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Shirase-san said: Shino kissed Kirito in front of Asuna, heyy Asuna, is that okay? seeing Kirito's condition like that, it seemed like it was fine. I don't kiss him, it was just on the cheek as a friend nothing more. |
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| SAO is back. REONA and AIMER doing the OP and ED respectively is perfect. Klein's entrance in the underworld is badass, we will see Kirito's friends to enter the underworld as well. Bud luck for Leafa for arriving there and ending up on that situation. Luckily she was using that admin/goddess account with the regeneration ability which makes her like a tank. |
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| SAO is an anime with 24 ep per season. So this part 2 mean this ep = ep 13 so let not be confused there The scene mean to happen somewhere, it's part of the franchise as you already saw in previous season. I was hoping for LiSA since she's known for SAO but Reona and Aimer Eir Aoi aren't bad either. Aimer = Fate series Reona = SAO 10th anniversary theme song |
Fuwa_sanJul 12, 2020 10:18 PM
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Aleph199X said: Good episode, great to see Leafa back. The tentacle scene was overdone I think compared to the LN, esp with the "implication" which isn't something that happens as far as I can remember. It will draw in lots of hate and shitposting though. Thanks A1! it did happen like that in the LN "wha da hell, this game is a really suck" "I'm soon be log out" LMAO |
vanillaskynetJul 12, 2020 1:58 AM
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| Oh boy. Too much blood in this episode. The t rape scene geezz didn't saw that coming. Bercoulii receives a death flag. Leafa, and Klein joins the battle! The op is not that good like previous cour, but the visuals are goddamn good. Kudos A-1! |
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| I love how Leafa basically got treated like how she is treated in all the SAO doujins, as pseudo "rape bait". Anyway, time for the final stretch of this series and see the ending in full animated glory. Can't wait honestly. Hopefully A-1's budget can remain intact. |
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vanillaskynet said: Aleph199X said: Good episode, great to see Leafa back. The tentacle scene was overdone I think compared to the LN, esp with the "implication" which isn't something that happens as far as I can remember. It will draw in lots of hate and shitposting though. Thanks A1! it did happen like that in the LN I reread the passage yesterday and no, it did not, unless maybe for people with unhealthy imagination. If nothing else, the LN is bloodier, as the worms (term used) are described as tearing her flesh. |
| I feel it's pretty obvious that Leafa didn't get raped, as in a tentacle going into her love hole. She would definitely be more traumatized if it did, even when I played it frame by frame the tentacle was more aimed for her belly. But hey, who reads my comments anyway? With that said, I felt that the entire tentacle scene was unnecessary as Leafa just one shot the b1tch afterward anyway, so what did she have to endure? >_> |
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| Seriously, such immersion breaking for a tentacle rape on a seemingly serious plot. All I can do is rolling my eyes while watching. The tentacle rape is so pointless for the plot. People in Mal gave HxEro and Peter Grill low rating despite they set up their tone to be ecchi and goofy from the get go (so all those dumb part and ecchi part fits perfectly), yet they rate SAO high with this immersion breaking tentacle rape that's completely out of tone? That's why I never take Mal's score seriously. Btw this first episode plot and sequence of plot is so garbage, especially with Leafa OHKO the evil witch despite being tentacle raped a second ago. The villain is dumb for letting go, so is Leafa who easily let herself getting raped. |
Ventus_SJul 12, 2020 5:01 AM
aRBYso said: "THIS GAME IS A REARY SUCK!" WADAHELL! I know it is asking for too much, but cold somebody copy/retype the japanese text in the original subtitles of that scene, and translate that to english using Google Translator? Why, why japanese voice actor? - Also, why don't they invite any random gaijin or tourist in the street to come to studio and record that speech - and all the others for american players- paying him with an action figure or a lunch. Japs were not supposed to be dedicated and diligent? Why? |
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MaahHeim said: Leafa: I need to endure. I can't kill anyone over here until I understand what's going on. (Is tentacle raped) Leafa: Okay, nevermind, now that I've done my part of being raped to appel to the audience, I'm gonna kill this woman. Seriously. SAO never ceases to disgust me... Yeah I've been watching SAO Alicization and Ordeal War. To sums up SAO anime, good animation with great character design, but dumb writing , dumb villains, dumb/ cliche plot. |
| Man, tentacle rape on the first episode. Would've been a pretty ok episode otherwise. Also, the US player's English was so awful that I wouldn't have even understood him if it weren't for the subtitles. |
Kyragos said: I reread the passage yesterday and no, it did not, unless maybe for people with unhealthy imagination. If nothing else, the LN is bloodier, as the worms (term used) are described as tearing her flesh. Anime:  Light Novel (5th page picture):  Thanks to A1, in the anime the rape is strongly implied. BUT, the "sucking" is less gruesome than described in Light Novel, and she is not naked like also described in the LN. Would you puritans advocates of LN, prefer that instead of implicit rape, she was being portrayed NUDE in the anime IMHO: why not both? :v |
