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| Not really digging this second half, but that last part was interesting. |
| They made it- and my tears just won't stop. |
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| It got boring after Kirito left :/ |
nameskizo said: Yuuki and Asuna being siblings made me wat. We´ll I guess I understand now why the opening showed 2 girls growing up. I'm guessing they're not related. I think Asuna reminds Yuuki of someone along the lines of a sister or her actual sister. We shall find out next week. |
nameskizo said: Yuuki and Asuna being siblings made me wat. We´ll I guess I understand now why the opening showed 2 girls growing up. Uuuh we'd know if Asuna has siblings, I'd think. |
InsertanamehereDec 1, 2014 10:51 AM
InsertPriestHere said: nameskizo said: Yuuki and Asuna being siblings made me wat. We´ll I guess I understand now why the opening showed 2 girls growing up. Uuuh we'd know if Asuna has siblings, Yuuki's reasons for calling her sister and why there were two girls will be revealed soon. Not unless even ASuna did not know about her existing. Its a very valid speculation tbh :) |
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| Just beautiful. Simply perfect ;_; Recent episodes gives me back first season epic feelings. |
| No arc is better then the first arc first season, Don´t even feel anything in this arc yet anyway. ( okey the ending theme). 24 eps remake with own content and slower pace/ drama/ action & death and romance.. That would be interesting. |
CookingPriest said: InsertPriestHere said: Uuuh we'd know if Asuna has siblings, Yuuki's reasons for calling her sister and why there were two girls will be revealed soon. Not unless even ASuna did not know about her existing. Its a very valid speculation tbh :) I can't see why Asuna wouldn't know about her, though? Sweanime said: No arc is better then the first arc first season, Don´t even feel anything in this arc yet anyway. ( okey the ending theme). 24 eps remake with own content and slower pace/ drama/ action & death and romance.. That would be interesting. I'd say; MR>PB>Aincrad>FD Just because there's no action, death or romance, none of which are major parts of SAO, doesn't mean the arc is worse. |
| Which kind of problems or secrets does Yuuki has. I really want to know |
InsertPriestHere said: CookingPriest said: Not unless even ASuna did not know about her existing. Its a very valid speculation tbh :) I can't see why Asuna wouldn't know about her, though? Sweanime said: No arc is better then the first arc first season, Don´t even feel anything in this arc yet anyway. ( okey the ending theme). 24 eps remake with own content and slower pace/ drama/ action & death and romance.. That would be interesting. I'd say; MR>PB>Aincrad>FD Just because there's no action, death or romance, none of which are major parts of SAO, doesn't mean the arc is worse. Well it´s only me. I feel plain when i see the rest. Not saying it´s bad but for just me the rest of the show feel plain. But good enought to still watch it :) |
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| The ep was great, but my friends that had read the novel said that the ending will make me cry, so I'll just wait till the rest airs, and lock myself to watch those 3 eps that are left. |
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lt1412 said: Bonus: Instead of Yuuki it is that all members of the Sleeping knights are children of Asunas mother and they always came late collectively! Sounds.......legit..... >.> |
Reyxe said: InsertPriestHere said: Sounds.......legit..... >.> A bunch of berserks healers... oh god. This... is... madness... O.O |
| damn and i actually had high expectations but this season doesnt seem to get any better. no idea how they expect me to have sympathies for character dramas if i only know them for 2 episodes and they just stay blank and uninteresting. maybe the creator should have played an actual mmo too before making it the main theme. |
ROGUEonDUTY said: damn and i actually had high expectations but this season doesnt seem to get any better. no idea how they expect me to have sympathies for character dramas if i only know them for 2 episodes and they just stay blank and uninteresting. maybe the creator should have played an actual mmo too before making it the main theme. MMO isn't the main theme. |
| Great episode :) nice team work and awesome boss fight, Yukki were amazing, that ending i feel bad for her. |
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lt1412 said: Sounds about rightYou read it here first: Yuuki is the illegitimate child of Asuna's mother! We will see a dramatic story unfolding: The siblings do not know of each other and the mother tries to keep it like that so in order to keep this facade up the mother has to eat dinner with both of them at different times: with Yuuki at 5pm and with Asuna at 6pm! Now we get a little flashback: In the past Yuuki was a little rascal who knew everything about Asuna and tried to find a way to passive aggressively reveal the evil plot of her mother -she decided to come too late for their 5pm dinner, so the mother couldn't make it her dinner with Asuna. The mother however found out about Yuukis intentions and saw immediately that now the plan to have dinner with both of them was endangered. Yuukis behaviour hurt the mother on a profound emotional level, which is why the mother now forces Yuuki to abandon her gaming habit! Back to the present we have seen that Asusa starts to become a naughty girl and comes late for 6pm dinner, which is why the mother is about to make Asuna quit gaming too. Everything will resolve peacefully in the last episode when then they promise to be punctual and have dinner at 4pm all three of them from then on. Bonus: Instead of Yuuki it is that all members of the Sleeping knights are children of Asunas mother and they always came late collectively! |
