?

I hope these questions get answered in future episodes.
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Oct 14, 2019 7:22 AM
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Rob7 said:
Checking the op again, so the main villain this time will be the blonde "chess-piece-eater" guy.

Considering all the history of SAO anime,can you guess what will he be responsible for?

1. Mass murder
2. Rape
3. Both



Just the former, in addition to being a kidnapper, and behaves like Khorne.
Oct 14, 2019 11:19 AM

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It pains to see that what they fought for believing they saved in turn were disgusted by them. I hope they realize soon enough what Alice, Eugeo and Kirito went through to save their peaceful lives.
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Oct 14, 2019 11:58 AM
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Oh boy Kirito in haijin mode

And now Alice now has to be his caregiver
Oct 14, 2019 2:09 PM
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teubert2 said:
Not a bad first episode, but I was hoping for news about what happened on Rath, like are the intruders the reason he is like that and stuff. What are Asuna and co.'s plans now?

I also want to know what happened to Administrator. Her former knights say she is dead, but didn't the ending of the previous season imply she is alive?

I hope these questions get answered in future episodes.


Admin is dead I'm afraid. The anime decided to make that somewhat unclear for whatever reason.

Whats happening IRL should come fairly soon.
Oct 14, 2019 2:52 PM
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Siglius said:
teubert2 said:
Not a bad first episode, but I was hoping for news about what happened on Rath, like are the intruders the reason he is like that and stuff. What are Asuna and co.'s plans now?

I also want to know what happened to Administrator. Her former knights say she is dead, but didn't the ending of the previous season imply she is alive?

I hope these questions get answered in future episodes.


Admin is dead I'm afraid. The anime decided to make that somewhat unclear for whatever reason.

Whats happening IRL should come fairly soon.



Have you read the source material? If yes, is the source material more clear about her death?
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Oct 14, 2019 3:01 PM
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teubert2 said:
Siglius said:


Admin is dead I'm afraid. The anime decided to make that somewhat unclear for whatever reason.

Whats happening IRL should come fairly soon.



Have you read the source material? If yes, is the source material more clear about her death?


I have and thats exactly the case. The novel essentially narrated her fluctlight being deleted along with Cardinal's.
Oct 14, 2019 3:17 PM
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Siglius said:
teubert2 said:



Have you read the source material? If yes, is the source material more clear about her death?


I have and thats exactly the case. The novel essentially narrated her fluctlight being deleted along with Cardinal's.




I see. I think that's a shame because I really wanted to see her ascend to the "realm of the gods" (or whatever she called it again) a.k.a. "real life" by somehow hacking and entering the walking robot in Rath or something lol. If you think about it, that's a huge waste of potential there. It could, if she succeeded, even lead to its own arc, an arc which would take place in real life rather than just in a virtual reality world. An arc where she posed a serious threat to the whole world.

Thanks for telling me. A shame but it is what it is.
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Oct 14, 2019 4:44 PM

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Welp, Kirito in comatose mode after his Fluctlight got damaged after the events of Alicization Part 1, that now the awakened Alice has to take care of him, most importantly, back to Ruild Village where they once belonged to keep him safe in a timeskip.

The Integrity Knights that once served Administrator learns of the horrible plan of the Pontifex, it's just a curse waiting to happen, but it has to be resolved.

In the end, not even the village wants them, for a cause that ends them up from being hero to zero in a span of time Kirito, Eugeo and Alice ended up in the tower.

Episode 25 a.k.a Part 2 Episode 1, didn't expect it to carry so much emotions from the PV, and I'd have to say that it's hard to envision a future without Kirito. And more...what truly happened to Selka?
Oct 14, 2019 5:30 PM

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Well I see we're not speeding up the pacing at all, but I can deal. The previous season looked great and this one looks like it'll be even better visually. Alice is great and honestly seeing Kirito so literally broken is pretty rough. Hoping for a good season.
Oct 14, 2019 8:48 PM

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Alice absolute best waifu, I know 90 percent of the fanbase is Kirisuna but I have always shipped alice more
Oct 15, 2019 1:31 AM
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Poor Kirito I feel sorry for him. I felt angry that they didn't allow Alice to comeback to the village like wtf she is an Integrity Knight. That cliff hanger in the end I'm looking forward to the next episode.
Love the OP and LiSA <3
Oct 15, 2019 3:11 AM
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Pretty good ep. Though I feel bad to see Kirito in that state, I like how Alice is taking care of him. Kinda remind me of the movie Me before You. I hope author don't make A​lice suffer much from their love triangle later. Now the battle is coming. And they aren't strong. Can't wait to see how they gonna do things in this tough situation and bounce back. And nice ending song.



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Oct 15, 2019 4:28 AM

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Kirito was really likeable in this episode
Oct 15, 2019 4:46 AM
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After watching the first episode....I felt bad that Eugeo wasn't there anymore....
Overall I completely liked the whole episode.
Oct 15, 2019 4:49 AM

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When Kirito is wake up xD?
Oct 15, 2019 3:37 PM

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That was a really enjoyable episode, Kirito sure lost most of everything, I hope he stays like that for a while to let the others shine a bit, cause he was just too bright, joke aside, Alice did everything she could for him such kind hearted girl. <3
Oct 15, 2019 5:27 PM

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so far pretty good. nice episode imo.
op and ed are amazing as always. love LiSA.

i hope their situation turns for the better soon, especially for kirito. i think this is one of the few times he's not in god mode lol. i'm just interested to see what this season will bring.

alice best girl <3
Oct 15, 2019 7:58 PM

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Wheelchair bound Kirito is now my spirit animal
Oct 16, 2019 12:32 AM

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dude, that tease when
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Oct 16, 2019 2:15 AM
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Looks like the main focus of this season is going to be alice; since kirito's paralyzed. And as per the opening song; Alice is being highlighted more. The animation was good as ever.
Oct 17, 2019 12:58 PM
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I really liked the animation and the opening song. The first episode was also good. I'm waiting for the second episode :))
Oct 18, 2019 2:38 AM

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Lel0uchZer0 said:
Williem said:
When Kirito is wake up xD?

