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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Whoa, finally got to see more Asuna this season. It wasn't long but she's there and in her real life character too. Even Klein is back. Plus, there's also others like Silca, Sinon, Leafa, Liz, etc showing up in the game world. Got a thrilling vibe from the episode as the suspense built up. Kirito is still unconscious in the real world too. Definitely an important episode for this season with the amount of storytelling imo. |
Stark700Nov 3, 2018 8:30 AM
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| Asuna girl's point of view after Kirito guy getting attacked. It seems like his body's sent to the hospital and the two girls are worried. Brain damage... That guy who recommended the part-time job appeared. He recommended the hospital to transfer to. No visiting allowed, though. Different hospital? Fairy girl sensed he's sent to both places, but he's not there... And that last place is not even hospital. The lady that Kirito guy's interested used to be involved in the first? game. She's in California. Ocean Turtle? strict security... The screening they see is the world Kirito guy is currently in. Asuna girl went in as her assistant. I guess the answer to where his body will be answered (and the plan according to the title) next. Seeing the ED credit... one of the song of virtual idol from the movie is used... |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| Well this episode was pretty much a straight upgrade to the source. I read the respective content before hand and I can't see anything that was cut. The opposite actually, they expanded on several things. They expanded a little bit on the scenes with Asuna Suguha & Kirito's mom hearing the diagnosis. Kikuoka never appeared in the hospital in front of Asuna & co but instead was not reachable even on his phone ( Great change imo ) They had waaay more side characters involved both in the actual dialogues & investigation to what was going on ( Always good cause they got kinda shafted there ) They neatly tied Ordinal Scale into the canon. They added a completely original scene with Rinko & Kayaba ( or took one that appears later and put it in there but I doubt it ). So yeah, really well done. Considering that all of this matters big time it's great to see that it isn't rushed. |
| Well done Asuna-kun. Now you came this far there is no need to hide anymore. :P |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| nice one Asuna now next episode will know what Project Alicization is about there is a drop in drawing and animation quality on this episode though but not by much |
| Pretty good ep. Like alot how it focused on Asuna trying to track down Kirito the whole time. Very excited to see how things turn out. |
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| Back to the real world. Lol, Asuna had to be the blonde woman after they didn't show us her face. Didn't enjoy this episode as much as the others, but it was still interesting. And it seems like there will be a big reveal next time, looking forward to it. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| This is only a crackpot theory for now but I have a feeling that either Eugeo or Alice might be some love child between Kayaba and this new Doctor Lady Man its interesting how deep Kayaba's past is lol, I REALLy wanna learn more about it as well as what's the whole deal with Rath |
| Good episode. It was pretty interesting to see what happened in the real world after the events of episode 1. It's real nice to see how everyone tried to figure out what happened and I liked that Asuna is finally getting some time to shine. She was kinda neglected as a lead heroine into sort of a bystander from the second half of S1, Ordinal Scale improved that a bit and it's nice to see that she has a much stronger role to play here. I liked the scene where Yui told Asuna that it was her turn to find Kirito now. I'm pretty none of us viewers would've been fooled by that Asuna disguise. Though I'm surprised how quickly they managed to get in considering the Doctor was supposed to be in California but hey not too big of a deal. We also got some decent insight into what's going on behind the scenes so yeah well done. xD Looking forward to next week to learn more about Project Alicization. |
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| good god.. i forgot how fine AS FUCK Asuna was... holy shit shes gorgeous... |
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| Interesting episode that did well in showing the events that happened between Kirito's wounding in the real world and what Asuna and their friends did to find the truth. The prognosis sure was grave. The mystery behind Kirito's body's disappearance was intriguing and it was interestings seeing Asuna and the girls do a little detective work to find out whats going on. The ocean turtle huh. To think that Rath will be connected to the military though. But Asuna sure was smart in managing to convince Rinko to help her. Curious to see what happens next. But its nice we got to see Asuna again. Forgot how damm gorgeous she is. |
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| Nice to see things on the other side |
| Gosh, they are talking like a robot for the entire episode, It irritates me so much. I'll also bet that Tomohiko Itou will totally mad at those clunky storyboard, cause It's so goddamn awful ( unlike the script, though ) |
GethemalotNov 3, 2018 11:05 AM
| Pretty okay-ish episode. So we see the continuation of what happened in real life and Kirito life is in danger. |
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| Thing have slowed down quite a bit from last episode to this one as we transition to the real world, but this one was pretty interesting. I like how assertive Asuna and co. were in trying to figure out the mystery behind where Kirito is, and I'm looking forward to learning about the Alicization project next episode. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. |
| So finally revealing what happened after the incident that night. So Kikuoka and Rath is involved as expected. Asuna's disguise was nice lol. |
