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sunnykappa said: Kitsu-nee said: The best part of this ep was when Kirito's sword grew longer after he thought about Asuna xD You can't make this shit up. Other than that, has it really been like ~2 years for Kirito? He's acting like it's been two weeks or so, not worried that much about himself, Asuna, or real life in general. Or at least it's not delivered clearly. What do you think that flower scene was for ? Yeah, and crying over flowers does not seem like 2 years worth of despair or loneliness to me ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ |
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bhaizett said: sunnykappa said: You do realise why he cried over the flowers right? Or you want him to commit suicide due to the despair he is in. Crying over a flower is fine as long as it's actually believeable or relatable. You don't expect people to just relates to his feelings from just 1 episodes right? Fast pace is fine as long as you know how to do it(Sees bunny girl Senpai.) Also, it's super over-the-top. Him crying felt like he's just over-reacting. I haven't read the manga/Light Novel, but apparently there is a lot of info they didn't add in. Though I think the point got across. Kirito is been there for 2 years in a world that feels realistic with no contact from the outside, then some cun*s come and destroy your flowers that you been growing & were meant for your mentor. That would push kiritos anxiety threshold that hes been holding up. That's how i saw it anyways. |
TodAboT said: LaughingCoffinx said: I haven't read the manga/Light Novel, but apparently there is a lot of info they didn't add in. Though I think the point got across. Kirito is been there for 2 years in a world that feels realistic with no contact from the outside, then some cun*s come and destroy your flowers that you been growing & were meant for your mentor. That would push kiritos anxiety threshold that hes been holding up. That's how i saw it anyways. >*friends get killed* >"I'm a little sad" >*flowers are killed* >*cries a lot* I'm not sure what friends your talking about 🤔 Are you talking about Sachi from season 1? If so, He kept bringing it up during the entire season. It effected him more than just a 'little sad. Though again, the point of kirito & the flower is fairly simple to understand... |
Windman said: Splizzex said: When Kirito cries more from the death of the flowers than from the death of that girl from Season 1 you know they did something wrong back then. Not really, back in season1 he was a loner that didnt have any real connection to the real world, so being in SAO didnt bother him all that much. The death of Sachi and the guild hit him a bit but it was still just some random people he had known for days. Right now he has friends, family and and lover to think of in the real world. Being trapped in Underworld for 1.5 year(not knowing how much time has passed really or even if Asuna and his friends are fine) by that time has put incredibly emotional strain on himself and seeing something he had worked hard for, for the last 6 months, just get destroyed, wrecked him because of all that pent-up emotional stress. The anime did a really great job of portraying that. I remember when they interviewed Kirito's actual character way back when, Kirito said his first love was from the first guild he was in. Obviously that was Sachi, so I don't know he was so unaffected like you say. And this "Imagination" thing... Is this supposed to be the Incarnation thing from Accel World? Because it seems like that's the route it's going. |
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| Meh, SAO is finally back to its core after episode 5... (Ep5~6 huge exposition dump) This ep8 combat is pretty meh at best. All they do is use one skill, and then imagine who has more tragic backstory/ I can't lose yet yadayada, and got a free boost~~~ There I thought we'd get something more exceptional from SAO this season.. EP1~4 is probably the best episodes of SAO season 3 so far. |
Splizzex said: When Kirito cries more from the death of the flowers than from the death of that girl from Season 1 you know they did something wrong back then. Flower >> trash waifu. I see nothing wrong here. |
Kitsu-nee said: The best part of this ep was when Kirito's sword grew longer after he thought about Asuna xD You can't make this shit up. . Hahahahah, you got me there. So true. |
bhaizett said: ronelm2000 said: Kayaba is someone who never did his research on MMO psychology; devs got their mechanics wrong. Is it really the fault of the series? Or is it actually the fault of the ones who developed the game? As far as I know, Underworld itself wasn't even designed to be a game, let alone a fun game. It was designed to be a simulation for civilization. And what lazy way to do it than to copy The Seed's world generation, which just happens to copy out the bad design choices of SAO. And let's not even get into the mechanics of "being locked with a combo", since some people actually like the fact that you can't cancel your combo because it leaves an opening in PvP. Is this true? If Kayaba didn't do any researches on MMO then why in the living world is he creating an MMO? And yes, I personally think it's the fault of the series. It shows that author also didn't do enough researches on a game, if you're gonna create a game based on this particular genre, do some reserach on it. Also, by ppl do you mean RL ppl in a RL MMO, or players in SAO? As for the defense against the Overhead Cut. The shockwaves would be released when the atk is landed, right? I see. Then why is this such a slow skills to land a hit? If Kiri2 can do this big over-swing attack to hit Volo's Blade, not 2 but 3 times. It doesn't make any sense. In the LN it's probably better depicted than this. But damn, is the anime just did a terrible job adapting the fight. Even if the strike is a faster in slow mo, for Kiri2 to be able to parry the Sword still shows how slow the skills is. Avalanche was not slow, but vertical square was much faster. It was possible to move that fast only by system assist that makes body move on its own. The whole thing was shown in slow motion though, probably to allow for monologues. It doesn't matter in LN where author can insert as much monologue as he wants in the middle of a fight, but it becomes hard to animate. |
