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LeonSykes said: During the first 10 episode, I loved this anime. I thought it would be one of the best animes I would have ever seen and and was excited to know what they would do for the next 15 episodes. Then I became confused when they wrapped up the SAO arc by episode 14 in a rather rushed and bullshit manner. I loved the SAO world and the concept of dying in the game mean dying in real life. I also wanted more of an awesome fight with Heathcliffe (or whatever his name is) instead of that bullshit cop out way he was defeated by Kirito. After episode 14, the show went completely downhill for me. Stupid incest sub plot, the return of the annoying fucking character Yui, badass Asuna being a damsel in distress, Kirito being a cheesey overpowered lame goody goody, weak villain and lame plot made the ALO arc unbearable to me. The entire time I watched it, I was hoping for the return of the magic that the first few episodes of SAO had. However, I was just disappointed by a generic anime cliche ending. I wish they just went a route with the show the way they did in episode 3. Where Kirito had so much emotion in character. I cared for what happened to him and his guild mates. Why couldn't they have been more serious like that. Why did they end the SAO arc so quickly, just move to an arc that so much more inferior. This anime could have been one of my favorite animes of all time and ended up being a major disappointment. Series:5/10. Episode 3: 10/10 I feel your pain brother... The show was great to me up til episode 3 as well. |
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| Meh, I recently bothered to finish this anime, been stalled at episode 21 due to it being really boring. I'm gonna give it a unbiased score. 4/10. This is being kind of generous. |
| Hmmm..hard to say of what I think of SAO as a whole.. I mean, it was sort of interesting, but the flow of the story is not really there.. :/ I really liked the beginning, but somehow after that, there were holes in the plot and somehow it just got less interesting...though I still watch it until the end (somehow). I am guessing the beginning were materials from the novels and the latter part were anime originals. I do not read the light novels, so I don't know how the anime adaptation would be compared to the light novels. But guessing by the popularity of the light novels, I think the light novels were (much) better than the anime. However, I do like the animation and especially the OST - amazing! I don't know if I would watch the second season of SAO. Not going to be on my priority list, but certainly am keeping my options open. Who knows, like how Nurarihyon was, the second season might be much much better than the first one. Such a pity though, this show could have been so much more. |
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blue-y said: Hmmm..hard to say of what I think of SAO as a whole.. I mean, it was sort of interesting, but the flow of the story is not really there.. :/ I really liked the beginning, but somehow after that, there were holes in the plot and somehow it just got less interesting...though I still watch it until the end (somehow). I am guessing the beginning were materials from the novels and the latter part were anime originals. I do not read the light novels, so I don't know how the anime adaptation would be compared to the light novels. But guessing by the popularity of the light novels, I think the light novels were (much) better than the anime. However, I do like the animation and especially the OST - amazing! I don't know if I would watch the second season of SAO. Not going to be on my priority list, but certainly am keeping my options open. Who knows, like how Nurarihyon was, the second season might be much much better than the first one. Such a pity though, this show could have been so much more. Sadly, this was all in the novels as well although A-1 took some liberties with the adaption. |
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LeonSykes said: During the first 10 episode, I loved this anime. I thought it would be one of the best animes I would have ever seen and and was excited to know what they would do for the next 15 episodes. Then I became confused when they wrapped up the SAO arc by episode 14 in a rather rushed and bullshit manner. I loved the SAO world and the concept of dying in the game mean dying in real life. I also wanted more of an awesome fight with Heathcliffe (or whatever his name is) instead of that bullshit cop out way he was defeated by Kirito. After episode 14, the show went completely downhill for me. Stupid incest sub plot, the return of the annoying fucking character Yui, badass Asuna being a damsel in distress, Kirito being a cheesey overpowered lame goody goody, weak villain and lame plot made the ALO arc unbearable to me. The entire time I watched it, I was hoping for the return of the magic that the first few episodes of SAO had. However, I was just disappointed by a generic anime cliche ending. I wish they just went a route with the show the way they did in episode 3. Where Kirito had so much emotion in character. I cared for what happened to him and his guild mates. Why couldn't they have been more serious like that. Why did they end the SAO arc so quickly, just move to an arc that so much more inferior. This anime could have been one of my favorite animes of all time and ended up being a major disappointment. Series:5/10. Episode 3: 10/10 you are absolutely right,the show was slaughtered by the second arc,the first one was great. |
