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Shangetsu said: Isn't One Piece basically that though? The main crew going on adventures and visiting islands all the time?Genix said: I swear, had the author had had the guts of taking his time and telling the story "floor by floor" and going all the way up to 100, it would've turned out epic. Such wasted potential. It's not about having guts or not, it's about SAO having been written as a one shot for a writing competition. At first it was never intended to even go beyond the first volume. Also am I the only one that think that this would have been pretty bad? There is only a set amount of problem that could happen in an environment like SAO and for the story to stay interesting they would have to encounter problems. Meaning that either they are waltzing through the floors or they encounter the same problems every floor which make the whole thing damn repetitive. I'm sure nobody want to see the leading team go farm for a 15th time because this boss is also too strong. Anyway if they ever animate Alicization you'll see the only reason why SAO is even considered a decent novel because it's the best arc by far. |
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| This felt like a filler arc. I'm too afraid to even have hopes for the next arc. |
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salmon3669 said: shionkara said: This felt like a filler arc. I'm too afraid to even have hopes for the next arc. Trust me Mother's Rosario is better. ALso Yes Calliber is "filler". It's existance is really for a refresher before Alicization. Which is really the only reason SAO is considered a good Light novel now that I think about it. But Mother's Rosario was still pretty good. But a filler is something that's added to an adaptation and doesn't come from the source material. Basically no matter how unrelated to the main plot something is, if it comes from the source material it isn't a filler. Usually this kind of stuff leave no impact on the story which make a lot of people think that anything that doesn't leave impact on the story is a filler but that is completely untrue. |
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| Bah.. I new these new SAO 2 was gonna be bad from reading the books but damn this is so dull. this is just as intense as watching someone play Call of Duty on Twitch |
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BotatoPriest said: Shangetsu said: Isn't One Piece basically that though? The main crew going on adventures and visiting islands all the time?It's not about having guts or not, it's about SAO having been written as a one shot for a writing competition. At first it was never intended to even go beyond the first volume. Also am I the only one that think that this would have been pretty bad? There is only a set amount of problem that could happen in an environment like SAO and for the story to stay interesting they would have to encounter problems. Meaning that either they are waltzing through the floors or they encounter the same problems every floor which make the whole thing damn repetitive. I'm sure nobody want to see the leading team go farm for a 15th time because this boss is also too strong. Anyway if they ever animate Alicization you'll see the only reason why SAO is even considered a decent novel because it's the best arc by far. Except One Piece is a manga, doing this as a novel series is just lunacy. |
| Poor Klein, he needs to upgrade his Harem skills like Kirito. I don't know why he doesn't hate Kirito :/ |
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RockerXD said: BotatoPriest said: Isn't One Piece basically that though? The main crew going on adventures and visiting islands all the time? Except One Piece is a manga, doing this as a novel series is just lunacy. Doing it as a manga is lunacy. In novel you can write most of it in few paragraphs. In manga dozens of chapters will be wasted on that nonsense. |
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| Didn't mind this arc, and don't know why anyone else would. It had mostly action, a bit of mythology, and it had an awesome Trap Freya/Thor combination. Though.... I've been waiting for MR for sooo long! I thought this mini arc would last just 2 episodes. Didn't expect it to drag. And they seriously should have explained the part about Skuld being a GM in disguise, the poor dude really needed some love. By the way.... does anyone think there isn't enough episodes left for MR? I'm actually a bit worried about where we'll end this thing... |
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Shangetsu said: salmon3669 said: Trust me Mother's Rosario is better. ALso Yes Calliber is "filler". It's existance is really for a refresher before Alicization. Which is really the only reason SAO is considered a good Light novel now that I think about it. But Mother's Rosario was still pretty good. But a filler is something that's added to an adaptation and doesn't come from the source material. Basically no matter how unrelated to the main plot something is, if it comes from the source material it isn't a filler. Usually this kind of stuff leave no impact on the story which make a lot of people think that anything that doesn't leave impact on the story is a filler but that is completely untrue. Anything that doesn't impact the overall story is padding, no matter which type of storytelling it is. Filler is padding. They're pretty much the same thing. It doesn't matter if it came from the creator or not. Adding unnecessary pieces to the overall plot is just bad writing. |
