Sword Art Online’s most recent episode manages to improve in some ways, a few which would be rather significant in fact, assuming this were not episode 10 – yet it also severely declines further in its pitiful despair.
It seems when all else fails in the case of Sword Art Online, it rolls out a stack of rehashed romance – something which it makes the center jewel of the episode, or rather, the center wad of deprecated waste. The surrounding bulk of rotted material is composed of weak story, among a variety of other lesser traits – for an overall successfully less than sub-par “experience”, or more accurately described, “waste of time”.
The heroine engages in the whining seen all too frequently in any given horrible romance series – the protagonist is set to battle against some fellow in her name, however, she still complains despite being the source of the issue to begin with, ensuring the episode comes with its obligatory amount of annoying.
Now once the duel actually begins, this series actually manages a complete and utter shock – for the first time, the fight consists of more than one still frame. Believe it or not, studio A-1 Pictures delivers an animation based brawl within what is arguably their worst creation of all-time, an animation dubbed “Sword Art Online” – proving there is indeed seemingly a first time for everything, an animation resorting to portraying itself through animation.
Unfortunately however, the awe factor does not last long – as whilst the contention is finally more than a single frame, the fight goes nowhere. The swordplay simply turns out to be an extended stalemate – until ultimately, with a flash of a frame, camera facing away from the weaponry, the generic protagonist is defeated as another jump to a different still image shows that he’s been tripped, inciting his loss.
And with that, the loser protagonist is now a member of a guild.
Keeping items of childish washed out romance sprinkled all throughout, the subsequent events see the loser go on a training mission with his new guild buddies – one of whom is the obsessive compulsive, pride hurt individual who was defeated in about three frames or so several episodes ago as result of his weakness to the “Protagonist” class of character. The series frolics through time, it becomes lunch apparently – and the protagonist consumes a drink of questionable origin, in an obviously suspicious scenario.
As result of his gullibility, he gets paralyzed whilst some worthless side-character is slaughtered before his eyes – and then he himself is assaulted before the invincible heroine rushes just in time, all so conveniently, to his rescue.
The whole point of this, one would like to assume, was to elaborate upon the existence of a murderer’s guild known by the idiotic name of “Laughing Coffin” – and this is actually a respectable idea, but not a respectable effort. Putting an ambiguous antagonist force in the spotlight is quite fine as the potential to unfold from there is rather fair – although this series is doing it wrong, and it doesn’t help that this is already the tenth affair.
To finalize, the series shuts the episode off with highschool harem quality pantsu service and the likes – another terrible episode, with “terrible” being a far too gratuitous term.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 20:38 CDT
This is from Vampire Hunter D, a film released in 1985, around 27 years ago, the animation is vastly superior to Sword Art Online:
http://youtu.be/5_NDrSbKNNg?t=3m54s
Make sure to see how the antagonist’s weapon actually moves across the screen fluidly – instead of being a single still frame jolt.
Another example, Fist of The North Star – a fine instance of high-speed battle:
http://youtu.be/s9jbI6Xab_w?t=1m43s
Sep 8, 2012 @ 20:58 CDT
Sword art online get an anime and a great novel as Vampire Hunter D not… Why 7,why Japan?!
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:01 CDT
Vampire Hunter D only gets two epic films, a few artbooks, and a manga series – and that’s not enough. When is the anime coming?
Not in the foreseeable future unfortunately – it likely doesn’t have enough female bodies, cliches, or moeblobs for any current studio.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:29 CDT
Yeah , i remember Hokuto no Ken,years older than SAO, yet has more awesome battles than SAO
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:43 CDT
Nearly everything has more awesome battles than SAO – even Accel World probably, and even Guilty Crown.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 3:12 CDT
I agree….heck even watching accel world is more fun just because of the battles..i can even go as far and say i’d watch GC over this…this is just a complete waste..it has nothing to offer whatsoever…
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:45 CDT
…but they’re getting married!
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:18 CDT
…IN A GAME!
