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Gorochu said: LOL! First episode and Leafa got tentacle rape. Look forward to see more action. At this point I'm not even surprised that happened lol. |
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| What a cancer. Of course tentacle rape was a must. XD Shitness of this show just reached new level. Unbelievable. |
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_MushiRock11_ said: About that (near-) rape scene though, was it even necessary in all honesty? I'm not going to be jumping on the negative spectrum of this soon-to-evolve controversy though... In this arc it has been used two times and for exactly the same, that the person can break the Taboo index and in this case also for the orc to make an alliance with Leafa against Vector. Regarding the unnecessary, I do not care, showing so much blood is also unnecessary but I am not going to complain about that. |
NayoutJul 11, 2020 11:52 AM
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| Ah yes... First episode and I can already hear western anime experts writing essays on how much they are offended. There is going to be another forced controversy soon... |
JRyanC said: I know things like the Leafa tentacle rape aren't exactly new to SAO, but goddamn we're only 1 episode in and we're already here I hope Kawahara got this out of his system, and we can keep moving God knows I'm not squeamish and don't mind content that others might find controversial. But I simply don't understand this show's insistence on "rapey" scenes. Why the heck in the context of that situation was it necessary to introduce tentacle molestation? Couldn't she have just beaten her up, stepped on her, "insert your punishment here"? has nothing to do with the rest of the story Kirito's harem is close to going meta now, lol. |
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| Pretty good episode. The OP and ED are good, even though to me they pale in comparison to last season's. Bercouli decking it out with Vecta was pretty cool for a few scenes and ofc we had to have another rape like scene courtesy of Dee Eye Ell trying to suck the life out of Leafa. Seeing Klein at the end of the ep was pretty meh. The dude has literally been irrelevant throughout all of SAO so I can't say it was some sort of cool moment. I'm very much looking forward to the next episode. |
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| Paka-checker ruining the action scenes again. Almost pitch black in one of them. And as usual, Aniplex messing up the subs again because they apparently can't pay for an editor At 21:00 "My won't give out until my mind does" I swear there's a basic grammar issue in every 2 episodes I watch from them  Also yeah, wtf was the point of the tentacle rape? I'm not offended but just seems so pointless |
KougeruJul 11, 2020 12:24 PM
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| Oh c'mon, it's the first episode and they're already starting this perverted shit. Like i know where that last tentacle went... |
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| It ain't Sword Art Online without rape. Can't wait to see how A-1 Pictures will tackle the scene where |
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| ReoNa OP is fire, damn! Good restart to the season. Loving Sinon's Solus design, it's her best one. The Alicization character designs are all better than the ones from the previous games. Stacia Asuna, Solus Sinon, not sure who Leafa is supposed to be but her's is great too. Heck, even Klein's design was super cool. Action sequences are great, production is top notch as it has always been. Bercoulli vs Vecta was very cool but Vecta is too OP. FMmatron said: On a different note, miss me with the waifu stuff. In other series I don't mind, but here it's just ultra cringe. I can't explain it but I know exactly what you mean. |
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| my mind blow when that scene leafa got raped by tentacles LOL |
Nayout said: In this arc it has been used two times and for exactly the same, that the person can break the Taboo index and in this case also for the orc to make an alliance with Leafa against Vector. Regarding the unnecessary, I do not care, showing so much blood is also unnecessary but I am not going to complain about that. There are other ways of going about it, honestly. But well, I've heard there's going to possible one more so here's to hoping that'll play out differently. |
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Farabeuf said: Exactly this. Who is exactly the target audience for this? It really boggles my mind. What a turn off.God knows I'm not squeamish and don't mind content that others might find controversial. But I simply don't understand this show's insistence on "rapey" scenes. . |
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| Ah yes, great combat scenes, some meh cgi fights in the background, amazing OST, friendship armor + power ups and a tentacle rape scene from start, yeap is a new season of Rape Art Online! |
