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Aug 30, 2014 11:38 AM

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Decent episode, nothing too great to praise, nothing too bad to bash on. Just really wish they removed ALO completely from the series. Sucks that the 2nd part is most likely going to be dedicated towards ALO due to Mother Rosario.

When Sinon got shot I literally fell off my chair, it was too funny, sadly predictable but funny. Cmon Klein, take Kirito's harem from him!
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Aug 30, 2014 11:41 AM

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Man, so dumb... I'm alright with Kirito being OP and all with his sword, I actually find it pretty cool and well animated, but what I'm not fine with is the fact that Death Gun is barely gone or they start shouting all over the place. Seriously, if Death Gun can turn invisible he could have ambushed them a dozen times over. I'm not sure if it is the anime that's to blame for the bad writing or the light novel, but these minor things make the whole experience seem very forced to me as there is not a huge amount of realism to it.
Anyway, that is the major problem I have with this show, because last episode as well, Death Gun points his weapon at Pale Rider and Kirito starts shouting to Sinon to shoot the guy while they are supposed to "hiding" (even though they spot they are in was kinda in plain view, but hey).


Aug 30, 2014 11:42 AM

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Kirito got them moves.

Okay episode. Glad they put Asuna and Klein thoughts on DG. It made it seem like DG identity is so obvious, but at the same time not. Kirito and Sinon team up. Damn cliffhanger. Every time it gets really good you cut off. Why!? Hopefully Kirito do some life saver action.

3/5.
Aug 30, 2014 11:52 AM
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Vikopaulum said:
Seriously, if Death Gun can turn invisible he could have ambushed them a dozen times over. I'm not sure if it is the anime that's to blame for the bad writing or the light novel, but these minor things make the whole experience seem very forced to me as there is not a huge amount of realism to it.


Patience, there is a reason for that which will be explained later.


Vikopaulum said:
Anyway, that is the major problem I have with this show, because last episode as well, Death Gun points his weapon at Pale Rider and Kirito starts shouting to Sinon to shoot the guy while they are supposed to "hiding" (even though they spot they are in was kinda in plain view, but hey).


They are about 600 yards away from the target. Probably even more. That was why they had to use a scope to see what was going on.
Aug 30, 2014 11:53 AM

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Damn Desu Gun is crazy, somebody save Shinon.

Dat Kirito having spectators back home lol.
Aug 30, 2014 11:57 AM
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Sinon is definitely not gonna die. that cliffhanger works against itself in confirming her survival.
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Aug 30, 2014 11:59 AM

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OnigiriKatsudon said:
Sinon is definitely not gonna die. that cliffhanger works against itself in confirming her survival.


Asuna can't just come in ggo, right?

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Aug 30, 2014 12:00 PM

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Can the Death Gun be escaped through character death? I think maybe I'd want Sinon to shoot me if I got paralyzed, since Death Gun is just going to move out of the way with his godly reflex.

So predicting either Kirito blocked the bullet or intentionally killed Sinon, which would probably not sit well with her. :P

Also calling Sterben and Gunner X both being Death Gun. :)
Aug 30, 2014 12:02 PM

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Anilinkz is working :)
I settled for watching it on CR =P


XDCC is up.
Aug 30, 2014 12:03 PM

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Damn it I was hoping to see Kirito show up in the last minute. Oh well another whole week to wait for.
Aug 30, 2014 12:03 PM

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Izayoi23 said:
Damn it I was hoping to see Kirito show up in the last minute. Oh well another whole week to wait for.


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Aug 30, 2014 12:05 PM

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IAmLoudness said:
Izayoi23 said:
Damn it I was hoping to see Kirito show up in the last minute. Oh well another whole week to wait for.


Join the club


Or just read the manga :D
Aug 30, 2014 12:07 PM

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SAO I was okay but SAO II is awesome....really love the gun fight and Star Wars laser blade lol.I know Sinon will be save somehow,so let's see how it will turns out.
Aug 30, 2014 12:09 PM

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Just wondering if you guys ever thought of looking up what "Sterben" means.
Cliffhanger strikes back hue ~

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WTF, did Sinon die?!?





................ Nah, just kiddin'. Kirito probably saved her.

