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| I have to say. This episode wasn't bad at all. Apart from a few rough edges in dialogue (that most people won't notice anyways.) the show is pretty enjoyable. :D |
| Memories may fade, but that doesn't mean there isn't any point in making them. |
| Not much of Kirigaya this episode, i mean he only gets one line of dialogue lol. Still was an okay episode. |
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| I still don't like how seriously some of those guys take their game. |
SetsukoHara said: I still don't like how seriously some of those guys take their game. LOL, unless you play ranked in a moba game such as League, Dota 2 then u won't know how seriously some people are in taking games seriously. |
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| That shot to the head was awesome. I like this Sinon character. |
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| That was friggin EPIC!! :D This ep showed why Sinon is so liked by the LN fandom :3 She was friggin BA! And nice hearing her monologue too. Sawashiro Miyuki is <3 Hyping the guys and Dem skills!! Her sniping is amazing! And Dat finale was awesome with how she jumped off the tower and shot him in the face with a missing leg :D Like a BOSS :D AND DAT OST <3 Really loved the animation. The movements were so swift and the scenery was beautiful (although it's just technically a post apocalyptic desert XD) The end with the girls (Lol at Silicia still getting tentacle raped XD) and nice seeing Kirito and Asuna being lovey dovey :3 Can't wait til Kirito enters GGO ^^ |
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| Alright episode. Nothing too exciting yet. Loved how Kirito and Asuna were just chilling on top of that mushroom thingy while the other girls were farming :) |
| goddammit kirito log on to GGO already! |
trabeus1Jul 14, 2014 11:37 PM
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| Shinon is so fucking bad ass! Great episode. Love how they start off with what happen before the ending of the first episode. The battle between Shinon group vs the other ones was amazing. The best part was when Shinon lost her leg and still kick ass. Back in ALO. Asuna looks good with blue hair. Seems like Kirito is about to make his move. Can't wait for next episode. 5/5. |
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| Lovely episode. Pretty much everything i had imagined from reading the LNs. They even added a scene for the haters. Hateservice anyone? |
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| I wished they would of called it something else besides Sword Art Online 2. I always keep comparing it to the first season and its always coming up short. It's an ok episode. You could skip the first episode and it would be just as awesome. The fighting scenes were better than SAO but I think the story is just moving way to slow. Login already Kirito |
| Great for a second episode. |
LastChapter said: adaw31 said: I was actually expecting this episode to show more Shino IRL and the the girls from her school *NOT SPOILING ANYTHING* but it actually ended earlier than I thought. I'm sure they're saving those scenes for later, probably for next episode. Episode 2 I felt was made to introduce Sinon and the world of GGO. I did notice some scenes were out of order in both the first and second episode, but A-1 comes back and adapts them so for right now, I'm not worried about them omitting any scenes. Relax, they have 24 episodes in total to do that. This episode did a nice job at introducing the world of GGO. That machine gun sure looked powerful, but I could tell the bodyguard was getting tired. When Sinon was getting ready to snipe him, he was pretty much not even looking at her. To me that machine gun must weight a ton in GGO. Silica once again tentacle raped, and Leafa has to rescue her. Liz does a finishing blow to end the battle. Afterward Silica gets jealous at Asuna/Kirito being lovey dovey xD I wonder how Asuna will react once Kirito tells her about his next adventure. |
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| 1 episode and Sinon is already a fucking badass. Easily the best girl after the next episode which is entirely for Sinon. Also, the pacing is really nice and slow unlike Season 1 where it rushed everything. 5/5 |
LastChapter said: julyan said: A-1 is taking this series nice and slow. It's no doubt now that this will be a better season. But the 24 ep mark still baffles me. I'm still holding on to this schedule here: After all, it's impossible to adapt 2 volumes of a light novel in 24 episodes. The first two episodes already adapted the prologue and 3 chapters out of 7 of the first volume of Phantom Bullet to put it into retrospective. I doubt they would touch Alicization, just cause then it leaves nothing for OVAs cause once the Alicization train gets started there are no stations off it |
