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Dec 5, 2020
Have you ever been too scared to watch an anime when you even had it all aired and downloaded right in front of you but can't watch it? Cause you overhyped it and worried about the series messing it up? Well, that's Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld 2nd Season for me. And oh boy did mess up a considerable amount.

Well as I said previously I was very much excited for the season of SAO as the last of a crowned as the 4th ever 10/10 anime out of the 300 anime I've watched, which is quite a big thing for me. But all my prayers and hopes went unanswered as all my worries and fears came true. The first half is what I'm discussing here as before Kirito woke up the series was awful, with rushed scenes, childish lines/jokes, odd animation, illogical incidents and scenes that felt very out of place. I assume the reason for this been many fans complained or didn't like SAO without Kirito and they tried to get back Kirito as fast as they could. I wouldn't agree on that as the previous season didn't have Kirito yet it was pretty amazing. If this had more episodes the all the issues could've been resolved by adjusting the pacing and explaining more or adding more dialogues and whatnot. In my opinion, this adaptation did not do the series justice and could've been far far better if they were to pay a tad bit more attention to the source material. 7 - 8/10 for this partSword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld Part 2
That being said why not we talk about the second or the part where Kirito wakes up? Didn't I say if the first half had more episodes all the issues would've been fixed? That's exactly what happened in the second half. It had the perfect amount of episodes to work with and everything was paced out perfectly. Of course, when Kirito woke up it was just pure hype badass moments. With 5 episodes left they rescued the series from getting a 7-8/10 to a 9/10. Honestly, I'd still recommend people to watch this anime, not that it's a bad anime it's just I had very very high expectations and they went unanswered. Nonetheless, a very good anime that's as always only for a selected taste and if you're in that lucky few trust me when I say you're going to enjoy this quite a lot.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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