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| I'm surprised people still think the "main theme" of SAO is video games... |
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Reyxe said: > No deathsBotatoPriest said: I'm surprised people still think the "main theme" of SAO is video games... I'm surprised people still think SAO is better than SAO2. > No action There goes the majority of season 1 fans. > It's called SAO Already hated by many. Yeah, SAO II loses this time, which is sad since it's miles above previous almost-trainwreck anime |
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BotatoPriest said: Reyxe said: > No deathsI'm surprised people still think SAO is better than SAO2. > No action There goes the majority of season 1 fans. > It's called SAO Already hated by many. Yeah, SAO II loses this time, which is sad since it's miles above previous almost-trainwreck anime It's fun cause rate dropped from 8 to 7.90 because of Caliber, 3 "boring" episodes and now, 3 great episodes, still 7.90, MAL PLS |
| I got so many Yuuki X Asuna vibes on this episode. But yet Yuuki keeps calling her sis? Uhh *Confused* Doesn't matter but better not be lame explanation. |
| Yuuki was a BAMF. [spoiler]   |
msantiago49 said: [/quote]Yuuki was a BAMF. [spoiler] Is that pic from Black Rock SHooter? Anyways, yeah SAOII is WAYYY better than SAO I, but people hate it cause its a good story this time. Well that sucks. WOnder what people will say about future arcs? |
salmon3669 said: msantiago49 said: Yuuki was a BAMF. [spoiler] Is that pic from Black Rock SHooter? Anyways, yeah SAOII is WAYYY better than SAO I, but people hate it cause its a good story this time. Well that sucks. WOnder what people will say about future arcs?[/quote] Kirito centric arc... yep, i can totally see the hate. |
salmon3669 said: msantiago49 said: Yuuki was a BAMF. [spoiler] Is that pic from Black Rock SHooter? Anyways, yeah SAOII is WAYYY better than SAO I, but people hate it cause its a good story this time. Well that sucks. WOnder what people will say about future arcs?[/quote] people probably hate it because its NOT a good story, they implemented even more clichés and absolutely no focus. |
ROGUEonDUTY said: salmon3669 said: Is that pic from Black Rock SHooter? Anyways, yeah SAOII is WAYYY better than SAO I, but people hate it cause its a good story this time. Well that sucks. WOnder what people will say about future arcs? people probably hate it because its NOT a good story, they implemented even more clichés and absolutely no focus.[/quote] No. SAOII is objectively better than SAOI in every way. It's the simple fact that S1 fans don't get what they expected, and the haters from before carry over, lowering score more. The story, characters and even animation are better. |
InsertPriestHere said: ROGUEonDUTY said: Is that pic from Black Rock SHooter? Anyways, yeah SAOII is WAYYY better than SAO I, but people hate it cause its a good story this time. Well that sucks. WOnder what people will say about future arcs? people probably hate it because its NOT a good story, they implemented even more clichés and absolutely no focus. No. SAOII is objectively better than SAOI in every way. It's the simple fact that S1 fans don't get what they expected, and the haters from before carry over, lowering score more. The story, characters and even animation are better.[/quote] no doubt about the animation, i mean the quality in general got better of course (same for the music, soundtrack n' stuff). but you have to realize here that only because you like the show doesnt mean that the critics are wrong. |
| The thing that makes no sense is people are judging the whole arc and it's not even complete. Once you see the whole arc you will understand the importance and the message the author is making. |
Bomb2chest said: The thing that makes no sense is people are judging the whole arc and it's not even complete. Once you see the whole arc you will understand the importance and the message the author is making. lets look at the ggo-arc then. they spend a lot of episodes and time to introduce a character thats again cliché and boring and completely irrelevant by the next arc. the twist/question about who the culprit (death gun) was stupid too. you try to get the viewers interest by implying a character we know from the previous season...then they fk us up and just take a random character that from the previous episode and that acts without a trace of logic or intellect. |
