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| Not a fan of Asuna's reasoning, I find this experiment to be quite intriguing, even though there's no way it could work in the real world. I'd rather just go back to Kirito and Eugeo >_< |
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| Tbh I like this episode but some elements came to ruin the pleasure like the bullshit "scientific" explications or the fact that Asuna revealed top secret military research plans to her friends on a random MMO server. That's really the spirit of SAO, trying to do good things but always stopping in the middle. |
| Read that Asuna meeting up with everyone is anime-original; I'm guessing to please all the fans of the other characters lol. I'm glad it's not in the source material though. The artificial fluctlight of Higa was pretty brutal to watch. This whole project just feels very morally wrong. They even used copies of their staff and then copies of infants... I actually wondered a long time ago why the Aincrad victims would ever go back into the VR world after all they've been through. Asuna's explanation makes a lot of sense now. Even though there were a lot of horrible things that happened, a lot of memories and life-long friendships were also made in Aincrad. Now that a lot of the reasons for this project has been revealed, I'm really looking forward to getting back into the "VR" world. |
| At least we got a glimpse of what Alicization from Kikuoka and I must say I don't really like the guy, he's too dodgy. Good episode, |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
Pedram said: GuidedCursor said: "1,000 AI NPC "Lives" on computer are worthless." >Asuna : "I'm angry as hell" *a couple thousands people died during SAO* >Asuna : "At least I've spent some quality time with Kirito." I'm sorry that this is all you can understand from this scene lol ppl who want to complain, can always find things to complain. those AI are real humans soul, and someone is doing this as a experiment for their own goal, so obviously Asuna is mad. what happened in SAO Aincrad was also nothing Asuna would want, she would get angry as well if she was there to talk to Kayaba when he did that. but that thing came to pass and she can't do anything about it now, she is saying even tho she does not agree with what Kayaba did at all and it was such a bad thing, I can't hate him coz I made a lot of good memories in these time. then right afterward saying she is making a big mistake for not hating him and actually enjoying his time in Aincrad, so big that she can never be forgiven. this is very good writing and very realistic, any real human can feel like this. Go to any real psychologist and they will tell you this. but nah, u guys just want to hate on the author and his characters coz it's SAO :D Thank you for avoid me the hassle of having to explain all that those "complainers" that avoid to use their brains for just a little bit, and just want to shit on stuff. Nice episode, cant recall how everything was presented on the LN, but I think they swiftly brought out what was needed to be told. DedPanda said: Trust me people, it's better that you all are able to watch this exposition dump. Reading it is fucking agonizing. That is one thing I can remenber, the info dubs on early Alicization where crazy and dragged, took me awhile to get over this one volume due to all this extended infodump. |
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| So his objective it's to created soldiers. So curious about the other units...is Akihiko alive? |
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Pedram said: bittersweetlove said: So his objective it's to created soldiers. So curious about the other units...is Akihiko alive? it's already confirmed from old seasons that his dead body was found but he scanned his brain and kind of send a copy of his soul in the internet. so u can say he is alive but don't have a physical body anymore, just like the UnderWorld people lol Yes, when I said alive I meant that he was in the game too...I wonder who he is there.... |
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| Dude Asuna is being kinda dumb right now,Human live vs Ai... |
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| At first I was mad they kidnapped Kirito for experimentation against his will, but the way Kikuoka put it, he would probably be stuck as a vegetable for the rest of his life if it weren't for this tech |
| Nice infodump. With the pieces together I'm looking forward to what's next. |
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| So their goal is a true AI, replicating a human soul. The scene with Higa's copy reminded me a LOT of the scene in a game called "Soma" where an artificial intelligence was responding basically the same way as this AI did. I like the whole debate about AI's rights and if they're worth just as much as real humans. Lmao so the Knights are basically AI's that already sound several ways to circumvent the system x) I'm guessing the reason they had to specifically mention that they had several other units is so Asuna and maybe a few more can enter his world and help him out? |
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| -Well there's the AI ethics drop. So, it's all about growing virtual human soldiers. Kikuoka playing a god of war, crafting a world to raise armies. -While Kikuoka states that the STL is the only thing that can save Kirito's life, how do we know he wasn't the one who orchestrated the encounter between Kirito and the Laughing Coffin member? Kirito is essentially being held hostage, to either comply (or in particular be allowed to unknowingly comply) or die from the affliction. -Poor Rinko discovering her love was a mass murderer. Understandable that she couldn't go through with killing him, although not sure if killing him in the real world would have freed them or not anyway. -Awkward for Asuna, but also completely understandable. Comparable to real life couples who find love and joy even during times of great hardship and tragedy. We should be able to recognize both that the tragedy itself was horrible and filled with tremendous sadness, and also that some people on an individual level were fortunate to encounter positive personal interactions that counteracted their experiences with the despair surrounding them. Asuna herself even recognizes this. -What was society like before the Church and the Taboo Index? The taboos exist because they are actual concepts, so wouldn't some of the AI already commit them in the past that led to them being taboo? Or was this a matter of Kikuoka desiring a very particular brand of killing and rebellion against the system? |
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| Hmm. While the episode itself wasn't exactly bad, I didn't really like those explanations and all the technobabble felt weak. Also, you have top secret project for artifical soldier and you let the witness of it talk in open-vrmmo where anyone could eavesdrop on them. How unrealistic was that? |
| Finally, we know more about how Project Alicization was created and Kikuoka Seijirou's goal. A good info-dump episode. |
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| So that's what Alicization's about eh, can't say I'm surprised given Kikuoka's shady character. Kayaba is some next lvl troll seeing that he might still be alive, his soul at least. |
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| Thats how this new world works, kinda boring So Alice is an AI after all, too bad she doesnt exist IRL |
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| Finally, a proper explanation. I'm glad we're still getting backgrounds on Kayaba even two seasons later. |
| Damn that was a lot of information at once |
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| Epidode 6 was a much-needed info dump episode that cleared up a lot of different things. Still a bit confused on the whole fluctlight thing to be honest though. We also get a flashback to Kayaba's life irl which I thought was really cool. Overall not a bad episode for an info dump. |
| That dude was not only a psycho-mass-murderer, but he also had a fine-ass girlfriend. |
| Now we know what this whole Alicization project is, very interesting. I'm glad Kikuoka isn't a villain because I 100% agree with what he said. |
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones! |
| All that talk about advanced AI and stuff is cool. I wish something like that could be developed within my lifetime. Maybe my dream of having an AI waifu harem can become a reality. hehe Did they develop such complex AI only for the purpose of training the SDF and killing enemies? Such purpose can already be fulfilled by top-down AIs. Man, what a waste. I wish they were developing it for something more ambitious or sinister. |
| Wow, they literally copied soul here guys. And the soul copy acted like its original.... Science is amazing, and souls are interesting! |
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