Sword Art Online (light novel)
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Hmm, it kinda feels this show is taking its time on world building this episode. There's still the character interaction between Kirito and Eugeo who seems to be getting along well. Wasn't really impressed by the first half of the episode tbh. It seems the season is really investing time into Eugeo's character already. Kirito hasn't changed much yet but that doesn't surprise me much. |
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| After the attack, Kirito guy's in the game world again, but the difference is he cannot use game menu. This time Eugeo guy doesn't know him. When he said he doesn't know how he ended up, Eugeo guy mentioning if he was trapped by devils. He's kind enough, but cannot bring him to the village now. With him doing "S", he realized how to get the menu out. So that abduction still happened, except it happened only two of them. First time trying to cut the hard tree again. The guard somehow looking down on them, Kirito guy showing his sword skill. Staying in monastery. Showing a girl in a tower at the end. I like the ED, too. |
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| Contrary to what OP says I'm extremely glad they're taking their time. They have 50-ish episodes to work with so rushing at this point would just hurt everything afterwards. Overall there are so many director decisions that I really like. First off Secondly, they are finally including internal monologues for Kirito! Never thought I'd see this tbh. A vital part of what makes Kirito's character click overall but especially in this arc are his internal thoughts. Seeing how well they implement them is just amazing to see, thanks Ono. The shot composition & storyboarding was excellent. Didn't think you could utilize so many different angles and perspectives by simply sitting/standing at a tree. The few action shots we had were awesome too. Seems to be way more focused on perspective changes & technicalities ( footwork etc. ) than in previous iterations. The sfx is clearly from Ordinal Scale which I love. It always had this immense impact. The pacing like I said is slow but necessarily so. Alicization has a buttload of world building that is explored step by step. Interrupting this through rushing parts especially the start is just self destructive. So I'm glad they're taking their sweet time. |
| I am pretty sure I am one of those people asking what just happened? I know a little about the Underworld here and there. But seeing our boy Kirito ended up in there without much explanation is going to be having questions thrown in right away. That aside, the world building here and there seems really nice. Just a simple start, but it is getting there. |
| Damn I really like the narrative aspect that they're doing for this show, the visuals of the Underworld are pleasing as well Administrator (girl at the end) looking fine af ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) alphazero4um said: I am pretty sure I am one of those people asking what just happened? I know a little about the Underworld here and there. But seeing our boy Kirito ended up in there without much explanation is going to be having questions thrown in right away. That aside, the world building here and there seems really nice. Just a simple start, but it is getting there. It's going to be explained what happened later (or at least it should be) but in case you're curious And for those wondering if Asuna is ever going to make an appearance in the Underworld |
Short_CircutOct 13, 2018 10:36 AM
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| So Kirito was brought to underworld as a result of his injuries. Eugeo still has that sacred task it seems. Looks like the events that led to Alice's fate wasn't a dream. The gigas cedar really lives up to its name but despite the task before him its nice that Eugeo isn't daunted at all. Zink's face after Kirito showed his skills was priceless. An excellent episode that while slow placed was one that focused on the gradual building of underworld and its residents something that i really appreciate. Underworld so far looks quite intriguing and quite stunning as well. As long as they maintain this balance things should be fine. |
ShingsterOct 13, 2018 10:36 AM
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| Good episode. Production continues to be really good, looks like the first episode wasn't just for show. This looks better and better. The Underworld is very intriguing, I'm quite interested if Eugeo is just a product of Kirito's own let's say imagination i.e. the Artificial Fluctlight he mentioned or if he's actually a real person. Lot of questions about the Underworld, I'm glad they're taking the time to set things up and hopefully all the questions will be answered in due time in a way that makes sense. I'm curious as to how Kirito kept his memories from the real world and how Eugeo has forgotten Kirito. Wonder what happened to Alice as well so let's see. The sword slash was pretty cool, like I said it looks like the production value for this is pretty high and let's hope they continue it. Wonder who the girl at the end is. :o Looking forward to more next week. |
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| welp this is going to be slow XD tfw must be weird to see the girl in the bed at this pont if you havent read it |
