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LastChapter said: I find it stupid to derogate a series because the antagonist has a simple name. i didnt said that the villain sucks cause of its lame name, if anything im hoping he can be considered an actual threat unlike the previous ones which were only good for laughs |
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| You can see that in the OP as well. |
| Another decent episode, looks like Sinon has put herself in the danger zone. Lets see what the enemy plans to do next. |
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| Not a bad episode. Learnt Shinon's past. Thank god they brought up the past episode sooner. Can't help but be annoyed if they had brought this past episode when the show gets intriguing.. |
Sasuke10271994 said: That nurse was...well disgusting and unecessary in my opinion. . That scene about nurse grabbing Kirito butt was funny. Noting wrong with having scenes like these as long as they are only few seconds long. |
| First anime which I've watched and mentioned 'first world problems' haha. Guess I'm a weirdo for mentioning it. And seriously? The nurse, too? |
xxshiawase said: YEah teasing young men are signs that older women join some harem.MALogicAnd seriously? The nurse, too? |
| Why did the robber point the gun at himself when he tried to take it back? How is a grown man not strong enough to take a gun from a nine year old girl? Why did the mother just lay there while her daughter was in a life-threatening situation? How did she work up the courage to shoot him not once, not twice, but THREE fucking times, without even changing her facial expression? Note that she was aware that he died, but only freaked out after seeing her mothers face. It wasn't shock that caused her delayed reaction, as there would be a change in facial expression, and her hands would shake. LastChapter said: Of course since it's a piece of fiction there will be a lack of realism involved. (Though many on the forums refuse to realize that.) I'm saying that looking at that incident, it's obvious to tell wounding a crazed man won't be enough to cause such serious trauma. Realism =/= reality. A piece of fiction can have themes or be part of a genre where things aren't the same as they are in our world, while still playing out in a believable manner. The entire scene (and by association, the entire episode) felt contrived and stupid. Everything felt set-up, as if the robber intended to die, the mother didn't care about her child, and Shino had no qualms with killing the man. Of course, this is the opposite of what the writer was trying to get across. |
LastChapter said: ssjokg said: People find the name too generic, completely disregarding all the other generic names in the anime franchises. For example, with this season's Zankyou no Terror with Sphinx and Akame ga Kill with Night Raid, I see no one bashing on that. I find it stupid to derogate a series because the antagonist has a simple name.Why is there a problem with the name Death Gun? Night Raid follows the "dark noun/aggressive verb" naming sense, but how is Sphinx a generic name? Death Gun is the type of name an eight year old that's obsessed with drawing skulls and dead people would come up with. Edit: Oh, and the name "Death Gun" is grammatically incorrect. Overall, it just feels unnatural in English. |
Oddyeus said: Really..Couldn you see that he grabbed the barrel when Shino was already pointing it at him,who was also drugged??Why did the robber point the gun at himself when he tried to take it back? How is a grown man not strong enough to take a gun from a nine year old girl? Why did the mother just lay there while her daughter was in a life-threatening situation? How did she work up the courage to shoot him not once, not twice, but THREE fucking times, without even changing her facial expression? Note that she was aware that he died, but only freaked out after seeing her mothers face. It wasn't shock that caused her delayed reaction, as there would be a change in facial expression, and her hands would shake. LastChapter said: Of course since it's a piece of fiction there will be a lack of realism involved. (Though many on the forums refuse to realize that.) I'm saying that looking at that incident, it's obvious to tell wounding a crazed man won't be enough to cause such serious trauma. Realism =/= reality. A piece of fiction can have themes or be part of a genre where things aren't the same as they are in our world, while still playing out in a believable manner. The entire scene (and by association, the entire episode) felt contrived and stupid. Everything felt set-up, as if the robber intended to die, the mother didn't care about her child, and Shino had no qualms with killing the man. Of course, this is the opposite of what the writer was trying to get across. Because of shock and mental problems. It was on the spur of the moment and her expression DID change. The shock came from seeing her mother's expression who she tried to protect and having realized that he killed someone when she saw the blood on her hands. No try and watch the scene again and see how only the criticism is whats contrived and stupid. Oddyeus said: LastChapter said: People find the name too generic, completely disregarding all the other generic names in the anime franchises. For example, with this season's Zankyou no Terror with Sphinx and Akame ga Kill with Night Raid, I see no one bashing on that. I find it stupid to derogate a series because the antagonist has a simple name. Night Raid follows the "dark noun/aggressive verb" naming sense, but how is Sphinx a generic name? Death Gun is the type of name an eight year old that's obsessed with drawing skulls and dead people would come up with. Edit: Oh, and the name "Death Gun" is grammatically incorrect. Overall, it just feels unnatural in English. This is pathetic.Ignoring the fact that this is basically a MMO where names arent decided based on some deep philosophy, who cares if a nickname a japanese man uses, is grammatically incorrect. |
| Pretty meh episode. I was expecting more from Shinon tbh but yeah, she had a sad past. |
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| Yes. Please get stronger and shoot those bitches. No mercy for bullies! Sent with Mal Updater |
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| That nurse sure is touchy. |
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| Backstory was revealed to us, it makes a lot of sense. Seeing that last part really makes you wonder about this Death Gun. |
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| Not much happened, pace is pretty slow so far. New girl best girl, shoot noobs all day. Too bad she's scared now, would be more fun if she was a terrorist like another show this season. (◕ᴥ◕し) The nurse should be shot too, bitch. |
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| I liked knowing her back story a bit. Imma guess and say the death gun guy might be her friend that saved her from those girls. I could be completely wrong though xD |