| sao 7, alo 2.5/3, overall 6 because alo is shorter can't stand these ears and sugu |
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| I think it started out as a great idea, but then progressed into a cheap love story. Instead of developing the characters and improving the plot, they forced romance solely down our throats. It became too melodramatic. I also didn't expect the story to expand into something bigger than Aincrad (Fairy Dance, Phantom Bullet, Alicization). To me, it feels like SAO is trying to become the next Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail or w/e. Anywho...neat concept, but surprising in the direction it went. |
| I've just finished the show, uhmmmm well i'm pretty dissapointed with it same as other user's it began nicely and then turn out into a crap, forcing me to watch it until the end. after the end of SAO it become really boring to watch, no comments to say, everyone already said it alrdy, i'm giving it 6/10 , let's say i just enjoyed the first episodes, so fair score.. or maybe too much.. who knows.. |
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| So I have a question. Did anyone actually die? In the first ending Kayaba said that the 4000 who died ingame would never regain consciousness. During the ALO arc there was that handful, 300 I believe, players who were being tested on by Sugou. Were those players who died ingame or players who survived but just didn't regain consciousness? So what about Kirito and Asuna, they both died? Plot armor? In the painfully sweet happy ending there was no mention of Sachi at all so I guess she actually died? Also a general MAL question, you're allowed to write in the episode discussion forums without spoiler tags right? |
Agafaba said: This is true based on the LN.Riiken said: So I have a question. Did anyone actually die? In the first ending Kayaba said that the 4000 who died ingame would never regain consciousness. During the ALO arc there was that handful, 300 I believe, players who were being tested on by Sugou. Were those players who died ingame or players who survived but just didn't regain consciousness? So what about Kirito and Asuna, they both died? Plot armor? In the painfully sweet happy ending there was no mention of Sachi at all so I guess she actually died? Also a general MAL question, you're allowed to write in the episode discussion forums without spoiler tags right? Anyone who died is dead in reality, those 300 were living individuals who were transferred to ALO instead of waking up. I assume that Kirito and Asuna are still alive because the game ended right afterwards, there was a delay between game death and real death as was indicated by the revival item. I havent read the manga though so that last part is my best guess based on the anime. |
| This anime is garbage without Kirito and Yui. First half was 8/10 except for the fillers Second half was shit/10 except for the salamander battle I didn't mind the incest part as much as others do, but everything else including tentacles were uncalled for. 7.5 /10 for me |
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| awesome series from start to finish. hope there's another season. |
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| Finaly finished. My highlight was surprisingly the brother / sister relationship as strange as that sounds. It was alright. 6/10. |
| Can't wait for another season!!!!!!!! |
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| Good. Love the new Asuna design (teal hair) Yay! Get to meet the old fellas again! :DD gg no re |
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| Solid ending, I dont know how the plot is continuing in the LN's. Seems like you cant really continue the plot without redundant material dragging on. Though if there is a second season, which there probably will be due to the mind boggling high sales, I will watch it. SAO arc > ALO arc. The NTR really killed it for me. 8/10 for the amazing animation and soundtrack + the possibility for incest. |
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| I am glad it's finally over. SAO is one of those anime you just watch to the end to see it. The start was pretty good but then it became most of the time very boring. ALO was unnecessary in my opinion. If there will ever be a second season I will definetly skip it D: |
| Hell, I thought ALO was WAY better than SAO, SAO skipped floors/time zones/whatever way too much, episodes during the arc felt rushed as fuck along with battles and scenes, too many unimportant side stories, and I practically felt like I didn't learn anything about the SAO universe (the game itself not the whole virtual reality thing that what's his face made) because of the all the rushes. ALO was practically the opposite if you ask me. The series was alright, the idea was definitely interesting and the execution process had so much potential, but meh, it didn't really do a great job at that. If the SAO arc was better I probably would've given this an 8 or 8.5, but it's a 7.5 for me, ALO saved this IMO. Seeing as no one liked ALO I can't wait to get shit stormed! |