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:32 CDT
Great gameplay features.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 1:31 CDT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrv6y_-v9Qg this is awesome
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:26 CDT
Come on guys, what type of battle were you expecting? it was just a one strike battle, they cant do any serious fighting when their lives are at stake.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:39 CDT
Except they mentioned that you can’t kill anyone in a safe zone even during a duel, so they should be good to go crazy
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:52 CDT
Think about the situation, would you really risk it even if is a safe zone? I know I wouldn’t but thats because I’m a scary neko.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:56 CDT
well, because you’re absolutely sure that you wouldn’t die, it’s like in games with practice stages, you just keep going because you can’t die
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:09 CDT
I knew I shouldn’t have done this. This is why i hadn’t commented in the SAO articles, I didn’t want to start an argument I wasn’t going to win, but anyways.
In episode 5 Kirito says that one only way to kill someone in a safe zone is with a duel, so that says it all even thought they are in a safe zone they can still kill each other in a combat, thats why they are using the “one-strike” mode.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:22 CDT
One frame mode.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:02 CDT
Sorry for the delayed answer, but still this would be proved false as Asuna herself stated, no one can PK you but your HP will go down
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:17 CDT
there are 3 types of duel, first strike, the first one to hit wins, half, get the opponent to the yellow hp area to win, and full, kill the opponent.
you can kill with the duel, that’s the whole plot of the episode 5, go re-watch it.
and “One frame mode.”…..he is not of the “protagonist” class, he is of the “nerd” class. this is a MMO, if you have a better gear, then you are a GOD. so this is not a one frame, it’s one shot.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:10 CDT
It’s one frame.
Regardless of what implications it has in the series, it was poorly delivered in a single still frame – if if is “one shot”, there’s superior means of exhibiting this without utilizing one abrupt still frame.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:56 CDT
But Kirito and friend would risk just prancing into a boss area then taking a picnic on a dangerous high level floor.
If the characters were consistently cautious, it would be acceptable, but they’re not.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:02 CDT
Also Kirito sleeping soundly in a bottom of a dragon’s nest with his blacksmitharem friend with the fact that the dragon could attack them at any time
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:19 CDT
I’m gonna go stupid and say this about that:
they fell into the dragon nest so the dragon decided to save them as snack for later and since dragons are nocturnal creatures he went to hunt somewhere else and then as you saw in the episode the dragon came back and was ready to attack and eat.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:23 CDT
They only remembered the dragon was nocturnal when it came to kill them – so they didn’t even know what they were doing.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:14 CDT
Since i can’t reply anymore, i’m gonna use my own comment to reply to alan,
I’m gonna go stupid and say this about that:
they fell into the dragon nest so the dragon decided to save them as snack for later and since dragons are nocturnal creatures he went to hunt somewhere else and then as you saw in the episode the dragon came back and was ready to attack and eat.
this proves my point, NOCTURNAL, means awake at night, so at day it was supposed to be asleep, more the reason they would be attacked
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:01 CDT
so why do all the characters scream when they get stabbed? kirito said in episode one YOU CANT FEEL PAIN
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:02 CDT
You can only feel pain when its relevant to the plot.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:35 CDT
Now another instance of inconsistent plot points…
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:46 CDT
Maybe after they all used the mirror that revealed their real bodies they can also feel pain, or like Klein said you do those things out of habit.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:07 CDT
“like Klein said you do those things out of habit.”
except kirito is already used to it and pointed it out himself, or the fact that they are already there for months and anybody could’ve gotten used to it, as per anything so doing those things out of habit is out of the question.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:13 CDT
So that only leaves the mirror is the reason they do it, but of course there is no way to prove that it did or that it didn’t do it so dont let it bother you and go with the flow.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:22 CDT
Go with the flow of the sewage.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:27 CDT
or they just hoped we would forget,
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:51 CDT
But seriously, this would be false, as Asuna was talking about the Sleep PK (I checked, you CAN be killed in a duel, i was wrong in that part), you can be killed while sleeping, by which if you can still feel pain, you can wake up to prevent that, unless your so much of a heavy sleeper that you can’t feel being slashed over and over again
Sep 9, 2012 @ 17:23 CDT
As a side-note, the “Sleep PK” stuff sounded very stupid – just personally.
