It's my first time reviewing an anime, so please bear with me...I was actually wondering why Accel World was rated so low but now I completely understand... I hurriedly watched it because I was addicted to SAO and was wondering the connection on why Accel world was rumored to be a continuation of what happend after the whole SAO plot .Furthermore , I know SAO was a bit overrated and lacks some story elements .. but it was still enjoyable and the characters ( Kirito and Asuna) seems to save the story( as for me) .... I am a big fan of adventure and romance anime and SAO really hits the spot...but this one.. I truly,madly, deeply hated it..
[spoiler] The lead girl is the only thing, I liked about the story.. It was obvious that she has connections with Kirito or even Asuna by the whole rumors going around the web... All of it make sense because the anime even hid her own real name ....(Why don't they just reveal it earlier since everybody already knows and the fact that at the epilouge it was an open end question) The author and anime already gives many hints about her real identity..... Somehow, everything can still be handled but what drag on is the main guy.. Seriously, how could you watch an anime when the main guy looks chibi, constanly cry, and has almost no good point.While watching, it was so disturbing that he was the only one drawn in that way... If the author wanted a bullied person that turns into a hero, he could still have done it with a reasonable figure not a 4 feet tall roll of melon.. It was so lame that the girl even fell for the guy without a very valid reason .. It does not make any sense just thinking about it makes me wanna puke...[/spoiler] I like SAO much better... It dwells with the same problem as fate stay night... the prequel did better than the sequel ... It was so nerve wrecking too watch that such anime was a "continuation" of SAO. If I were the author, I would rather have explored on the story line of the main girl rather than adding the main guy in the story. :( It was a major let down for me!