Sword art online story is one of the greatest premises I have seen so far with a very high potential to be something great, but it does have its flaws.
The story is overall great and i really did enjoy watching it but i can't bring myself to say its the best thing i've ever watched because the lack of character development and jumps in the story. The jumps in story were somewhat inevitable because you can't fit the whole series into a short or even moderatly sized anime and even if you could, it would become really repetitive and the creativity and feel would run out but, in doing so the characters emotions change at the blink of an eye so we can't have a complete story on them or understand there changes in personality or even fully understand that personality for that matter.
The art could of been better, it had a moe feel with wasn't my style personally, but it did fit, maybe a different style would of worked better. I'm not sure, that's personally up to you.
The characters, primarily kirito, were very bland and generic but with the few insights in their personality and how they acted, i somehow found myself filling in the lack of development with my own life or people i knew who fit it.
Overall its a great series and it kept me entertained, but it is a long way from being a masterpiece.
