I write all my thoughts and onion about this anime, there is could be some people who do not agree with me or even find it a bit offensive, but well here we go.
With out doubt SAO is one of the most popular anime in the recent years, I have been heard a lot of it and for some time ago I was looking forward to watch it, people told be that this anime is really good but I just didn't bought that at all.
After a I watched this anime I could say this anime is WAY overrated, average or even bad could be scores for this anime but I'm not going to say any of those because this anime was actually enjoyable, but well here we go!.
Story: the main plot of this series take place in a MMORPG cyber world were all the players were forced to play and complete the game in order to save their life, a really young and lonely hero is our main protagonist who will go forward to complete the game, in that process he will meet a lot of people and also his true love and also will learn a lot of things and secrets, I think this concept it's really good, I
normally don't find anime with this concept of a MMORPG cyber world, however I think it just was that because after that they did´t develop a truly interested plot, I think everything was normal and very lineal, also we find a lot of filler considering that this anime only have 25 episodes, I said the concept was really predictable, the hero arrive, meet a bunch of friends and people, learn some thing
and then save the day with her girlfriend, but everything was not bad at all, something that I really enjoyed was the relationship of Asuna and Kirito, because was very mature considering their age, we
normally don't see this type of relationships in anime, they were clear about their feelings and after what happened they moved forward in their relationship
7/10
Art: Personally I didn't liked the art at all, was not bad but comparing it with other series of 2011 and today I think was not good and also I can't believe that a so popular anime like this it actually have this art, I'm talking about the design of the characters, however I must says that the clothes, robes and armors were really good and more in the scenario that the game took place, also I really enjoyed the maps and the environment because it's really looked like a big map/stage of a MMORPG, but with that I think that the most important thing is the design of the character because the anime turns around them
7/10
Sound: I must says that the song was the better developed part for the anime however and ironically was the most meaningless, yes they had the correct soundtrack for every stage, but it didn't help the anime at all, I should say that the OP/ED I really enjoyed specially the second opening Characters: For me this was the main issue with the anime, the characters were so poorly development, aside the protagonist/antagonist the other characters only were used as filler they didn't took any important part in the story, I think the most important they do was taught a lesson to Kirito that he only mentioned once and it became meaningless, well were are going to review the main characters
Krito: Personally I dislike him a lot, I don't remember the last time I saw a character that was so overprotected in an anime, I mean, since the beginning he had advantage because he was a beta tester
so he didn't have any issue beaten anyone, not only that his attitude was the same as a douche, not only was arrogant but cocky as well, also every time he faced an opponent he always looked so strong and good and defeated them easily not only that, the majority of their opponents were a bunch of cans so he never met a really threat, the only time he faced a true threat was in the ending of the first part when he faced the creator of SAO Heathcliff, this guy actually looked serious, in his fight against Kirito for have admin rights obviously he had all the tool to win and so was... until for some strange reason miracle when the HP of kirito arrive to zero he for some reason took strength and guess what? heat beat Headcliff and as well saved the day, his role in the second part then was exactly the same as the first one so I can say anything new here, one of the few difference is that boss, the man that was suppose to be the main boss, was actually a coward/pedophile who controlled the new game and this time Kirito embarrass him even worse than the others characters and not only in the game but in the real world as well, in the end Kirito never met a true threat not even a rival, we never saw any interesting fact about him, the only thing I must say that I really like it about him was her maturity in his relationship with Asuna, but after that I really disliked this character, not only for his attitude, he didn't bring nothing interesting to care about him and was so verrated/overprotected
Asuna: the main female girl in the history, I liked her a bit more than Kirito, but I must say that her design was so good, I think she is the only reason that this anime could be so over and popular, but well, we are going to talk about her attitude, to be honest I can say much about her, like the pretty girl in the history the majority of men fall in lover with her or at least they like her, she was kinda cute and nice but when she gets mad she is really mean, but well, some of the good thing that I like
her was her maturity as I said before to engage a true relationship with Kirito, at some point I thought
that she was antipathetic but at the end she was one of the more enjoyable character, at least she
cooked for Kirito and that was one of the more enjoyable parts of the relationship, in general about
the relationship I think she an excellent women in every aspect( you're a lucky bastard to find her Kirito-kun xDD) and also the most important thing about her is the fact that she actually took an important role
in the first part, because like Kirito she was also a warrior and a strong one and helped Kirito a lot in his journey,
however I think that in the second part they completely destroy Asuna, and you know why? because she was
captured and then she became the main goal that motivated Kirito to complete the game, and the anime fall in the concept that the hero should save her useless princess, Asuna lost a ton of momentum in the second part and after that she was no as tough as she was in the first part, at the end Kirito saved her and they live happily after that
Suguha: she supposedly was the sister of kirito in real life, however she was instead her cousin, she briefly appear in the first part at the begging, after that she took an important role in the second part as the helper of Kirito, for some reason I don't know why she was booked to fall in love for Kirito, not only in the real life but in the game as well, her feelings for her were so deep, I think that was so sad because not only their were familiar related but also it would be impossible to separate kirito from Asuna that would have been without doubt the biggest mistake in the series, however it didn't happen, after all she relinquished her feelings and agree to help Kirito in her quest to save Asuna, I think she was one of the best character, she had attitude, looking, boobs and also was nicely but after the incident with Kirito she became a full drama queen, at least she helped Kirito and was also weird see her along with Asuna, at the end she was one of the few rescatable characters
5/10
Enjoyment: after all I must say that I enjoyed a bit the anime, was not great as a lot of people state but I
really enjoyed it, for example: the relationship Kirito/Asuna, the Environment, soundtrack among others,
if you are a gamer aside an anime fan and/or like the romance I think this anime is for you however I
don't recommend it at all
6/10
Overall: In my opinion I can say this anime is AVERAGE not so good nor that bad, the people exaggerated a lot about the value of this anime, sure the cyber world was a good concept, but the characters and the development of the plot were bad, the only think I can see about this anime that can be marketable/mainstream it's Asuna, because even the design of the characters was not good at all and the plot was lineal and predictable, I thought after the first part the second one would be the reason of the popularity of this anime but guess what? the second part was even worst than the first one because not only was the same thing as the first but also the real danger was gone they can go and return to both worlds when they wanted, also Asuna was captured and then Kirito carried the whole story along with Lyfa and it become so predictable, the plot of the hero saving the princess without nothing new, without Lyfa nor Asuna and with that final boss I would say that second would have been a completely joke but it didn't happened, but well after endure a douche like Kirito all the 25 episodes I can say this anime is actually enjoyable, if you want to watch an anime and past your time and also have an popular anime to talk about I think this is a good option, however I don't recommend it at all as I said before
6/10
PD: My apologies for my mistakes, english it's not my first language
