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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- He saved her. Then running away. With the shock seeing that gun, she is traumatized and he convinced her to shoot again. Her confession about her trauma, and his determination. |
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Ah about time. I'm not surprised by the trauma part though. Kirito playing the role of the hero will probably be something that Sinon will remember for a long time. The part with the horse made me chuckle a bit. |
Stark700Sep 6, 2014 9:55 AM
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| Of course Kirito saved Sinon :D Good talk in that cave. They told each other their past, and bonded a bit I guess xD Cannot wait for the enxt episode! And I hope we get to know who Death Gun is soon :o |
| Kirito the Savior, Sinon can't pull the trigger and some stories to be told.. |
| Kirito comes to save the day again. Did not see that one coming. This was a bit too heavy on the drama with Sinon breaking down and going all "cry me a river" in Kirito's arms. [i]Justin Timberlake[/i] should have been playing in the background the whole time during the last 10 minutes. Also, not enough of Sinon's ass in this one. |
dankzelSep 6, 2014 1:55 PM
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| look, like Sinon will help Kirito to fight Death gun |
| Kirito saves her just in time. Sinon's trauma is starting to come back now. Both of them telling their stories about how they killed someone in the past. Must be hard for them to live with that for the rest of their lives. |
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| Kirito saving Sinon with some shots and a decoy grenade (smoke grenade) to start the run. Seeing Sinon breaking down out of fear of her life and her past. Shooting that shot together to cause an explosion. Sinon saying that she doesn't care if she dies that is if she doesn't change. That was fairly nice, to chat together and sharing the secret of having killed somebody. |
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| I really wish Kirito had mentioned that silver cats guild... The trauma from that would be more...realistic and relatable I think. But he seems to have completely forgotten about them. Which is really sad cause that incident really shaped him. It also would have been nice to see Kirito talk to Sinon about his trauma, and have her learn that she isn't alone. But oh well... |
RebelheroSep 6, 2014 10:11 AM
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| I actually kinda liked this episodes. Altho i hav a feeling haters are going hate and facepalm big. Seems like the kind of episode to receive a lot of hate |
-Resident- said: Ugh, I knew this would be executed this badly. It's not like I wanted Sinon to die, but at least execute it properly. I know that real time is irrelevant in anime, but still he had plenty of time to shoot her, even with his little "ritual". It was just so predictable and boring. Yeah there was no need for such a long drag if Kirito was going to come save her anyways. Took away about 3 minutes of screen time for an expected save. -Resident- said: I know they slowed down Sinon's death sequence so they could expose her supposed "trauma" again. That in reality didn't work at all for me. The drama was way too overdramatic for me to handle. I understand them exposing the "trauma" again because that is the basis of Sinon's character. However, I did dislike the scene when they reveal their secrets of murdering someone to one another. Although it was necessary for the characters, for the viewers it was watching the same thing for the third time already. It was an okay episode nonetheless. But hopefully we don't have to see Kirito slashing that Laughing Coffin guy anymore. |
| Kirito driving one handed while looking back and talking to Sinon, and even setting it up to go on a ramp. Sasuga Kirito. That Death Gun riding a horse. Really ironic when you know about that tiny part in volume 8 chapter 1. LN reader should know what I'm referring to. And confession of sins in a cave. Not exactly a good place to break down and bare your secret to one another but emotions tend to run wild at times. Excellent acting by Sawashiro. At this pace, it's probably 3-4 more episodes I guess till they cover it all. Also the same amount of time before a change of OP too. |
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| Sinon too scared to pull trigger. Episode mainly just Kirito and Sinon talking. Death Gun didn't die. Poor horse got blown up. Overall, not bad, just not as much action as I hoped. |
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| 3/5 on the episode... 5/5 on the drama... I would love to have someone like Sinon to protect and love...you can say Kirito and her fits each other well too..but he already has Asuna... too bad...in a harem you can't have them all... sorry being greedy... xD |