Hopefully never. The show is better like this not gonna lie
lol, i love Kirito xD
Oct 20, 2019 4:46 AM

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So far so good. Reall nice visuals.

Storywise not a lot there yet but I must say i pity potatoe-Kirito.
Oct 20, 2019 8:13 PM

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The only way I'll be able to tolerate vegetable Kirito is because I read some very heavy light novel spoilers so I know what's gonna happen in the end at least. I feel bad for anime-onlys

Oct 21, 2019 8:49 AM
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Siglius said:
teubert2 said:



Have you read the source material? If yes, is the source material more clear about her death?


I have and thats exactly the case. The novel essentially narrated her fluctlight being deleted along with Cardinal's.


I thought it was pretty obvious that Admin died
Oct 22, 2019 6:02 AM
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ErnaGhoul said:
Poor Kirito. I hope he comes back soon.
The visuals are great.
Only 12 episodes?????


It's a split cour. There'll be 11 more episodes in spring for a total of 23.
Oct 22, 2019 6:22 AM

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The animation, those flowers, were just beautiful, the visuals were nothing short of amazing. The story so far is good, I expect that this Season will be a good one. The OP and OST are very good.
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Oct 24, 2019 1:01 PM
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This was moving. The care Alice showed for Kirito, her calmness. It felt very emotional. This new season is starting awesomely.
Oct 26, 2019 8:58 AM

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A build up episode but a good one. From the looks of where it's going, it'll be a good season. It has quite a peaceful feel to it, I wonder how long that will last.
Shame to see Alice turned away by her dad. And the way the wood cutters were looking at her when she tried to get Kirito's sword back.
Op was decent, I quite liked the ed.
Oct 28, 2019 5:59 AM

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Kirito in AFK mode is the best and funny at the same time. I feel bad for Alice for experiencing bad things just because Kirito is out in action right now, but at the same time I like to see how will the things turn out.

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Oct 29, 2019 2:20 PM

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By the opening we can wait a lot...

Alice should have stayed in the capital, I know she was thinking of Kirito, but...
Nov 4, 2019 2:11 AM

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That sweet Fanatio service in the OP wew ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Weird to see Kirito as a vegetable but somehow don't mind iti

Pains me to see Alice suffer like this.
Dec 22, 2019 8:35 PM

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That ED song was incredible!
Jan 1, 2020 4:33 AM

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Good first episode. Alice is better looking and more appealing now. Kirito seems to spend about 25% of the time incapacitated throughout all the seasons.

Jan 20, 2020 6:05 PM
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so the episode was actually good they did the time skip after what happened to kirito and i taught that was cool
Jan 21, 2020 1:41 PM

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Did Alice get her memories back?
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Feb 2, 2020 4:05 AM

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Good start. Looking forward to Asuna getting more involved.
Feb 7, 2020 11:53 AM

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Ohh boi to be honest This is one of the best and saddest episode SAO series have so far. And that outro was also good.
Apr 4, 2020 12:16 AM

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Nice I was just only waiting to see Selka again, I like her, she is so cute
Apr 11, 2020 5:36 PM

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Damn I felt really bad for alice, she has so much potential. idc about kirito but damn this was really good. I hope ALice is the main protagonist from now on. Feels like a better anime tbh

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Apr 25, 2020 7:55 PM

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Doesnt allow Alice to stay in the village yet still needs her to do the work some of the guys cant do, like cutting a tree.
Then have the audacity to make fun of a person that can't defend himself.
May 3, 2020 8:01 PM

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Guy's literally been in a coma for months now and his harem still seems to be up and running. A fucking legend.
Jun 2, 2020 1:24 AM

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Wow Kirito is a vegetable,
dark territory attacks and Alice is alone
Jul 2, 2020 4:23 PM
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What a powerful first episode.
Kirito's devastating state was the last thing I expected, a double wheeler if you will, it had me in tears and in shock, poor little guy. Big us for Alice for being there for him, it seems she's already called levels down for him, even sharing the same bed, I wonder how much of that because of his condition than her affection to him.

The opening song seems to allude that the outside world folks would join Kirito somehow, or at least Asuna probably.
Aug 7, 2020 4:38 PM

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Kinda sad to see Kirito in such a state. Although I wish this has been outside of Underworld with Asuna taking care of him instead. Would have felt more impactful.
Anyway, I guess it's just gonna be all out war from here, but possibly Asuna and others showing up later (thanks to the OP basically kinda spoiling it). I wonder what's happening IRL though, like could they somehow lock down an area that the bad guys couldn't get into? They mentioned multiple other STLs, so perhaps the bad guys will also use those, as will Asuna sooner or later.
Can't wait for her to show up so make this damn Underworld actually feel like it's SAO and not just Kirito inserted into a random world. I didn't like the previous arc too much, but I'm still curious to see the rest.
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Damn, it's sad to see Kirito like that.
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