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alphazero4um said: I am pretty sure I am one of those people asking what just happened? I know a little about the Underworld here and there. But seeing our boy Kirito ended up in there without much explanation is going to be having questions thrown in right away. That aside, the world building here and there seems really nice. Just a simple start, but it is getting there. That will be explained as the series goes on. The source material alternates between the modern world and underworld and this will likely be the same here as well. |
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| What i like so far is that we are in the same boat as Kirito, we don't have a clear idea where he is in and we are figuring it out together with him. Kirito still has a bit muscle memory, look at how he wanted to turn off the lamp :D First of all, he needs to gather experience and money to go on a journey. |
| okay, I'm really happy with how they adapted the books. The music direction and the directing itself were really a step up from the original series and whatever A1's done before. I also liked the instances of show not tell for small bits. That little scene was Jink and sword skills was a nice treat. Selka is so underrated even among ln readers, because god, look at her! She's so cute and kind! Please shower her with love especially after alice's return. I loved the simple foreshadowing-- stuff like the old lady giving the boys an apple, or eugeo talking about the 300 years past that make Kirito's deductions more plausible at the end. Details that seem unimportant form a conclusion, not just conclusions out of nowhere. The tiny touches of realism were just so satisfying. Figuring out the light switch, Kirito smiling after being challenged, Eugeo's head tilt... This is how anime should be. Immersive. Lastly, I loved how the ending focused on Eugeo. Throughout the episode I just wanted to hug him. How can you love someone even more than before?? I have high hopes for the rest of Alicization! This slow-burn worldbuilding may not be for everyone, but I think they're doing a great job with it. It's very faithful to the source but elevates it even more. Looking forward to the next episode--from the looks of it, it's going to be about the goblins. Fun stuff. :) |
mmchanOct 13, 2018 10:43 AM
| Good episode and I'm actually glad that they're taking their time on Eugeo and with the world building. I hope this quality keeps up. |
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mmchan said: okay, I'm really happy with how they adapted the books. The music direction and the directing itself were really a step up from the original series and whatever A1's done before. I also liked the instances of show not tell for small bits . That little scene was Jink and sword skills was a nice treat. Selka is so underrated even among ln readers, because god, look at her! She's so cute and kind! Please shower her with love I loved the simple foreshadowing-- stuff like the old lady giving the boys an apple, or eugeo talking about the 300 years past that make Kirito's deductions more plausible at the end. Details that seem unimportant form a conclusion, not just conclusions out of nowhere. The tiny touches of realism were just so satisfying. Figuring out the light switch, Kirito smiling after being challenged, Eugeo's head tilt... This is how anime should be. Immersive. Lastly, I loved how the ending focused on Eugeo. Throughout the episode I just wanted to hug him. How can you love someone even more than before?? I have high hopes for the rest of Alicization! This slow-burn worldbuilding may not be for everyone, but I think they're doing a great job with it. It's very faithful to the source but elevates it even more. Looking forward to the next episode--from the looks of it, it's going to be about the goblins. Fun stuff. :) Exactly my thoughts. Not only does this arc already benefit from its length in the novels but Ono really seems to know how to handle the pacing. I really feels like one big adventure that we are allowed to follow and not only as bystanders, we even get to dive into Kirito's characters by hearing his internal monologues. Short_Circut said: It's going to be explained what happened later (or at least it should be) but in case you're curious Pretty much. The details about that are |
| Really good episode. I'm genuinely surprised that this has been good so far, considering how bad season 2 was and how mediocre season 1 was. The pacing feels slow but natural, and the world building showcased was quite good. It felt like a legitimate world and the vibes feel different from its previous seasons. I like the pacing for this since even the original SAO arc whilst good, was super rushed so the world building wasn't as effective as the signs I'm getting from this show. |
| I am liking it. There are some things that don't make sense and Kirito is pointing them all out himself, so I know they're not plot holes and that they'll be explained later. This world is kind of interesting. Maybe, I just like the fact that Kirito isn't growing his harem, and actually making a friend. Unless, he's growing a bisexual harem now, which would make me feel quite conflicted. The episode felt too short. How odd. I never thought I'd say that about SAO. I said this the last time too, but blond Kirito is cute!! (I don't like his actual name, so I will use this name for a while!) |
