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Oct 3, 2020 8:17 AM

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It was not a good idea to make the knights mad but still ,the leaders were weak.
Oct 4, 2020 2:20 AM
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Nice to see some actions but seriously, what's up with the formation??

Why wasn't the archer in the higher grounds? Why are there no archer squad at all? (ㆆ_ㆆ)

I know they don't have much time but seeing the integrity knights fought alone and the soldiers as a background made me...want to laugh 🤣 *Whoops*
They really need a tactician. Splitting the troops and hoping for the best by fighting with brute force is not the way to go, especially if their number is so much fewer.

Well, the flashy arts wasn't bad tho. That lady knight under Fanatio also fought amazingly. Rip girl, I admire your tenacity 🥺✨
Oct 14, 2020 10:10 AM

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Cool episode, I loved the action, but who else agrees that this season has introduced way too many extra characters? Where the heck are Asuna and Kirito? Speaking of Asuna, I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed that she dives into the underworld next episode. ^^
Nov 11, 2020 8:54 AM

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If the war continues being this good, we're in for a treat!
Nov 23, 2020 3:47 PM

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Now that's how you start a war. They weren't kidding with the title of this season.

Glad I didn't watch this show while it was airing, the waiting would have been so difficult.

Jan 10, 2021 9:52 PM

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Damn things are getting real spicy and that was only the first wave

The animation looking clean as always ( ͡🔥 ͜ʖ ͡🔥)
Dec 12, 2021 7:47 AM

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Pretty nice action scenes, the knights can at least handle the chiefs quite well. Also nice rage moment from the female knight (Fanatio?). Now where is Asuna xD
Jan 5, 2022 7:47 PM

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This episode had some amazing action, but this entire battle feels so pointless given the larger stakes the series has established. The battle is also hampered by how none of the characters involved in the fighting have actually been well established. There is really nothing beyond this battle than the action.
Nov 13, 2022 10:32 AM

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What is Alice building up there, also where is Asuna?? She should have spawned as an important human and I wonder if someone will recognize that human since it was one of the founding ones.

As for the battle itself, it was weird to see the archer knight explode the same area 3 times, lol. If you're going to use the same frame 3 times, just don't do it. But then the sword arrow was very impressive. As long as they kill the leaders, it should be alright.

Also what are those 2 annoying "Integrity Knight" kids going to do, why are they even on the battlefield.
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones!

Dec 29, 2022 1:34 PM

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Intense, action packed, and bloody episode, Deusolbert burning up all the goblins including the chief goblin, HELL YEAH. Fanatio also sliced up the chief of the giants, who was glitching out and tried to murder her. RIP Dakira, they fought with honor and courage and protected Fanatio from the chief giant. Dakira's sacrifice fueled Fanatio's motivation to fight hard and it was a big success. The power of memories, avenging fellow comrades, and looking out for others is a strong source of motivation and power. Hyped to see Alice's huge attack. Renly though, not looking so good. The evil little girls from the Central Cathedral who poisoned Kirito and Eugeo, they are watching the battle and up to no good with that smirk on their faces when they were talking about Kirito back at the supply corps.
Jan 19, 2023 7:49 PM
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I wonder why Asuna is taking her sweet time to appear. She arrived in that world at the same time as Gabriel and Vassago.
0:24 Dee Eye Ell is hot! I hope to see some excellent action from her before she dies.
Those powerful attacks from Deusolbert and Fanatio looked awesome. I like the sound effects too.
Why did that giant suddenly start glitching?
How the F did Renli become an integrity knight? He's such a coward.
Feb 5, 2023 2:17 PM

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Fantastic action here, especially when that one girl managed to deflect that giant lord's attack which I did not expect from a sidecharacter who had less than few minutes screentime before this.
I kinda wonder if everyone else on the battlefield saw the giant lord glitching or if he just appeared 'normal' to them.

Jul 11, 2023 2:32 AM

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Emotional scenes don't hit at all, when the connection between character and viewer hasn't been established. Great animation though, and I really liked seeing that giant glitch out like that, his fluctlight playing up?
Dec 16, 2023 6:17 PM
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oof war has started
Feb 5, 10:05 AM

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Finally the war of the underworld has started. this episode was great, the animation was also good.

That flame archer guy singlehandedly wipe out the flatland goblin army, the moment he used his sword as an arrow was pure hype moment.

Glitching giant leader was scary asf, fanatio's subordinate stopping his attack despite being that gravely injured and repelling his attack was such a badass moment.

More action to come and I'm all for it
Feb 22, 10:50 PM
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Great looking nothing.

I don't like how the attacks lost all semblance of logic and worldbuilding, they just do whatever. Anyone can at any point gain a superskill they will most likely never use again. People can get randomly frozen at any point by someone "willing themselves into their lightcube".

Set like this, nothing is surprising, nothing is interesting, nothing matters. Anyone strong or weak, winning or losing, could be turned into whatever the script wants on a moment's notice. It's all just a series of cool looking animations. Don't get me wrong, some of the individual scenes were great, but it's kinda like trying to hang leaves in thin air and pretending it's a tree, if that makes any sense. The characters performing the scenes are empty, the reasons for those scenes are nonsensical, there is no meaning and no impact.

As others correctly noted, the war choreography is very bad. Most units just stand there and watch, there are no archers and nobody heals, even though they talked about preparing healing items.

Alice is collecting... souls? Mana in the air? It wasn't clear, but seems she's next in line to cast a fancy one-off asspull spell, so let's see what it is...

Kirito was shown to be on the battlefield, now he's apparently not on the battlefield. The flank defending him was intentionally left completely weak, with one knight that already fled and another who has a weak whip, while the other flanks all have huge AOE attackers and the main knight is doing nothing. Yet another "accidental error" that will make some "intense situation" possible to exist.

I would give S4 no more than 3/10 so far.
ElDoRado1239Feb 22, 11:32 PM
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