Playing said: LastChapter said: I'm still holding on to this schedule here: After all, it's impossible to adapt 2 volumes of a light novel in 24 episodes. The first two episodes already adapted the prologue and 3 chapters out of 7 of the first volume of Phantom Bullet to put it into retrospective. Tell me in a spoiler what's this cliffhanger? What's going to happen? THIS PERSON ASKED FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT EPISODE WITH THAT CLIFFHANGER SO ITS IN A SPOILER BOX. DO NOT CLICK SHOW SPOILER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILT DESPITE HOW TEMPTING IT IS TO PRESS!!!! |
TyrelJul 12, 2014 11:15 AM
| I think it doesn't really make sense that Sinon didn't die at the end there. I know they wanted her to look really badass but I mean, she jumped out of a high ass tower and took heavy damage from a minigun, including having her leg blown off, and still survives. Apparently there's no fall damage in GGO. |
| Great ep. Sinon was pretty impressive to watch. All her monologue and everything about that guy with the minigun sounded great. Great part of her getting the people to actually fight back. Finally it seems its Kazuto will be entering there soon. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Episode 2: 10% Setups, 20% Snipers, 10% Assault Rifles, 10% Energy Weapons, 20% Assault Miniguns, 30% Sinon. :D They extended a few scenes in there just to let the other girls in hehe. Though as usual there's the unnecessary fanservice tentacle rape. Anyways nice episode, I like it when it feels like it was too short rather than dragging overall. Ah love how the ending is all about the best girl. :P |
NettoAzureJul 12, 2014 10:40 AM
| That ED though...Sinon kinda reminded me of Mikasa for a moment, complete with scarf and icy personality. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Shinon looks so badass, really like her |
skudoops said: lmao the tenticle rape came in pretty soon. Btw that whole fight didn't play out the way I thought it would, actually it had good scenes marred by pretty stupid ones. At least the ost was nice. At first I thought they were going to use tactics, but after all that planning they slowly devolved into sheer brute force. My biggest issue is why shinon(?) didn't just keep shooting from the hill at the gattling gun guy.. or better yet, why not aim at his chest? He has a movement penalty so even if he got behind cover she could pin him down for the entire fight, yet she chose to fight on his terms and run in close... As you saw in the episode with her 2nd shot, it left a large red trail showing where it'll hit. That's how he was able to dodge the 2nd bullet. After 60 seconds and moving to another location, you can snipe again without worry. But she figured out that he was no ordinary GGO player and that he had the rare mini gun (the mini gun version of Sinon's sniper in quality). The LN emphasized on the fact that when you are a sniper, there is a flaw that the first shot is the only shot that really counts. Thats why she shot first. |
skudoops said: lmao the tenticle rape came in pretty soon. Btw that whole fight didn't play out the way I thought it would, actually it had good scenes marred by pretty stupid ones. At least the ost was nice. At first I thought they were going to use tactics, but after all that planning they slowly devolved into sheer brute force. My biggest issue is why shinon(?) didn't just keep shooting from the hill at the gattling gun guy.. or better yet, why not aim at his chest? He has a movement penalty so even if he got behind cover she could pin him down for the entire fight, yet she chose to fight on his terms and run in close... He is an experienced guy so he can easily dodge all of her shots from afar. So she needs to get so close that he simply don't have time to dodge, she used to fact that he simply can't point it straight up. Giving her time to get close. It was all planed but the anime missed that part. |
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| This episode was very good. I'm extremely excited for the next episode. The whole "Sinon is a really cool badass" was pretty much expected. Hopefully Kazuto will begin to play GGO by next episode. |
| So that's how Sinon got her Hecate huh. They're a player hunting squadron going for a monster hunting squadron hm. Dat Sinon ass... Ohooo, a minigun. It looks like Sinon is going to storm that guy. Sinon really has skills and she's really motivated not run away since it's a game. GET REKT BEHEMOTH! Oh look, real life Sinon. And near the end we get to see some of Kirito's old gang members playing ALO. It looks like Kirito is going to tell Asuna about what he plans to do in GGO. |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
