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| And that's it! Pretty chaotic last episode with a damn cliffhanger in the end! Oh boy, things are gonna get intense for the next season, and now Asuna also joins in for the party, i wonder what her role will be in this arc, can't wait for October! Overall, the best SAO season to date, for me. Completely different from the first 2, a visible improvement for sure. I hope the show can continue on this high note! 8/10. |
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| Am I the only one who had no clue what was going in for most of the episode? |
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EcchiGodMamsterP said: so i wasn't the only person who noticed i actually scrolled back just to make sure i wasn't seeing things lol I didn't notice that but maybe because the scene looks better with 2 hands than 1 :) |
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| I am surprised we got a female villain in a harem story. Ishida Akira is here as well or was the bad guy someone else? I thought time moved rapidly in the video game world. How are Kirito and the Rath talking without the former sounding too slow and the latter sounding hilariously fast? (edit: I just remembered that the computer like thingy had asked something about confirming something about the fluctlight before Kirito contacted Rath. I guess they fixed the time difference back then.) So, Asuna and Kirito are gonna reunite? Not really that excited for that. Last episode, I thought Eugeo couldn't die as he still had unfulfilled role. However, this episode, he fulfilled that and died. He was the reason I was enjoying SAO. I really loved his character. Now, I am scared this will turn back into the SAO that I don't care much about. I hate resurrections, but I will forgive them if they resurrect Eugeo. |
FuMomo-kunMar 30, 2019 2:43 PM
| Finally really interesting part from LN starting after 23 boring episodes and they cut it to wait for oct ? damned :/ :/ :/ |
| Damn. Fuck. my. heart. 3: ESPECIALLY WITH THAT FUCKING SONG. ... hurts so much and I had already been spoiled, but literally could not hurt more. I swear to god, if Kirito gets his brain wiped, or fluctlight burns out with Alice and Eugeo in it... I might actually rip my laptop in half. Also, it just occurred to me, couldn't Yui have made it in to this world? Or? Also did Kirito grab onto that crystal that Eugeo had in his hand (that I presume is the memories?) or was it all metaphorical. Glad that the memory that had twisted in Eugeo's brain was cleared in the end. :| Eugeo we promised to die together. |
KaguyachinchinMar 30, 2019 2:03 PM
| I wonder if the producers/sound directors laugh viciously, or sob when they mix this shit. |
| Can someone provide a summary of episode 24? Did Quinella die? We see young alice holding hands with Eugeo? - Does this mean the adult version of alice, will not regain her memories and is another alice (personality) ? TIA |
 "Don't give up after failing just twice. We'll be able to do it next time. Failure is the stepping stone to success." |
| Honestly this is the most BL death scene I've seen from an anime in a non BL material. The way Kirito interacts with Eugeo is like treating a lover instead of merely just friends. The way they act it's like one of those online BL fan-fic doujin of certain series. (I read those sometimes so I can totally see the similarity) Honestly this anime is pretty good prior to the climbing tower part, then after reaching those consecutive fight sequence it goes downhill. The pacing of the combat is so bad, that it boils down to spending around 3/4 of the time talking/ explaining their ability / telling the enemy what their abilities is/ explaining all the mechanic of the world, and end the fight in last 1/4 of the time remaining. Alot of characters could have done something during those long-ass talking, but it's as if the time completely freezes, and enemies will just wait for them to done talking/ counter-attack them by the time it's way too late, etc. Episode 22~23 are probably two of the worst offender, and arguable the worst episodes of this series. Anyway, it has potential to be a 8/10 in the beginning, then 6/10 in the end. 6/10 only because the art of this series is generally very pleasing and enjoyable to look at. It's pretty much Ordeal War style , but ruined by meh plot of the later half. |
Ventus_SMar 30, 2019 2:11 PM
| I loved this season, I sincerely always entertained myself watching SAO. Especially Eugeo ;( what I liked most. With his death I couldn't stop tearing ... I really wish he would come back somehow ... |
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| welp hopefully the second half of this Alicization arc will be better |
| tbh it was a great adaptation but somehow i feel it was rushed, i mean really rushed. but well im looking forward for the third cour |
