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| Asuna got told! Her mom wants her to transfer and finish and go to college with her old friends. Plus marry someone rich and not Kirito. She shouldn't listen and should do watch she wants, whether that's marry Kirito and not go to college or not. So the big bad duellist is a girl called Yuuki, didn't see that one coming, well, not until they showed the boots lol. I wonder what she wants help with :/ I thought she was just gonna give Asuna the skill for giving her such a good fight. |
stephtastropheSep 15, 2015 1:29 PM
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| Great to see Asuna coming to the forefront of the series again. I'm loving how the writers are recognizing one of the greatest flaws in Japanese society (treating women like property, arranged marriages, etc). There needs to be more anime with these issues. Japanese society is not getting any better in this respect. |
| Omne Solum Forti Patria |
| Pretty good episode, maybe the best this season so far. |
| Damn, Asuna's family sucks. Zekkan is Yuuki? Should've seen that coming but it was a funny reveal. Nice fight, and solid cliffhanger. |
| It's really nice to see Asuna's life in real world, her fight with Zekken was awesome! |
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| If i was asuna i would have left the table and said "your didnt spend 2 years in a real life game fighting for survival, sick bitch" and flicked her off😂 strict ass people fuck i hate em , dont know how to fucking live there damn life's. |
| cause MAL is doing there job for once. |
| Zekken fight was pretty awesome. Reminded me of why I liked this anime so much. They certainly do fighting right. That ending.... I'm going to be in tears before this is over. |
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| Alright, this episode completely makes up for the utter waste that was the Calibur mini arc. It really felt like the Asuna from the early days of SAO was back: the strong, confident second in command of strongest guild in the game, and not this mute and meek background character that being lumped together with the rest of her boyfriend's harem turned her into. The fight scene was great and the anime did an excellent job showing just how much weight this duel carried for her. Let's not forget about Yuuki herself, who's a total charmer and has great chemistry with Asuna. Can't wait to see more of their adventures and please keep Kirito and his bitches as little involved as possible! |
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| That was good sword word fight lol |
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| Wow, the fight was awesome. Yuuki's cute too <3 |
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| Great episode on nearlly every level, especially the slice of life part. The duel was executed extremely well as well. This part is redeeming not only the Second season, but the anime as a whole to me. At this point I even consider giving the novels a try. |
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| This arc looks like it has potential. |
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| Oouuu~~~ go Asuna! :D I bet Kirito was like das my wifey XD |
| Paraplegic? Leaving that aside, WHOAH!!!!!!!! FINALLY one episode in this season that, i can unabashedly say, was awesome. Asuna has after a long vacation reclaimed her Action Girl status, let's just hope it lasts for this arc. But i must say this switch of POV breathed a much needed second life to SAO. Makes me actually consider that these heroines of ours could actually have something resembling a personality when they aren't fawning over and falling for OP-sama. i mean we have been told for a loooong time that Asuna doesn't like her home, it's just the why was hard to see. so this small segment of her life went a long way to establish her reasons. i know the dinner scene had a lot of cliches, but then again after all those chaebol dramas i don't think anything could have surprised me. That they went for the safe route doesn't make the scene any less good, its execution is what matters. Now i have to wonder what would have happened if they had used this trick before and actually given Asuna's character a deuteragonist role in this season, it at least would have definitely improved this season's flavour. |
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| Now that was a good fight. |
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| Asuna's mom sure should take a deep breath and maybe drink something strong to get more easy. She really gets me into aggro mode |
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| Hmm Asunas mom has really an ugly personality. Surprised that Zekken turned out to be a girl, even though it kinda sucks, have the feeling this show doesn't bother with bringing decent male characters just for the sake that Kirito can shine. The fight scene was nice and I wonder what Zekken is planning to do with Asunas help. |
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| I'm glad Asuna is getting some prime time. Byeeee Kirito! |
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| So the duel is a front for a selection process for a covert recruitment? Must be super top secret thing for all the hassles it entailed. LOL |
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| Boring episode... |
| Asuna stop being pussy & grow some backbone & stand up to ur mother god dam SubtleJ said: Asuna doesn't have a clear view for her future. Her mother seems to know that and is looking out for her. Seems like pretty typical asian parenting. PrOxAnto said: ... Parents picking people their kid should marry to, just let them choose on their own. Anyhow, I liked the fight between Yuuki and Asuna, was a nice sword fight. PrimeX said: I hate Asuna's mom but thanks to her I realized how great my mom is. Anyway that fight was damn too freaking good. I'd go ahead and say it's the best fight yet and hopefully there will be more. The ass-kicking background music along with a fluidly animated badass sword fight was one of the things I love in SAO. Too bad I only got to see it in this show in it's 19th episode. I want moar! Yiuumii said: Asuna's mom sure should take a deep breath and maybe drink something strong to get more easy. She really gets me into aggro mode SubtleJ, wants best for her, but does the opposite, yup pretty typical rich Asian family parenting screwing up their children's lives copy paste what i commented on last ep: when i see parents in anime's do that despite knowing there daughter has BF or son as GF makes my blood boil, fuk that type of parents just leave home if i would be a business man & one of my partners is like that (or if i know any other who are like that) i would crush them (make them average ppl) & take over their company so their kids can be free form that SH, that's how much ppl like that (controlling parents) thick me off, seen 2meany