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skudoops said: Yeah i know it was the flashback that got to him. Still its nice to see that even kirito has fears. This will defiantly make people sympathize with him moreskullcruncher said: Damn... I didn't expect kirito to be so affected by the conversation he had with Death gun. Overall another great episode in my opinion. Especially that duel with sinon at the end really awesome to watch! He he didn't seem affected by the convo it was more the symbol that really got him. He at least knows that death gun is probably killing people now. Not to mention it brought up some terrible moments for him as well since that group forced him to kill three people. I thought it was interesting to be honest and I didn't think they'd bother to include lasting effects of SAO on to him other than his obvious OP skills. |
| Wow. Kirito's trauma was a surprise. Sinon getting all flustered at Kirto's arm being around her waist. xD Lawls |
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| This season gets better at every new episode. So Kirito still has some traumatic expériences from SAO, I tought he had overcome that, after he killed that guy on the first season and then slept with Asuna. I can't wait for them to meet in real life. |
| BULLET SLICING! SAO FLASHBACK <3 |
LonelyWizard said: zetsubousei_hero said: He is not scared of him,he is scared of that flashback we sawKirito is God himself. Dude is the most OP character of all time. Every single strong Anime character would not even stand a chance. Can't see how Kirito is scare of death gun. Does not change the fact that they made him too OP. |
Hyack said: I agree with first part, Sinon best girl - but i definitely don't want them to kiss.Even tho im not Asuna's fan, it would feel very wrong if he just goes after Sinon like this.Sinon best girl. Just fucking kiss. |
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| Great ep. Nice flashback of Laughing Coffin. Man talk about a crazy battle. None of them were willing to surrender. Oh got to love that despair look on Kirito I don't remember seeing that much emotion from him in a long time. I figured he was following the person eyes like he did in the previous ep but that reaction is still so beastly. Also loved the moment with Sinon and Kirito and nice how they are similar. Loved that ending with Deathgun seems to have Kirito's in his sights now. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| omg I'm getting Edward Cullen vibes from Kirito XD "Omg I killed someone! I'm totally beating myself over it even though they totally deserved it!! I'm totally have intense trauma over something that didn't really show up until 2 stinking minutes ago!!" Classic SAO |
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plushkin said: omg I'm getting Edward Cullen vibes from Kirito XD "Omg I killed someone! I'm totally beating myself over it even though they totally deserved it!! I'm totally have intense trauma over something that didn't really show up until 2 stinking minutes ago!!" Classic SAO I seriously doubt you've ever killed someone, know what that feels like, or have experienced PTSD. |
| AHHHHHHHHHHH BEST EPISODE 10/10 WOOOOOOOOO dat sexual tension, dat sinon, dat HNGHHHHHHHH. i can die happy. |
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| Best episode so far. Actually saw some Kirito development. Loved when he went kinda psycho and freaked out with the flashback. It was cool to see Sinon get a bit crazy, too, trying to shoot Kirito. I don't really ship Kirito with anyone, but I like Sinon way more than Asuna. I hope they end of meeting in real life somehow. Is every girl Kirito encounters going to like him, I mean I'm not surprised, but it's a bit much. Isn't it obvious Kirito is Kirito since he looks the same with just long hair? Or do they supposedly look totally different in sach game, but made characters look the same throughout so it's easier? |
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helloisabelle said: Is every girl Kirito encounters going to like him, I mean I'm not surprised, but it's a bit much. Shinon never actually winds up falling in love with him. She admires him, but it's not love or even lust like the feeling Lisbeth or Asuna had for him. |
Hyack said:  haha, usually im confused kirito is a Boy or Girl. but in that screenshot, i can easily say Kirito is a Boy. Because he wear complete outfit. Because green-hair-person wear revealing outfit. lol the same silliness on many MMO. Boy wear strong and armor that cover their body. Girl wear revealing armor that is questionable how that armor can protect their body lol |
iLostReason said: Hyack said: I agree with first part, Sinon best girl - but i definitely don't want them to kiss.Even tho im not Asuna's fan, it would feel very wrong if he just goes after Sinon like this.Sinon best girl. Just fucking kiss. lol I was thinking about the same thing, however it really is wrong if he does it. That bullet slash =D is OP! |
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| Final duel was well done, very cool bullet cutting. That scene reminds me of something similar lol. http://youtu.be/nj1Jytiw8e0?t=5m20s |
