I think there is some consensus about the shows decline with the introduction of Yui and I agree with this. That doesn't go away either, Asana walks into the hospital room in season 2 with "hot nurse" and she has Yui on her cell phone yapping momma and pappa.. really? Won't hot nurse at least give you shit for that? Hot nurse let us down.
Everybody is giving shit to Mario in these reviews. Lot's of Mario hate that I don't understand. One of them that I nodded along with a smile in agreement with ended on the note that it was misogynistic. Girl in cage made for terrible plot, I will give you that all day. I just don't see the misogyny, the shit you are talking about is just bad plot. A misogynist is a person who hates or doesn't trust women. The show doesn't even come close to meeting that charge.
I like the first arc of season 2, I don't really plan on finishing the season though it looks to be so dull. Shinnon wasn't a bad character at all. Of course you will be right when the arc ends and she joins the harem, and that itself is kind of funny. I'm not a hundred percent on what counts, but it probably does. All the characters are in the harem though, the bartender, Klein, the glasses guy, all are in the harem. Kirito has options.
I'm surprised my review was read by as many as 40 people. 30% of you didn't tell me to go suck ass so I'm grateful for that. The quality of my review is surely terrible, I was not trying to be thorough there are plenty of those already written quite nicely. I can't be sure completely what the feedback is in response to, but I'd guess the mario and the misogyny. I did introduce that topic with a redundant sentence that I'm not editing out. There are more than a few reviews harping on the mario trope though. It's black and white thinking about these things that is the problem. The show really is not misogynistic, it just isn't. Poor plot riddled with cliches, absolutely.
I'm not a critic, I enjoyed the show for the most part. When I was done, I enjoyed a good laugh reading the reviews because everything they said was so true. It does completely go downhill at points though so I think 5 is more than fair. For example, guess what? Asuna's mother is against her relationship with Kirito. That cliche is totally unwatchable. The ALO stuff was horrendous. Though Kirito's charm resulted in unintentional comedy there at expense of the plot. Everything else in ALO aside from the porn was forgettable.
There is some questionable stuff in the anime, it is just very shallow thinking to label it sexist. I need more of you to dislike my review : ) I don't think I spoilered anything vague references and stuff that was referenced spoils itself in the anime. That is, you will know immediately what is going on once it is even hinted at. You will only watch it to see exactly how they go about the ridiculous romance. Creepy villain in ALO too there is no suspense, you are watching a train wreck. It kind of takes you out of the story though.