| Pretty boring. How living in a virtual reality based on guns is supposed to help with gun trauma is beyond me. |
| It was interesting to know more about Sinon's past, but I just can't wait to see Kirito in action. |
| Very catching.. can't wait seeing episode 4 and soon episode 5... The P.S. in the letter from Kikuoka to Kirito was the best :D ^^ |
| "If the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix |
I like it but it needs more yanderes 4/5 |
| Mind you guys, it was actually a decent episode. I enjoyed it a lot even though the robbery scene felt somewhat forced. Shino's already the best girl only at first 3 eps. 5/5 |
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| I'm suspicious of Shinkawa, though he could be the same admirer like the one for Leafa Poor Asada Shinon's traumatic past, her bravery to save her mother let Shinon make first blood at such a young age Kirito being honest to Asuna about the side job was the right thing to do |
T3hSource said: Yes SAO, THIS is how you handle childhood trauma! And a little girl CAN pull a trigger of a real gun, and a crook would WANT to kill people! And a child WOULD go and bite said crook AFTER SHE SAW HIM KILL SOMEBODY! /sarcasm Absolute bullshit, this is NOT how you handle psychological trauma, and you're just doing it for the shock value. You are now edgy as fuck. 1/5 - You just condemned yourself! ... You think a child can't pull a gun's trigger? It's not like a revolver's trigger takes hundreds of pounds of pressure to pull. |
Winter_Fox_Tami said: You know you really shouldn't have responded because he made this post with one thing in mind: shit on SAO as much as possible because SAO is bad.T3hSource said: Yes SAO, THIS is how you handle childhood trauma! And a little girl CAN pull a trigger of a real gun, and a crook would WANT to kill people! And a child WOULD go and bite said crook AFTER SHE SAW HIM KILL SOMEBODY! /sarcasm Absolute bullshit, this is NOT how you handle psychological trauma, and you're just doing it for the shock value. You are now edgy as fuck. 1/5 - You just condemned yourself! ... You think a child can't pull a gun's trigger? It's not like a revolver's trigger takes hundreds of pounds of pressure to pull. |
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| A slow-paced back story episode. I hope there aren't many more of them. I liked getting a glimpse of the villain at the end. |
| Still waiting for it to get good. BORING! I don't care about this new character. Thank goodness there was some of Kirito or this episode would have been a total waste. |
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| I lol'd at the 'traumatic' flashback, her mother is pretty shit, she pissed herself at the sight of her daughter protecting her. The robber was funny, but I guess it's the drug's effect. Then Sinon's voice after the flashback was funny, I don't know if that's how she was supposed to sound like. Child Sinon pulling the trigger too, wow surprised that didn't break her arms, cool beans. I feel that her trauma/past is better just being hinted than shown. The OST near the end was pretty cool, and nice to know the next episode is titled 'GGO', finally switching the focus back to Kirito? The nurse monitoring Kirito, that's one fine looking nurse. |
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| Nice little background about Asada. Kirito should let his raging teenage hormones go and bang that hot nurse already. |
MeowMaid said: It was interesting to know more about Sinon's past, but I just can't wait to see Kirito in action. Yep. Don't care too much for Sinon so far.. |
| Well thats a fairly good reason to be scared of guns, poor Sinon |
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| Interesting backstory |
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| That backstory was quite interesting, but I do hope the pacing will improve as now it's slow and starting to get boring... Either way let's see what's next! |
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| That's a pretty nasty trauma.. Stark700 said:  |
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| That stuff with Sinon was pretty awesome. Already liking her more than all the other girls. Speaking of girls, those bitches at the beginning need to be burnt at stake. Some nice Kirito fan-service in the hospital. Now, to pray to our Fujoshi Lords for some Kirito x Shinkawa doujins! |
| Damn, Shinon's past, she's a badass at a young age. A true hero, I don't know why she felt bad, she protected her mother right, she should take pride in this! But killing at an early age, I guess that's what unnerved her. That mother though, it makes me wonder if that's how someone feels after they've been saved. Shinon is awesome! |
| Good to see some Kirito x Asuna moments.. if only a little. That nurse sure is something lol.. I'd wanna be a nurse if I could grope freely like that. *smirk* It's good to get the flashback and dark part out of the way first. Now quickly onto the action. :D |
| After re-watching the episode, I realized that I had so many conflicting feelings about this episode. Easily one of the deepest episodes in the series, and now I feel that little Shinon was traumatized by the response of her mother, and not the actual act of killing. If her mom responded differently, I'm sure things would have turned out differently. Shinon didn't feel scared after she immediately killed the man, but seeing her mother's face stricken with shame is what scarred her. Her mother repulsed her daughter, and maybe other's who overreacted at a kid, doing what should be done to all mass murderers, stop them in their tracks. [b]How Shinon felt immediately after she killed the man(lol not frightened at all!):  Mother's reaction:  |
| I can't say that I'm a big fan so far of season 2 and I definitely would've rather had a "Slice of Life Online" than GGO. But at least all these new characters will make for some good harem doujinshi. Got to look at the positive side, right? |
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| Duh. Sinon's friend is obviously deathgun. |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| Yes bullies... it's always bullies. 20 dollars says that Des Gun is that fishy dude who saved her from those bullies. |
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| Mother is scared even though her kid just saved EVERYONE in the bank. Sure it's scary seeing your kid kill a man at that age, but no reason to leave her or despise her (At least that's what Im getting from it) Anyhow, let GGO begin for Kirito ! |
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| Poor Sinon, that was some crazy childhood trauma. :( |
| And this week it's time for Sinon's real life tragic backstory under her true identity: Shino. The introductory portion of this arc has taken a bit of time, but with Kirito finally entering GGO it looks like we're ready to proceed with the plot at last. Oh, and I'm kinda skeptical it'd really turn out to be this blatantly obvious but I already have a guess regarding Death Gun's true identity... |
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