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| totally cool :3 |
| Awesome, Kirito saved Sinon as expected! Aw, Kirito didn't take the horse. (T_T) He decided to ride in his trusty dune buggy of some sort. What? He wants to shoot the horse! (T_T) Oh, that's because Death Gun's riding the horse. Epic explosion jump shot. Poor horsey. (T_T) So Sinon and Kirito told each other their story. This should strengthen their bond a bit. By the way, Sinon looked extra hot and cute this episode. (^_^) |
I’m always searching for something, for someone. This feeling has possessed me I think, from that day… That day when the stars came falling. |
| Great episode... So the climax was reached, of course she was saved and they told each other their past, which forges a bond between Kirito and Shinon.. Did Asuna and the other friends watched the escape scene from Death Gun on TV now like the week before? |
| "If the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix |
rl1dragon said: In the scene with Kirito and Sinon in the cave having a serious talk, A-1 still manages to put some Sinon butt crack into a serious moment. Can't stop noticing that butt crack after someone mentioned it. Thanks a lot who ever it was. Ikr, I was watching the anime just normally till someone posted that, now I see it every f*cking time, I don't even pay attention to that but omg. |
| Sinon's "Daikiraii" was kawaiii <3 Her fanservice has become quite obligatory XD Not bad ep. Loved the Horse chase :3 And the way the explosion was animated was epic :O |
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| My prediction from last episode came through, he saved Sinon. DeadZeroSource said: You can say Kirito and her fit each other well too..but he already has Asuna... too bad...in a harem you can't have them all... sorry being greedy... xD rl1dragon said: I thought the same thing when I saw that in this epXD..nose bleedsIn the scene with Kirito and Sinon in the cave having a serious talk, A-1 still manages to put some Sinon butt crack into a serious moment. Can't stop noticing that butt crack after someone mentioned it. Thanks a lot who ever it was. |
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| Well that was um... emotional. Okay episode. Thought I was going to finally see DG and Kirito go at it after he saved Sinon, but I guess not. Sinon really irritated me this episode. Maybe because of the dialogue. She didn't want to shoot, but she didn't want Kirito to shoot her gun. I'm like come on somebody shoot. The cave scene was decent. Sinon got emotional while talking to Kirito. They started talking about their past... again. I saw the purpose of Sinon telling Kirito, but not the other way around. The talk was good, but I feel like the whole "I killed somebody" theme was run it's course. Hopefully next episode will have some action. 3/5. |
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| Told each other's trauma story, bonding over traumas, licking each other's wounds......Moving on. Edit: And exposition, and she did not die (obviously). |
-Resident- said: I completely agree with you. That's no surprise. Btw, I actually wanted to say melodramatic instead of overdramatic, which mean roughly the same thing. It just fits in my sentence a lot better. Anyways, I wouldn't have minded the drama, if it weren't for the bland characters and the use of those awkward dialogues. They felt so unnatural to the point that I was losing my grip. The overexposure of both the characters' trauma scenes is another thing as well. Haha yeah you won't have people holding a "trauma therapy session" while they're being chased down. W/e it's not like it's the first time I've seen this kind of dialogue in an anime. And the whole chest beating thing that Sinon did followed by her Tsundere line, "I hate you... but let me lean on you." I didn't expect Sinon's character to go from such a badass to a shoujo romance protagonist. You're right about melodramatic. |
-Resident- said: Ugh, I knew this would be executed this badly. It's not like I wanted Sinon to die, but at least execute the scene properly. I know that real time is irrelevant in anime, but he still had plenty of time to shoot her, even while performing little "ritual". There is actually a reason for it, which they hopefully won't forget to mention later on in the anime. |
| Nice character development on Sinon. We see her break down in the virtual world as well, to the point where she can't shoot her Hecate anymore. Kirito opens up and tells her SAO and why he must settle things once and for all with Death Gun in GGO. I agree with Sinon, Kirito doesn't make excuses when he fights, well he tends to not show it. It's getting even better. Anxious for the real battle, Death Gun vs Kirito. |
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| There's a lot of talking in this arc. |