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| A decent return of the franchise. Both OP and ED sound really catchy. The next episode is somewhat promising, as we are about to see the true power of Vector, and perhaps, the battle between Asuna and POH. |
| pretty good OP, visual wise its great second only to Alicization 1 OP by LiSA. ED is good as well im not going to poke the tentacle hentai scene, but holy shit dude i wish the Bercouli v Vector fight was more than one two slash, the animation is indeed great but it was too short until Bercouli got disarmed... hopefully next episode will be better anyway was that pig guy voiced by Yuki Kaji? if its true then this is the first time Yuki Kaji and Ayana Taketatsu (Leafa's VA) doing their job together as a married couple and his wife got assaulted already in front of him lol |
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Rob7 said: Thanks to A1, in the anime the rape is strongly implied. BUT, the "sucking" is less gruesome than described in Light Novel, and she is not naked like also described in the LN. Would you puritans advocates of LN, prefer that instead of implicit rape, she was being portrayed NUDE in the anime Well, yes, I would rather see someone being nearly half naked (in the LN) than being raped, for both the character's and my sakes. I thought it was a pretty normal thinking... However, I think we agree that both are pointless here, especially since they instead skipped crucial points. |
KyragosJul 12, 2020 9:45 AM
| That scene with Leafa was....oh my. I liked everything else except that. Was a rape scene really needed to keep the plot moving? She killed her right after anyway, Seemed useless imo. Also didn't like the American English. So much cringing. Bercouli and Vetca's fight was animated beautifully. Looking forward to next week's episode. I think it's going to be like Endgame where all the heroes and allies from previous battles reappear to help in the final battle. |
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| And finally, a classic anime is back. I'm sad cuz Im pretty sure that Bercouli is going to die with the amount of death flags in this episode. But I hope that he can weaken Vector a bit before being defeated/killed. Pretty cool battle that both of them are fighting. Sinon's skills will be very useful in battle, too bad we couldn't see more than that in this episode. Also, why ppl are still surprised about Kawahara's writing at this point?, he never victimized women, nor is he in favor of rape, we just live in an age where showing a rape scene is taboo or its accused of being fanservice so ppl get triggered. |
NurguburuJul 12, 2020 7:34 AM
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
Asuna back in the business, the wait was too long. And the opening is amazing. |
| I don't understand why they felt they needed to animate that tentacle scene or linger on it so long. The focus and struggle should have been on the Orc and let the viewer imagine the worst through his expressions and the sound of Leafa's screams. That's some sick hentai shit, is that what SAO is now? |
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Rape is rape and never ok who it's done by let alone saying it's hot promotes that culture - disturbing you find it hot. |
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Vooo said: Rape is rape and never ok who it's done by let alone saying it's hot promotes that culture - disturbing you find it hot. Never said I found it hot, funny how you go after me and not the person I quoted who actually said it was hot.  |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. |
| A-1 managed to make leafa's tentacle rape scene even worse than in the novel lol Lilpirin of course loses a lot of scenes just to focus on fucking DIL raping Leafa, because thats what we need, right? meh im going to start a counter every time Kirito rejects one of his waifus this season (ONE MORE REJECTED COUNTER: 1) annnnnnnd they really are going to make Vector another rapey villain, sigh he wasn't even close to his anime part in the novel, i really miss the Vector from the novels klein actually got his scene adapted at least op and ed are perfect, Reona should just make openings for everything at this point, shes just perfect 2/5 |
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| I went as open minded as possible. But man, Alicization really destroyed any dignity that was left for SAO. Seriously, how are they trying to give a impression of something epic going on without developing one character that is on screen, giving such a huge emphasis for Kirito's harem, dragging so much an unecessary fanservice (probably rape) scene, and not even give a sense of strategy or stakes in the battle. This season will most likely continue to be one of thoses shows where stuff happend and either you just don't feel anything or it will make your eyes roll. I honestly can't comprehend people saying Alicization somehow is better than previous seasons. |
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| Can't wait for the angry herd of AniTubers to post their 20 minute videos of them losing their shit over Leafa's assault scene. It's not as if we haven't seen more degrading scenes like this in all types of movies or shows around the world before, huh? ¬_¬ Sarcasm aside, it's good to see SAO back again. The animation and visual quality, like before, is still very good and the new OP/ED songs we got sound nice, too. Klein finally got the badass entry he has desperately needed. After all the times we've seen him being a blithering idiot in past arcs, its great to see him make his entrance with a rather powerful attack to hep out Asuna. Of course, Leafa got the short end of the stick with how she got attacked like that, but we should've expected something like this already by now, being SAO and all. Still, at least Leafa got the last blow to kill off her attacker. All in all, this was a good episode to get us back into the swing of the final cour of this long arc. |
