According to Sword Art Online, an action RPG isn’t about action – and to bother fighting for your life whilst twiddling on the edge of death is vain and pointless when you can enjoy virtual fishing with your internet wife.
After 13 episodes in, it has become clear now, if not earlier, that Sword Art Online isn’t about making a heroic struggle for survival in a world where all odds are against you – despite that being exactly what the first episode explicitly introduced itself as. Instead, Sword Art Online is actually a series in which a loser of reality, “Kirito”, finds respite in that he no longer must put forth any effort to make friends through social interactions, or the likes, as all the time he spent drowning away his misery on online fantasy games pays off.
Now the latest adventure of this failure’s life is seemingly so dull, the pre-release images don’t even show much more than what the episode PV provided. Some entirely worthless scenes, like the moronic protagonist glaring intently at a fishing rod as if suffering from some mental ailment which never allowed him to learn what this fascinating object is in kindergarten, are mixed amongst a pair of blatantly recycled frames – specifically, the two showing an up-close look at the visage of the tramp heroine who gives away her virginity online.
In fact, those matching elements within the two identical frames aren’t copied and pasted – rather, they’re both separately drawn, which only further goes to show simply how poorly designed the characters are, and what little effort went into this series. Even given that the animator drew separate frames showing the heroine smiling, they both look to be precise carbon copies – a testament to the lack of detail and individuality the characters have.
Now if the production staff were respectable, they would have caught this and made the effort to solve it – yet as one can see, that certainly didn’t occur here.
Unsurprisingly, the fishing segment looks to be followed-up with some completely irrelevant transition to who knows what – and with that, after ensuring the episode is at a random stopping point with no relevance to anything else presented within, the spectacle concludes and the end sequence roles.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 10:32 CDT
this series sucks as a survival anime.
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this series sucks.
better hope BTOOOM! will be great.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 10:47 CDT
Since when did the survival element appear in this anime anyway?
Sep 27, 2012 @ 10:58 CDT
Didn’t they have to survive through the game ?
I dont know why it could turn so bad when applied scenario to anime.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 11:04 CDT
They didn’t apply any scenario to this anime except that of a highschool harem series.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 11:12 CDT
I don’t know. They just look so lax most of the time that I think they’re playing a game of some sort. Oh wait, actually they are.
And their lifestyles in the game look too adequate, even grandiose to be true to the survival genre proper (enough food, living in houses, going shopping for stuff, etc).
If they ever come up with something like a guy stuck in the dungeons for years fighting with monsters then we’ll talk survival.
BTW, are you Vietnamese? Because I am too.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 12:19 CDT
Yeah, I’m Vietnamese, nice to meet you. Could you give me detail for contact ? I always want to make friend. It’d better skype if you had.
“And their lifestyles in the game look too adequate, even grandiose to be true to the survival genre proper (enough food, living in houses, going shopping for stuff, etc).”
That’s why anime is suck. It definitely made someone think of wonderful life in SAO and ignore their real body situation (not worth for those brainless)
Sep 27, 2012 @ 13:42 CDT
Don’t ask for personal details in SeventhStyle comments – you can use the chatbox however.
Sep 28, 2012 @ 14:06 CDT
This series is by no means survival, as by you and blaziken said, they no longer strive to survive and are living the life as a full-blown harem series,
“That’s why anime is suck. It definitely made someone think of wonderful life in SAO and ignore their real body situation”
they don’t even explain how their bodies survive during the years as they’re like in a coma and how they get food and water as seemingly eating in a game doesn’t mean you really get to eat,
would have been better if this show transitioned from the SAO world to reality world to show how their bodies are being treated, and also to show their family as well to have some character development
Sep 27, 2012 @ 10:37 CDT
I already dropped this…i’m sure most have…i’d rather watch Guilty Crown than this piece of recycled and cliched material
Sep 27, 2012 @ 10:51 CDT
I’ll say no to both.
Though credits where it’s due, at least GC has some proper animation for battle scenes and distinct character designs. Unlike this one.
Sep 28, 2012 @ 5:26 CDT
The only reason i continued with GC is because of the music score and animation during battles which were nice other than that..the anime has nothing else to offer..it just went downhill episode after episode
Sep 27, 2012 @ 17:06 CDT
yea, dude. Don’t do it. At least with this one you’re just bored. With GC, you’ll be screaming yourself hoarse at your moniter for all the nonsensical crap they try to pull.
“Oh, hey! These are the rules to whcih you can wield your power….no wait, that’s a lie”
Me: “….WTF!!!!” XD
Sep 27, 2012 @ 11:30 CDT
How old we’re Kirito and Asuna again? 16-17? And their already married? That’s retarded Im nowhere near ready for marriage at my age. Freaking weird people.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 15:07 CDT
They should be eradicated as punishment for their insolence.
Sep 28, 2012 @ 14:12 CDT
and i’m preeeeeeety sure that you can’t get married until you’re 18 because it is illegal but hey SAO residents and the designers of the game are ‘freaking weird people” and retarded, who does it in a game and who designs genitals in the game? *refer to chapter 16.5*
Sep 28, 2012 @ 14:15 CDT
That must have looked strange on the career listing page – “Now hiring genitalia model designer”.