adaw31 said: skudoops said: lmao the tenticle rape came in pretty soon. Btw that whole fight didn't play out the way I thought it would, actually it had good scenes marred by pretty stupid ones. At least the ost was nice. At first I thought they were going to use tactics, but after all that planning they slowly devolved into sheer brute force. My biggest issue is why shinon(?) didn't just keep shooting from the hill at the gattling gun guy.. or better yet, why not aim at his chest? He has a movement penalty so even if he got behind cover she could pin him down for the entire fight, yet she chose to fight on his terms and run in close... As you saw in the episode with her 2nd shot, it left a large red trail showing where it'll hit. That's how he was able to dodge the 2nd bullet. After 60 seconds and moving to another location, you can snipe again without worry. But she figured out that he was no ordinary GGO player and that he had the rare mini gun (the mini gun version of Sinon's sniper in quality). The LN emphasized on the fact that when you are a sniper, there is a flaw that the first shot is the only shot that really counts. Thats why she shot first. Did they explain this in the anime? |
| Speaking of booty... anyone else enjoyed this scene? |
| kirito looking pree baws last scene |
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| While I like 2nd episode overall I can't help but find this heavy on orange colour palette a little bit boring and unoriginal. Doesn't light novel version of GGO look more... grey? Anyway, I feel like this season will be significantly better than the first one. At this point it definitely feels more expensive production wise and as many of you already know has more mature (or, at least, more grounded) source material. |
dsw2biJul 12, 2014 11:06 AM
| Phahahah, SAO you can't even do your action without it being unintentional comedy, you bring up all these points just to bury yourself even deeper. Every single subtlety contradicts the dialog and narrative, I have a feeling the studio is doing it on purpose knowing that the source material they have can't be remedied by a good script. MEMEgun shall now stay for ze internet. GGO is just as badly designed as any game in the serious, making it even more laughable. And the tentacle rape, as if the OP wasn't enough to remind us it happened. 4/5 - just for amusing me |
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Unlucky-kat said: They even added a scene for the haters. Hateservice anyone? So much unnecessary fanservice...but the Japanese market requires fanbait so it has to have such things. *sigh* Though love the quote LOL. |
therandomestguy said: adaw31 said: As you saw in the episode with her 2nd shot, it left a large red trail showing where it'll hit. That's how he was able to dodge the 2nd bullet. After 60 seconds and moving to another location, you can snipe again without worry. But she figured out that he was no ordinary GGO player and that he had the rare mini gun (the mini gun version of Sinon's sniper in quality). The LN emphasized on the fact that when you are a sniper, there is a flaw that the first shot is the only shot that really counts. Thats why she shot first. Did they explain this in the anime? They did to a degree. The fact that the red trail was left made it obvious that you can't snipe people over and over again from 1500m. Like I said, its a sniper's weakness. |
| Found something interesting , i think they reused the animation from the first season ep 2 when kirito kills that red ogre http://s17.postimg.org/rtvz9ew8e/coincidenta_don_t_think_so.jpg , what do you guys think ? |
MarikGrJul 12, 2014 11:08 AM
| Great episode, I can tell Sinon will make this season for me. Lol at the smiling on the battlefield though (isn't this a game?). The scene in ALO annoyed me though. Almost made me forgot about the awesomeness that proceeded it. |
| "Listen Simon... Don't forget. Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me. Not the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself." ~ Kamina (TTGL) “You should enjoy the little detours. To the fullest. Because that’s where you’ll find the things more important than what you want.” ~ Ging (HxH) |
| OMG Sinon trickshots XDD She did like 6 1/2 spins in mid-air and barrel stuffed the dude haha Hopefully Kirito moves on to GGO next ep.. |
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MarikGr said: Found something interesting , i think the reused the animation from the first season ep 2 when kirito kills that red ogre http://s17.postimg.org/rtvz9ew8e/coincidenta_don_t_think_so.jpg , what do you guys think ? The mouth is a bit off, eyes are different. But I can see where you are coming from. Good spotting. |
| Wow, I liked this episode. I prefer Sinon already over the characters from season one, the music, animation and everything else was great until the part at the end with the girls, ugh. I fear that Kirito will ruin the future episodes with his plot armor and easily becomes some amazing player in a short amount of time, which most likely will happen, hopefully it's written well so it doesn't feel boring. |
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