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[spoilers] I really don't believe that Sword Art Online 2 deserves the 3-4/10 scores it has been receiving as it is largely a big improvement over the mess that was the ALO arc of Sword Art Online 1.

GGO - this new arc brings an interesting new VRMMO world and setting along with new main character, Sinon who has an interesting background and has some decent character development throughout the arc until she manages to overcome her fears in the real world. There are definitely some pacing issues as there is an episode where there is only talking in a cave which offers some good ... dialogue but may feel slow. The fight scenes are of course well animated, especially Kiritos photon sword effects.

Calibur Arc - It doesn't offer much relevance to the main story and was originally a side story in the SAO light novels but it does offer some interesting story for the side characters like Klein.

Mother's Rosario - This arc is supposed to be one of the best arcs in the light novels and I believe it was handled quite well. Although it is a bit short there is definitely time to care about Yuuki. The fight scenes between Asuna and Yuuki were animated very well. It also offers some interesting development for Asuna as she tries to become strong in the real world by standing up to her mom and allowing her to see things from her perspective.

Sound: Both Ignite and Courage are great opening themes and Shirushi (ED3) is amazing. The soundtrack is well done again but does use a lot of SAO 1 tracks.

Animation: Good animation as usual. Fight scenes are handled well