Premier Alexander Romanov Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 sucks.The initial premise was really weak (I don't care how many ways you can tamper-proof the helmets, there was no way that scenario could've played out), the following premise was even worse (how did Kirito not tell that Leaf was HIS F**KING SISTER?!?), and, from what I've heard, the story just kept going into a downward spiral.If you want "MMO people trapped in the game", go watch Log Horizon.It does the concept infinitely better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddamnit names are a pain Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Oh wow what a great first post …Remember kids, you spoil shit in the first post and complain a lot …even if it does suck Seriously though, I liked the first arc(the actual SAO), and the rest was absolute shit. I mean, part ALO or whatever was ok and yes, there were shit parts in the first arc, but SAOII sucks ass compared to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Remember kids, you spoil s*** in the first post and complain a lot …even if it does suckI read the manga...up to the conclusion of the ALO arc.And they made it clear who Leaf was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddamnit names are a pain Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I read the manga...up to the conclusion of the ALO arc. And they made it clear who Leaf was. I would like to point out that while sometimes it is clear as f***, the author often makes it clear for us by DIRECTLY TELLING US. Sometimes we see things that the characters don't Agro, I see you lurking here Make a f***ing good post explaining why this is s*** I know you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiri Tsukikawa Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 but SAOII sucks ass compared to one.Can confirm. Still watching.I think one of the worst parts is[spoiler=how]Klein got a weapon he can't use. I mean, really? That's terrible![/spoiler]As you can tell, I'm no good at this. So I'll (try to) stop embarrassing myself now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 No, you see, after ep 8 or 9 of SAO1 it goes from "trapped in a video game" to "romance plot". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 No, you see, after ep 8 or 9 of SAO1 it goes from "trapped in a video game" to "romance plot". This is not romance. This is trying to be romance, and gullible teens gobble that shit up. it is like the book Divergent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddamnit names are a pain Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 .-. can someone explain how this is forced/not romance please I know it contradicts itself at certain points but what else (in the first arc, the rest is…kind of forced/i give no f***s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 the best bit of the anime is how kirito looks 5 in the 1st scene. 2nd best is the scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Can confirm. Still watching.I think one of the worst parts is[spoiler=how]Klein got a weapon he can't use. I mean, really? That's terrible![/spoiler]As you can tell, I'm no good at this. So I'll (try to) stop embarrassing myself now.Dude, you're watching Caliber, which is meant to be filler before Mother's Rosario. Which will be starting next episode, and if I had to state the best arc in all of Sword Art Online, it would be that, and guess what? Before you or anyone else complains about Kirito and his harem, he won't appear very much at all, and instead Asuna will be the one taking center stage.And by the way, while ALO was indeed total shit (only good thing it had going for it was the humour, and the anime removed that), GGO was not. Kirito's harem and the somewhat slow pacingaside, it was pretty cool. It focused on the character traits, the psychological traumas of Sinon and Kirito, and I for one love it when stuff like that is done.sucks.The initial premise was really weak (I don't care how many ways you can tamper-proof the helmets, there was no way that scenario could've played out), the following premise was even worse (how did Kirito not tell that Leaf was HIS F**KING SISTER?!?), and, from what I've heard, the story just kept going into a downward spiral.Wherever you're hearing this, frankly, they're shitty sources. The first SAO anime adaptation was indeed total shit since it was done so horridly, but because of that, people gained a special hatred that made them poke at flaws that weren't there and despise SAO II even though it's gotten better.Gun Gale Online was awesome with how it handled traumas and handled things in a fairly grounded way, and trust me, if you at least spend the time to watch the Mother's Rosario Arc, then it'll blow you out of the water.sucks.The initial premise was really weak (I don't care how many ways you can tamper-proof the helmets, there was no way that scenario could've played out)Correction: Anime adaptation of first arc was really bad. Many details were cut out, such as Argo, the Laughing Coffin event, and most importantly, Asuna's own freaking backstory. I don't understand how any adaptation can mess up that badly. The light novel (or more specifically, the Progressive version) handled it way better, going into detail about the way the virtual reality and the helmets functioned and such, along with the consequences and repercussions of it all.Kayaba Akihiko was a genius who spearheaded the SAO project, and it's not that he set a trap in the helmets that could be discovered, it's that he twisted the usage of its settings (microwaves) so that they're deadlier than you'd expect them to be. And it's not that the helmets were tamper-proof, but more that they simply killed the subject if outside forces tried to interfere....One last thing that I should drop in. It's an Alicization spoiler, but it might be important to[spoiler=keep this in mind.]The events of Sword Art Online served to have a military application too.So perhaps that's another reason why this virtual disaster wasn't cut short, due to government interference.