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VanishingKira said: Based SAO with ryona now wew How those people even come with shit like this. lol Sometimes I wish that LN and manga didn't get adaptations, because my god, I have to read some of the most bizarre things that I never read on their original format by anime only people. It's like female characters never were killed in anime (and in this case, on a VRMMORPG GGO in a tournament, which the game has a pain inhibitor unlike in project Alicization) |
| Ahhhh this is getting sooo good! Asuna is finally joining the battle and the rest of the gang won't be far behind i reckon. On another note; why the fuck would you leave ruling rank characters of the DARK TERRITORY unlocked?! That's just asking for trouble... Kikuoka should never be allowed to work in this field again, he's too dangerous with the tech! Also, i might be wrong but i feel like i remember seeing that blond guy in SAO Alternative? |
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This was the best episode of Alicization so far! I loved the artwork and the technological talk, and that two members of the raiding part are diving into Underworld as well as Asuna - wow, that Miller is an SOB but it will be an interesting dynamic to see him as an adversary, and as an Emperor of the Dark Territory no less! Also, what was that ominous dream that Sinon had? I can't wait to find out more about it! This is getting a provisional 9/10 from me and I think it bodes well for what's to follow - I think Alicization is finally living up to the hype and my high expectations for it :D |
caio_brb said: Thank you. I hate so many SAO fans that are completely clueless about when it was actually created and written and even why. I do miss when this series was just some random free to read story online as an alternative to Dot Hack before Kawahara made changes to it and started actually selling it (nothing against the man making his hustle work for him. I just hate the current fanbase). FaffywaffleJLA said: Stupid comment. Saber may have been inspired from Agrias since FFT was 1998 and FSN was 2004, but every other clone after that have all been Saber clones. Nobody in the 2000s is gonna give a shit about some 1998 character, everybody by this point knows who Saber is and is one of the most popular characters in anime and in Japan. So every blonde haired, sword wielding girl knight these days is a mother fucking saber clone. Violet evergarden is also a saber clone, you gonna tell me she was also inspired by Agrias? I fucking doubt it. Alice was created as a character at the same time as Saber, so yes, it's much more likely for her to be inspired by Agria than by a character from a visual novel which Kawahara never has been a fan of the genre and at the same time, he created her on the same time period. |
| Finaly Asuna decided to dive in underworld in order to help Kirito, i am so excited, i was waiting for that since the beginning! So the leader of the invader was one that was an enemie in GGO, and what was that users in dark territory without any login protection, damn they will be strong for sure! Didn't expect to see a lord of dark territory wanting to negotiate piece with human empire, and even ask Lipia for be his wife, what a guy! looks like there is good people in dark territory! What was that Sinon dream, damn! So excited for next episodes! |
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MetaKite said: caio_brb said: Thank you. I hate so many SAO fans that are completely clueless about when it was actually created and written and even why. I do miss when this series was just some random free to read story online as an alternative to Dot Hack before Kawahara made changes to it and started actually selling it (nothing against the man making his hustle work for him. I just hate the current fanbase). Alice was created as a character at the same time as Saber, so yes, it's much more likely for her to be inspired by Agria than by a character from a visual novel which Kawahara never has been a fan of the genre and at the same time, he created her on the same time period. I have to say, I miss too. Sometimes I wish it was never adapted to anime because of how things got in the anime community. |
| Pretty exciting episode with a lot explained, nice build up for the next one. Looking forward to seeing what happens next. |
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Siglius said: CeddyyBearr said: So the two bad guys has dived into the Underworld. Also Asuna will be joining the world too. Things are gonna get spicy. I wonder what was all about that dream Sinon had, it honestly looked like it will have something to do with currents events. The person who choked her seems to be an American. Maybe it's connected to the group that invaded the turtle. Can't wait to see Asuna in the Underworld and team up with Alice. It's literally the same guy as the one who's leading the attack on the Ocean Turtle. She also mentioned in the very first episode last season that she wanted Kirito and Asuna to help her take on this Subtilizer guy who completely shat on her in the last tournament. She had a nightmare about that event in that tournament. It wasn't a dream. That literally happened. Oh shit, you're right, I have forgotten about it. Tnx for pointing that out though! |