| Horray, they kept Kirito's monologue. You can see he is just as confused as we are . This adaption is setting up to be great one. Slowly, you'll see how Underworld is different from VRMMO. These characters are not playing game, they are living. I didn't realize how much Selka look like Alice while reading the LN. So adorable, gimme back my Alice! Episode feel so short, why can't every episode be one hour?! that ED though, don't you feel bad for Eugeo? Blaming himself for Alice being taken away and his two childhood friends disappeared (and he have to chop tree that ain't going down in his lifetime), he only remember Alice and shota Kirito is forgotten. |
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| I like the pacing of the show so far, and how they're taking their time building things up instead of rushing to jump straight into the action. Hopefully things will stay this way, it would suck for the show to start well but then fall flat on its face later. Also, the OP and ED are great as always. |
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| Okay, I'm very curious to find out what's the deal with this Selka girl because she's a dead ringer for Alice....That cannot be a coincidence lol Other than that, the first half was pretty decent albeit me being a tad bit bummed out that neither Kirito nor Eugeo remembers each other and Alice however the interactions between those two is still fun to see (Eugeo is just great right now imo) Looks like Kirito's sword skills transferred over which isn't a surprise since they can't have him completely powerless lol, but I'm more intrigued by that little theory that Kirito came up with about Eugeo The OP had me wondering why they showed that baby but if they actually like copied them into this thing, that's some crazy stuff right there O_O I hope we get to learn more about that soon Good ep overall though, really digging how gradual the pacing and explanations are (AND I STILL CANNOT GET OVER HOW GREAT THE VISUALS ARE!!!!!!!!!!!) |
| So they made the viewers confused like Kirito. I like how they handled Eugeo sad behavior here, he blames himself for what happened to Alice. Jink, never seen you in the LN visually, though your cockiness is on point. Nice we're already getting eerie Kajiura ost at the end. I love that how much focused Eugeo is in ED to show his very relevance to the show. |
cronoSpirAOct 13, 2018 11:35 AM
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| Best boy gets his own ending, SWEET. Talking about the ep, i really wanted them to put a certain scene before the opening but they did not.. asdfg maybe they'll show it later somehow, idk~ That aside, the episode was beautiful. |
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| I love this arc so far. Haven't read the novel but apparently it is correctly adapted so it is good ! I have so many questions, but the one that bothers me the most is why Eugeo forgot about Kirito ? Is it because of the thing that happened to his eyes? Well, we'll see. |
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Mattinator95 said: If they didn't then I'd love it either way....It'd be pretty fun if he had to level up again in that department tooTokoya said: Okay, I'm very curious to find out what's the deal with this Selka girl because she's a dead ringer for Alice....That cannot be a coincidence lol Other than that, the first half was pretty decent albeit me being a tad bit bummed out that neither Kirito nor Eugeo remembers each other and Alice however the interactions between those two is still fun to see (Eugeo is just great right now imo) Looks like Kirito's sword skills transferred over which isn't a surprise since they can't have him completely powerless lol, but I'm more intrigued by that little theory that Kirito came up with about Eugeo The OP had me wondering why they showed that baby but if they actually like copied them into this thing, that's some crazy stuff right there O_O I hope we get to learn more about that soon Good ep overall though, really digging how gradual the pacing and explanations are (AND I STILL CANNOT GET OVER HOW GREAT THE VISUALS ARE!!!!!!!!!!!) doubt his sword skills got transferred over at all , this world seems complete different and so far no levels or skill trees , at a glance i guess he manged to do the skill due to knowledge of how to activate them. and seems not everyone can do a sword skill |
| Wow, this was confusing. He was sent to that world after being "killed" in the first episode. At least he still has his sword skills. |
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| Good episode. It felt really slow but that's not necessarily bad though. So, Kirito somehow ended up in the Underworld after passing out in the street. This world and characters seems to be much more real than a regular videogame with an virtual world and NPCs. Eugeo as I expected is an interesting fella. |
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| Underworld feels more like an actual living world than a setting made for the purpose of games. The people feel more alive since they're not NPCs unlike before. The worldbuilding feels natural and the viewers are as confused as Kirito since we're now in an unfamiliar world with no knowledge of what's happening. So far the adaptation has been on point. It's good that they include a lot of Kirito's monologues unlike in the first 2 seasons. It gives him more of a character. Surprised that they showed the tall tower and the woman sleeping this early on.  I still can't get enough of the visuals. They look so fucking good. I hope they can be consistent with this. And best boi Eugeo getting his own ED and seeing how lonely he looks is pretty sad to see. |
-Riptide-Oct 13, 2018 12:26 PM