in anime's its the reason i can't bear to re-watch Ai Yori Aoshi, cause the families of the mains just thick me of specially heroines, finally accepted MC (EP 1-3), but with a condition he finishes collage & works himself to become wealthy like them & until then their dating has to be secret (if he fails engagement is off), i was like WTF screw u asshole, but they (MC & Heroine) accepted heroines fathers condition or deal or how u want to call it, they were engage sins kids before cause he was in rich abusive family & they were abusive cause he was a bastard son like they call them in GOT, heroines father was at first like he should have stayed & endured it then the engagement wouldn't be a issue, but he ran away (so heroines father blames him that the engagement was called off after he ran away from home, after the talk with the father they got reengaged with a condition i mentioned) & she tracked him down years later after he ran away(this spoil only EP1), this is worse then Asunas family, but still similar PrOxAnto, i fully agree with u mitsji said: I really like this episode! Zekken is such a cool character. Btw, Asuna's mom is right. Asuna lost 2 years of her life. Okay, it's not her fault but nevertheless, 2 fucking years... :p her mother is controlling bitch i hate the type stephtastrophe said: Asuna got told! Her mom wants her to transfer and finish and go to college with her old friends. Plus marry someone rich and not Kirito. She shouldn't listen and should do watch she wants, whether that's marry Kirito and not go to college or not. So the big bad duellist is a girl called Yuuki, didn't see that one coming, well, not until they showed the boots lol. I wonder what she wants help with :/ I thought she was just gonna give Asuna the skill for giving her such a good fight. yea, i hope she grows some backbone, can't say balls cause how she suppose to have sex & have kids with him in future if she becomes shemale lol seeing this second time, but cant remember almost nothing from SAO2 Hraktuus said: Great to see Asuna coming to the forefront of the series again. I'm loving how the writers are recognizing one of the greatest flaws in Japanese society (treating women like property, arranged marriages, etc). There needs to be more anime with these issues. Japanese society is not getting any better in this respect. not just woman, but children overall, boy's are treated almost same way jdimaria3 said: Damn, Asuna's family sucks. Zekkan is Yuuki? Should've seen that coming but it was a funny reveal. Nice fight, and solid cliffhanger. yep sucks hard Dead_By_Heart said: If i was asuna i would have left the table and said "your didnt spend 2 years in a real life game fighting for survival, sick bitch" and flicked her off😂 strict ass people fuck i hate em , dont know how to fucking live there damn life's. IKR |
Sugram22Feb 17, 2018 8:33 AM
| easily the best sao episode ive seen up until this point. felt really different, gotta track down the episode director for this one. |
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| This episode felt more like SAO than all the rest in quite awhile. It was hard for me, personally, to get through most of the early episodes of this season. I also love that it's focusing back on more of the original cast instead of just Kirito. It was feeling like they weren't even important anymore. I didn't want Asuna to just be waifu-tized and just left alone. It's good that there's focus on her now. She's one of the main characters and should have that as a result. |
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Sugram22 said: SubtleJ, wants best for her, but does the opposite, yup pretty typical rich Asian family parenting screwing up their children's lives Trust me, it's not limited to Asian families. I know many people treated like this in various European countries. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
rsc-pl said: Sugram22 said: SubtleJ, wants best for her, but does the opposite, yup pretty typical rich Asian family parenting screwing up their children's lives Trust me, it's not limited to Asian families. I know many people treated like this in various European countries. yea, but its most common in India Jap & Arabic countries, more wide spread, in EU the type to do that are are just some old fashioned families & some religions families to, going 2far with religion can also Fup kids life |
| wow sweet fight between asuna and yuuki!!! what what whatt hahah kiritos jelous harem...frigg off ur all ugly asuna is best and i wonder what she needs help with?!! lol i bet the final boss will be asunas mom (just a guess) |
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| Oh, it seems that they're going to develop Asuna in this arc. And Zekken is just a girl xD. |
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| More problems for Asuna and Kirito :/ |
| Im afraid Asunas mom is exactly the kind of woman Im into. I should probably think about that for the future. Good fight. Love Zekkens design and VA is doing a great job too. I know whats coming, I dont know if Im ready. It didnt really hit me when I first watched it over 3 years ago (yeah pretty late to the party) |
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| That was unexpected, I'm glad that Asuna at least is back to using the sword the way she used to. |
| Choosing everything for your daughter, eehh. I don't think that's how parenting is supposed to be. |
| Love the new opening and ending for this arc. I thought it was a breathe of fresh air to finally get an episode focused around Asuna who in my opinion lacked depth up until now. Zekken is really cute and the fight between her and Asuna was actually really freaking cool. I wonder what she needs help with. |
| Asuna and her mom are not on good terms...Well her Mom is seriously crazy...Marriage is part of her career?..yea right thats messed up...its her life so she should be the one to decide it...this episode was good the fight between Asuna and Zekken was great...turns out Zekken is a girl and she needs Asuna's help with something.. |
| So a family problem, feels somewhat forced because I still dont remember them ever mentioning this, but her situation still sucks. That reply at the end though, go Asuna!! So Zekken is Yuuki after all. Nice duel, now to see what the problem is. |
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| isnt asuna like 20 by this point? she was 17 when they beat sao and its been few years since that. why doesnt she literally just make her own fucking decisions instead of just saying that she wants to? not sure about japanese laws but at least here after you turn 18 your parents wont even get to access your things (shitty explanation i know but no one reads these except that one guy apparently). anyway this new girl is good looking. armpit   |
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| Gahhdamn, that mother of Asuna.... |
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