Sword Art Online (light novel)
| This show is a masterpiece. Possibly the best anime show in (recent) history. Animation is almost as good as Fate/Zero, but the story is better than anything i've seen. Kirito is the smartest character in anime. |
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| Watch it yourself. We aren't here to babysit and spoonfeed you. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. |
Mikasa said: This show is a masterpiece. Possibly the best anime show in (recent) history. Animation is almost as good as Fate/Zero, but the story is better than anything i've seen. Kirito is the smartest character in anime. Atleast put a /sarcasm tag so the OP won't get confused. |
| Honestly it's overrated. The story and characters are mediocre, but the animation and scenery are gorgeous. It's ending in what 5 or 6 episodes but it feels like nothing has build up yet. But if you're a gamer like me, you're going to enjoy it for nostalgia purposes. Don't expect too much though, it's fun but nothing extraordinary |
| Personally i find the anime to be enjoyable , and loved the LN with that being said the anime isn't bad just don't expect it to match up to the level of the LN, if your someone who has read it. |
Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| Don't keep your expectations high and you'll be fine. |
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BloodRequiem said: Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. Shouldn't be a problem. No different than people making a review when the anime isn't over. Regardless, I'm still expecting the show to score in the high 7's or the 8's by the end, at least on MAL. It's the same pattern with every hyped anime, good example would be Guilty Crown. |
Paul said: BloodRequiem said: Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. Shouldn't be a problem. No different than people making a review when the anime isn't over. Regardless, I'm still expecting the show to score in the high 7's or the 8's by the end, at least on MAL. It's the same pattern with every hyped anime, good example would be Guilty Crown. Except the first 2-3 episodes are nothing like what it is currently. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
AiCon said: BloodRequiem said: I agree. I think that Paul is being a bit too generous. I'd expect it to be in the upper 6's or mid 7's.Paul said: BloodRequiem said: Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. Shouldn't be a problem. No different than people making a review when the anime isn't over. Regardless, I'm still expecting the show to score in the high 7's or the 8's by the end, at least on MAL. It's the same pattern with every hyped anime, good example would be Guilty Crown. Except the first 2-3 episodes are nothing like what it is currently. No. I think Paul's estimate is pretty damn spot on because MAL has shit taste and 7-10 rating system. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
BloodRequiem said: Paul said: BloodRequiem said: Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. Shouldn't be a problem. No different than people making a review when the anime isn't over. Regardless, I'm still expecting the show to score in the high 7's or the 8's by the end, at least on MAL. It's the same pattern with every hyped anime, good example would be Guilty Crown. Except the first 2-3 episodes are nothing like what it is currently. I don't think it'll really matter considering most people don't base their ratings base on episode rather most go the simple way of simply rating the series purely on enjoyment factor. |
AiCon said: BloodRequiem said: I've rated this a 6 and I've seen plenty of others rate this even lower. That should hopefully even things out.AiCon said: BloodRequiem said: I agree. I think that Paul is being a bit too generous. I'd expect it to be in the upper 6's or mid 7's.Paul said: BloodRequiem said: Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. Shouldn't be a problem. No different than people making a review when the anime isn't over. Regardless, I'm still expecting the show to score in the high 7's or the 8's by the end, at least on MAL. It's the same pattern with every hyped anime, good example would be Guilty Crown. Except the first 2-3 episodes are nothing like what it is currently. No. I think Paul's estimate is pretty damn spot on because MAL has shit taste and 7-10 rating system. For every one person rating it 6 or under, there will be 10 people rating it 7 or above. Lol |
AiCon said: Paul said: Like I said: mid 7's.AiCon said: BloodRequiem said: I've rated this a 6 and I've seen plenty of others rate this even lower. That should hopefully even things out.AiCon said: BloodRequiem said: I agree. I think that Paul is being a bit too generous. I'd expect it to be in the upper 6's or mid 7's.Paul said: BloodRequiem said: Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. Shouldn't be a problem. No different than people making a review when the anime isn't over. Regardless, I'm still expecting the show to score in the high 7's or the 8's by the end, at least on MAL. It's the same pattern with every hyped anime, good example would be Guilty Crown. Except the first 2-3 episodes are nothing like what it is currently. No. I think Paul's estimate is pretty damn spot on because MAL has shit taste and 7-10 rating system. For every one person rating it 6 or under, there will be 10 people rating it 7 or above. Lol I guess it's because I'm still new and I still have faith in people. lol Guilty Crown is still 7.8 There's no way this shit's dropping below 8. Give it another season or so and you'll learn to not put any faith in MAL. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| Its alright if you don't expect too much from it. I haven't seen it all but based from what I have seen I could still recommend giving it a try. It only gets a lot of hate because the fans seem to think its the best anime ever. I would put it in the same category as guilty crown and elfen lied being somewhat entertaining but a little disappointing at times due to what it could have been. |