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| So Eugeo is gone for good, damn :/ Gotta give it to the staff, tho, they know how to handle the emotional moments. Almost as tough to watch as the finale of the Mother's Rosario arc. Pretty solid stuff so far. I honestly enjoyed the build up at the beginning or the exposition episodes a lot more, but even the other parts weren't all that shabby. It also ended on a strong note and I still haven't completely abandoned the hope that this season will raise the bar. |
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| Yet again, a great deal of money and effort is wasted on SAO. The beginning of this anime was solid, but like always, it fails at the climax and relies on generic tropes, uninteresting contrivances, rushes and reverts to it's most basic instincts. |
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| That was quite the conclusion, I cant wait for the second part -especially because of the cliffhanger; asuna, what are you doing. And kirito, put your arm back on, like "what's your problem? Fix it up. You are going to need it!" |
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Kirito201811 said: Can someone provide a summary of episode 24? Did Quinella die? We see young alice holding hands with Eugeo? - Does this mean the adult version of alice, will not regain her memories and is another alice (personality) ? TIA please someone explain |
| "Don't give up after failing just twice. We'll be able to do it next time. Failure is the stepping stone to success." |
| If Quinella could control her hair like a tentacle why didn’t she do that from the start? She was being a cocky bitch and all it took was Kirito picking up a second sword to beat her? Why was Eugeo alive for so long? I’m astounded how awful this season was, and I quite liked the first half, which makes this even sadder. |
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| Wow....this was a sloppy way to execute the finale. I really expected A-1 to deliver since they poured so much into the budget for this adaptation. In the end, it was just a hollow shaft. Granted, I'm glad I got to see some of the most lit stuff in the LNs animated but it was ultimately underwhelming with execution and this finale just proved that. 6/10 Hoping the second half of this is done a lot better in October. Also...of course they sneak in that shit with Administrator and Chuldekin. This series really does like to meme itself XD |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| What? Well I just didn't understand what happened with Quinella with her own clown creation lol. And we have to wait 6 months to handle that cliffhanger... OK then. |
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| as expected the annoying naked antagonist is finally gone i hated the whole tower 10 minutes of eugeo drama emotion bullshit the last 5 minutes of this ep were a lot of fun and entertaining though. |
| Although I do not belong to the SAO fans, the series was addictive and interesting, though, as usual, Kirito cheater. 😉😏 And of course Raios hilarious jump is remembered. 😅🤣 Score: 7.5/10 |
| I didn't like certain script's decisions and certain decisions about the adaptation of the novel. Some really disgusting. But I really enjoyed the whole concept of the Underworld. Eugeo and Alice were also characters that I enjoyed. Kirito again had the humanity he had in Aincrad. 7/10. I'm really looking forward to the next cour and also to the game! |
JunoYamaguchiMar 30, 2019 5:30 PM
Gimme more character development and/or romance. Probally a shotacon. |
| the best season of the series almost the whole season was well reasoned with a few exceptions (and the last fight, unfortunately) the music was great, the story was great, the characters werent' as good (Except Quinella which was actually good, i hope they find a way to make her make up with them in teh real world or something and be good cus he was actually pretty reasonable and " normal ". If a person figured out how to cheat life and live 400 years while having broken magic, the chances are they'd be way worse than her) if you remove the bullshit fights that have no explanations and some of the exaggerations/tediousness around the middle of the season, this anime would be a contender for more than just a 10/10 anime but something like top favorites or smt as it is right now i'm giving it 9/10 cus it had growth and it was an improvement and it was good |