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FuryTank said: Why rape scenes again? Can't the author hide his fetish for a fucking arc? Good grief... Yes,rape is disturbing content,but to me it's fine as long it's wasn't put for fanservice or something trivial like that. Reki Kawahara doesn't have fetish and he regrets using that content. Also,Leafa was only trapped for a moment,she wasn't ''raped''. She was only trapped by tentacles,she wasn't sexually abused. That evil woman removed her breastplate to tease Lilipin,not to ''rape'' her. If you are tired of ''rape'' scenes,that's fine,but just because you are tired of something doesn't mean it's a bad thing and it's does not give you right to badmouth author. There are many manga,light novels or anime that use rape to develop characters or give them strong features. For example,Goblin Slayer's goblins are made rapist monsters to make them terrifying and give goosebumps that gets certain readers excited or something like that. Sword Art Online's arcs like Fairy Dance and Phantom Bullet where were attempted rape scenes were made to develop characters because some characters develop in great ways from traumatic experiences or in losses of beloved ones or precious friends like Canute from Vinland Saga did after what happened to his guardian Ragnar. There wasn't much development in those arcs,for sure,but in Alicization,there was tons of development because Alicization arc have improved writings in story and characters. Rape scene where Ronnie and Tiese gets molested by corrupt nobles greatly developed Eugeo's character,giving him true sense of justice and making him realize that there are things that have to be done,even if they are forbidden by Taboo Index. That's only scene where character development was executed flawlessly. Reki Kawahara isn't great writer,but his writing improved a lot because he was learning from his mistakes. I'll say this once: Just because SAO have contents you can't stomach or flaws that you can't bear doesn't mean it's bad. It's anime series that you can love or hate,depending on your standards,expectations and tastes. |
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Farabeuf said: JRyanC said: I know things like the Leafa tentacle rape aren't exactly new to SAO, but goddamn we're only 1 episode in and we're already here I hope Kawahara got this out of his system, and we can keep moving God knows I'm not squeamish and don't mind content that others might find controversial. But I simply don't understand this show's insistence on "rapey" scenes. Why the heck in the context of that situation was it necessary to introduce tentacle molestation? Couldn't she have just beaten her up, stepped on her, "insert your punishment here"? has nothing to do with the rest of the story Kirito's harem is close to going meta now, lol. Reki Kawahara doesn't know how to keep his hands on the keyboard and off himself, sometimes. That's all there is to it. Yeah, it's also a lazy crutch in order to add shock and tension, but that's not his primary reason. If anything, I'm just laughing at how we really started the season with "Welcome back to SAO, here's some tentacle rape. Sorry it took 6 months". Unplanned split cour or not, there has to have been a better way to set the tone for this season. I may be wrong, but I can't imagine this being make-or-break to the plot. |
| Tentacle rape scene for the first episode ? F*ck this shit. |
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ya_hallo said: It ain't Sword Art Online without rape. Can't wait to see how A-1 Pictures will tackle the scene where |
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| holy shit this episode was min bowing for me what perfect adaptation but they kinda go overboard alittle bit in the Tentacle scene its was really that wild in the LN bercouli vs vector HYPE and finally the GOD klein is here 5/5 |
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Rinji- said: ya_hallo said: It ain't Sword Art Online without rape. Can't wait to see how A-1 Pictures will tackle the scene where I read the original web novel so take it with a grain of salt as both the light novel and anime have it very toned down. |
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| Good first episode. Some nice action. Liked how Leafa attacked the female general. And the Klein guy suddenly appearing. Music is same as always. And a bit comedy with the pig (orc) guy and the tentacle scene. :D |
ya_hallo said: I read the original web novel so take it with a grain of salt as both the light novel and anime have it very toned down. |
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ya_hallo said: It ain't Sword Art Online without rape. Can't wait to see how A-1 Pictures will tackle the scene where ???????? |