Mikasa said: This show is a masterpiece. Possibly the best anime show in (recent) history. Animation is almost as good as Fate/Zero, but the story is better than anything i've seen. Kirito is the smartest character in anime. woah I know you like the anime and all but the animation is def not like fate/zero not even close. If you go on the forums you'll see people praising the animation of Fate/zero which has the animation of a full length movie seriously. That's pretty exaggerated this anime is for people who are interested in a romance story/ gaming world slice of life |
| watch it yourself.. judge it yourself.. do not let anyone influence your enjoyment.. i recommend that after watching the anime, have some time to read the LN to have a more detailed explanation of the things that happened |
Amon-Raw said: Mikasa said: This show is a masterpiece. Possibly the best anime show in (recent) history. Animation is almost as good as Fate/Zero, but the story is better than anything i've seen. Kirito is the smartest character in anime. woah I know you like the anime and all but the animation is def not like fate/zero not even close. If you go on the forums you'll see people praising the animation of Fate/zero which has the animation of a full length movie seriously. That's pretty exaggerated this anime is for people who are interested in a romance story/ gaming world ...Did you actually think Mikasa was being serious? The last sentence is pretty much a dead give away. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
BloodRequiem said: Amon-Raw said: Mikasa said: This show is a masterpiece. Possibly the best anime show in (recent) history. Animation is almost as good as Fate/Zero, but the story is better than anything i've seen. Kirito is the smartest character in anime. woah I know you like the anime and all but the animation is def not like fate/zero not even close. If you go on the forums you'll see people praising the animation of Fate/zero which has the animation of a full length movie seriously. That's pretty exaggerated this anime is for people who are interested in a romance story/ gaming world ...Did you actually think Mikasa was being serious? The last sentence is pretty much a dead give away. Lol you never know some fans of this anime say some exaggerated stuff about it |
AiCon said: Paul said: Like I said: mid 7's.AiCon said: BloodRequiem said: I've rated this a 6 and I've seen plenty of others rate this even lower. That should hopefully even things out.AiCon said: BloodRequiem said: I agree. I think that Paul is being a bit too generous. I'd expect it to be in the upper 6's or mid 7's.Paul said: BloodRequiem said: Paul said: Honestly, I wouldn't take anything serious on this forum when it comes to SAO. Despite all the negative and low scored reviews, look at the current rating. What does that say? Lots of fanboys? Probably, but hey, it must be extremely enjoyable to have gotten that much to begin with. Oh and Suguha's boobies. Half the viewers didn't vote yet. I'd say over 80% of the current votes are from the first 2-3 episodes. Shouldn't be a problem. No different than people making a review when the anime isn't over. Regardless, I'm still expecting the show to score in the high 7's or the 8's by the end, at least on MAL. It's the same pattern with every hyped anime, good example would be Guilty Crown. Except the first 2-3 episodes are nothing like what it is currently. No. I think Paul's estimate is pretty damn spot on because MAL has shit taste and 7-10 rating system. For every one person rating it 6 or under, there will be 10 people rating it 7 or above. Lol I guess it's because I'm still new and I still have faith in people. lol Thanks to the latest ep I am thinking of lowering it to 6.Knowing what is happening in the LN just makes it worse when seeing "it" in the anime. |
| Sword Art Online is the worst anime ever. |
| It started off with an excellent sci-fi premise with a lot of potential. However, as we got further into the show, it turned out that it was going to be more focused on romance, with the main character white knighting all the girls in the game. Then, they introduced the second love interest... In other words, go in knowing the genre and it isn't half bad, but don't expect what it isn't. SAO is harem with a sci-fi background. Why would you not watching something that's controversial? That doesn't make any sense. |
