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| Overall not bad but these CGI characters are awful. |
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| Oh geez we got a whole year of SAO time to get comfy it's gonna be a long one honestly not a bad start a tad slow but hey it's a year long so i can't really judge it so far,it's just SAO over the years has accumulated a ton of baggage and seeing all of it still come back and manifest still triggers me due to not caring about almost all of it (Sinon aight ) but the setup seems like we'll be seeing new set of characters hopefully better written due to all the praise i've heard about how much better this arc is done. OP is great and animated has been bumped up almost thought A-1 was working with ufotable due to some of the visual effects |
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| I'm surprised to see a mostly positive reception, considering that it's SAO. I deeply welcome the new arc and what it will bring. As I said here previously, the first episode was a solid okay overall but really could've handled all the exposition to be more engaging. |
| Interesting first episode! A lot of things have happened both in the virtual world and the reality world, so I’m curious to see how it all plays out now. I didn’t have any expectation for this show to be begin with, so I’m pleasantly not disappointed yet which is incredible. Jokes aside, it was a seriously a lot to take in, in this episode, considering how dialogue-heavy the Café scene was but I’m glad they gave some vital info away before the show starts to get more intense and complex. Shino and the crew back at it again and dominating was cool to see. Lol, it indeed wasn’t a win but neither a loss. Looks like Shino is looking to win the legend the next time around, so I’m kinda looking forward to that. I wonder where Alice is off to now and how Kirito is doing in real life now. If im not wrong, the death gun was what the antagonists of Season 2 we’re using to kill off players in real life, honestly I don’t see how Kirito will make it out alive but I’m assuming Underworld’s got to do something about it. Also, pleasant to see Asuna and Kirito scenes, Asuna was really adorable throughout more so with the description of the pulse system(or whatever it was) of Kirito’s heart. Also, nice to see her accepting Kirito’s selfish wish right away, but it was obvious from a mile so not wholly surprising to be frankly honest. I must say though, the visuals for the Op of Season 3 gives a lot of hints. Why on Earth is Eugeo carrying the blue sword and su much more.. Pretty good and eventful start, I hope Aliciazation really blows me away like what many users are saying it’ll if it’s to be a faithful adaptation because, even now, I hope this franchise can deliver! |
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| Lol why did they have to remind me of Kirito's useless harem after a perfectly 5/10 show??????? Also that scene with Kirito and Asuna running is funny as hell, but that's just nitpicking it a bit too much. Take away the second half, I don't want to put up with 4 seasons worth of the old SAO. At this point it makes me uncomfortable as hell. No comedy, no interesting shit but exposition dumps that take away the almost "mysterious" feel of the first half. Dropping this shizz hard |
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Pedram said: Hey if u dont want to watch season 2 but want to know a 2 paragraph summery of the things used in Season 3 that's mentioned in Season 2, Check my Comment in this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbzEqy-IwU&lc=UgxligmGG1v2xcA5NUl4AaABAg.8lghGZEd2dU8li5JLKZHou this link basically direct u to my comment exactly. i was answering another dude last week if he can skip season 2. will read thank you |
| SAO is back!! Loved seeing new material, and all our favourite characters back again. Been waiting for this season for so long - having not read the books, I'm constantly told about how Alicization is the best arc, and I can't wait to see where this goes. An hour long episode really was a treat, and it feels like I never had a break from SAO at all. Loved seeing where Kirito and Asuna's relationship was at, which has always been a guilty pleasure of mine since the first episode of SAO all those years ago. Super excited to see where this goes, what role the Soul Translator plays, and how this new 'full dive' technology will unravel. Ahh I'm so excited SAO is back! |
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| That was awesome. Soul Translator is a very interesting concept and there is a lot of potential there for great stories. I loved the art and the OP as well. Thankfully, all the wait was worth it. 50+ episodes of SAO, it's a dream. Can't wait for next Saturday. Maruseru1993 said: Good that after this season the Sao hype finaly ends and another anime gets this hype a anime that deserves it way more then trash art trashline There are two more arcs to be adapted after this season: Moon Cradle and Unital Ring. And that's not counting SAOAGGO, Clover's Regret and SAO Progressive, which will take years to end. |
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| Episode 1 is so long I m going to take my time with it. Saw like 15 min so far, enjoyed it alot. Gave the OP at the end a sneak peek, Quinella looks amazing, that OP is lit! |
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| New arc looks interesting, but the ladder half of the episode was complete garbage. At least the animation in the opening looked decent. |
| Oh shit Kirito dead. New MC?? |
| Sieg Zeon! |
| needs more Sinon ass crack |
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| They really did bump up the game although sometimes it looks bad but most of the time the animation can be compared to ordinal scale it seems. I was really really hyped about it and I sure many of us have already gone through the LN and yes this will be over 50 episodes! I am all fired up, that ggo scene andthey execut the background story pretty good but mostly is still recap and introduction to Alicization. Looking forward o the next one |
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| there is thing i hate and i like on this epsiode Like - I like the gunblasting in the midle of show - all the main character play GGO to... wow, more Gun blasting than s2 Hate - 50 minutes for the first episode... it reminds me of Re:zero (im so tired) - The first half confuse me... (though, im not read the novel at all) - Death gun return? or LC guild move into GGO after SAO shut down? |
