| (😂 'Soul Reasons') I am describing in points because it's so easy for me. My reasons: 1. I am a programmer (Probably AI like in SAO will never be made but still worthy to enjoy exploring) 2. I am a huge/great gamer. (I can't even mention publishers here because they are too many but I can mention a game played at professional and International level DOTA 2: https://youtu.be/3k-cTvUwioc) 3: I like romance and tragic stories. (Those where everyone have their own dreams) 4: Soundtracks and Art. (Always my best reasons) |
H_LightstoneMay 15, 2020 10:32 PM
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| no 30 more characters are unnecessary. |
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| The #1. reason to like it is because it is amusing to watch as most "hardcore" anime fans will start to seethe at the very implication that it is anything but "overhyped trash" but will go on to praise JoJo despite it being the exact same thing. I wasn't a huge fan of the originals, they were entertaining but nothing super. I did really like GGO, they did a good job explaining the in-game mechanics and the battles had decent tension to them. Also, girls with guns are the best, M is the best character though..... |
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| I didn't really like the first part that much, but the GGO part is what I really like about it. Sinon's pretty cool, and pretty much the same thing's Disco mentioned, the mechanics explained and the like. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas "Woof" -Tobiichi Origami "Are you trying to turn the dormitory into a strip club!?! -Atena Saotome |
MakingTheMaouCry said: That last part is funny XD and also good :). I feel and think same.Also it would be awesome if it can become a reality. The game not the death part. |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| My reasons are simple: Sinon The fact that the main guy is beating the shit outta every bad guy, kinda like Hokuto no Ken. |
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| Ok, now seriously. I agree, that SAO is exceptionally edgy show, especially It's protagonist. But what SAO is supposed to deliver, it does. Exhilarating action and visuals. Yuki Kajiura is known for the best composer in anime industry for a reason. |
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| Because it has hot girls. And I mean, the concept itself is really cool, I can see why it would appeal to people. |
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| That's ma man! I didn't knew that part before you told. |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| I too,i love playing games,especially RPG's. I Really loved romance between Kirito and Asuna,music is outstanding,especially Crossing Field,Shirushi and forget-me not,fight scenes and i really love main female characters such as Asuna,Leafa,Sinon,Yuuki,LLENN and Alice,even the video game characters such as Philia and Strea (from SAO:Hollow Fragment) Like i wrote in my SAO Alicization review: 'Why some people who dislike or hate flaws that are not a big deal? Because some flaws that are not fatal or can be overlooked are too much for some part of audience who were high at expectations or have different tastes and standards. They focus too much on problems rather than thinking of good points and hidden gems. Sword Art Online anime series have huge commercial success and look at stats at MAL,so many people gave 10/10's,9/10's,8/10's and 7/10's. That means that majority liked or loved them. What kind of 'bad' protagonist is number 13 and have 32,839 favorites in MAL? What kind of 'bad' waifu is number 37 and 20,164 favorites in MAL? What kind of 'bad' anime gets this huge success? What kind of 'bad' light novels sold 22 million copies worldwide? What kind of 'bad' anime movie gets 38.2 million dollars at box office? From merchandise to video games such as Hollow Fragment,Lost Song,Hollow Realization,Accel World vs SAO and Fatal Bullet,those are proof of SAO's success and popularity. If anime and light novels were THAT bad,it's would not get such a huge commercial success and popularity,fan base,merchandise and video games and i would not talk about it here. If anime series are successful and if majority loved it or liked it,then they are objectively good anime series.' Sword Art Online anime series do have problems,but i am willing to excuse most of them because anime series charmed me so much with it's unique style. No matter how flawed is it,i still maintain it's awesome anime. I have watched worst anime such as Mars of Destruction,Tenkuu Daizai Skelter Heaven,Wounded Man,Garzey's Wings,Psychic Wars,Hanoka,Dark Cat,Vampire Holmes,all episodes of Generation of Chaos and Pupa and let me tell you,SAO is nothing compared to them,flaws they have are in whole different level. One last thing,my favorite SAO characters and waifus are indeed flawed,but they are enjoyable and lovable like hell if you overlook their flaws. |
| There is no bad waifu,only bad anime. |
Mirai said: Because it has hot girls. And I mean, the concept itself is really cool, I can see why it would appeal to people. Kono hentai!!1 more characters are unnecessary. XD |
H_LightstoneJul 15, 2019 11:46 AM
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| If you're a programmer, you should already know the importance of correct syntax and spelling. It's "sole", not "soul". Either way, regarding my two cents on SAO, i suppose i'm in the minority that thinks it's just "ok". It's neither the great modern classic anime the fandom claims it is, nor the unwatchable dumpster fire its detractors label it as (i've seen way worse, at the very least); though i will concede their point that its huge popularity is perhaps undeserved. I got surface-level entertainment out of it, which is about as much as i was expecting in the first place. I'm only commenting on Season 1, btw. Haven't watched the other franchise entries yet. EDIT: oh shit, i just realized i completely ignored the point of this thread. Anyway: |
Stygian_PrisonerJul 17, 2019 12:29 PM
| I also have written reviews for SAO. :) |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| because it was a fun watch. At least the Aincrad arc |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| It's Sole, not soul. ............... |
Read Toriko! |
Stygian_Prisoner said: I knew I wasn't a good bug tester but my teachers say I am pretty good. I think that's because human make mistakes, even they are good.. (All just stupid stuff I wanted to say)If you're a programmer, you should already know the importance of correct syntax and spelling. It's "sole", not "soul". |
H_LightstoneJul 15, 2019 11:28 AM
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| Don't you know I'm SAO fan, "I don't care". Just kidding XD |
H_LightstoneJul 16, 2019 12:25 AM
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| My reasons: 1. it's a good anime. 2. nothing. It's just a good anime. |