Desu gun is such a bitch. kiling is enemi lik a pussy, 1on1 fagot
I must say that I wasn't expecting that. I didn't thought it was that Mousquetaire X, but still, that was unexpected. It's always Steven. Classic Steven. Also, he's such a twisted guy. That gun at the end was no coincidence, we saw that he was targeting her in the episode 2 or 3 if I remember correctly.

Awwwn, so our gang didn't saw Kirito swimming naked in the river :(
I wonder how the stream work, how they manage the camera. It doesn't seem like you can follow one player in particular.
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Aug 30, 2014 12:14 PM

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minouneetzoe said:
WTF, did Sinon die?!?





................ Nah, just kiddin'. Kirito probably saved her.

Desu gun is such a bitch. kiling is enemi lik a pussy, 1on1 fagot
I must say that I wasn't expecting that. I didn't thought it was that Mousquetaire X, but still, that was unexpected. It's always Steven. Classic Steven. Also, he's such a twisted guy. That gun at the end was no coincidence, we saw that he was targeting her in the episode 2 or 3 if I remember correctly.

Awwwn, so our gang didn't saw Kirito swimming naked in the river :(
I wonder how the stream work, how they manage the camera. It doesn't seem like you can follow one player in particular.


Steven?
Aug 30, 2014 12:15 PM

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F***n Cliffhanger O_O XD Death Gun's creepiness is being depicted epically :D

Dat scene when Sinon suddenly got shot by the paralysis was so well done. Dat suddenness :O

Sinon's tsundereness is kawaii <3 Well any girl would wet her pants if she saw Kirito cutting through the bullets like nothing while protecting her :3 BA Kirito is BA!!

Kataoka's in for a preaching by Asuna XD

Too bad Pale Rider died though :( He/She was friggin BA!
Aug 30, 2014 12:19 PM

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Cliffhangers galore.
Was a pretty good episode this time, i love watching Kirito fight.
TOTALLY forgot about that last scene from the LN's.
But next week, HO BOY next week is gonna be GOOD
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Aug 30, 2014 12:19 PM
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you know shes not gonna die. i would say its 2 predictable but they way she got knocked down completely destroys that statement
Aug 30, 2014 12:21 PM

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IAmLoudness said:
minouneetzoe said:
WTF, did Sinon die?!?





................ Nah, just kiddin'. Kirito probably saved her.

Desu gun is such a bitch. kiling is enemi lik a pussy, 1on1 fagot
I must say that I wasn't expecting that. I didn't thought it was that Mousquetaire X, but still, that was unexpected. It's always Steven. Classic Steven. Also, he's such a twisted guy. That gun at the end was no coincidence, we saw that he was targeting her in the episode 2 or 3 if I remember correctly.

Awwwn, so our gang didn't saw Kirito swimming naked in the river :(
I wonder how the stream work, how they manage the camera. It doesn't seem like you can follow one player in particular.


Steven?


Ahhh, my bad, in the french subtitle, Sterben is named Steven. And Gunner X is named Mousquetaire X. Don't know why for Sterben though.
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Aug 30, 2014 12:28 PM

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minouneetzoe said:
IAmLoudness said:


Steven?


Ahhh, my bad, in the french subtitle, Sterben is named Steven. And Gunner X is named Mousquetaire X. Don't know why for Sterben though.


haha K :)
Aug 30, 2014 12:31 PM

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aw fuck me that's such a dirty cliffhanger ...
Aug 30, 2014 12:34 PM

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I'm surprised Death Gun just walked away after shooting that Pale Rider person, since he just got shot at by Sinon.


Haha yeah, I found it funny.. prolly Desu Gun thought :

"Eeeh. I'm too fabulous for your shit. Imma just walk away after getting shot at."
“Are there some unseen roles that we have unknowingly set ourselves into, dictating the rules of engagement whenever we see each other, inevitably leading to us hurting each other?”
Aug 30, 2014 12:35 PM
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Awesome episodes and a bloody good cliffhanger. Just 7 days left Kirito goes bezerk....

Btw guys do you still think GGO will be a 24 episodes adaption? The showdown between Death Gun and Kirito is near which means the small Arc "mother rosario" will most likely be included in this season. You all get to see Asuna alot more in that arc :).