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| That was probably my least favourite episode. The harem is just boring to watch for me even if it is involved with important stuff. At least I liked the connection with Ordinal Scale and we got to see the place where everything takes place along with part of the crew that is involved in the whole STL project. Now I'm intrigued to see what exactly this thing does that can be useful for medical use. |
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| with each progressing episode, I have more faith in this season of SAO so far....I mean, people were calling it THE best arc of the story. |
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| I am actually pretty surprised they decided to use two episodes for the explanations concerning the other side. But given the amount of information they will have to provide it surely isn't a bad idea. The connection to Ordinal Scale (not only through the Augma but also through Yuna's "Longing" playing in the car) was awesome! It would have been nice to see the ambulance scene but it's not that big of a loss. Edit: And I also liked the addition of the SAO scene. In general, everything connected very well in this episode. |
IrongrettaNov 3, 2018 11:42 AM
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| Somehow I'm a little displeased that they're only showing the small village and that big tower on the monitors. It's making me assume the Underworld is enclosed in a small area (the village, Axiom's church and the mountain's other side). I was hoping the Underworld to be way more open and big (continually expanding?) but from the look of it, it's like 1-2 floors of Aincrad? |
Stormiverse said: Yea the episode but ok and all but can we take a moment to honor that CG helicopter? Unlike the horrid CG we got in Overlord III xD |
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| That was a great episode. It was more boring in LN and they improved a lot from there. I don't mind them skipping the ambulance scene. It is not very important in the grand scale of things. |
| Yui has and always will be the biggest plot device in this show. Really hoping she doesn't find a way to Kirito and conveniently solve everything. Overall, episode was a pretty boring. I guess when we have as many episodes as we're are getting, you can take your time with these kind of episodes. |
 Press F to pay respects |
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Tiande said: Somehow I'm a little displeased that they're only showing the small village and that big tower on the monitors. It's making me assume the Underworld is enclosed in a small area (the village, Axiom's church and the mountain's other side). I was hoping the Underworld to be way more open and big (continually expanding?) but from the look of it, it's like 1-2 floors of Aincrad? They'll get into the details of stuff like that next episode but it essentially has 1500km in diameter just for the flatlands alone. So yea it's very huge. We simply haven't been allowed to see much of it yet. |
"F" sadly her chest is shrinking. maybe shes losing weight or wearing loose fitting clothes but still. bring back the wincest chest. |
Around and around the cycle goes. |
| Awesome episode! Is always nice to see real world, and finally an episode with a lot of my goddess Asuna! At start when Asuna was about to cry, i was close to cry too hehehe Was cool to see everyone working together to find Kirito, and Yui was MVP this episode, "Mama, it is your turn to find Kirito" as he did before. Love that moment. In last part didn't expect the blonde girl to be Asuna, but i was suspicious about blonde girl! Asuna is for sure the best girl for me! Her appearing there was a giant cliffhanger for me, that moment was wonderfull! "WHERE IS KIRITO"! Seems like next episode we will learn about Alicization Project! Btw, this episode was better than i tought, cause of turtle title i was thinking that Kirito and Eogeo would defead a turtle in underworls, lmao! |
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| Quite the infiltration there, Asuna. |
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 Asuna by the end of the episode |
| Around and around the cycle goes. |
Limaolc said: Btw, this episode was better than i tought, cause of turtle title i was thinking that Kirito and Eogeo would defead a turtle in underworls, lmao! Wow haha. That's a surprisingly absurd yet interesting interpretation. I'm pretty sure Kawahara would implement something like that into Progressive. |
| Great episode. I really love Asuna <3 own |
"No matter where you go, everyone's connected." Iwakura, Lain. |
| Holy fuck. Probably the saddest scene of the whole SAO. I'm still crying at such tragedy ;_; |
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| Positively surprised at how good that episode was tbh And lol that Suguha comparison is hilarious |
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| So they kidnapped Kirito, poor guys, they don't know how Asuna is when she's angry! |
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Illyricus said: Holy fuck. Probably the saddest scene of the whole SAO. I'm still crying at such tragedy ;_; She got so sad that Kirito is brain damaged and missing that she deflated xD but seriously, i didn't notice this at all when watching the EP, some ppl's priority of what to focus is quite interesting :P |
Tiande said: Somehow I'm a little displeased that they're only showing the small village and that big tower on the monitors. It's making me assume the Underworld is enclosed in a small area (the village, Axiom's church and the mountain's other side). I was hoping the Underworld to be way more open and big (continually expanding?) but from the look of it, it's like 1-2 floors of Aincrad? The Village Eugeo and Kirito are coming from was a decent distance away from the mountains, and much further away from the Axiom Church. (The place with the huge tower.) There are multiple villages spread out in different directions away from the church, and even a village in-between the church Eugeo and Kirito were coming from and the church. What's shown on the monitor doesn't quote do the world justice. Then you also have to consider that the Dark Territory has it's own huge expanse... |
Huh... That seems like an Animation error. I wonder if they will fix it for the Blu-Ray. Then we could say Sugu got a "BR" expansion. |
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