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| Touching scene when everyone showed up to watch Yuuki die (bit weird/creepy though). Setup for season 3? |
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| At first I was I like "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome What's that?" and then oh.... Same from above I thought it will be guns blazing for 24 episodes but then right after 14.5 I was left with a what's gonna happen next. Then the different arcs came and actually made me more interested. Don't get me wrong GGO is good. I especially liked the gun x sword Kirito slicing through bullets action. Excalibur arc was ok. Klein was my favorite character in that arc just because he made me laugh. Mother's Rosario kinda bored me a bit in the beginning but after they defeated the floor boss and the sadness settled in... its feel time folks! Damn caught me off guard didn't expect that at all. Plus points for that. Other things that I liked from the whole series is Kirito mechatronics stuff (him deciding what he wants to do with his life) and worth mentioning moments like Asuna and her mom in ALO moment. Overall This series is great and please make season 3 ASAP!!! The last part of the funeral was like a mini cliff hanger right? |
| Say all you want about this series, but SAO II has redeemed itself in my eyes. I came in first few episodes with bashing wish, and after those few episodes I made complete 180. SAO II has erased literally everything which made SAO bad. Harem was minimized, Asuna is not a generic tsundere/damsel in distress, main characters got development, incest was non existent. Both arcs had great stories. I enjoyed in both of them. I can honestly give it 9/10. |
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| I can say with certainty that I enjoyed this season a lot more than the first. Death Gun was a pretty cool villain I would say, and for the second arc...Yuuki TTTT~TTTT |
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DenisLee17 said: Does anyone know where can I find that piano song that plays during ?? I need that :c Sadly, you will have to wait for OST vol2 release, which comes at April 22, 2015. |
| Rest in peace, Yuuki... Sent with Mal Updater |
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| The cringefest that is Mother Rosario. Forced drama, unnatural interaction, admittedly Yuuki's passing wasn't the happiest thing ever, but the poor execution didn't help. Poor Aincrad is still the best. |
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| Just finished watching SAO2 and I think in general, the flow of the season 2 is better than season 1. Is it just me or is there more emotional development for the characters (especially Kirito and Asuna) this season? Hmm I wanted to see more action though, hopefully there'll be a season 3! |
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| Welp another anime that ive cried during, makes 4 now Angel beats, Fairy Tail, Love Live, Now this, i hate crying, but love it at the same time All together I thought the episode was very goo, and evoked an emotion that I rarely show. I liked the whole feeling from the end of the funeral scene that there was a sense of whats going to happen next, cant wait for season 3! |
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Godtier_Taste said: Man! This is the saddest shit I've ever seen! Phew! dem feels! ; _ ; daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamnn! I'm crying... so sad.... just...sad... ''Kiritrap, Sinon's butt'' never forget. 1/10 |
| Cried like a baby during this episode, This arc and Phantom Bullet were excellent in my opinion and really repaired a lot of the damage that the ALO arc done in the first season well it did for me anyways, Caliber was kind of pointless since we didnt even get to see the sword in actual combat but whatever. 9/10 Yes. |
Yohimo_asakura said: we will see it later :) Um, well..... |
| It was alright. I'd rather seen the whole anime being about GGO and finding out who that Death guy was. For me it went downhill on the moment they ended with GGO. Yuuki was a nice side character, but nothing for me to cry over. I felt way more sad at the moment some random group members of Kirito died in season 1. Personally I'm quite doubting whether I should watch S3 or not when it's ready. We'll see. 5/10 |
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| In the Episode 22 discussion thread: ZeroDragon said: If the ending is anything like what I think it'll be, then I really think this arc would benefit from having this episode moved back one or two episodes earlier to allow for more time for the build up of feels, but we'll see. Well it was a damn shame we couldn't have had an episode or two with some of the many events that were shown to have occurred during the timeskip in the first two minutes of the episode -_- Seeing more of the bond between Asuna's friends and the Sleeping Knights and the deepening bond and emotional support between Asuna and Yuuki would have been really nice and made Yuuki's passing even more impactful. But despite that, the death scene was very well done I think. Even though I felt this arc was too rushed and that I didn't really have enough time to cafe for Yuuki as much as I should have, the previous episode did a