- Not Asada.
My second review, is the sequel to Sword Art Online series: Sword Art Online II, it's gonna be short. Because SAO II is imho, better.
Unlike in my first review, now I'm calm and definitely not high.
Let's just jumps to the pros of SAO II:
1) The same Art style is used as in SAO. Still awesome
2) Mother-Rosario is a tear-jerker. But no tear were shed, because the cyberpunk arc is funny.
3) Character has a very goddamn little bit tiny development. Which is an improvement.
4) In my humble opinion: it's more enjoyable than SAO.
and its cons:
1) The goddamn hell Gender-bender.
2) The goddamn hell loads, loads of fanservice, they did not even trying to reduce it.
3) "Asada-san, ASADA-SAN!"
4) Middle-finger episode Caliber, and Frejya/Thor!.
5) The goddamn Kirito, harem, and his void of a character.
Story: (1+0.1+10.9):3= 4
> Arc: GGO, Caliber, and Mother-Rosario
Wow, huge improvement. That is development hell.
Nope, they are all from Mother-Rosario. GGO and the filler is laughable.
1) GGO
Don't bother to elaborate how disappointing this arc could be. Gender-bend, Sudden-trauma, and of course, "ASADA-SAN!". The Star Wars reference is cool, though
Point > 1/10
2) Caliber
Kimochi warui.
Point > 0.1/10
3) Mother-Rosario
The Prominent arc, action, drama, and a real tear-jerker.
Point > 10.9/10
Art: 9
The style is same, but an improvement can be seen.
Because they didn't stress it, less fighting scene actually.
The art in the Mother-Rosario is simply superb. No, caliber is not.
To put it simply: Crisp, fluent, detailed, and very good for anime standard.
Sound: 6
Nope, just nope. The song here is definitely not for VRMMORPG styled anime.
The first OP, is a little fast and up-beat. The first ED was okay. Then comes the other ED,
which is as good. It ranks up as Courage is actually heartwarming.
Character: 2
Good job breaking every character ever, hero-kun.
There was a little to no development to Kirito and his harem.
But Asuna, oh Asuna. She at least gets more attentions which is good.
Her motherly character is shown in Mother-Rosario. She actually struggle, she actually can feel
(more than Kirito) for her friends, she actually wants to be free, etc. Her "flaw" at least make her
a bit more believable to be a character, not just a mime waifu of badass. And Yuuki, oh Yuuki.
Yuuki was the character that really is a character. But, she was... short-lived, literally, and maybe objectively for tear-jerker. I'll miss her.
But why two? Because two ten points and a no development harem is the same as a shame.
Enjoyment: 4
Enjoyed more than SAO.
The End:
Sword Art Online II is a decent sequel and overshadowed by the lame SAO.