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Redfoxoffire said: Sword Art Online is the worst anime ever. But that's not Eiken... |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| Compared to the light novel, Sword Art Online is definitely a let-down. Personally, I'd still recommend it but it wouldn't be on the top of my list compared to other anime out there. I agree with katsucats, the description of being more focused on romance is accurate since a lot of the characters do develop interest in the main character. That being said, I personally liked the romance in the anime. Without it the anime loses all of its punch, especially in the first season and even in the second season. Of course, if you're only interested in seeing sword fights like Bleach than you probably will be very disappointed. Considering all the romance and heart-wrenching side-stories as filler between fights would be a tragedy. Almost all the fights revolved around dying in real life when you die in-game, and if the only person that cared they were dying was the person dying, the anime would have no emotional pull for deaths. |
| Lower your expectations is all the advice I can give you. Actually, I just saw your favorite list, I think you'll be able to enjoy this show. |
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Redfoxoffire said: Sword Art Online is the worst anime ever. Your favorite animes and genres seems to be pretty much the opposite of what is in SAO, so stop bitching about how everyone doesn't seem to have the same taste as yours... |
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omfgugay said: Redfoxoffire said: Sword Art Online is the worst anime ever. Your favorite animes and genres seems to be pretty much the opposite of what is in SAO, so stop bitching about how everyone doesn't seem to have the same taste as yours... You what? People would actually take you seriously if didn't use only 1,5, and 10s as your ratings. That and...your name. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| C'mon, most of you have been on MAL longer than me, there's no way this show is going below 8.3 or 8.4, the current arc is decent too, the current score giving the current amount of episodes aired is top 5 pattern, the score will rise after the last ep, it'll take a couple of weeks after before it starts coming down imo if it ever. I'm not an SAO hater, i think its okay, despite its flaws the show delivers what most average users are looking for, very few people usually people who have watched anime for a while actually care about plot, character development, animation and whatnot, so far the show has action, fanservice and a nice story, it will receive more 10s |
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| Because I have been forbidden to use the Naruto copypasta to show how SAO is bad and draw allusions to how they are similar, I'll instead give bullet points. >Rushed, nonsensical plot filled with jarring time skips >Gary Stu >Bland love interest >Bland characters >Mediocre OST >Mediocre fights >Pandering of the worst kind >Minimal use of its setting (you could just use a standard fantasy setting instead of an MMO and there would be no difference) >Fanbase of the worst kind (see: episode 9. The whole forum erupted in praise for a mediocre fight scene and Kirito using his usual Gary Stu powers to get through the plot. No tactics or anything) And finally, it's because of topics like these that we hate SAO. And now I'll retreat and come back later to berate you guys for extending the discussion to 10+ pages. |
Xaliuss said: Redfoxoffire said: Sword Art Online is the worst anime ever. LOL-ed at your MAL. Only one ongoing of 30 rated? it's SAO and it gets 1. No other anime of 500+ titles completed has 1 as it's rating. Even Guilty Crown dropped at 9/22 has 3. Just another hater, who hates even not the show itself but only it's rating... I can only laugh. Although sure, 1 isn't exactly a fair score, I can't take any of your words as serious as his/hers. You rated SAO a 10 and even that Sword Art Offline special a 10.. I mean come on man. ChrisNP said: I wish you haters would off yourselves, or at least stop posting about an anime you don't like. You're everything that's wrong with the world. Yes, haters do exist, but a lot of people don't just hate randomly. If no one were to complain, criticize or point out faults in shows every anime good or bad would only have high ratings. |
Touch me, you filthy casual~ |
| The hypocrisy in this thread sure escalated quickly. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
ChrisNP said: A little dramatic, aren't we here? If you need everyone to agree with you, go use a mirror.I wish you haters would off yourselves, or at least stop posting about an anime you don't like. You're everything that's wrong with the world. |
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| I actually find SAO pretty entertaining. Fuck me right? |
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ChrisNP said: That hurts man, don't be mean.katsucats said: A little dramatic, aren't we here? If you need everyone to agree with you, go use a mirror. I would let you disagree with me if I wasn't sure that you're a misanthrope hosebag. |
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Necro-sama said: I actually find SAO pretty entertaining. Fuck me right? Naw. It's already been established that shit can be enjoyable. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| popcorn anyone?? haters will never stop hating |
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