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Aug 30, 2014 12:41 PM

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y123y said:
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Awesome episodes and a bloody good cliffhanger. Just 7 days left Kirito goes bezerk....

Btw guys do you still think GGO will be a 24 episodes adaption? The showdown between Death Gun and Kirito is near which means the small Arc "mother rosario" will most likely be included in this season. You all get to see Asuna alot more in that arc :).


I do think that GCO will be all 24 episodes. Ive heard that its the best story in the LN, so they might as well make it 24 episodes.


Anything is good for me as long as isn't more ALO
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This again... no development whatsoever, did I really wait a whole week...

This confirms it, S1 was better.


Waiting for next episode and even more Asuna arc, Kirito is still a boss though.
Aug 30, 2014 12:45 PM

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Well damn, another reason why I love saturdays and sundays so much.
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Aug 30, 2014 12:50 PM
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y123y said:
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Awesome episodes and a bloody good cliffhanger. Just 7 days left Kirito goes bezerk....

Btw guys do you still think GGO will be a 24 episodes adaption? The showdown between Death Gun and Kirito is near which means the small Arc "mother rosario" will most likely be included in this season. You all get to see Asuna alot more in that arc :).


I do think that GCO will be all 24 episodes. Ive heard that its the best story in the LN, so they might as well make it 24 episodes.


Uhh nope, UW its the best story, MR its really short but its still really solid.

And it will be 24 chapters, it was already confirmed.
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Aug 30, 2014 12:51 PM

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y123y said:
I havent read the LN, but I think that death gun is KABAYA!!

Naw it's probably Sugu wanting Kirito to notice her more.
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y123y said:
themorry said:

Awesome episodes and a bloody good cliffhanger. Just 7 days left Kirito goes bezerk....

Btw guys do you still think GGO will be a 24 episodes adaption? The showdown between Death Gun and Kirito is near which means the small Arc "mother rosario" will most likely be included in this season. You all get to see Asuna alot more in that arc :).


I do think that GCO will be all 24 episodes. Ive heard that its the best story in the LN, so they might as well make it 24 episodes.


Nope. MR is the best arc in the whole LN.
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IAmLoudness said:
y123y said:


I do think that GCO will be all 24 episodes. Ive heard that its the best story in the LN, so they might as well make it 24 episodes.


Anything is good for me as long as isn't more ALO


The mother rosario arc takes plays in the aincrad/ALO hybrid place. And believe me if i say that this arc might be the most emotional arc yet. Asuna will be kinda the main lead in this.
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At this rate, it looks like the second cour will be something else. Mother's Rosario perhaps?
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Aug 30, 2014 1:08 PM
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Kirito pretty much killed Pale Rider himself by not letting Sinon shoot him in the first place LOL
Aug 30, 2014 1:15 PM
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For anyone who could clarify, has Death Gun's suspicious actions not caught the eye of higher-ups in the gaming industry besides Kirito's employer? Does Death Gun somehow conceal himself so well in real life that it's not easy to track him down? I'm also wondering if Death Gun is actually a real person, or just a puppet used by a puppet master (like a well-made program), especially when he appeared in front of Sinon all pixelated at first.

Answers can be put in "spoilers" if anything is spoiled from the light novel. Privately messaging me works too. I'm just trying to figure out a little more about Death Gun before I can be happy about this episode.

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Aug 30, 2014 1:16 PM

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Kirito pretty much killed Pale Rider himself by not letting Sinon shoot him in the first place LOL


Dead player bodies still remain. Desu Gun could just shoot the dead body anyway. Kirito has no idea how the gun works, after all.
Aug 30, 2014 1:16 PM
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Kirito pretty much killed Pale Rider himself by not letting Sinon shoot him in the first place LOL

Had the same thought myself. Makes more sense to kill the guy in game rather than let him b killed in real life xp...

Also, am I the only one who finds Kirito is bein too touchy... He seems to grab Shinon's shoulder every 3 minutes... Wasn't shinon the type to shy away body contact -_-...
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Aug 30, 2014 1:20 PM

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Kirito pretty much killed Pale Rider himself by not letting Sinon shoot him in the first place LOL

Had the same thought myself. Makes more sense to kill the guy in game rather than let him b killed in real life xp...