Sep 10, 2012 @ 8:53 CDT
“sounded very stupid”
well, it least it corresponds to everything else in SAO
Sep 10, 2012 @ 10:25 CDT
Very much so.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:20 CDT
And they said there is nothing but Sword Skills in this game, yet Kirito kills that LC sucker with his bare hands. What, are his nails equipped with mini-swords or something?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:31 CDT
His nails are equipped with the weapon of being a protagonist
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:18 CDT
Special skill “Protagonist Slash”.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:40 CDT
Unarmed Skills
Martial Arts
Embracer
Meteor Break
Escape «Mastered»
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:42 CDT
If you’re referencing skill names, they are irrelevant – you know why? Because the anime doesn’t tell us about any of them.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:46 CDT
you said Protagonist Slash, I just corrected you
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:49 CDT
With information from the light novel that no one should have to read to enjoy the anime.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:53 CDT
yet the techniques names are just as important as any other thing, how would we know they’re not doing nonsense deterring from the plot? and the anime fails to do that
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:51 CDT
unarmed skills in sao
Martial Arts: making food
Embracer: hugging someone
Meteor break: breaking a wall in a safe zone
Escape: yeah really is mastered, as per the last episode
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:08 CDT
Kirito and Asuna are getting married! Hope to see it next week
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:19 CDT
or you could drop it and watch minami ke
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:25 CDT
But that would be a good idea.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:34 CDT
Why does this guy always want to be a needle in a haystack?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 1:00 CDT
Because that guy is the representative of the B-Type anime fans here.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 3:13 CDT
Virtual marriage must be so much fun to see right
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:40 CDT
almost as much fun to see a guy kissing a wallpaper in his computer screen that shows his favorite character
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:43 CDT
I see people get married in RPGs all the time, this is definitely the pinnacle of an RPG game.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 15:16 CDT
Same here, sadly it screams disaster way too much for it to go through smoothly.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:14 CDT
“Two year of glop semen” Denied
I expected this to happen. Ero toothbrush continues being the best erotica scene of 2012. As if monogatari would lose to SAO…
This season is almost over and nothing of Arve Rezzle. What the hell happened?
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:17 CDT
You’re expecting a good anime to come soon? That’s being overzealous in this age.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 21:18 CDT
whatever happened to arve rezzle?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:27 CDT
Better series usually take extended time periods till becoming a final product. I can think of numerous series announced forever ago and still waiting for the first hint of information on the animation.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 3:10 CDT
Even comparing monogatari to this crap would be a disgrace to it
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:29 CDT
The only appropriate thing to compare Sword Art Online to is something else that starts with “S”.
When you go to use a public restroom and the person before you forgot to flush, you end up seeing Sword Art Online in the toilet.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 23:08 CDT
wow lot of hate despite the fact its getting popular on different places i read
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:44 CDT
Cancer is also a growing trend, I don’t think many people like it however.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:05 CDT
you can’t use that comparison.
you can use the cancer comparison if you replace the word “popular” with the word “hated”.
don’t deny the fact that it’s popular just because you don’t like it.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:05 CDT
You should go use a dictionary to look up terms you don’t know before making a reply – “popular” does not mean “like”.
“don’t deny the fact that it’s popular just because you don’t like it.”
And as mentioned “Cancer is also a growing trend, I don’t think many people like it however.”.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:27 CDT
pop·u·lar (ppy-lr)
adj.
1. Widely liked or appreciated: a popular resort.
2. Liked by acquaintances; sought after for company: “Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved” (Margaret Fuller).
3. Of, representing, or carried on by the people at large: the popular vote.
4. Fit for, adapted to, or reflecting the taste of the people at large: popular entertainment; popular science.
5. Accepted by or prevalent among the people in general: a popular misunderstanding of the issue.
6. Suited to or within the means of ordinary people: popular prices.
7. Originating among the people: popular legend.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/popular
your’re right, it doesn’t mean “like”, it means “liked by many”
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:34 CDT
So you’re blind to all the other definitions?