| So now we have proof that the anime will adapt caliber with flashbacks to stuff they skipped, like they did this episode. nina4life said: Was the raid on LC in SAO shown? I can't recall it and I doubt I'd forget it. It's kind of a big thing. I mean, killing 3 people is sure to f*** up anyone with morale, let alone a teenager. Nope it was one of many things they cut out from the SAO arc to make it fit 12 episodes. plushkin said: omg I'm getting Edward Cullen vibes from Kirito XD "Omg I killed someone! I'm totally beating myself over it even though they totally deserved it!! I'm totally have intense trauma over something that didn't really show up until 2 stinking minutes ago!!" Classic SAO I suggest you to check yourself in into mental facility if the thought of killing someone does not give off any sort of emotion for you. That's one of major signs of sociopathy. Deserving/notdeserving it has nothing to do with taking a life. See cops and soldiers and ptsd. We already knew Kirito took a life from SAO. We simply now see that he took more than one life. neonie said: helloisabelle said: Is every girl Kirito encounters going to like him, I mean I'm not surprised, but it's a bit much. Shinon never actually winds up falling in love with him. She admires him, but it's not love or even lust like the feeling Lisbeth or Asuna had for him. ^ This. Sinnon's interest stops at "wow he's good". |
AhenshihaelAug 9, 2014 11:41 AM
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| Those eyes at the end were just fantastic. |
Emnay said: Kirito is basically the god of gods. He could probably take down Tatsuya. Oh no you didn'. Tatsugod can regenerate himself and cause Kirito's ears to be bursted, rendering his attacks AND hearing useless. BOOM |
nina4life said: No it wasn't shown in the previous season. It wasn't mentioned too. In the LN, I think it was just mentioned briefly back when Kirito killed that KoB turned LC player Kuradeel. That LC got dissolved after the frontliners purged them and he was shocked to see Kuradeel as a member.Was the raid on LC in SAO shown? I can't recall it and I doubt I'd forget it. It's kind of a big thing. I mean, killing 3 people is sure to f*** up anyone with morale, let alone a teenager |
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Fai said: I suggest you to check yourself in into mental facility if the thought of killing someone does not give off any sort of emotion for you. That's one of major signs of sociopathy. I don't think that person wouldn't be emotional if they killed someone. I think a lot of people just don't think about it or understand the feeling of having done so, and falsely think "Man if I was in there shoes I could handle that no problem" until put in the real situation. |
| Good episode, now I want to know who is death! |
| What's this GGО, you're trying to be psychological and touch upon a killer's guilt?! On Kirito of all people?! I think you're late for the party, but it's not really amusing how you fail at it. On top of it being more or less inconsequential for Kirito and is contrived to trigger Sinon's phobia. 2/5 - Just for amusement value with the ass kicking and Trapito badass moments. |
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orangpelupa said: Reyxe said: Before someone comes "hurr kirito just cut a bullet durr", if you can block bullets or dodge them that fast, if you know shes shooting at your left leg, then you would just try to slash it, ofc i would've used a "wow, actually did it" comment to avoid all these haters but oh well. Also, its not something new, cmon... Black Lagoon, even Star Wars had some similar scenes and you are hating SAO because its SAO? lel. how kirito see she gonna shot his left leg? by seeing green-hair-girl eye from 20 meters? about those other show that you mentioned. i do have problem with those. heck, even on the latet Star Terk i also have problem about the nonsense about time travel, portable teleporter, and super-blood. i dont like when i see anime/movies/tv series that have certain logic then it suddenly destroy its own logic. It blow away my suspension of disbelief. but i do understand that other people will think different. for other people those are okay and wont disturb their enjoyment. thats why i never attack other person for their opinion, for their discussion :) It was 10 meters. |
| I think I'm going nuts for thinking that the way Death Gun speaks and the his armor/helmet are freaking cool XD. During Kirito's flashback of how they tried raid the Laughing Coffin's guild HQ in SAO and how the battle that ensued was a bloody hell. Damn... Kirito seems to have gone on a rampage like a crazy guy after his meeting with Death Gun and that flashback he had. Sinon has mad skills it would seem, really awesome skills at that. Ah, Sinon vs Kirito, the battle I was waiting for. LOL, I honestly was expecting Kirito to just simply be walking down the highway to meet Sinon at the other end XD. Hell yeah! Cutting sniper bullets in half like it'd nothing! That's how Kirito rolls! Sinon blushing was cue :3 Damn... Death Gun is there waiting... |
