I enjoyed this series, but once I actually took the time to grade this work, I found that this series is definately NOT as good as everyone says.
The good parts: The sound is amazing. The soundtrack was really good. The openings and OSTs are so good, I listen to it while I do my homework. Also, the voice actors did a wonderful job bringing the characters to life, and they fit each of the character's personality perfectly. The art was very good. Nothing was too overdone and the character designs were cute. To prove this, I even have a poster in my room, even though I thought this series wasn't that good overall.
The bad parts: The story. Oh no. While I liked the general idea of VRMMORPGs, the way the characters were used was bad. First of all, they didn't even state why they're stuck in the game in the first place. There are way too many plot wholes like this, I won't even bother listing them. ALso, the characters. Kirito is way too overpowered. He not only is basically the best player in the game, for some strange reason, he even gets all the girls. I mean, come on. I appreciated the action in this story, but it was generally boring because everything was predictable and way too dramatic.
Overall, this series wasn't that good. Watch the abridged version guys.