| Mmm, it was a bit too much forced drama for me. Felt a bit unnatural. But you know, Sinon is a classic tsundere in the end : ''I hate you! I hate you!'' ''Protect me all your life!'' I can imagine Asuna fulminating xD Seeing Desu Gun on that horse was really hilarious. It looked like a mecha, riding a mecha :P Of course, Kirito owned Musketeer X. Everyone is such a noob compared to him. I don't know if it's heading that way because of the very last scene, but it would be nice to see Desu GUn vendetta from his POV. |
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Insertanamehere said: -Resident- said: Ugh, I knew this would be executed this badly. It's not like I wanted Sinon to die, but at least execute the scene properly. I know that real time is irrelevant in anime, but he still had plenty of time to shoot her, even while performing little "ritual". There is actually a reason for it, which they hopefully won't forget to mention later on in the anime. Don't think they will, I mean, would be so retarded not so say the reason for that since its something most of the people should be wondering about... |
| You know, SAO is one of those shows that really irks me at times. I mean, the animation and music are fantastic, especially in this episode, but the writing...oh the writing... |
| Sinon falling in love with Kirito right on schedule... Quite frankly I'm getting more irritated by her "I can fight" or "Oh no, I can't shoot him" rollercoaster ride. |
| The depiction of the events of the novels are done wonderfully. I have only two notes on the matter: 1. The chase scene felt extremely scary in the novel, while here it seemed normal, but I guess they couldn't have done much about it, since it was a psychological matter and it can be better described with words rather than video 2. The art style of the scenes from SAO has degraded. If they were actually such in the first season I'm not sure I would have liked the series as much as I currently do |
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| Mind numbingly directed action that is so inconsistent, illogical and played so straight it hurts to laugh. Then we get the stupid mood swing drama that is handled so badly, it earns the trophy for most cringeworthy dramatical moment of the season. |
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rumbleanime said: Great episode... So the climax was reached, of course she was saved and they told each other their past, which forges a bond between Kirito and Shinon.. Did Asuna and the other friends watched the escape scene from Death Gun on TV now like the week before? Asuna logged out to go investigate, remember? The only people who were in the ALO lounge , if that's what they were in were: Clain, Silica, Lisbeth, and Yui. I'm guessing they were watching the escape scene, maybe not in a close view, but perhaps birds eye view. |
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| Dat buttcrack... Awwww, I just knew that Kirito would come and save the damsel in distress AKA Sinon. Damn... it seems like the ghosts are of her past are back to haunt her and she couldn't destroy that horse... It seems that sometimes it's better to miss a shot and create a huge explosion in return XD. Musketeer-san looked smokin' hot to be honest lol. Dem feelings this episode though... It was nice seeing both Kirito and Sinon talk about their similar pasts. |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
| so ep 10 ended anyone know if sao 2 will cover both arc like sao 1?? or just ggo and part of arc 4? |
| Damn shoot her already. |
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T3hSource said: Agree with this completely, cringeworthy is an understatement.Then we get the stupid mood swing drama that is handled so badly, it earns the trophy for most cringeworthy dramatical moment of the season. |
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rl1dragon said: In the scene with Kirito and Sinon in the cave having a serious talk, A-1 still manages to put some Sinon butt crack into a serious moment. Can't stop noticing that butt crack after someone mentioned it. Thanks a lot who ever it was. You watched it! You can't unwatch it! Stay tuned for more ... TALES OF INTEREST!!! |
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uzee said: 1. The chase scene felt extremely scary in the novel, while here it seemed normal, but I guess they couldn't have done much about it, since it was a psychological matter and it can be better described with words rather than video I totally agree with you, I was waiting for this so much, had my hopes so high but idk, it didn't give that feeling of "scaping from death" or anything... |
| Some drama moments here and there along with Desu Gun. Looks like some action next episode? Hope so. |
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