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| A1 got a truckload of money for this series. Animation quality is very good. |
| Kirito trying to compete with goblin slayer lol Anyway, it was a pretty good episode. Loved the fight and the training montage leading up till the tree was cut and Eugeo’s resolve to fight and bring back Alice. On to the Journey! |
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Mattinator95 said: Irongretta said: If I remember correctly it took them about 3 days to cut down the tree. Awesome episode! It gets harder to wait for the next one every week. The fight was so smooth, I had to watch it twice to fully appreciate it. Seriously, where did all the money come from? :D And I was so waiting for that Sonic Leap! I got seriously excited when he used it because while reading the light novel it has somehow become one of my favorites from the Aincrad style. It'll be great to see them perform it in a long shot (cause we were so close here we didn't actually see how the gap between the chief and Kirito closed). I was really pissed when they skipped the skill names in old SAO (aside from some exceptions) but now that they are/will be introduced properly and have relevance to the story everything gets into a nice shape. Once again, thumbs up! someone told me it took roughly two weeks of constantly hacking away at the tree with powerful Sword Skills Okay, I looked it up and that's what it says in the light novel: "The Gigas Cedar - steel giant, tyrant of the forest - toppled without much fanfare just five days after I began training Eugeo in the ways of the Aincrad School." (p. 241) By the way, if anyone is interested, the sword skill Eugeo was practicing there (with the blue light) is called Horizontal (for obvious reasons ^^). |
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| Damn that was a good episode. SAO hasn't ever been my favorite series, but you can't deny that the action always delivers. The animation looked great as well (I saw in the credits that ufotable seemed to contribute to this episode, which explains why the action looked similar to Fate UBW). They finally cut down the tree, and now Eugeo wants to become a swordsman. It's nice to see that determination and resolve from him after their goblin encounter. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. |
| Some people in real life start screaming when seing a fucking bee or a fucking cockroach and here we have people complaining about the reaction that eugeo (whos life was pretty peacful)had once he was put face to face against goblins that are planing to kill him (and by reading the comments before watching the ep i expected a way more intense reaction from him smh) Anw the second ep is still the best ep so far Wasn't a fan of the writing during this episode tbh 3/5 I like the ending song more than the op |
AkerakaiOct 27, 2018 12:11 PM
| Most underated anime on mal: https://myanimelist.net/anime/4651/Yume_no_Crayon_Oukoku?q=Yume%20ni%20crayon |
| pretty good ep. I know its only the 4th ep and all but the fight with the goblins was awesome. the animation was great. I like how things are seemingly moving along now, even though i really don't mind it's slow pace. |
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| Amazing episode! Love the swordland OST |
Nanika ga Okashii |
| Lmao it does seem that way lol but I wish they kept that last thing since Pedram said: In regards to the last thing, I DEFINITELY would have liked to see that even more now =o But oh well, I could live without it as long as we get more stuff like it laterthe movie was indeed really successful and they probably saw this arc is really good and trying to make it a good adaptation. The gore was even more in novel, they reducing the amount of gore and violence it seems, but later in this arc it's even WAY WAY more, so they would have to reduce it either way. bitchassdarius said: if the notch in the tree was facing them, the tree should have fallen towards them it did fall toward them in novel i think, they had to dodge it lol they didn't fully cut the tree and it suddenly start leaning while eugeo was cuting it and they ran and dodge. -Stray said: I dont give a crap if he hasnt used a damn sword yet, he keeps freaking out and screaming like a damn baby, not everyone freaks out even if its their first time, he's being a pussy thats that. And I dont even get why you'd mention the last part to me, I dont complain when a character is OP or emotionless cause I prefer that over a pussy character. please remember where u live and where he live, as a 15 year old kid who live his whole life in peace. his only experience is when a knight took alice away and that only made him have more trauma than anything else. he is not like us, who can see Movies or play fighting games and have a better sense of danger. anyway, Eugeo never yell or call selka name like an idiot or cry like baby in the novel, thats only made like this in anime. the author himself said in twitter a few hours ago saying poor zink fighting scene was cut off lol And the other stuff in your other post made me laugh xD |
| My eyes are bleeding Why can't people animate goblins properly nowaday and abuse of CGI? Can't tell which one got the worst goblin squadron, this episde or Overlord S3 ep 11 |
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HiraKey said: An epic episode this time again, like, really. But as a novel reader I think this episode is a little bit rushed ? Because some (or many ?) scenes are cut, and some of em are important, like why Kirito and Eugeo finally can hold the sword is too fast for me, and Eugeo vs Jink. But hey, it's anime, and it's so good. Especially the fight scene, I didn't expect it'll be this awesome, I mean, really awesome. Really love the battle and of course, the MUSIC, sasuga Yuki Kajiura. So I think next episode will be the real world scene to explain what happened to Kirito Sasuga Yuki Kajiura, can only second that! |
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| Besides the two things they miss which im not going to say since it was talked about in a whole bunch of other replies, this episode was really good. As a fellow LN reader i approve this episode 👍. |
| Could SAO please give half of that animation budget to Goblin Slayer? That fight was awesome. |
| Holly shiet. Did Ufotable anime this episode for them o_O. |
| Feels like I'm watching a Madhouse production, movie tier animation! The OST is as glorious as always! A few things in this episode had me a bit worried though, it was very enjoyable but some bullshit here and there. How can you wield such a good sword after having a swing once or twice with another sword? The stats needed for the sword should be abysmal. The village could have hired a swordsman all along to cut this tree down. Also, Selkas reason was weird to me at least. I'm not going to criticize the Kirito fight because it was very enjoyable, even though he got a "certain" MC power up because he was angry |