Number #4 – “reflecting the taste of the people at large”
The people at large don’t evaluate based on actual quality factors like frame sequences or character designs.
My statement of “Cancer is also a growing trend, I don’t think many people like it however.” is still accurate.
I presume I should add however, it would have been more appropriate for me to say “‘Popular’ does not exclusively mean ‘like’”. In the context I use it however, it definitely does not mean “like”.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:39 CDT
kind of funny how you needed to consult a dictionary just to know the meaning of popular
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:45 CDT
that’s right, seems like I had look for a dictionary, as the most used meaning of the word doesn’t apply here, so I had to search for the other uses of that word…even though I think “wow lot of hate despite the fact its getting popular on different places i read” refered to the first meaning, widely liked, otherwise that sentence is contradictory
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:53 CDT
Regardless what meaning of the word he’s using, my original comment goes to show that popularity does not constitute people liking it.
Not that it matters either way, the statement of some anonymous user reflecting a value without evidence doesn’t mean anything. If you want to believe Sword Art Online is the greatest thing in the solar system, feel free.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:59 CDT
ehmmmm……yeah? I like it.
you don’t have to like it, I don’t have the right to force you to like it.
it’s just a simple statement “wow lot of hate despite the fact its getting popular on different places i read” with popular having the same meaning of like
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:05 CDT
So in other words, your argument was pointless as all you did was reiterate the obvious. I recommend you make more substantial statements if you intend to have an argument.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:10 CDT
you used the cancer comparison, I just tried to help you understand the meaning of that sentence. I don’t want to argue with the admin/game master/god of this site
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:22 CDT
You’re the one who had to use the dictionary to understand the word, which should already have obvious meaning.
For your sake, I hope you read the message I left for you.
Sep 8, 2012 @ 23:19 CDT
Thats it…i’m thinking of dropping this..a complete waste of time…and manner in which they proceed is becoming too boring…this is no vmmorpg..its a high school harem..
Sep 9, 2012 @ 1:07 CDT
The protagonist is in 8th grade when the series start and just because he skips 2 years of school to play games doesn’t mean he is now in high school.
But yeah, I concur with your notion that this anime is a waste of time. Though I ‘m gonna stick with it just to have something to poke fun at every week and to remind myself that other series can’t be as bad as this one.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 2:04 CDT
those who agree, say aye!
Sep 9, 2012 @ 3:09 CDT
Aye
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:47 CDT
Although he’s supposed to be in highschool, this series is as mature as kindergarten.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 0:47 CDT
Ah it seems I have a sort of masochistic side when it comes to this series that I love, reading Seven’s tongue lashing reviews week after week and jumping into the fiery trench wars that are episode discussion threads.
Still as Seven had said in the previous SAO post that as in politics “you’re not going very far” if you only listen to the echo chamber of ones own views. Although the question that arises in my thoughts each time I read a negative review is this, “What were the plot points that you were looking for and wanted when you started this series knowing it’s initial premise?”
Sep 9, 2012 @ 3:27 CDT
It doesn’t matter what anyone’s expectation was because it wasn’t their job to deliver anything.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 8:08 CDT
thats just it, what plot points, there is no plot
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:14 CDT
Her oppai have been fondled, and now they’re getting married.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 2:27 CDT
It’s supposed to be a battle between 2 pros so I’d expected at least some battle choreography instead of the frantic slash-fest in the previous episode. How wrong I am to expect anything from Sword Ass Online.
The battle in this episode is just more of the speed-slashing, and instead of bad ol’ slideshow, it is coupled with some closed-loop sequences that look so dull and uninspired I just want to self-harm. My eyes was close to bleeding when that LC sucker got defeated in exactly 1 frame with some blinking lights for special effects.