ROGUEonDUTY said: Bomb2chest said: The thing that makes no sense is people are judging the whole arc and it's not even complete. Once you see the whole arc you will understand the importance and the message the author is making. lets look at the ggo-arc then. they spend a lot of episodes and time to introduce a character thats again cliché and boring and completely irrelevant by the next arc. the twist/question about who the culprit (death gun) was stupid too. you try to get the viewers interest by implying a character we know from the previous season...then they fk us up and just take a random character that from the previous episode and that acts without a trace of logic or intellect. *Sigh* And here I told myself I'd stop discussing. Well, here we go; Sinon is a deeper character than any of the other girls. Tell me, what do they have that makes her more cliche than them? And Sinon actually was in the next arc, if you didn't notice (Caliber) and she will remain relevant. Furthermore, one of Death Gun's three enactors is said to have escaped, so that's clearly leading to something. Uh yeah, Shinakawa was an idiot, but so was Sugou. Oh, and I guess, again, because the first anime wasn't adapted right you wouldn't know this, but two of Death Gun's culprits does appear in Aincrad, in the murder case episode. They're the leaders two henchmen in that scene. Shinakawa the elder is also supposed to make a comment to Kirito about his horse and how he'll kill him on one next time blahblahblah foredshadowing. |
ROGUEonDUTY said: Bomb2chest said: The thing that makes no sense is people are judging the whole arc and it's not even complete. Once you see the whole arc you will understand the importance and the message the author is making. lets look at the ggo-arc then. they spend a lot of episodes and time to introduce a character thats again cliché and boring and completely irrelevant by the next arc. the twist/question about who the culprit (death gun) was stupid too. you try to get the viewers interest by implying a character we know from the previous season...then they fk us up and just take a random character that from the previous episode and that acts without a trace of logic or intellect. Honestly I thought her character was a great addition and she does appear in later arcs(caliber etc). The trauma she had and how she tried to escape it imo was not cliche. I believe they captured the trauma very well in GGO. Even Kirito's trauma was shown and showed what he had to live with. I just recently read the volumes up until MR(side story volume afterwards also). The death gun characters played a big role in the murder case story. GGO itself is way better adapted than Anicrad. The foreshadowing they gave in the LN was nonexistent in the anime. Example would be how Red Eyes made a comment to Kirito saying he will hunt him down one day on a horse. GGO has it's faults don't get me wrong but was adapted way better than Anicrad. |
| Nice fight, nicely done with the interaction between Yuuki and Asuna. Especially the end, with Yuuki switching between (nearly) crying and grinning over both ears, with Asuna having no idea whats going on at all. As i tried to avoid the worst spoilers, and didn't read the novel i do not really have an idea whats going on, either. Let's see if i can keep that up until the shoe drops in the anime itself.. Also, i like SAO II a bit better than SAO. The Excalibur arc was a bit weird, and unfortunately GGO doesn't really tie in with the rest - yet? - but the rest is on par with the early SAO episodes (before they joined KoB, and Alfheim was weird, similar to the Excailbur arc). |
| Hmm, so is Yuuki Asuna's long lost (dying) sister or something? Interesting. |
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| Well that Boss thingo was over fast. Still kinda confused why Yukki was fighting everyone when they picked Asuna and made her a healer. |
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| That boss battle was pretty awesome..and the animation was COOL! I also got the chance to listen to my fave SAO OST Luminous Sword!! >o</ Aaaq~ look..they`re holding hands..Soo cuute~ >///< I wonder what are they hiding from Asuna..maybe we`ll find out in the next episode...by the looks of it,it seems like there will be some drama going on..Why did Yuuki cry at the end and logged out? I wanna know! :)) |
This is where I`d put my signature...If i had one. |
| I had thought SAO threads would be calmer now that we are 21 episodes in. Guess not. To try and put things back on track, this episode hinted at a few things/twists which got me curious. I already started speculating and I'm having fun doing that (I spoiled GGO for myself so I couldn't do that in first cour).. Anyway, currently what I am thinking is: I'd appreciate LN readers NOT spelling out if I'm right or wrong though as that might ruin it. |
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The one who should apologize is the writer of the show who ruined the story and the characters. It's called having a different taste. Mod Edit: Removed bait |
TyrelDec 3, 2014 11:23 PM
willardhwright said: The one who should apologize is the writer of the show who ruined the story and the characters. It's called having a different taste. The show was butchered; there is no "different taste" argument here. Mod Edit: Removed bait |
TyrelDec 3, 2014 11:23 PM
HandsomeMan said: willardhwright said: It's called having a different taste. Someone like you won't comprehend what that actually means though. The show was butchered; there is no "different taste" argument here. How was it butchered? give a proper reason, you are only saying its bad but not giving any reason to think that way. Mod Edit: Removed bait |
TyrelDec 3, 2014 11:22 PM
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