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| "True fan"!20 more characters are unnecessary. |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| I swear its like the threads made the last few days have been made intentionally to incite me. SAO is great, point blank period. I've been owning these threads for almost a decade now. |
 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ Let him be accursed O Lord, Amen! |
| Gay for Kirito is the only reason you need to like Sao. |
| I would say 1. The combat is well animated. 2. The music is stellar. 3. Some good characters like Sinon and Alice 4. Sometimes the story is interesting 5. Comedy 6. DIstinct enemies and locations 7. Power fantasy |
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| Sword Art Online does not shy away about revealing the characters love affairs. Like I personally enjoy listening to songs more when I have a girl. Add in the general possibility that most people do play games casually, it's a train ride to Busan. |
| 1. I wanted to see what the fuzz was all about 2. I just really wanted to watch something with artwork exactly like that of Sword Art Online 3. I couldn't just keep it on hold forever, now could I? |
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| I think the art style and the characters. SAO was the first anime I've ever watched fully, but I definitely see why a lot of people don't like it, but I can also see why people do like it. The whole concept is pretty interesting as well. |
| 1. Silica 2. The action scenes The games are way better though. So is the GGO spin off with the pink loli. |
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| Honestly I've seen worst, so SAO is just a potentially failed anime(We need to animated Progressive). Besides the plot and characters, everything is good. |
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| I really wanted to see what a "soul reason" was...disappointed. |
| I am one of those people who is in the middle, between liking and not liking SAO. (I think I lean a bit more towards the liking side) I understand why people don't like it, and I understand and emphasize with some of those reasons. Though, here are all of the things I love about SAO: 1. Art and animation is STUNNING 2. Soundtrack is AMAZING 3. Cool character designs 4. Voice acting is incredible (for Cherami Leigh, Haruka Tomatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ai Kayano, Brandon Winckler, Kayli Mills, etc.) 5. Even if it has flaws, the story is definitely very unique and fun. 6. It's very entertaining and suspenseful. 7. Eugeo 8. Kirito 9. Asuna 10. The sad moments really hit you hard 11. The action 12. No matter how flawed you think the characters are, you really feel a connection to a lot of them. 13. Alicization arc. 14. We all wish the NerveGear was real, minus the dying in real life part. 15. The actual game of SAO itself is beautifully designed, and I would love to play it 16. THAT HEARTBREAKING SCENE AT THE END OF ALICIZATION PART 1 And probably a lot more. |
"Smiles and laughter are always good, but never forget your poker face." -Kaito Kuroba (aka Kaitou Kid) "A thief is a creative artist who takes his prey in style. But a detective is nothing more than a critic who follows our footsteps." -Kaito Kuroba (aka Kaitou Kid)  |
| Sole = 1 by the way. I have multiple reasons. -I liked the characters -I find the story concept of being able to be injured or killed in videogame very interesting -I like romance and think Kirito and Asuna made a good couple -I love Yuki Kajiura music -It's both dramatic in places and humorous in others -The art is good -It was decently animated -The action scenes were pretty good -OP characters are fun |
KruszerJul 15, 2019 8:33 PM
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| The sole reason,Of course is that I associate myself with Asuna And Of Course My love for Kirito-kun(however,there are two reasons,but still for me no problem) |
| I can't speak for the anime, but Fatal Bullet is a pretty good Phantasy Star Online type of game. |
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Piromysl said: no 30 more characters are unnecessary. Idk if it's more impressive that Kirito deus ex machina'd the first arc or you posting without the 30 character limit Gg |
What a beautiful Duwang |
| It was pretty good back when I watched. Of course, I was like 12 at the time and I didn’t know what anime was, so probably if I watched it again I wouldn’t like it very much |
If you're reading this, You must be really bored. |
| uhh the only reason i can think of is that it has a good soundtrack |
| It pretty much predicted the Battle Royale boom that would come with H1Z1 which then Continued with PUBG and Fortnite in GGO. If you don't overanalyze it its a entertaining show but that's about it really. |
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| They are my favorites in there own seasons. By the way who is this girl in your profile picture? She looks like sister of Konno Yuuki. |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
Lof said: I agree on this but...The game developing and the different ways people behave on it had potential for tons of episodes instead of only 12 or 13... This is not simple as it looks, writing is not easy. I once tried to write a novel with every single fact explaining in it but ended up in writing the most important part. |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| Interesting that a lot of people are saying the soundtrack - when, to me, this is one of the more phoned-in OSTs that Kajiura's ever done. It's just not... distinctive, I guess, in the way that a lot of her other ones are. I mean, it's not like I've listened to her entire discography or anything, but I do know that Kara no Kyoukai has an entirely different sound to Fate/Zero, and both of those have an entirely different sound to Madoka Magica. I mean, the main SAO theme is literally just 'Rule the Battlefield' from Fate/Zero's first album, again. This is a shame, because it was hearing that Kajiura was doing the OST that convinced me to give SAO a go, after having read the novels a couple of years previously. I did end up enjoying it, but not because of the soundtrack. If I had to point to a reason... I'unno, generally high production values maybe? |
| Yes these are also the reasons.characters limit. |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
Alice, Kirito and Konno Yuuki are overpowered but I loved that fact, I like OP characters/heroes! (Like Saitama, the most OP character/hero of all time) |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| Alice (The best), Asuna and Sugu are my waifus from SAO series. :D |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
| The soundtrack, the artwork, the action, the beauty, almost everything is enjoyable except the story! |
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| You just need clear ears and a kind heart to love SAO's soundtracks. |
"The most amazing and interesting story in this world ever existed is the story of the world itself where all stories happened" -Hassaan Lightstone- |
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