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Dragoon402 said: Shangetsu said: But a filler is something that's added to an adaptation and doesn't come from the source material. Basically no matter how unrelated to the main plot something is, if it comes from the source material it isn't a filler. Usually this kind of stuff leave no impact on the story which make a lot of people think that anything that doesn't leave impact on the story is a filler but that is completely untrue. Anything that doesn't impact the overall story is padding, no matter which type of storytelling it is. Filler is padding. They're pretty much the same thing. It doesn't matter if it came from the creator or not. Adding unnecessary pieces to the overall plot is just bad writing. It's not bad writing if it stays in good proportions. A story need some form of relief, something that follow a linear line through the plot from start to end is what I'd call bad writing. |
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| I feel worse for klein every week, poor guy. :( |
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CookingPriest said: RockerXD said: Except One Piece is a manga, doing this as a novel series is just lunacy. Doing it as a manga is lunacy. In novel you can write most of it in few paragraphs. In manga dozens of chapters will be wasted on that nonsense. Except novels need to have an entire story arc in each book, there has to be a definitive beginning, middle, and end in each one, and usually have a sizable gap per release. The way manga is published (usually monthly or weekly installments) allow for it to be able to drag it out in a way (look at fucking Nise Koi, you cannot adapt that shit into a novel form) |
| Am I the only person bothered by the fact that they supposedly need to hurry due to that weird clock showing the countdown, but they always walk rather than run to, among other things, the boss room. They even paused at the top of the stair case instead of hurry down. |
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Vikopaulum said: Am I the only person bothered by the fact that they supposedly need to hurry due to that weird clock showing the countdown, but they always walk rather than run to, among other things, the boss room. They even paused at the top of the stair case instead of hurry down. Let's waste our stamina during in between fights so that during boss fights we would tired as fuck? Great idea~ |
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| Well....the first SAO was ruined by ALO and this one is heading in the same direction.... There are way too many "WTF moments" in this anime =_= Just make SAO just another harem anime when it could of been a lot more Plus...Sinon would of worked a lot better as a character if she got off of Kirito's D Is Agil ever going to speak in this anime or is he just going to be the background black guy who is ignored by everyone???? |
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| Hi all, someone can help me. I wanna know translation on "Eck. Skete. Aftor. El." from spell Retrieve Arrow. I searching in Google for old norse dictionary but can't find good one :S |
| Yui is such a cheat. Gotta love Frayja and her magic skills. Mages rock. Frayja is pretty powerful for being able to grab that hammer. And wth she turned into a guy, more like Thor. When Kirito was pulling out that sword, I was like LOL at his groans. Ah he had to throw away the excalibur sigh... Gotta love what Sinon did, best girl! I just had to rewatch that scene cuz so cool! The heck- why is Klein interested in Skuld? Dat scene was a bit awkward. Dat food scene! Anyways, I did like this esp. dat cool Sinon scene was damn cool. |
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| What the hell was this arc even? Like, why? -_- |
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| Is it me or the dialogues are always so cringeworthy -.- and you have the saddest of the saddest guy who tried to bang a npc, 2 actually. Somehow everything just seems so poorly executed... |
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| This arc was pretty lame. I preferred the world in GGO. Furthermore, GGO was higher stakes and more dramatic. I was a big GGO fan - it left me pleasantly surprised. Want to see if anything else will happen with laughing coffin! |
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| tonki here and a tonki there, here tonk, there tonk, everywhere tonki |
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| Kirito, why ya throwin that sword away?! ... oh, so you could jump the gap huh? Sinon saves the day, and sword. |
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| good episode |
| the fight against generic looking minatour monster from the previous ep was actually better than the boring king dude, anyways i dont think he even needs that Excalibur at this point... hoping samurai guy dissapears soon, he is just a shitty comedy relief , then we got some chessy Sinon scenes overall just another 20 minute cringe with SAO |