| Oh, I don't even know why I'm still watching. Maybe because first season was amazing to me and I deeply waiting a season like that but no...Still same plot twists, just different people. The fact that story is repeating and boring, makes good animation and sound effects waste. Please write something original author... |
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RiceKnight59 said: That scene with Leafa was....oh my. I liked everything else except that. Was a rape scene really needed to keep the plot moving? She killed her right after anyway, Seemed useless imo. Also didn't like the American English. So much cringing. Bercouli and Vetca's fight was animated beautifully. Looking forward to next week's episode. I think it's going to be like Endgame where all the heroes and allies from previous battles reappear to help in the final battle. This game rarry suck. (laugh) I feel bad for American too because Japanese always portray American like some dumbass braindead people. |
Heger said: Oh, I don't even know why I'm still watching. Maybe because first season was amazing to me and I deeply waiting a season like that but no...Still same plot twists, just different people. The fact that story is repeating and boring, makes good animation and sound effects waste. Please write something original author... I'm with you. The starting part of Alicization got me intrigued thanks to Eugeo and his dynamic with other characters. Up until the climbing dumb tower part I once thought SAO could be good... |
| So after its best season, SAO is back to being trash again? If Leafa was already so much stronger than her opponent, why did she even have to bear all that shit with the tentacles anyway? "Can't kill before I know what's happening." Then proceeds to kill the enemy a couple minutes later after incapacitating her. The fight between the old man and the Vecta was pretty cool. Nice animation and soundtrack. The old man will probably die soon, which'll be kinda sad. I don't really understand why Asuna was bleeding from the head after fighting all of these small fries. She made a godly appearance last season and now she's struggling offscreen with fodder? Also, why did that American gamer have a Japanese accent while speaking English? lol |
Granluso said: I dropped when leafa Said she isn't gonna attack the bad guy because she doesn't know If that is a good thing or not. Sure getting arrested is Fine to find vecta, entering enemy territory with god Powers os Fine too, but clearly she Just likes rape scenes, like come on! I can get past these things when it's like a major point of the story, but 10 minutes in, rape scene and letting It happen because she's not certain If the one killing her is good or not? Honestly, feck this bruh. Second episode, don't fail me. Yeah lmao that was such stupid writing. |
Inferno792 said: I don't really understand why Asuna was bleeding from the head after fighting all of these small fries. She made a godly appearance last season and now she's struggling offscreen with fodder? Struggling against hundreds of fodder whose weapons can pierce her with ease without any pain absorber, with the accumulated fatigue, and combined with her regeneration ability and a near infinite life value, meaning several wounds that would be lethal in the real world. But I agree that this is quite rushed in the episode. |
KyragosJul 12, 2020 2:48 PM
Kyragos said: Inferno792 said: I don't really understand why Asuna was bleeding from the head after fighting all of these small fries. She made a godly appearance last season and now she's struggling offscreen with fodder? Struggling against hundreds of fodder whose weapons can pierce her with ease without any pain absorber, with the accumulated fatigue, and combined with her regeneration ability and a near infinite life value, meaning several wounds that would be lethal in the real world. But I agree that this is quite rushed in the episode. And none of that was shown here, was it? So, yes, from my eyes, it was exactly as I described it. |
Inferno792 said: Kyragos said: Struggling against hundreds of fodder whose weapons can pierce her with ease without any pain absorber, with the accumulated fatigue, and combined with her regeneration ability and a near infinite life value, meaning several wounds that would be lethal in the real world. But I agree that this is quite rushed in the episode. And none of that was shown here, was it? So, yes, from my eyes, it was exactly as I described it. We have thousands of American veteran players against hundreds of inexperienced human soldiers. We see Asuna alone on the front line. We saw earlier Asuna lose her arm, with the great pain coming with it. We know she can't use her godly powers anymore, but that she has regenerative abilities (her arm grew back) and a great life value (super account). She is even stating herself that her body won't give in as long as her will doesn't, she certainly wouldn't say that after killing just a few of enemies. We may not have seen here Asuna taking on wave after wave, but I don't think it's hard to imagine that she's in a desperate situation. |
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