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| I"d fuck that robot Alice any day. I'd make the first babies AI. Ffs wheres my AI Robot waifu!!!!?????!!?!?!?!?!?!?! |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
Maruseru93 said: there 1 thing that bothers me that ugly professor rinko? whatever said something about have familys with AI to be honest is she serious? can alice produce in her robot body a organic baby and can she have sex wtf I think she was meaning the fluctlights can reproduce in Underworld (or some similar virtual world). This was how Underworld was populated over time (with some of the Rath devs being involved with the first generation of people there). Pretty sure they can move fluctlights between Underworld and the real world, so Alice can dive back in, and they can pull new fluctlights out into new bodies once they make them. |
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| I only read up to this point in the LN when it was fan-translated so I am going in blind for the last 60 pages being covered in these last 2 episodes. I am curious to see how Reki takes this forward. This looks like the best time to introduce movie #2 and have that lead into Moon Cradle or Unital Ring (I don't know what either of them are about). Robot Alice looked a lot more detailed than I had imagined her to be in this episode; I thought she'd end up looking like Niemon (the robot that Kayaba's soul magically possessed to save Ocean Turtle). And again the execution may be a little off, but you really do see how close Kirito felt to Eugeo. It's nice seeing Reki flesh out the friendship element, but it is also a big change in direction that he's established already with Kirito's harem; I can see why many people up to this point roll their eyes at Eugeo because his friendship with Kirito isn't compatible with the harem relationships he's built with the rest of the female cast. |
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| This episode got me wanting for more. Now I wonder how will the plot be twisting next. I sense evil and corruption in the Government. |
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| CLAP CLAP CLAP! wow things are getting interesting again! i hope SAO bashers calms down...lolz 5/5! |
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| ok episode. Alice as an AI? She looks more human than the reporters lol |
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| This was an outstanding episode! Alice has such a regal dignity and super intelligence. The copying of Kirito's consciousness opens a whole range of possibilities that make me really wonder if they are going to continue with another season. There's so much to explore there. The last scene with Kirito and his step sister was reminiscent of the second to last episode of the original SAO series. A very touching moment. He's a wonderful soul who thinks through his actions for the best possible outcome for everyone. Wonderful episode. Hard to believe the next one will be the last, forever. |
Chronos-san said: No explanation given for WHY he wanted those 200 years worth of memories erased... It just doesn't make sense based on what we know. I could understand if it was 200 years of hell or some terrible experience, but from what little was shown that doesn't seem to be the case. Wouldn't it make more sense to for him to want to use the knowledge/experience/skills etc... he's acquired during his lifetime in underworld towards achieving his goals in the real world? Not to mention the lifetimes worth of memories spent with Asuna and the people of underworld. I suspect part of the reason is a convenient justification for keeping him as the same character he's always been. A 200 year older Kirito would be a completely different character. Wiser, smarter, stronger; not the Kirito from SAO we've always known. (I doubt THAT Kirito would be crying in his bed over a guy who died 200 years ago no matter how good of friends they were.) Also, Alice suddenly having an artificial body real enough to be indistinguishable from flesh and blood humans? Where'd that come from? I don't recall any mention of robotics technology that advanced existing before in this series. If that's the case, the world of SAO is only a couple steps away from achieving human immortality through the use of cybernetic bodies. If you can transfer an artificial fluctlight into a physical body, why not a "real" one? You answered your own question. Also keeping those memories would mean every memory of the real world would suddenly become 200 years older from Kirito's POV. He would hardly remember the daily life as he knows it. The disjointed chronological age and real age would be very inconvenient as well. It wouldn't be too unbelievable to have a realistic looking robot considering that a futuristic tech like STL is already perfected in SAO's world. It is also a necessity to give Alice a similar looking body so as to not ruin her self image. Finding yourself suddenly in a robotic body that you can't recognize as your own would be traumatic. |
Chronos-san said: Agreed on that. We may get some reasoning in the future about it. Who knows?On the other hand, erasing 200 years worth of their lives seems like an extreme course of action to take. It's essentially like committing suicide from their standpoint. The individuals that they are at that point in time with their memories and experiences will cease to exist. |