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| they made a nice connection with the GGO flashback, but skipped Gabriel's flashback, welp. At least we got to see a easter egg of Alicia during the dive in lol i dont remember that part in ALO with kirito shit companions, glad that it wasnt long tho heyyy its shasta and lipia... Wait, didn't Lipia had a more darker skin? next episode we start the best part of volume 15, nice also the subs REALLY used Vecta instead of Vector LUL |
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| I hate that Asuna is diving in to save the day. Just let Alice do her thing. Asuna is trash. IMO The Sinon Flashback was amazing and for that to happen along with Yui's message they'll probably all jack into the Underworld eventually as well. |
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| That scene with Sinon turned me on. |
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| Well, we already knew Asuna was going to dive in from last episode when she glanced glared at the empty terminal. So, the time finally has come. And of course nobody used the bad guy high level account so they're unprotected...you had one job sysadmin, xD |
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| The waifu diving in to save Kirito, LETS GOOOO! Can't wait until Asuna and Alice meet! The ending was pretty cool because that guy just spawned in on the throne, pretty clean scene. |
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| Completely unironically, I don't get the hate for the rapey/fanservicey stuff in SAO. It's as if anime was a completely chaste medium that strayed away from anything remotely controversial until SAO came along and defiled its purity. Oh, wait. I like SAO for what it is, perverse events and all. I really do. The perverse events that the females undergo is in part fan-service for the audience, but a safe one at that, precisely because they know that Kirito will come in and rescue them at the end. In this respect, they can then enjoy the scene from a multitude of perspectives. They can put themselves in the villain's shoes and experience subjugating the female characters and they can see themselves as the hero that saves the girl at the end. In a way, the girls' purity remaining intact at the end only serves to facilitate the abuse without ruining the character for both Kirito and the fans. It's having the cake and eating it. For what it is, it's brilliant. |
| I had trouble staying awake this episode, the bad guys are so uninteresting/boring. I had to rewatch some scenes multiple times because of it. |
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| I actually enjoyed this episode quite a lot. The thematic concerns and choreography was on point, and the plot seems a bit darker this season, which I like. |
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| I love Asuna's guts and the ability to take action! She will help Kirito!! |
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caio_brb said: VanishingKira said: Based SAO with ryona now wew How those people even come with shit like this. lol Sometimes I wish that LN and manga didn't get adaptations, because my god, I have to read some of the most bizarre things that I never read on their original format by anime only people. It's like female characters never were killed in anime (and in this case, on a VRMMORPG GGO in a tournament, which the game has a pain inhibitor unlike in project Alicization) Welcome to western anime fans. You just can't win against these guys. If she didn't get hurt, people would complain about mary sue. |
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SoraSenpai said: I hate that Asuna is diving in to save the day. Just let Alice do her thing. Asuna is trash. IMO The Sinon Flashback was amazing and for that to happen along with Yui's message they'll probably all jack into the Underworld eventually as well. Both will have their moment. They're the protagonists of that part of the arc. Formidable-chan said: caio_brb said: How those people even come with shit like this. lol Sometimes I wish that LN and manga didn't get adaptations, because my god, I have to read some of the most bizarre things that I never read on their original format by anime only people. It's like female characters never were killed in anime (and in this case, on a VRMMORPG GGO in a tournament, which the game has a pain inhibitor unlike in project Alicization) Welcome to western anime fans. You just can't win against these guys. If she didn't get hurt, people would complain about mary sue. it's bizarre that we're on such point |
| So the US is back at it again At least Asuna is finally gonna dive in Sounds like a lot is gonna happen next |
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| I guess it was an alright episode? |
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| If this episode is used to explain the enemies' rationale, it is nothing more than filler. To risk this, Asuka would risk her life at the expense of the STL being in its final stages...so other than to rescue Alice, there isn't much incentive. I'm gonna guess that Sinon's encounter with the same enemy (that's attacking the Ocean Turtle now) is something of note, but not really sure what to make of it now. Lots of plotholes here and there, just really wanting to know what's going on. |
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| Don't know what to say about this, but it looks like SAO maybe gets bad. For some reason I found the Dark Knights of the Dark Territory happened to quickly, but yeah that's just my assumption. Maybe the other reason is, when the whole harem dive the Underworld, I can't tell wether this is bad or good now but I hope it will be good as the previous season. |