great job of preparing for this scene and this scene itself managed to dial up the feels and execute admirably. This arc started off interesting with the first couple of episodes playing up the curiosity factor. The middle sort of lulled a bit as I felt they seemed rather bland and trivial aside from the scenes between Asuna and her mother, and then the final three episodes were heartwarming and endearing due to the heavy character focus and dynamics. I liked seeing how Asuna and Yuuki both shared a bond that was mutually beneficial. Asuna brought the world back to Yuuki, one way being in the "physical" sense in making the real world accessible to her once again, and another way by showing her that she need not be afraid of being attached to things just because the clock is ticking down for her in the real world. Even though the happiness gained will be merely temporarily and its end will cause more sadness than if it had never happened, the experience is worth going through as one will find fulfillment through them. Yuuki has endured so much and still manages to remain incredibly strong while Asuna, who has had to endure much less "misery", acts so emotionally weak by comparison. Yuuki's resolve and emotional strength helps Asuna to gain the strength to overcome her issues with her mother. As for the relationship between Asuna and her mother, it was interesting to see how things were between them, but it would have benefited from additional development. We see that they don't understand one another and that Asuna's mother is rather apathetic to Asuna's feelings, and then suddenly they reconcile with what I felt wasn't a particularly powerful or convincing talk. I think knowing more about the perspective of Asuna's mother in all of this would really make that scene more moving. Overall, I very much enjoyed this arc. Halfway through I felt it was a 6/10, but after seeing how everything ties together in the final three episodes along with their execution and direction, I give this arc an 8/10. As a whole, I enjoyed SAO II more than SAO I and feel that the plot, pacing, and character development were areas of significant improvement. Gun Gale Online: 7/10 Calibur: 4/10 Mother's Rosario: 8/10 My overall rating for SAO II: 7/10  |
ZeroDragonFeb 24, 2015 11:45 PM
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Myklen said: Why is it, that the first 13 episodes are always so fckn great and nice, and second part is always boring for me in SAO1 amd SAO2? Would give 9 but the second part was boring so I give it 8! I actually agree with this. Yuuki's arc was cool and emotional and all, but I felt like it went really slowly... |
Godtier_Taste said: Man! This is the saddest shit I've ever seen! Phew! dem feels! ; _ ; daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamnn! I'm crying... so sad.... just...sad... ''Kiritrap, Sinon's butt'' never forget. 1/10 SAO isn't that bad. |
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| Yuuki has AIDS or HIV ?? |
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Insertanamehere said: Yohimo_asakura said: we will see it later :) Um, well..... |
| cried so much I forgot about reality. that cliffhanger though *shakes fist* |
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zarimar said: That would have been the perfect way to turn this arc into GGO-level shit. |
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| I knew she had to go... but at least it was handled beautifully to the point where the tears wouldn't stop. Heathcliff gets the last mention, I couldn't help but get hyped up. I liked season 2 more than Season 1, but of course you need to watch both to appreciate it as a whole. I'm glad this is mainstream. There's some solid lessons, inspirations, and positives. The trick is to just go in casual :). I'll remember this one, and if there's a Season 3 someday, I'll be there. |
Kayaba-Mar 27, 2015 8:55 PM
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| The way Yuuki finally passed away was beautifuly done. The feels were all over the place. I'd rate the first half (GGO Arc ... Sinon) an 7/10 As for the second half 9/10. I came into the anime with not that many hopes since it's been hated by so many apparently, but I thought the show was amazing 8/10 overall. |
PrOxAntoApr 18, 2015 3:23 PM
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| What Pr0xAnto said. I promised myself that i will never watch tearjerking anime again but this one got me by surprise. First half ( GGO ) was more fun than i thought it will be, while Calibur arc was kinda weak, more or less filler episodes, but Mother's Rosario was damn amazing. Im looking forward to season 3. I wonder will we need to wait for them to finish next manga or will they start working on anime earlier. |
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| The first half: average, kinda stupid The 2nd half: amazing, the plot was pretty good and Yuuki's story has touched my heart.... I cried a lot during this episode. :c |
| just horrible. I never gave a fuck about the last minute shit character yuuki, I was just waiting for the GGO arc to continue, but it was not worth my time. Not worth watching!! It was an 8 until the GGO arc ended, would have dropped it if I knew this shit was coming!! 2/10 episode, 5/10 anime |