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orangpelupa said: therandomestguy said: It was 10 meters. i though 10 meters from center. so both of them = 20 meters. but i re-watched the scene and i think you are correct. its 10 meters. although i still dont get how can kirito see her eye in 10 meters. Maybe he do have lots of skill from SAO because his character is a "converted character". You posted 20 meters twice and I thought you were lying on purpose to support your argument. So if you really thought it was 20, sorry. Also, they showed that her scope made her eye look bigger when looking through it from the other side. |
| Great episode, again... I was very touched when i saw Kirito cry because of his Laughin Coffin memories. Hope to see in the next episodes a building frendship between the protagonist and Shinon. PS: For one second i thought that Kirito is gonna kiss Shinon due to his weakness... Anyway, Shinon did not seem very impressed from his little harem attitude at the end.. |
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| okay episode, thought the whole thing with sinon missing on purpose was kinda silly only to be left with 1 bullet. It is what it is though, if anime wasn't normal, then we wouldn't like it... right?? |
T3hSource said: What's this GGО, you're trying to be psychological and touch upon a killer's guilt?! On Kirito of all people?! I think you're late for the party, but it's not really amusing how you fail at it. On top of it being more or less inconsequential for Kirito and is contrived to trigger Sinon's phobia. 2/5 - Just for amusement value with the ass kicking and Trapito badass moments. Except that it was touched upon in First season already. He pretty much went suicidal when Sacchi died and then had a breakdown after killing the asuna-stalker. Hell the only reason he even entered GGO is due to his issues with death. This simply showcases that its far bigger than just "killing one person". And expands upon the shit that SAO arc adaptation cut out. yaHzee said: okay episode, thought the whole thing with sinon missing on purpose was kinda silly only to be left with 1 bullet. It is what it is though, if anime wasn't normal, then we wouldn't like it... right?? Kirito, due to what happened at the start of episode, pretty much became a triggering experience for Sinnon's own ptsd. A triggered person usually exhibits increased heart rate. Increased heart rate = unstable aiming circle and low accuracy in GGO. |
AhenshihaelAug 9, 2014 11:53 AM
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| Idk why I was half expecting Sinon to give Kirito another bitch slap after realizing he was so close and had his hands around her waist for a good minute lol |
Ah, GGO, how you... Transcend my expectations. Mhm. Even though the pacing in this season is admittedly pretty slow, I think that it has really blown my mind in terms of how much better it is compared to SAO, which was possibly the worst anime I've ever watched. I mean, I didn't expect that GGO would be any good, but hm, I do have to definitely say that this is pretty interesting, and I actually like it so far. So in terms of action, there isn't much going on, but in terms of targeting emotions and comparison to real life, it's great. The thing is, this season deals a lot more with emotion than it does in the previous one especially the consequences of playing SAO, not skill-wise [ though it was noted in the novels that the more experience you have with other games, the more agility you will have in future ones ], but emotionally. That was one of the major issues with season one, when Kirito went to ALO, he didn't seem to be affected traumatically by being stuck in a life-or-death game for that extended period of time. But now we see that he has been changed by playing SAO. Since killing people in SAO is essentially murdering them in real life, Kirito must have been really emotionally damaged by killing the Laughing Coffin members. Even if they were murders themselves, it's still something that will haunt him because he killed people. He was responsible for their deaths. Their families will never see them again; they'll never have a chance to escape into the real world. This transitions into a similarity with Sinon that I didn't realize until this episode. She's also emotionally scarred by killing that bank robber. As Kirito pointed out, even though somebody might threaten to kill your family and those you love, it's still difficult to kill them. The bank robber might have killed the people in the bank and Sinon's mother, so she had to kill him, even though it went against all the principles of her moral conscience. Same with Kirito. The Laughing Coffin members were murders and they would have killed his team, so he had to kill them if he wanted to keep those he loved alive. Love is a different concept here than in the first season, where it seemed forced and artificial. GGO explores the different facets of love. It doesn't have to be romantic. Love can motivate us to do anything. Terrible things, good things, anything, as long as it's preserved. Sinon wants to beat Kirito because to her, he symbolizes a weaker version of herself. In GGO, her avatar is emotionally strong; in GGO, she sees Kirito's avatar as weak and, when he has the emotional breakdown, probably symbolic of how she is in real life. In some ways, she wants to completely destroy who she really is because she's so scared of...being weak, and being scared, if that makes any sense. GGO matters so much to her because it's the only place and the only way that she can be strong. That's why it isn't just a game for her. |