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| So finally our girl Asuna is diving to save Kirito. Really looking forward to next episode. |
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| well hmmm.. asuna to the rescue |
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| an intro into another intro, like two intros in consecutive weeks. here we go, boys! |
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| I'm actually happy that they decided reveal all the boring RIDICULOUS NOSENSE BACKGROUND behind the plot soon in the 3rd episode, so now the series can focus on baddass action, fights, rape, love triangle and the other things SAO is well knowed for. Sure that in the 5th episode nobody will remember or cares about how stupid is the plot about "bad americans who use sunglasses at night stealing an anti-ethical tecnology - made for people fool enough to protect it in a base isolated in the sea and easily acessed for home-submarine - about awkward AI explanation and contraditory premisses since even in the previous season there was lots of "fuructolaitos" with normal human willing to fight and kill as a soldier, and now there is even more, probably being Alice itself the least homicidal person of all the system!" |
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Rob7 said: nope the info dump continues until the end of cour. Next episode is gonna be a controversial one so expect some SJW in the episode thread. The next cour is the fights.I'm actually happy that they decided reveal all the boring RIDICULOUS NOSENSE BACKGROUND behind the plot soon in the 3rd episode, so now the series can focus on baddass action, fights, rape, love triangle and the other things SAO is well knowed for. Sure that in the 5th episode nobody will remember or cares about how stupid is the plot about "bad americans who use sunglasses at night stealing an anti-ethical tecnology - made for people fool enough to protect it in a base isolated in the sea and easily acessed for home-submarine - about awkward AI explanation and contraditory premisses since even in the previous season there was lots of "fuructolaitos" with normal human willing to fight and kill as a soldier, and now there is even more, probably being Alice itself the least homicidal person of all the system!" |
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| Please don't shoehorn everyone else in. Asuna, sure, that's been built up to, but I don't want to see some bullshit about Yui making backdoor to bring the rest over or something. |
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| Mercenaries trained on Virtual Reality? Someone's been playing MGS2 lol Text on screen clearly says "EMPEROR VECTOR" Subtitles: "Emperor Vecta" Goddamn amateurs. |
| Great episode but I don't like that they skipped a lot related to how crazy the blond guy is on the inside compared to his calm outer self |
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| You dun fucked up Higa lol. That scene for Sinon was pretty fucked up, spare me with the Engrish though... Lipia is top waifu and even a proposal damn wasn't expecting that. No way this will end well with those two showing up...so much for making peace. |
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The real villains of SAO are not Quinella or Gabriel, are the anti-ethics around all the science-technology there: While Kirito sacrificed so much to protect 80.000 fluctlights "souls" from Quinela, his pals on the other side was prepared to kill and erase everyone since from start, no matter the result of the Load Test if Alice was not found. |
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| Damn, Gabriel is so evil and hot, my kind of guy đź’•đź’• Can't wait to see Asuna in Underworld. |
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| It weird to watch two separate timelines, one with clear time pressure of 24 hours and second where we have 1000 times more time to see politics of two empires fighting each other, both at same time. |
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| I really miss Quinella. |
| As much as Peace sounds good, nah fight to the death, but let alice live lol. |
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| Both the bad guys and Asuna are diving in Lots of new characters introduced at once I look forward to the next episode |
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| I thought the dark territory was going to be a lawless land, it looks like they have their own monarchy systems and also human-looking people, some of them are even considering peace. Maybe there is hope. I hope the others don't join in the Underworld, God it would destroy every little common sense Alicization setup. Let it be just Asuna, please. |
| I didn't think the dark territory also had regular humans as well. At least it's not black and white there either. How convenient that the accounts the bad guys will use is probably the literal emperor and his dark knight :'D Oh well. I hope Asuna gets some power boost too to help out against these, but they are gonna win anyway. The actual villains are kina lame so far, seemingly just random american militaristic people. Quinella seemed a bit more interesting, but I guess we might still get some backstory for them. |
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| Yeaa Gabriel and Vassago has dived in , we got some intro's from dark territory side. At least one with the good will. Shasta & Lipia ("Bercoulli & Fanatio version of dark territory XD) Can't wait to see Asuna to dive in with "godly" account too :3. |
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