The drama/romance/plot department isn’t doing so well either. They crammed too many events into one episode that overall they don’t get to the depth of anything and throw all emotions out the window. For example, they should’ve waited at least one episode after the heroine promised to protect the protagonist to actually let her save him. Then the promise would be more of a long-term commitment rather than something made for plot convenience, and the heroine can pull some cheesy-albeit-cool lines like “I told you I’d protect you, didn’t I?”
BTW, interesting note, now the protagonists of Guilty Crown, Accel World and SAO have all lost an arm/hand once.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 2:50 CDT
“BTW, interesting note, now the protagonists of Guilty Crown, Accel World and SAO have all lost an arm/hand once.”
Maybe it’s the sign of their respective shows being horrible.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 3:10 CDT
Are you sure you guys aren’t being overly harsh on the animation department? I do agree SAO’s plot and story presentation could use some work, but the animation doesn’t seem that bad. Both this fight and the previous one were fairly interesting, and didn’t abuse still frames. Well, I guess the amount of tension in either fight varies depending on how much you care for the characters.
I’m really puzzled at all the Kirito hate though. Sure he’s not particularly special or interesting, but he’s no Shu or Porky-kun.
Shu’s whinny bitchness pissed me the hell off, and Porky-kuns sheer IOJADFIDSOJFIDSOJF omfg really makes me enjoy seeing him suffer, but what’s the issue with Kirito?
Are people annoyed simply because he’s too generic and not special? Is he too overpowered so he seems boring? While those are perfectly valid complaints I don’t see why they’d warrent the rage reactions I’m seeing. Kirito seems like a standard harem male, expect maybe with less typical harem male stupidity/density and he actually chooses a female instead of fucking pussyfooting around xx girls (God I hate that).
Sep 9, 2012 @ 3:16 CDT
Ya know to be honest even porky and shu had at least something in them to not completely hate those characters…and while i say that i dont hate kirito..i just feel he’s too damn boring and generic…absolutely no character development….in the end shu kinda gets over his damn bitchiness and people hate porky mostly because hes fat…but kirito here..wow…he really doesnt have much of a presence now does he
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:23 CDT
Kirito’s like Akarin from Yuru yuri, only nobody likes him
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:42 CDT
Incidentally, Akkarin’s hairbun rockets are animated smoother than Kirito’s sword attacks.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:30 CDT
BUN BAZOOKA!
Sep 9, 2012 @ 21:43 CDT
OMG did you seriously just praise Guilty Crown for character development? Ew
Sep 9, 2012 @ 21:48 CDT
I wouldn’t say he praised it, lurgeway knows better – he’s just recognizing it’s perhaps not as bad as Guilty Crown.
That’s in fact quite a big question now – is this worse than Guilty Crown? That series had a story far worse to be sure – though at least the visuals and sounds were superior. I’d say Sword Art Online isn’t that bad yet, though it’s doing well to close in.
Sep 10, 2012 @ 5:04 CDT
I’m going to disagree with you guys on only one thing…
Nothing, and I repeat, NOTHING can be worse than Shu.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:37 CDT
Despite everyone hating Sword Art Online, 4 out of 5 of the most viewed articles pertain to Sword Art Online.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:42 CDT
“Weekly Top Viewed” only has one Sword Art Online article – “Weekly Top Commented” does not equate to views.
And if you read those article’s comments, it’s just full of people accurately expressing why the series is terrible – or someone whining because people dislike something they like. I wish someone would at least put up a legitimate counterargument on why Sword Art Online isn’t worse than feces – without referencing the irrelevant light novel.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:59 CDT
Counterargument, eh. Well, that sandwich in image 4 looks pretty darn tasty.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:17 CDT
Ahh that sandwich, referencing the fact that even if you eat in a game, you will still starve in real life ,so i’m really wondering, why aren’t their bodies dead yet?
thought of something that SAO should have done with this fact:
” Being trapped in a virtual world called SAO, it’s a race against time as not only will they die when they die in the game, but their actual bodies are in danger of dying as the NerveGear completely disables it. within three days, the expected span of a human to live w/o food or water, will they be able to get out while avoiding danger in SAO?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:27 CDT
I like how they never addressed that.