| Nice conclusion to a mediocre series. Wrapped everything up really nicely and in a very satisfying way. 8/10. |
| my only problem with EPISODE 25 specifically was the ending scene, why was he with suguha and not asuna? it's just weird it made it seem like she was more important to him than asuna. for the anime itself it was good until episode 13 IMO. the whole plot of SAO was brilliant, if they would have continue with the same plot/ sao universe ect. until the last episode this would have been an amazing epic anime. |
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| i'm sorry to say this, but this is 1 of the worst anime i've ever seen. The plot is good, the romance is too much. to be honest, i didn't get the feelings for the romance. First, i enjoyed SAO. But then, it becomes boring. They failed to maintain the epicness. 3/10 |
| So after re-watching this series, i just can't believe Kirito reset his stats... 2 years of time wasted... Just goes to show, once a MMORPG game is done, the end game is boring |
| Where in the manga would you continue reading? I'm confused lol. |
| Very nice episode. Sugu and Asuna are getting along well. Nice to see Lizbeth again, and the other girl that is with her in school. My only complain is where is SACHI? I wanted to see her at least in the ending cover. |
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| Finally done with this overhyped series. I went watching this knowing the mmo aspect of it, and with low expectation to avoid any letdown. Ep 1-14: Good premise. Sadly most of the characters have a one episode screentime then are never seen again (too low chara development for some). A lot of episodes felt like side stories with no real impact on the story. Overall it was a bit too rushed. Especially the part with Sachi, Yui or anticlimatic comeback versus Heathcliff. OST, voice overs, visuals and plot was pretty good though. Ep 15-25: Dafuq.? I marathoned those episodes in 4 hours, just because I couldn't wait to see Kirito x Asuna reunited... And it felt so dragged on. I didn't mind the cousin complex part, even if it was never explained why ? , but the NTR and one dimensional vilain was unbearable. Dynamic heroin went into damsel in distress >_> And those goddamn awful elf ears... ALO's only redeeming feature was some nice SFX and awesome soundtrack. Show should have expended more about Aincrad and less on ALO (LN is like 25 chapters for SAO and 5 for ALO IIRC? ). Anyway, SAO: 8.5-9/10, ALO: 3.5-4/10 Overall: 8/10 because I loved the first part and marathoned the second to be done with it. EDIT: I'm an MMO veteran, but it didn't really matter in the end. |
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| All I gotta say is: Loved SAO arc with a passion, hated ALO arc with a passion. Like seriously might have been one of my favorites animes if it just ended it at SAO and I believed everything was all happy and dandy, but ALO arc utterly demolished it. |
| Well, I finished it and gave it a 7 which is a "Good" rating. The Suguha and Kirito thing is just a mess. Seriously? Suguha not knowing the in-game Kirito was his cousin?It's not like the character game's design was extremely far off from Kazuto. There are still plot holes that needed to be plugged and the romance between Asuna and Kazuto was really rushed in my opinion. It had its shining moments throughout the story. The 1st OP and ED are beautiful. Good usage of the MMORPG terminologies. And the boss battles are exhilirating. |
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| are they insane? going back to virtual reality after all that happened? i really just wanted this entire episode to be all Kazuto x Asuna in the real world. oh well at least they kissed irl. SAO: 10/10 ALO: 7/10 Overall: 8.5/10 which ill be generous and round to a 9. |
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-FlameHaze- said: Maybe I'm just stupid but...where was Asuna in the final scene? I assume they got married like they planned? Asuna was my favorite character so I was disappointed to see no focus on her in the last scene considering 1/ she was one of the main characters, and 2/ the entire second arc revolved around her. She was there ^_^ The fairy with blue hair, who invites Kirito and Suguo to experience new Aincrad incorporated in ALO. |
| Hmmm. Episode 25 was, indeed satisfying. But I thought that the ALO arc was just a little bit weird. 9/10 for SAO Arc, 6/10 for ALO. |
| I want the old kirito character.. its better and cute.. LOL |
| Why would anyone trust the guy that made SAO? any normal person would of destroyed that seed ASAP. |
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| I actually enjoyed this series, my favorite anime so far. Hope they make a season 2. |
| that anime was great now i went more! were my second season!! |
| This show was alright. The first 6 or 7 episodes were pretty boring but it picked up after that. 7/10 |
Gwabanaba said: Where in the manga would you continue reading? I'm confused lol. It's from a light novel. |
| Loved it. I do not understand the hate. 10/10 |
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| Finished SAO today, it was awesome great anime. I hope there´s coming a season 2, already heard rumors about it so im excited ! I hope they will show us in season 2 how they clear all 100 floors haha. This anime is 10/10 :D |
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