| So Alice got a robot body in real world and attended the press conference as the product of RATH itself while also trying to get "human rights" as the stone stepping for the world to acknowledge this project and the fluctlight itself. meanwhile Kikuoka hiding his dead to escape from the trouble and keep maintaining the project. and Higa secretly copied Kirito fluctlight where both of real Kirito and Asuna were erased. that means the only who remembered the 200 years of "star king & queen" only the copy .... hmm KiriSuna moments in this were really good and soothing. The moment she comoforted him of the memory losses also when she overprotectively looking for his health. next one'll be the final episode really excited to see it, wondering if they gonna adapted the 200 years story a.k.a Moon Cradle. |
| Alice's speech was cool. Too bad we didn't see what happened in those 200 years. |
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| I want to see 200 years old Kirito more than anything else in the future,there are so many possibilities to choose from those 200 years, and the thought of Akihiko and Kirito forming a team...   |
| I liked the press conference with Alice, very touching! Also the idea of Asuna and Kirito living in the Underworld for 200 years is a bit much to take in. I guess we'll find out what it was like in the next season, whenever the light novels are further ahead. But the copy Kirito's 200+ year old self and meeting Kayaba's copy is scary as hell! I can only imagine the chess game worth of chaos those 2 edgelords would cause as some form of AI and its chilling! |
HazelShonenFanNov 1, 2020 8:11 PM
“You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Things more important then what your hunting for, could be right there on the side of the road.”  |
| Interested to see what the whole situation with Kayaba is about and what they have planned for the final episode. |
| Amazing episode with some really bad turn about. I hate it. We are definitely due to another season. |
| The press conference was well done, these questions really makes us question our own reality aswell. I've seen so many shows / movies and even played games about this subject and it never fails to entertain me ^^ They could probably have a whole new season about Kirito's copy now too. |
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| wow yet another girl who claims her love for kirito, how surprising |
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| In comparison with the crappy episodes we saw lately, this one was pretty good. Though I'm not sure about "starting families" with AIs, I mean they can't reproduce after all. |
| I dont know whats my deal with Alicization but after I forgot to watch the final of the first season I also needed 2 years(!) to finally watch this episode. I just cringed so hard during the press conference I needed 2 whole years to cope.. Dude forgot to copy 200 yo Asuna, what a dick move |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Wait so Alice really exists? I thought they would only get the cube and do something with it. I don't really get why they want to have AIs in the real world if all they are going to do is live, given that there are already a lot of people living and space is limited. So many emotions this episode, I'm so relieved Kikuoka isn't actually dead, that would have sucked. And then there was Kirito's dumb decision, whyyyy. There's no reason for that. Also I wish they gave us more of what happened in those 200 years, not just a very short slideshow flashback. And now, that ending. BY FAR, the best part of this season. Kirito being haunted by Eugeo because of the impact he had on him. Kirito's reaction was very good, those last 2 lines gave me chills, "Come on, wake up, Kirito ... Kirito". |
Alex_TheForestNov 18, 2022 1:29 PM
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones! |
| Great episode, Alice is just an amazing human being and one of the best girls in this series. She did so well at the conference while expressing her feelings toward the real world people she met and how they supported her. The deletion of the memories of the last 200 years in the Underworld for Kirito and Asuna is heartbreaking and sad, Tiese and Ronie are going to miss Kirito, there was a parade in Centoria celebrating Kirito and Asuna, and Kirito getting along with Iskhan. Eugeo chiming in to tell Kirito to not cry and stay cool was so nice. Eugeo is right, the memories may be gone but they will remain in the heart. It was interesting to hear about the complicated situation with the Ocean Turtle now being controlled by the government as negotiations are going on. Hopefully Kikouka will keep the Underworld safe somehow. Higa copied Kirito's fluctlight and could never delete his fluctlight. Seems that the Underworld could run for a couple of years thanks to the nuclear reactor as long as outside interference can be prevented. To find a connection to the Ocean Turtle we need Kayaba's help, this is going to be exciting. Kirito cries because he misses Eugeo, but Sugu comes in to comfort him and has him tell her everything about Eugeo. Finally, Alice might wither away? I am so hyped up right now, time for the final episode |
| I need a robot waifu like ALICE in real life. I need someone like her that remains beautiful for as long as I'm alive. 5:16 Yeah, it's gonna be like that in the beginning, but in the future decades, the financial world will always find a way to make use of a labor force that has few needs and never tires. Human greed knows no bounds. 10:14 It's very likely that future humans will merge with AIs instead. I think an augmented brain will be far stronger than any artificially made brain or computer. Bio-digital fusion is the future! Kirito is that homo towards Eugeo? If I was him, I don't think I'll ever be that depressed. I'll be able to move on with Asuna and the other waifus on my side. |
| Well gahhdamn this was something else |
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