| Well this final arc was a lot more emotional than I was expecting. Damn. |
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| the last few episodes were painful to watch 1st half -5, as expected Kirito was op at the beginning. Shinon and Kirito's voices made me cringe 2nd half - 2, the drama was long. They wasted 2-3 episodes crying all the time 3/10 overall |
| Man I just could not have given any fucks about this after the Gungale stuff ended. That was different and interesting. Plus Shino was a pretty decent character. Then it went back to ALO which was the worst arc and just got bland again. Kirito barely did anything after this and jobbed out to a sick girl. Shino just became a background harem character with no chance ini the shitty ALO verse. It took me this long to finish after watching weekly for the first half as man that 2nd half of the season killed my interest. It seems if they make another season or 2 it will just be drawing it out and focus more on the boring parts this season had. Meh. |
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| Wow, this episode made me cry like a little school girl. SAO2 was amazing! |
| That was pretty good. And I'm so glad it wasn't a cliffhanger ending like NGNL. Overall 8/10 the reviewers of this anime are being too critical only looking at the "bad" part, but that's just my opinion. |
| Try not to cry.......cry alot |
| How long until season 3 of Spice and Wolf? The World May Never Know. |
| So Siune's the only one who survived? She said Jun was getting better so if we include him then there's 3 more of those Sleeping Knights members. I hope everyone will get better soon. Anyway about this whole season I still think SAO was way better but this is also good and I commend them for trying. Also yeah I cried when Yuuki died. 7 |
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| uhh.. dunno GGO was really dragged but at least dat ass Shinon. 2nd half was kinda eh as well.. at least dramatic end. In comparison to season 1.. I liked this season much less.. 7/10 to series. |
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| Good bye Konno Yuuki I enjoyed and appriciate the second half of SAO2 a lot, it hit emotionally and the ecchi was toned down along with not another girl added to Kirito's harem Terminal illness isn't something to laugh about which is something they handled really well To be continued? |
| Fuck, that was too good. Where the Hell was all this effort during season 1? |
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| Very very weak. Just no climax, a lot of drama... not what i was expecting... |
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| I love coming back and watching this final episode because I don't think they could have executed it any better. For those that are complaining about the amount of drama, um, HELLO! It's Sword Art Online! There's been drama this entire time. Every conclusion to every arc had some to a lot of drama. You're just mad because it became more about fulfilling Yuuki's dying wishes than about some epic final battle. The great thing about the Mother's Rosario arc is that a lot of the characters got some much needed development. Asuna became a much more fleshed out character and considering her role in the series, it was needed. |
| And again it went from 1 game to a different one, not that it was a bad thing or anything like that. First part was kinda boring in the beginning, it was first when the real death match began things started to get interesting. Even in a gun game Kirito is OP as well...just sounds stupid at this point how damn OP he is. Sinon was...interesting but also annoying at times. Death Gun was a kinda meh villain, should have given him some more screentime to develop or make his motives better than just "I liked killing people, so ima do that again in another game!" Second part was less flashy and action compared to the first half, but also interesting with the nordic mythology involved and Excalibur, though I'm slightly disappointed at the lack of an overall villain behind everything. Could have made some epic god battle involving Kirito being forced to use Excalibur or something like that. Also the part with Yukki was...boring but the last episode definitely did something right, I felt bad when Yukki died and Asuna got fleshed out a little more. Overall I'll go with the same rating as 1st season 5/10 |
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| The feels!! Loved Yuuki how she was so cheerful even in her situation, she was a true fighter who fought to the very end and with a smile on her face, you've got to admire that strength. Yuuki fought kirito again and won! That's Zekken for you! Strongest swordsman! Was awesome how so many players payed tribute to her, and her sword at the end...Damn it!, why, why won't the tears stop?! Goodbye yuuki, you will forever be remembered. |
| Zero Expectations and there's nothing to be pissed off about right? Ha...GGO was pretty good until it turned into being just about Asada...the middle arc...felt like it was just put in to be put in...this arc, meh....it's like shows these days just don't give a damn about how to flawlessly flow from arc to arc. 2nd verse same as the first, nothing's changed.... |
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