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Lelouch0202 said: It was a pretty good finale especially with the cliffhanger ending. So I guess my question is, was that the last we will ever see of Quinella? If that is, then I guess I'm a little disappointed. The clown thing kinda came out of nowhere and it's also kinda disappointing that she went out that way. I really liked her despite her being the antagonist, she just had too much going for her I guess. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I kinda liked the original idea of her escaping and coming back later. XD Who were the people attacking RATH? Did Asuna enter the world there or is Kirito just hallucinating? Overall, I guess this is definitely the best season of SAO. I enjoyed the initial episodes with more exposition and world building a lot more than the middle half of the season. However, Quinella made the final part of the season very entertaining for me, points for that. I still think the first episode of Alicization is one of the best episodes of SAO in general, I find it quite interesting that what the series needed to succeed the most was almost a hard reset on everything, forcing an almost entirely alternate plotline. Bringing Kirito back into Underworld with all his memories intact kinda lost the initial charm that the first episode had. However, this is not to say Alicization is bad, in fact it's better than everything before it. It's just that I get the sense that the author is not able to find a good way to tie everything that's happened prior to Alicization with everything he wants to showcase in Alicization. I can respect not wanting to abandon your old characters but it's ironic that what makes this arc good is that it tries to start afresh on almost a clean slate. Production was generally very good, A1 are stepping up huge in recent days. Looking forward to S2. 8/10 As far as Quinella/Silver-Asuna goes, Mod edit: added spoiler tag |
BarnaldMar 31, 2019 1:21 AM
| After 24 episodes, it is hard not to care for the ga- friendship between Kirito and Eugeo. In my opinon, that's what Mother's Rosario needed: more time for me to care about the little girl with a deadly disease, at least 12 episodes. Gonna miss that Eugeo boy and the children Alice. I wasn't really getting it when he was about to die, but made a lot of sense that he realized that the new Alice needed to stay, and that he couldn't let the old Alice go alone. I kind of disliked the whole transition from knight apprentices to knight masters in just a couple episodes. Hope the other sword knights appear in october, really miss Sortilena and the other girls. Really enjoyed this season to be honest, having a blonde girl that resembles Saber is a plus, too. Great openings/endings, decent music, decent animation. Bad time-lapses and as much as I loved the Underworld, think we at least needed one more episode about what the hell's happening on Asuna and Rath's side, that ending annoyed me a lot. 7/10 |
| "Manga readers are annoying, all they do is complain or spoil the anime we discuss in an anime forum. They should really do their whining at manga forums." Stolen from Janethan23. Add in visual novel readers too |
| A question for LN readers. Is Eugeo really dead? |
| "Who knows." |
| Forgot that Kirito is a duel wielder and that was a badass swordmanship. So Quenella got burned to death or she made it to the real world, that was confusing? Eugeo's last goodbye got me teary eyed because I really liked him, sometimes more than Kirito. I guess we see where this is going, they want match up Kirito and Alice at the end ( overpowered bastard). I guess I'm having doubt to watch the next season, it will depend if in not busy. 7/10. |
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| was quite the lackluster finale fight and not much worth mentioning besides out boy dying damn shame but shit at least that ending was some wild stuff i would've liked if they hadn't shown what was actually going on in the real world and all you could hear was from their COMs that way it would've had left the viewer even more confused questioning state wondering what the hell was going on. frankly never been a fan of SAO Alice sorta hasn't changed that but it has at least made me go from just watching as pure junk food to being interested in what the story actually was and the start was good but it kinda feel down along the way in classic SAO fashion sure as hell looked good damn 7.5/10 see yall in fall! bummer thought this would be a year long lol |
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| Well, I suppose the ending was pretty good. |
Skyreth-XIII said: A question for LN readers. Is Eugeo really dead? Mod edit: added spoiler tag |
BarnaldMar 31, 2019 1:22 AM
| Smh they killed off the only character I liked this season, Eugeo . As far as this season goes, it was interesting at the start but that’s about it. Quinella was a pretty one-dimensional villain and the final fight seemed a bit too short to be convincing. 4/10 Let’s get back in the real world, Underworld has run its course |