Someone who read the light novel might come and say “well the light novel says this and that”, although the anime does not.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:12 CDT
well of course.
this is an anime. it’s not like a light novel or a manga where they can put 500 lines of explanation in 1 pannel.
in anime the time factor counts, thet have to cut to make it fit, or it will be like dragonball, where they spend half episode telepathically saying “you won’t beat me” and telepathically replying “I WILL beat you”. because this is in the manga and it’s only in 1 pannel, but if they do that in anime, it will take 10+ minutes, so yeah, of course “well the light novel says this and that”.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:04 CDT
Your explanation is invalid under the reasoning that how exactly does any of that have to do with judging the anime for what it is?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:16 CDT
so… does the light novel say anything about the eating in games does so in real life? if not then the whole plot is stupid from the start, oh and quote or it isn’t real
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:18 CDT
I should also add, the anime can say more than a book ever can – assuming the anime is actually well done. Sword Art Online is not.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:38 CDT
@gargamesh : yes.
kayaba akihiko created a virtual world, with the objective of making it like the real world (populated with real people)
he gave the authorities the time to move the players to hospitals, and they keep them alive by….don’t know how to say it in english….making them eat by passing the nourishment by the vains…
in the game there’s 2 non visible stats, one for food and another for tiredness. they won’t starve to death, but they will feel the urge to eat, they won’t die for the fatigue, but they sill feel weaker and weaker untill they sleep.
@seven : no
an anime, that’s adaptation of a book, can never say more than the original book. if I’m wrong, please make an example.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:41 CDT
Many studios take adaptations well beyond the original source material, see Tasogare Otome for instance – although in either case, read this:
http://seventhstyle.com/2012/07/18/sword-art-online-third-episode-pv/#comment-13855
The source material doesn’t matter to begin with.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:49 CDT
so….what chapter
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:54 CDT
I watched fate zero and my reaction was : awsome.
ufotable di an amazing job, something that no one else could have done. they nearly created a perfect anime, something that evryone should watch.
still, I read the novel too, and I can say that the anime, even being almost perfect, is not detailed as the novel.
so “an anime, that’s adaptation of a book, can never say more than the original book. ”
ufotable did a great job, but an anime can’t have all the details of a book.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:55 CDT
That’s just your opinion as you are providing no evidence – and if you want to talk about Fate/Zero, go to a Fate/Zero article.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:59 CDT
yet the point is, in fate zero, you did not need to read the novel to understand everything, unlike this S—, which you probably have to read the whole novel to get things right, so comparing the two is like heaven and earth
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:00 CDT
fate zero was an example AND the evidence, that’s why I talked about fate zero
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:04 CDT
It’s not evidencing anything, gargamesh already clarified it further in case you need the extra help.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:06 CDT
Exactly
By the way anonymous,if you’re this active why not make an account
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:29 CDT
But to clear one hundred floors in 3 days is just impossible, I agree with your idea as long as time works the same way it does in Accel World when you are burst linking.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 5:31 CDT
Its already been more than three days either way.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:15 CDT
which means they would all be already dead by now by normal means
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:35 CDT
All the more exciting how they will get out…
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:18 CDT
Probably in one still frame.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:21 CDT
it makes it so much funny that you’re probably right
Sep 9, 2012 @ 8:11 CDT
and how can you taste? whats the point to eating at all?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:07 CDT
To waste screen time.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 13:21 CDT
If they feel pain why wouldn’t they get hungry or taste food? but as they said eating in SAO just makes you think you are not hungry but you do get hungry.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 13:37 CDT
except they don’t feel pain as i’ve proven in my previous reply to your comment, although you can die in a duel, as Asuna herself stated
Sep 9, 2012 @ 13:37 CDT
But it’s mentioned you can’t feel pain – and it’s never explained how the real world hunger is handled.