[/spoiler]I could go on, but this is just a breakdown. The concentrated hate here is really annoying me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 The fact here is that the anime itself is terrible. I don't know about the Light Novels because I haven't read them, but I heard they're much better. It's a shame. This kind of setup had a lot of potential, but it was handled very badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiri Tsukikawa Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Before you or anyone else complains about Kirito and his harem, he won't appear very much at all, and instead Asuna will be the one taking center stage. That may very well be good for it and everything, but that's why I'm looking forward to it the least and it doesn't matter what you say to convince me otherwise. At least at this point. But if they didn't screw up as badly as you said they did, then maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Having read the books, I can confirm that Mother's Rosario was actually good. I intend to tune into the anime for it, and I DETEST the anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amazing Avian Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 The problem was that focus is in the wrong places. While the Moonlit Black Cats part was important, the development of Kirito's harem was not. Granted, they do appear later on and as such, their own episodes should have happened, but focusing on that instead of Asuna's story and the Laughing Coffin part, which made up a good chunk of the Aincrad arc, in addition to the mess that was Fairy Dance, led to this becoming a failure. However, I have to say the animation and bgm were both great. A good example is Kirito's duels with Gleam-Eyes and Eugene. Both were very well executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Liebert Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I've been debating for a while whether I'm going to watch Sword Art Online II or not. Sword Art Online, even with the hate in this topic thread, is still overrated. Although, back in like April, 2013, I had said it was my favorite anime and that "nothing can beat it" and "it's nearly perfect". Boy, was I wrong. Anyway, I strongly dislike it, or, mainly, the way they handled it. Sword Art Online had a mountain of potential, and, although the first arc was okay, the second arc is by far the worst arc I've seen in all of the twenty or thirty anime I've watched. This includes the Bount arc of Bleach. Wait, that was worse, scratch that. Anyway, I've heard that Sword Art Online II is much better. So, is it better than Sword Art Online AND is it a good anime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I've been debating for a while whether I'm going to watch Sword Art Online II or not. Sword Art Online, even with the hate in this topic thread, is still overrated. Although, back in like April, 2013, I had said it was my favorite anime and that "nothing can beat it" and "it's nearly perfect". Boy, was I wrong. Anyway, I strongly dislike it, or, mainly, the way they handled it. Sword Art Online had a mountain of potential, and, although the first arc was okay, the second arc is by far the worst arc I've seen in all of the twenty or thirty anime I've watched. This includes the Bount arc of Bleach. Wait, that was worse, scratch that. Anyway, I've heard that Sword Art Online II is much better. So, is it better than Sword Art Online AND is it a good anime? Well... it is kinda a clusterfuck, to be quite honest. On the bright side, the female lead is more than a mannequin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorc: The Dark One Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Yeah, Sinon is pretty interesting, i guess. . I would say the GGO arc is better then the Alfheim arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenxAtemYAOI Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Read the books, manga, and watched the anime. I sold the books, manga, and deleted the anime off of my SDD. Went back to watching .Hack//Returner and playing G.U. SAO is trying too hard to be unique and fails miserably as .Hack// still continues to shine. I will admit SAO has its pros though. Not enough ecchi theme in .Hack// and there's a bit more in SAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethera Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Wasn't too fond of the anime, but I did enjoy the light novels of SAO, barring the fact that Kirito is a Stu and the girls generally end up having to rely on him. I did like how nerdy the author became when discussing VRMMO technology though. That was cool. I've been thinking of reading Log Horizon or .hack// though. I also like Only Sense Online, even if there are some things that bug me there (like how much the main character bends over backwards for people with little reward). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENMaker Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Watched it because it was on Netflix and had a high rating everywhere I looked. Those ratings misled me horribly. Looking at MAL ratings and stuff, I just don't get how anyone could give this a 10 or even an 8, it just got stupid once they left the titular game just over halfway through and that creepy hair-sniffing guy emerges as an emotionally complex and incredibly well written pseudo villain. Oh wait no he's just a 100% evil pervert. I could have stomached this if the show didn't seem to just kind of decide Kyoba was not a bad guy, and Kirito seems not to give a shit that 4,000 people were killed by him. I mean... it just was asking too much of my suspension of disbelief to swallow the idea that all his "I'm not watching anyone else die ever let's save everyone" was reduced basically to "Hey so yeah why'd you kill all those people? Oh you have no reason? Cool cool". It's like the story itself gave up. The above paragraph is not the finest I have written but it should get the point across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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