| F for Eugeo and Alice Zuberg. I can't say I love everything about the episode, the fight is pretty lackluster but the scenes with all the feels was done right. Damn it when the song start playing. The second half may not be as good as the first half of Alicization but more scenes with Alice is fine with me. |
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| Finally you dual wield you son of a bitch. Now show Administrator what can't be done with just one arm! She's unarmed! Can Kirito really harm an unarmed woman? There goes Eugeo. I guess there never is enough room for more than one male in Kirito's world... Well all hell just broke loose. And did Asuna just enter Kirito's world? I mean they gotta do something about protecting the STLs because they're about to get fried right? Next arc is "War of Underworld" huh. I guess they really are going to hell. Welp, time to haul Alice's dead ass and find that altar... Sword Art Online: Alicization...I felt...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! I don't know what to feel for this season. There's so many ups and downs going on that my mind is just blank! I can't really say anything because I don't know what to say. Eh...well...there is one thing I do feel at least... Final Verdict: Bedroom Body Splash/10 |
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| It wasn't for long but I got my wish. DUAL WIELDING! |
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| Kirito finally dual wielded! Eugeo's death was sadder than I expected. That cliffhanger was pure evil. |
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| If we’re being completely honest... the first half (2 cours) of the show was more like: Sword Art Online: Alicization....THE ISEKAI. but for real that cliffhanger tho :( So many questions left unanswered, can’t wait to find out what tf is going on! P.s... I wonder when I’ll ever see another main antagonist fight Naked ;) this |
Chrome_Falcon said: That was great. Overall this season could have been much better if they had adapted it properly. But LN adaptations always tend to be rushed given the nature of the medium. I wonder when the next cour will come out. The middle part of the season was not well done as I see it. Finally Quinella is down. Ironic that she was finally killed by her own creation, the clown. I agree, it could be much better... the last finale showdown action is not that great, far below my expectation, should be prolonged... also the good bye scene could be much touching with more flashback imo (haven't read the LN yet)... i think i'd be wiser to make this episode in 50 mins format... just my blab, hahahaha... ZainKean said: So the final fight takes place ... there wasn't much action tho. But the cliffhanger man ... Now we have to wait 6 months now for the next part. :( The worst of this anime is the evil cliffhanger... sigh :( |
| If you just did nothing because you thought it wouldn't help, then you'd end up doing less than nothing; for nothing would change and nothing would end. (Kira Yamato - Gundam Seed Phase 34: Seen & Unseen) |
| till the end, even the final fight couldnt better than goblin fight.. what a disappointment.. but overall, that eugeo scenes almost bring me to tears. the ost was amazing as always.. and damn cliffhanger, should wait for half a year to the next part after what they've done with this first part (bad pacing, skipped parts, lack of action) i have less expectation to the 2nd part. hope they will do better than this, the war arc should have a proper action scenes than tower arc see yall in the fall |
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Xerain said: Kirito201811 said: Can someone provide a summary of episode 24? Did Quinella die? We see young alice holding hands with Eugeo? - Does this mean the adult version of alice, will not regain her memories and is another alice (personality) ? TIA Quinella is dead, as far as I can tell. Though the War arc hasn't been concluded yet in the books, so I can't rule out them doing something like bringing her fluctlight back in some sort of limited temporary capacity. Going forward, there will be a new Villain. Also, correct. Alice's memories died with Eugeo. That doesn't mean she doesn't have any memories. We already know she remembers Selka from the part where she bursts her eye. The war is already over in light novel. Reki already released vol 21 , Aicization ends in vol 18 and unfortunately Quinella is dead :( Young Alice's memories all gone forever . Unfortunately the integrity Knight Alice won't remember anything "new" |
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| The fight was kinda underwhelming but the full reveal of the scene with eugeo's birthday brought me to tears, great use of 虹の彼方に at that scene. Also damn, I wasn't expecting that cliffhanger with the attack on Ocean Turtle. Really looking forward to the second part of Alicization in October. |
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