Also, am I the only one who finds Kirito is bein too touchy... He seems to grab Shinon's shoulder every 3 minutes... Wasn't shinon the type to shy away body contact -_-...



She's already orbiting around his dick. In simple terms, a tsundere and part of his harem.
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If you believe that a person could kill you with a virtual gun and you are in a situation where you are paralysed and at point-blank range from the killer why not try to log-out/Alt+F4/cut Internet and quickly take off the possibly lethal virtual reality gear? Sure this was blocked in the first season but should be available in any game at this point with some in-game consequences like some penalty points or similar.
Aug 30, 2014 1:27 PM

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Those sexy moves by Kirito were SO BA!!!
That was beautifully done! :D

Sinon will live!
After all, she has yet to join the harem :P
Aug 30, 2014 1:28 PM

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lol anyone notice Kirito being very touchy lately?
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Aug 30, 2014 1:29 PM

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Dang that cliffhanger. Looks like Death Gun has invisibility hacks or something since they didn't see him on the radar scan. Just by coincidence his super pistol is the same model as the one that traumatized Sinon. I wonder who Death Gun really was in SAO to have been that close to Laughing Coffin's leader.
Aug 30, 2014 1:35 PM

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I really hate cliffhangers. And why the hell it feels like the episodes are so damn short.

Anyway, pretty damn good ep.. can't wait for the next one ^^
Aug 30, 2014 1:45 PM
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SAO II is so much better than the first season, omfg. Really nice not to have Kirito's entire harem with him.


This season has also a fantasting story in my opinion, but season 1 is something completely special and unique, the characters and the music there fancy myself much more..

This episode was way more thrilling than the last, damn, the last shot is still in my head.

I still ask myself: How does Asuna and Co. can watch this game from another VRMMORPG? Probably new settings there that you can watch other virtual games. Sinon starting to raise feelings for Kirito, hope there won't be drama as GGO is now on "stream" for Asuna.


It doesn't explain how they can watch another game in a game here apparently, but in the LN it does. Basically when you are in the game you can access the internet, well you pretty much are all the time anyways, and the BoB is being broadcast on the internet. They are simply pulling up the internet and watching the live footage there instead of on a computer or something.
Aug 30, 2014 1:48 PM

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I can see why ALO people can watch the GGO stream:
Since everything is connected throught "The Seed", they can send the TV shows from one game to another.
Edit: Or like the guy before me said.

The episode was epic. I think that the "Sterben" character name is Death Gun, because his name means "to die" in german.

It's 100% sure that Sinon doesn't die though, that would be pathetic considering we haven't had a real fight between them yet. So I guess shot at the end wasn't Death Gun, but Kirito?
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If you believe that a person could kill you with a virtual gun and you are in a situation where you are paralysed and at point-blank range from the killer why not try to log-out/Alt+F4/cut Internet and quickly take off the possibly lethal virtual reality gear? Sure this was blocked in the first season but should be available in any game at this point with some in-game consequences like some penalty points or similar.


Well, first you are not sitting in front of a computer, you are basically in a catatonic state with the VR device on you. All you can do is think.

Second, why would the designers think you would need it? In SAO it wasn't so much that they were blocked (they were, but it really didn't matter if they weren't), if they tried to force exit the game by any means (say by committing suicide, or someone disconnecting the gear) the device would kill them. This new VR gear was supposed to be perfectly harmless, there should not have been a way to make a virtual gun.
Aug 30, 2014 1:55 PM
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Damn, this and A.Z have the biggest cliffhangers I've seen in a while. Not looking forward to waiting :(

This episode was spectacular. severe thing looked and was top notch, huge step up if you ask me.
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lol anyone notice Kirito being very touchy lately?


Yeah I noticed that too, all those shoulder touches.
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DAT CIFFHANGER!
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Aug 30, 2014 2:05 PM

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i couldnt help laugh when kirito was deflecting those bullets. that's so op LOL. id be like wtf is that shit if i was shooting at him.
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It was a great episode.

It was nice to see Kirito and Sinon are cooperating.

Kirito was trying to protect Sinon from the sniper.

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