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| Soul Translator...Going to sleep and having a year-long dream for 8 hours...They're going to be full-diving for like 40 of those 50 episodes, aren't they? Well they set it all up, so they can just proceed from here. Kirito isn't going to die of course. What they'll probably do is hook him up to the SLT where he will take his consciousness and venture into the Underworld. Here we go then... |
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ina-astral said: Either I'm forgetting something or the anime really skipped the explanation of Alicization's world setting. It's been quite a long time, but I still remember the feeling of sympathy and anger that I felt towards their situation when I was reading the prologue, up until Alice gets taken by the Integrity Knight. But that feeling was somehow gone when I watched the anime. This part of the novel was much longer then what was shown in the anime, iirc. Kirito, Alice, Eugene were shown spending a bit more time together, as well as explaining the Underworlds world setting. (like why it was their role to cut that tree, for example) Not sure how they are going to catch up on that in the next few episodes, since it feels like too much of the background story is missing. Maybe flashbacks? Sleepy-lt said: The episode felt so boring, not even sure if it's worth to continue... Any manga/ln readers can confirm if this gets better? It does. First bit is just introduction to the world/story. So its naturally its a bit ''boring''. That said, I didnt consider it boring myself. And that was in the novel, where the worldbuilding took more time. Mouloxas said: Well, literally everything from Kajiura always sounds exactly the same. It's more a you like it or not kind of thing. And whether it fits the show or not, and Kajiura music isn't a good fit for sao imo. Have to disagree with that. Tracks like Luminous Sword really helped set the mood for the SAO fight scenes. |
| “Ha ha, the synergy between my left and right hand made them feel scared.” Ye Xiu said. |
NietzscheBoi said: superzombie23 said: Let me guess. You hate slice of life? That's incorrect. Slice of Life is usually actually entertaining. Agonizingly long exposition scenes where they are sitting down and not doing anything for 10 minutes and watching 15 minutes of characters I don't care about trying to cut down trees and walking through a cave to see a short and uninteresting fight scene and a girl getting taken away for a stupid reason are boring. So you hate slice of life? Hate to break it to you, but as someone that can rarely appreciate slice of life anymore (experienced far too much of it, so it feels boring now) that's what you are describing. Slice of life with a little bit of action, but without a comedy element. Slice of life doesnt automatically mean its comedy, you know? Thats only an optional subgenre of the actual genre. |
| “Ha ha, the synergy between my left and right hand made them feel scared.” Ye Xiu said. |
| Is it just that I'm surprised to see 2 characters from SAO: FB appears in SAO: Alicization? |
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| Aw yeah! After waiting several years, the much anticipated Alicization arc is finally here and oh man is it looking good! I found it really interesting that they decided to add an original scene with everyone playing in GGO, definitely a nice touch and foreshadowing for what's to come. Asuna with a photon sword, I dig it. Being a light novel reader, I thought this episode was really well done and it did its job of setting up the events that will go down in this arc. Loving that Kirito x Asuna moment, really cute stuff there. Not going to lie, I got goosebumps when I first saw and heard the opening. Definitely looking forward to more! |
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| I love SAO and I was looking forward to the new sequel when I first heard about it. The first episode was really good and I enjoyed it but it was more like a Movie. The story so far was great and well done but I know I already said this but it looked like a Movie than a TV Series. A-1 Pictures put a lot of work into this anime (and when I say a lot I mean A LOT). A TV Series shouldn't be allowed to look as good as a movie. I feel like its cheating or something on the line of overdoing it. Fate/Stay Night: UBW also did something similar in their first episode but I think they gradually lessen the quality along the episodes afterwards. I hope that they only wanted to make a really good impression on the first episode and gradually lessen the quality. I'm not trying to say its bad, its quite the opposite but quality that good makes me think its a MOVIE. |
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Playcool said: Episode 1 is so long I m going to take my time with it. Saw like 15 min so far, enjoyed it alot. Gave the OP at the end a sneak peek, Quinella looks amazing, that OP is lit! lol. Your message must contain 15 characters |
| well, SAO is back. alot of people been saying this is the best arc in the whole light novel series so even though im not a huge SAO fan, i'll stay tuned. this episode was interesting. i felt they did a decent job introducing The Underworld and the Fluctlight thing, and picking up where they left off from the last season a bit. i kind of like the art style a bit more than the previous seasons as well.i dont really have an issue with any of it that wouldn't seem nitpicky, so yeah, no major problems with it. as always i guess, some moments can feel melodramatic to me, but i guess that's just SAO being SAO, alot of cheesy/cringy moments, melodrama, i dont know, probably just me. but yeah, it was cool i guess. can't knock it. |
| The OP is nice. I like the part where the three are running in the beginning. |
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| wow didn't know umbrellas were sharp enough to pierce people |
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hiikaoru said: wow didn't know umbrellas were sharp enough to pierce people Easily if you put enough pressure into it. |
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