Edit: gargamesh already beat me to it.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 6:06 CDT
but still people like SAO
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:08 CDT
Okay, can you put up a legitimate counterargument now?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:05 CDT
people like it, there’s nothing to say.
you can’t always use logic on something,I and probably other people too, are awere of all the flaws you said, but I still like it. I don’t have to convince you to like it, I don’t need to.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:07 CDT
“I don’t have to convince you to like it, I don’t need to.”
Who said you did? You’re the one here trying to put forth the effort. If you like it despite it being horrible for all the flaws aforementioned and unchallenged, great for you.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 12:09 CDT
“are aware of all the flaws you said, but I still like it”
either it means you like crap or just haven’t seen a real good anime
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:12 CDT
so pretty much it’s just crap and you cant justify why its good?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:23 CDT
Bullseye!
Sep 9, 2012 @ 15:52 CDT
Well, there’s really no point to putting in effort defending this show since the majority of the blog readers here hate it so much there’s no helping it.
Aside from that they have legitimate reasons to hate the show that can’t really be countermanded. There are many others who love the show but that’s for reasons parallel to the resons many here hate the show. For example, someone might be all “OMFG ASUNA SO MOEEEEE” and be all over SAO. Even if you point out the glaring flaws like 3 frame fighting and plot contrivances in their view the pros outweight the cons and vice versa for the other side.
Still, I wouldn’t want to change Sevens mind even if I could. His intense overflowing criticism is entertaining to read even if I don’t entirely agree with them. He has a way of forcibly putting his views into your head with his overwhelming passion. His gushing over Corti in other posts has caused me to appreciate her character design a lot more too. I’m also more aware of the flaws of SAO. I kind of miss his posts flaming Accel World despite how much I enjoy the show.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:00 CDT
“Well, there’s really no point to putting in effort defending this show since the majority of the blog readers here hate it so much there’s no helping it.”
Just keep in mind the reason it is disliked is as you mention:
“they have legitimate reasons to hate the show that can’t really be countermanded”
On another note:
“His gushing over Corti in other posts has caused me to appreciate her character design a lot more too.”
I just explain the art concepts behind her beauty – there’s plenty of loli characters, but there’s a reason I feel she’s the best character design ever.
“I kind of miss his posts flaming Accel World despite how much I enjoy the show.”
I dislike all of the characters of that series too much to bother watching it.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:26 CDT
Hahah, you’d dislike them even more now! There was a point where even I was mad at the characters, and I generally like Porky-kun! You would have probably been too disgusted to even write about it since all the reasons you disliked that show are only further compounded as it goes on. Still, it would have been really fun to read ever mounting and harsher criticism heh.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:39 CDT
yeah, would have been fun
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:28 CDT
“There are many others who love the show but that’s for reasons parallel to the reasons many here hate the show”
Although here they actually point out those reasons instead of arguing in other sites or forums where the arguments get all personal and illogical (ex. Naruto is the greatest, he would like use the rasenshuriken to pulverize saber!
-Anonymous commenter on youtube)
Sep 9, 2012 @ 10:02 CDT
From kissing to implied sex in one episode. Congratulations! Sword Ass Online has evolved into Sex Art Online.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:17 CDT
OH!!! what a great story this show has!! *throws up*
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:20 CDT
This could become a great hentai.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:22 CDT
i’ve read the chapter, it was the most hilarious and ridiculous piece i’ve read, so yeah,
Sep 9, 2012 @ 11:26 CDT
“most hilarious and ridiculous”
That sounds just like the anime.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:20 CDT
“And after over a hundred and twenty comments, the dreaded comment war is OVER, or so I thought…”
-gargamesh
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:24 CDT
The war is never over.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:28 CDT
also, just putting this out there, what happens during a power outage wouldnt the game shut off?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:30 CDT
I wonder what happens during a natural disaster – time to transport thousands of people in a coma with helmets attached to their heads.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:34 CDT
Time for a funeral!