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| Shinon is cool! Animations pretty well done, but has anyone noticed the reversed shinon bow around 8.15? That was so dumb lol |
| I laughed so hard when Freyja turned into Thor xD Sinon has some guts to say something like that to Kirito when Asuna's right there lmao. |
Holybum said: dafag why did kirito throw the excalibur away those white creatures look disgusting as **** The sword was literally too heavy for him to carry. He couldn't put the sword in his inventory since they didn't complete the quest yet. |
| Kirito is such a player :p pretty nice final for this small chapter and nice victory in general, didn't expect to see Thor though but well let's see what happens next! |
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| So this arc ended. Freyja transformed into Thor. A trap. Klein's reaction was lol. They found the Excalibur. Although it was too heavy, Kirito still managed to carry it. When he threw it, Sinon made a shot to take it back. Asuna and other's reaction when Sinon said something to Kirito... |
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| Since GGO arc is over, does this mean no more Sinnon ass? |
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| And once again we are shown stuff that directly contradicts the supposed "relationship" between Kirito and Asuna. They pretty much dedicate an entire scene in this episode just to make all the SinonXKirito fans happy. Asuna was standing there a few meters away and she didn't even try to tell Sinon that Kirito is her boyfriend? After Sinon clearly flirts with Kirito right in front of her?! LOL give me a break with this bullshit wish fulfillment. This is not a romance, it's a harem. Funny how Kirito gets EVERYTHING and Klein gets absolutely NOTHING. A hammer that isn't even suited for his character, nice... Poor Klein I really feel for you. Kirito better help out with that gear you wanted from the start of this arc. I have a feeling that he won't though. Can Yui stop with the retarded "Daddy" talk already? It's pretty obvious that no one but her is taking the relationship between Kirito and Asuna seriously. Let it go girrrl. Fuck Kirito you would be much happier flying around someone loyal like Klein. Klein is a gentleman as was seen when he alone wanted to rescue the lady trapped behind the ice. I guess that woman was too old for Kirito or else he would have done the same, lol Kirito is just a little kid. On a side note, why does Kirito alone deserve to wield Excalibur? I mean the sister would just as well need a new sword wouldn't she? Everyone seems to think that Kirito should get everything by default for some reason. And that speech at the end about how the wielder must be a strong man... *pukes* 0/5, would never watch again unless being tortured to do so :) |
| Kirito gets everything as usual ... he did have the power of GM before in this game. When you have the power of GM, obviously hack everything you need first. Silly me. And I feel for Klein, that poor samurai. |
| Yet another terrible Arc is over. 1 episode of boring exposition , that doesn't matter in the slightest, and 2 episodes of incomprehensible fight scenes. |
| There needs to be another guy in this group. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Please tell me Asuna is Kirito's girlfriend, right? RIGHT? Well it doesn't seem like that's the case. Sanji is gay. |
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My reaction when Freyja transformed: She was indeed a trap........The other "trap". At least, Klein obtained Mjolnir. Why did Kirito even threw the Excaliber =_= ?? Nice, Klein, but I prefer the other one :3 Yes, it doesn't feel like Asuna is Kirito's girlfriend ahahaha. End of arc. Let's see the next one~ |
| For this very short arc, I liked the selection of OSTs and the battles, but the plot was very underwhelming and nearly nonexistent. I understand that they couldn't really do too much with only a few episodes, but I felt it could have been a bit more enticing at the very least. The show tried adding weight and relevance to it two episodes ago, but the gravity of the situation wasn't really touched on again until the end of the quest where we're reminded that ALO isn't going to be destroyed thanks to Kirito and friends. This leaves the Mother's Rosario arc I've been hearing so much about at only seven episodes. I hope it won't feel too rushed. This arc gets a 4/10 from me. I'm sure it was probably executed better in the LN and that the gravity of the plot could be felt more, but these three episodes didn't really add anything to my experience with the show as a whole. Lastly...    |
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| Klein best taste confirmed. Enjoyed the mini arc, let us see where it goes from here. |
| My mind was on autopilot the whole time. I hope the last arc is better because this arc was boring as hell. 5/10 It took me several months just to finish this arc because of how much of a patience tester this anime has become. I hope SAO II doesn't stay this way. |
| As soon as a hammer was to be found I figured it would be Thor's Hammer. Anyhow, was a nice episode, lolled at the ending, everyone leeching of Kirito already ^^ |
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