bhaizett said: Chrome_Falcon said: Avalanche was not slow, but vertical square was much faster. It was possible to move that fast only by system assist that makes body move on its own. The whole thing was shown in slow motion though, probably to allow for monologues. It doesn't matter in LN where author can insert as much monologue as he wants in the middle of a fight, but it becomes hard to animate. I disagree. Even without the slow motion, it's still slow. Remember the Spinning move kiri2 does in his 3rd cut? The time went back to normal yet it's still not landed on Kiri2 despite both of them are at a close distance to each other. I tried speeding up the fight but it's still slower compares to Kiri2 spin attack. As for the monologue, I don't recall Kiri2 saying anything in-between the fight. So what's the point of doing it in slow motion? A question though, is the system assist also the one that caused the players to be able to cancel skills once used? The time never went back to normal speed till the swords got locked with each other. It would have been more convincing if the studio included both of them in one frame together in that scene. The monologue occurs after they lock swords. So I think they slowed the fight down just to make the animation easier to do. Yes, system assist takes over the player's body and forcefully executes moves. Once initiated, they cannot be stopped till their execution is completed or the stance is disrupted. It is possible to cancel it after its initiation by the efforts of the player, by forcing his hand movements away from the path the sword would take, against the external force, so that the stance is disrupted. |
Mattinator95 said: Chrome_Falcon said: The time never went back to normal speed till the swords got locked with each other. It would have been more convincing if the studio included both of them in one frame together in that scene. The monologue occurs after they lock swords. So I think they slowed the fight down just to make the animation easier to do. Yes, system assist takes over the player's body and forcefully executes moves. Once initiated, they cannot be stopped till their execution is completed or the stance is disrupted. It is possible to cancel it after its initiation by the efforts of the player, by forcing his hand movements away from the path the sword would take, against the external force, so that the stance is disrupted. i thought the system assist doesn't occur in the underworld or did i miss something System assist is present in underworld. The thing is, anime never explained about system assist. It was previously only present in SAO and was absent in ALO and GGO. So Kirito concludes that it is not included in the seed. So why it is present in underworld is a mystery for now. |
| Underwhelming episode with an underwhelming fight and an underwhelming attempt to make us feel “emotional” Hopefully next will be better. |
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| Oh, right, there was Kirito and some guy about to have a duel. I wish I would remember after only two Asuna episodes. Anyway, this stuff is good, I like it. But it is just me or Kirito and Eugeo bromance looks so gay all the time? |
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| I think this was the best episode so far(upto 9). And I really liked that flashback with flowers and crying and all lol. |
| Probably my favorite episode yet. It's really sad that Kikuoka doesn't consider any of the people in this world actual humans :/ We know that that's far from the truth, now especially. Volo took the lost way better than I thought he would. To stay on top for the whole year, only to lose in the very last exam and also right after a draw with a trainee. All of this while carrying the pressure of his family name on his back. What a good sport. We're 8 episodes in and we know so little about this vast world. We barely know anything at all about the Dark Territory, and have no idea of what awaits at the capital. Makes me super excited for the next 41 episodes! |
He's thinking of the bath scene from the movie. |
| Kirito the florist!! Jokes aside, I had the impression we would see Liena-senpai for a longer period, was her role on the LN that short? I dont remenber... Now is time for both Kirito and Eugeo to be the senpais! With 2 really cute kouhais there xD |
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| Any normal boys can grow their sword every morning even without any power of imagination.. |
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| So now the imagination interferes in the power... |
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Pedram said: bittersweetlove said: So now the imagination interferes in the power... tbh the correct translation should be "Incarnation" not imagination, but they subbed it like this lol becouse it' more of a Will power and the power of belief ! and not just imagination. you got to completely believe it in yourself to do something and that won't work just by "imagining it hard enough" coz even if u lie to yourself to believe in yourself, deep down you know you lying to yourself lol. if u are doubtful for a moment or your will is unstable. not only it will not help u but you lose your power and become weaker. Oh I see, so it's the will power and belief, thanks! |
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| I just hoped that Kirito would get completly defeated in this fight to give him some development but nahh its Kirito how can he even lose once.. Still he got a tiny bit of development by this howl "will power" Note: Kirito should be 21 or so, because of the faster time thing but still looks like 16 maybe his body only grows when his Character does....ok jokes aside its just a bit confusing to me |
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