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 AND KIRITO WAS LIKE, "I'LL SHOW YOU, TREE!!!"  AND THEN THE TREE WAS LIKE "F*CK YOU, BITCH!!" AND THEN EUGEO WAS LIKE "DAMN, I SHOULDA BROUGHT POPCORN." |
ChiibiOct 13, 2018 12:10 PM
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| I'm loving this a lot so far. For i though Kirito would cut that tree in just one swing but glad he didn't xD |
| Fairly nice pacing currently. Really enjoying and awaiting the next episodes. Show still looks great, it dawns unto to me that SAO was already 7 years ago and this looks way better. |
 "... Because when you live in this world of my closed eyes... ... Being alone is very lonely...". |
| So, I might be getting my series of events mixed up, but did they cut the RATH sequence all together, or is that later down the line? I was kind of looking forward to that this week, but we went straight back into Underworld instead. |
| A great episode overall. Loved it. Kirito was kinda cool using that sword skill. Seems like he lost his sword skills and needs to start from the beginning. It's a shame that both have forgotten about each other. |
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| I'm honestly okay with the world-building...I mean, considering it's 50 or so episodes long, there's quite a bit of stuff needed to be covered...and even then, it's inevitable that some content will be rushed or skipped. |
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| Pretty good episode. Enjoyed it. Best combi LiSA and Aoi for OP & ED. |
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| Alright, I admit it. I'm invested in this show even though I still don't like Kirito. Maybe in this season he'll finally grow up. That being said, why the hell couldn't the first two seasons have this kind of adaptation?! At least A-1 learned from their mistakes and are actually taking their time with this. |
| "You talk too much. Think too much." "I don't care how justified you think your reasons are. I won't tolerate liars or thieves." "If you're not going to be nice to me, don't expect me to be nice to you." "I'm a soldier, not a superhero. Don't ever think of me as one." "The world doesn't revolve around you. Get that through your thick skull." "People who live by their emotions go nowhere in their lives. They only find misery. "If you don't like the way your life is than do something about it instead of sitting there feeling sorry for yourself." "You want something go get it. Period." |
| I can never say what I expect from this anime as it is an anime so lauded and panned at the same time. But hey, SAO being SAO I find myself being part of those with praise, even whilst it remains an anime plagued with the overriding sense of being all "part of a dream;" season one we had this theme of it being a death game, and season two attempted maintain this theme... But where does this season head for us? Yet, with all of this, I still wanna know! The only thing that annoyed me about this episode is the fact that Kirito still managed to be a swordsman; applying previous knowledge, I put it down as an assumption to his actual sword skills -but maybe, but maybe, couldn't the game make it a little harder for him to become. That's probably me just nitpicking though... Can't wait for next week; I just want to get into it and into the fights that I love so much. |
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| Production values are still high, which is very good to see. I like how mysterious this Underworld Arc is. Especially the part of what happened to Kirito in real life. So Alice did get taken away, however it has been many years ago in this world. Kirito seems to recall both Eugeo and Alice by hearing their names, but cant really place it. World building is strong in this episode and I bet there's a lot more to come. Hype! That girl at the end though... she's fine! |
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DirectorK said: Alright, I admit it. I'm invested in this show even though I still don't like Kirito. Maybe in this season he'll finally grow up. That being said, why the hell couldn't the first two seasons have this kind of adaptation?! At least A-1 learned from their mistakes and are actually taking their time with this. First off, the director changed. Secondly it's the first arc with a proper length to even make a pacing of that kind happen. All other arcs had like 2 Volumes at max whereas this is clocking in with like 10. It simply invites a far more slower and detailed approach because the source material allows it. neonie said: So, I might be getting my series of events mixed up, but did they cut the RATH sequence all together, or is that later down the line? I was kind of looking forward to that this week, but we went straight back into Underworld instead. If you mean with "RATH sequence" |
| Wow!! im actually impressed at how much i enjoyed this episode.. The Art, the animation, the colors, the soundtrack, the world building. Everything is so well made. I love it. Loving the characters so far Eugeo and now Selka. So far this seems like a very good adaption by A-1 Pictures. I really really really hope that this level of production continues. One little issue would be the action sound effects.. They sometimes are a little bit distorted just like what they did in Ordinal Scale and Apocrypha.. It was ridiculously bad in Apocrypha, but so far its manageable in Alicization, the beautiful Art and Soundtrack make up for it. Very much looking forward to next episode.. I would love to binge this right now not gonna lie. |
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