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Demilak said: AICW said: OK question: if Sinon & Kirito are already both qualified for the final round, and it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why would the tournament have them go up against each other anyway in a semi-final? Is qualifying based on a point system i.e. you only need to win 3 out of 5 qualifiers and you're set because that's the only thing I can see that makes sense? And I notice at the end this particular match didn't seem to be broadcast to the other players, it only showed the status screen at the end. Bragging rights, I would presume. There may also be some additional reward based on placement. I've seen a lot of qualifier tournaments in which top 3 progress, and they'll still play for 1st for whatever reason. I suppose it's for seeding, like winner of group A will face the runner up of group B etc. |
swaggahsaurus said: Ah, GGO, how you... Transcend my expectations. Mhm. Even though the pacing in this season is admittedly pretty slow, I think that it has really blown my mind in terms of how much better it is compared to SAO, which was possibly the worst anime I've ever watched. I mean, I didn't expect that GGO would be any good, but hm, I do have to definitely say that this is pretty interesting, and I actually like it so far. So in terms of action, there isn't much going on, but in terms of targeting emotions and comparison to real life, it's great. The thing is, this season deals a lot more with emotion than it does in the previous one especially the consequences of playing SAO, not skill-wise [ though it was noted in the novels that the more experience you have with other games, the more agility you will have in future ones ], but emotionally. That was one of the major issues with season one, when Kirito went to ALO, he didn't seem to be affected traumatically by being stuck in a life-or-death game for that extended period of time. But now we see that he has been changed by playing SAO. Since killing people in SAO is essentially murdering them in real life, Kirito must have been really emotionally damaged by killing the Laughing Coffin members. Even if they were murders themselves, it's still something that will haunt him because he killed people. He was responsible for their deaths. Their families will never see them again; they'll never have a chance to escape into the real world. This transitions into a similarity with Sinon that I didn't realize until this episode. She's also emotionally scarred by killing that bank robber. As Kirito pointed out, even though somebody might threaten to kill your family and those you love, it's still difficult to kill them. The bank robber might have killed the people in the bank and Sinon's mother, so she had to kill him, even though it went against all the principles of her moral conscience. Same with Kirito. The Laughing Coffin members were murders and they would have killed his team, so he had to kill them if he wanted to keep those he loved alive. Love is a different concept here than in the first season, where it seemed forced and artificial. GGO explores the different facets of love. It doesn't have to be romantic. Love can motivate us to do anything. Terrible things, good things, anything, as long as it's preserved. Sinon wants to beat Kirito because to her, he symbolizes a weaker version of herself. In GGO, her avatar is emotionally strong; in GGO, she sees Kirito's avatar as weak and, when he has the emotional breakdown, probably symbolic of how she is in real life. In some ways, she wants to completely destroy who she really is because she's so scared of...being weak, and being scared, if that makes any sense. GGO matters so much to her because it's the only place and the only way that she can be strong. That's why it isn't just a game for her. Why do you write like that? Its quite hard to read. |
| Yaay...this was an awesome episode!!! I can believe they actually animated the battle between Laughing Coffin and the other members...My respect for this season has greatly increased! The impact this flashback had on the story is overwhelming..It brings some kind of reality to it.. The fight between Sinon and Kirito was so intense....in more ways i could imagine... The animation is well done..the way they portrayed Kirito's fear was unexpectedly good..the fights as well.. I really love Death Gun's character so far...and the special effects(smoke...eyes) make him look bad ass... Can't wait for more episodes!! >o</ |
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