Sep 29, 2012 @ 14:50 CDT
Nah, it’s Japan. That wouldn’t look too out of place in the newspaper job column.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 11:39 CDT
Last picture. Mario and Luigi.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 17:11 CDT
Saying Guilty Crown is better then Sword Art Online ? Wow I guess I shouldn’t be taking any of these comments seriously then #Kappa
Sword Art Online took a different route when being animated, in the Light Novel is went straight from the 1st Episode to Episode 8 or 9 ? (Wherever Kirito narrated how time has passed since the announcement of the survival game) This segment where their fishing was the ONLY idle part during the MAIN story everything else is a side story.
The anime decided to animate everything in chronological order which of course put all the side stories up first which made the anime out to be your typical harem anime but also keep in mind the LNs had much more detail for its side stories and Kirito is actually narrating the entire time during the LNs so you have a better idea of what observations hes making or analyzes such as the duels he had whereas in the anime it just shows the actions being made.
And since you all don’t care and assumingly dropped the show already, its later revealed AFTER this season (or at the end of volume 1) that everyone involved in the incident were taken to various hospitals where they were put under special treatment. In the real world Kayaba had it set up so that they can relocate them without trigger the explosive effects of the nerve gear of course the helmet having an eternal battery taking it off was out of the question and required them all to be set back up within an allotted time. The special treatment theyre put under involves tubes and needles (or something of that sort) which has the nutrients they require to live to flow into their blood stream keeping them alive.
I’m probably not the only one who has made a comment like this but damn you’re all so damn ignorant.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 17:22 CDT
So you’re saying we’re all ignorant because instead of judging the animation based on the animation, we should answer the flaws and missing plot of the animation with details from the light novel?
Your stupidity precedes you.
Under your logic, the Harry Potter films should have just shown the crew fishing and Harry doing it with Hermione, then the books could tell the story, and the films should still be regarded as world class.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 17:51 CDT
I suppose these pre-release and pv news gives out picture that you really loathe this series as whole, I understand if you hate only the anime adaption without reading the (light) novels but hating the whole concept without reading it first would just be stupid.
And as last comment, I dont like this adaption, but atleast it is better than Campione! adaption.
Sep 28, 2012 @ 9:33 CDT
A fun article to read would be “6 Common Movie arguments that are always wrong”. I believe this is #5: “They explained this all in the comics!”
Me: “Well, I DON’T READ THOSE”
Sep 28, 2012 @ 15:07 CDT
And you shouldn’t have to either – the movie should be able to makes sense by itself even if all the comics burned in hell.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 18:35 CDT
What is this? I don’t even…
Why did you suddenly show up and talk about things that nobody was asking for?
Mind you, you’re the ignorant one for thinking you are the only one with the right opinion.
Sep 28, 2012 @ 14:23 CDT
” but also keep in mind the LNs had much more detail for its side stories and Kirito is actually narrating the entire time during the LNs so you have a better idea of what observations hes making or analyzes such as the duels he had whereas in the anime it just shows the actions being made.”
but also keep in mind that this isn’t the LN but its the anime we’re talking about and as repeatedly said, the LN is no basis to judge a series as it is separate works
“I’m probably not the only one who has made a comment like this but damn you’re all so damn ignorant.”
do not worry, you are not the only one who has posted a comment like this which made you look ignorant of the anime’s quality and cover it up with facts from the LN.
Sep 27, 2012 @ 23:13 CDT
Well I will admit that I am in the wrong for that, the anime doesn’t do a good job at explaining things without the viewer having to go to its original source for answers so as a standalone anime I can admit its not a well planned/explained one.
As far as my long comment goes It was more so in response to “I already dropped this…i’m sure most have…i’d rather watch Guilty Crown than this piece of recycled and cliched material” and reading back at the person comment I think I misread it “That’s why anime is suck. It definitely made someone think of wonderful life in SAO and ignore their real body situation (not worth for those brainless)” well now don’t I look stupid.
I apologize for calling EVERYONE ignorant but I guess that one comment just got to me and just misinterpret everyones words.
Sep 28, 2012 @ 5:32 CDT
You know..for one you should try and act a little mature here and second of all…your just attacking others opinions…anime and light novels..even though anime is based on that is different okay…both are treated as separate materials….one doesn’t need to read the light novel in order to enjoy the anime adaptation…take Fate Zero as an excellent example…what you are doing here is just being a fan and trying to attack others opinions…i suggest you grow up kid
Sep 29, 2012 @ 0:34 CDT
I’m pretty sure I just apologized ? I had a bad day, vent at a comment that I took horribly wrong.
Sep 28, 2012 @ 1:35 CDT
Must be a mistake to have brought the novels based on hype alone. But I could understand if the characters looks a bit worn out; after all, the BGMs that continously plays in the SAO world (like a regular RPG)probably drove most of them insane by now.