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| Lol that was quite brutal for SAO standards. Kirito was kinda frightened once he got cut since he wasn't expecting real pain in this virtual world but he managed to kill that Goblin boss and then gave his life energy with Selka to save Eugo. Eugo managed to master the sword and cut down the giant tree. He declared that he wants to be a swordsman and left with Kirito to look for Alice. I guess the journey starts for real now. Nice episode once again and cannot wait for more Eugo character development. |
MonkeyDHunterOct 27, 2018 2:11 PM
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| Either that Gobin Boss doesn't have enough strength to slice Eugeo in 2 or he has a blunt sword, cu'z Eugeo is SUPPOSE TO BE DEAD!!!!!!! |
Pedram said: FireFistYK said: Feels like I'm watching a Madhouse production, movie tier animation! The OST is as glorious as always! A few things in this episode had me a bit worried though, it was very enjoyable but some bullshit here and there. How can you wield such a good sword after having a swing once or twice with another sword? The stats needed for the sword should be abysmal. The village could have hired a swordsman all along to cut this tree down. Also, Selkas reason was weird to me at least. I'm not going to criticize the Kirito fight because it was very enjoyable, even though he got a "certain" MC power up because he was angry all these problems are explained in the novels. not sure how much of them will be explained in anime tho. i can give u a bit of spoiler if u want. read at ur own risk. |
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| I wasn't expecting Kirito or anyone to bleed. Kirito and blond Kirito's friendship is my favourite thing in this anime. It's so innocent. It was so cute when Kirito decided to save Eugeo by using his own life. lol. Like sacrificing your virtual life has any significant meaning! Blond Kirito's memories seem to be returning. I wonder when he'll properly remember. Not sure about Kirito's memory though. I thought Kirito would say his sword technique is Sword Art Online, but he said Aincrad. I guess it is a good thing to avoid title drops. It was a good decision to let Eugeo cut the tree as it was his job to begin with. I was worried that Kirito might take the spotlight again. I didn't like that Kirito was able to kill the goblin while emotional in a virtual world. Well, since SAO isn't meant to be a dark story, I can ignore that, I guess. |
Katojana said: Could SAO please give half of that animation budget to Goblin Slayer? That fight was awesome. That has nothing to do with budgets but the staff contracted thebrentinator24 said: Damn that was a good episode. SAO hasn't ever been my favorite series, but you can't deny that the action always delivers. The animation looked great as well (I saw in the credits that ufotable seemed to contribute to this episode, which explains why the action looked similar to Fate UBW). They finally cut down the tree, and now Eugeo wants to become a swordsman. It's nice to see that determination and resolve from him after their goblin encounter. ufotable only made the in-between. They have nothing to do with the series. |
| well yeah great episode.. time for the departure... I still think time is pacing really slowly in the real world but let's see |
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caio_brb said: thebrentinator24message=56077746 said: Damn that was a good episode. SAO hasn't ever been my favorite series, but you can't deny that the action always delivers. The animation looked great as well (I saw in the credits that ufotable seemed to contribute to this episode, which explains why the action looked similar to Fate UBW). They finally cut down the tree, and now Eugeo wants to become a swordsman. It's nice to see that determination and resolve from him after their goblin encounter. ufotable only made the in-between. They have nothing to do with the series. Ok thanks for the clarification. I can't read everything in the credits so when I saw ufotable there I just assumed they contributed more than just in-betweens. |
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| This episode was SUPER cheesy, but in a fun way. I was entertained. |
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MonkeyDMike said: Lol that was quite brutal for SAO standards. Kirito was kinda frightened once he got cut since he wasn't expecting real pain in this virtual world but he managed to kill that Goblin boss and then gave his life energy with Selka to save Eugo. Eugo managed to master the sword and cut down the giant tree. He declared that he wants to be a swordsman and left with Kirito to look for Alice. I guess the journey starts for real now. Nice episode once again and cannot wait for more Eugo character development. Thank god they nailed it, like I said on previous episodes, Underworld is a much more real reality, as such it is almost the same as living in the real world, which means combats can get more psychological now, if Kirito gets hit, he will feel real pain, if his arms is cut off, he WILL feel it. Action was great, enjoyed the pacing, they may have skipped some scenes, I dont recall since I read the volume like 2 years ago, but this was wonderfully done. Onwards for the next arc! |
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| That fight was so much hype. If you told me SAO is going to be unironically great a year ago, I would have questioned you and your tastes. |
| I need sleep. |
| Best episode of the entire sword art online anime so far. 10/10. |
| I liked this episode lol. Eugeo getting the recognition he deserves was satisfying. Maybe there is still hope for this series. |
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myngz said: what the actual fuck?????????? so what the hell is the piece of shit??? i thought kiritimati was a main figure but if he is about to share his sword and all ???? what the hell The blue rose sword is eugeo's. Eugeo is the one who brought the sword back from the cave so its his and not kirito's. |
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| Oh dang, Kirito's 'I-almost-got-raped' face will probably go great with some Goblin Slayer memes. The fight was really nice but I really wished they would at least give a description of the sword skills, even something like a commercial break screen info dump. I'm really bothered by Kirito's line to Selka when trying to save Eugeo: "You're Alice's sister aren't you?" and then throughout the episode proceeds to constantly tell her shes her own person and not a replacement for her sister. |
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