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:32 CDT
the game defies physics, you can’t die from hunger or thirst even though your bodies cannot eat, not to mention feeling pain even though it explicitly said they cannot feel pain, so why cannot they defy power outages?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 14:41 CDT
With all the advanced technology the timeline of Sword Art Online seems to have, they apparently can’t figure out how to get a helmet off someone’s head.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:04 CDT
How the players survive is not explained in the anime (So far, I’m 100% certain it’ll come up eventually due what I know from the LN but that’s irrelevant.) but is that really necessary? That the players survive somehow is pretty much a given in light of the premise. Calling out the anime for not explaining it is like calling out DBZ for not explaining the physics behind Kamehameha.
Aside from that, there has been plenty of hints given out to allow for anime only viewers to easily deduce how they survive. For example, we know the players are in a coma. We also know that the world wide media has been alerted and informed of the situation. Would the families/authorities just leave the people to rot and die? The obvious conclusion is that they would be treated the same way as coma patients and kept alive that way.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:08 CDT
I agree with you – but it’s detestable when the first episode was centered around reality’s connection with the game, and they never explain the food and water bit.
This is however, a lesser concern – with how horrible other aspects of the anime are, the things one normally wouldn’t question are just further an issue as well. And essentially, it leaves this anime looking very ridiculous overall.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:22 CDT
“Calling out the anime for not explaining it is like calling out DBZ for not explaining the physics behind Kamehameha.”
except this is not a supernatural series, but based on reality, only that the game is a fantasy,
“we know the players are in a coma. We also know that the world wide media has been alerted and informed of the situation. Would the families/authorities just leave the people to rot and die? The obvious conclusion is that they would be treated the same way as coma patients and kept alive that way.”
the more logical solution is finding a way to remove the helmets w/o the consequences WHILE keeping them alive during the time, i mean c’mon, it’s the future, how could they not do it?
Sep 9, 2012 @ 16:43 CDT
Wouldn’t the fact that the players are still trapped mean that either the outside authorities are unable to remove the helmets safely? Well you do have a good point there. The way Nerve Gear kills the player can probably be circumnavigated easily, but it isn’t for the sake of the plot. That part could use some work.
Sep 9, 2012 @ 19:35 CDT
wtf? are you high? that is solely for the sake of the plot
Sep 10, 2012 @ 4:40 CDT
I think you are trying to say that the nerve gear being removed isn’t for the sake of the plot, but it is however :
Yes it could do some work, although, if they have included this problem beforehand, it could have created something greater , for example:
Kirito and Asuna were battling a boss near the final level, they’re both seriously overpowered, and just when asuna was getting hit by the boss and kirito was about to save him, the nervegear gets removed, this gets kirito frustrated and regretting he couldn’t save asuna and tries to get back in the game, this is just a thought though
Sep 9, 2012 @ 19:20 CDT
Now all this needs is Silica in lingerie in various poses…for 18 mins, other 3-5 mins is Asuna x everything is trying to kill you.
Sep 10, 2012 @ 2:57 CDT
Another marketing technique…maybe it’ll follow up from Accel World’s current marketing strategy….
Sep 10, 2012 @ 3:51 CDT
If you didn’t like Asuna’s character (not talking with you, lucid) and want to see Scilica as a main heroine, you’d better read fanfics. Also, I agree that SAO should follow Accel World’s current marketing strategy.
Sep 10, 2012 @ 8:49 CDT
“Also, I agree that SAO should follow Accel World’s current marketing strategy.”
So it would be officially labeled , as seven would say ,”a four letter word synonymous to feces.”
Sep 10, 2012 @ 16:06 CDT
You could also just watch a better anime series.
Sep 10, 2012 @ 4:35 CDT
This post obviously hasn’t got enough comments yet, so have another. My friend claims that Asuna’s oppai seem to expand as she removes her shirt. Discussion?
Sep 10, 2012 @ 6:18 CDT
Flat chest is still superior.
Sep 10, 2012 @ 8:50 CDT
It expands as the quality of the show gets worse and worse
Sep 10, 2012 @ 10:26 CDT
At least this is one consistent aspect of the series.