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Nayout said: ya_hallo said: It ain't Sword Art Online without rape. Can't wait to see how A-1 Pictures will tackle the scene where ???????? There will be one more when Sinon goes to save Alice. |
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WaifuMaster17 said: FuryTank said: Why rape scenes again? Can't the author hide his fetish for a fucking arc? Reki Kawahara doesn't have fetish and he regrets using that content. Also,Leafa was only trapped for a moment,she wasn't ''raped''. She was only trapped by tentacles,she wasn't sexually abused. That evil woman removed her breastplate to tease Lilipin,not to ''rape'' her. "It's not rape if we don't see the tentacle go in" (we held on this shot for 6 seconds, by the way) |
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Lelouch0202 said: ReoNa OP is fire, damn! Good restart to the season. Loving Sinon's Solus design, it's her best one. The Alicization character designs are all better than the ones from the previous games. Stacia Asuna, Solus Sinon, not sure who Leafa is supposed to be but her's is great too. Heck, even Klein's design was super cool. Action sequences are great, production is top notch as it has always been. Bercoulli vs Vecta was very cool but Vecta is too OP. FMmatron said: On a different note, miss me with the waifu stuff. In other series I don't mind, but here it's just ultra cringe. I can't explain it but I know exactly what you mean. It's so blatant and artificial, it feels like it's mainly there to pander to fans/ trigger a reaction. |
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JRyanC said: WaifuMaster17 said: Reki Kawahara doesn't have fetish and he regrets using that content. Also,Leafa was only trapped for a moment,she wasn't ''raped''. She was only trapped by tentacles,she wasn't sexually abused. That evil woman removed her breastplate to tease Lilipin,not to ''rape'' her. "It's not rape if we don't see the tentacle go in" (we held on this shot for 6 seconds, by the way) In hentai manga or anime,tentacles normally go over women's erogenous zones to give them sensation and make them reach orgasm. Tentacles that trapped Leafa were not giving her sexual pleasure,they were sucking her life like bloodsucking leeches. |
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Which is why I quoted another user, Renji to take my comment with a grain of salt since I read the original web novel and a lot of things have been toned down. |
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| Leafa: I need to endure. I can't kill anyone over here until I understand what's going on. (Is tentacle raped) Leafa: Okay, nevermind, now that I've done my part of being raped to appel to the audience, I'm gonna kill this woman. Seriously. SAO never ceases to disgust me... |
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WaifuMaster17 said: JRyanC said: "It's not rape if we don't see the tentacle go in" (we held on this shot for 6 seconds, by the way) In hentai manga or anime,tentacles normally go over women's erogenous zones to give them sensation and make them reach orgasm. Tentacles that trapped Leafa were not giving her sexual pleasure,they were sucking her life like bloodsucking leeches. Are you really trying to tell us this: https://imgur.com/a/hXQlVUg Pointing towards her followed by a sound effect, given we've already seen it go between her breasts, isn't insinuating at something? I know you've given every SAO season a 10 but dont try to tell us this isnt what we think it is. |
| Great episode. Amazing visual and songs. I want to see the rest of Bercoulli's fight! |
| The production value is bonkers as usual. It's actually even more impressive given that it was partially produced during or right before the outbreak. All that's cool, but . . . THIS COULDN'T GO 11 MINUTES WITHOUT A SEXUAL ASSAULT SCENE FOR FANSERVICE. WHAT THE FUCK A-1? |
ShoriTora said: WaifuMaster17 said: In hentai manga or anime,tentacles normally go over women's erogenous zones to give them sensation and make them reach orgasm. Tentacles that trapped Leafa were not giving her sexual pleasure,they were sucking her life like bloodsucking leeches. Are you really trying to tell us this: https://imgur.com/a/hXQlVUg Pointing towards her followed by a sound effect, given we've already seen it go between her breasts, isn't insinuating at something? I know you've given every SAO season a 10 but dont try to tell us this isnt what we think it is. A-1 Pictures clearly took a questionable choice here... The novel (read just a few months ago) does not go that far. |
| Why the Tentacles. Curse the tentacles. Everything was great upto now. My expectations for this season just dropped |
ShoriTora said: WaifuMaster17 said: In hentai manga or anime,tentacles normally go over women's erogenous zones to give them sensation and make them reach orgasm. Tentacles that trapped Leafa were not giving her sexual pleasure,they were sucking her life like bloodsucking leeches. Are you really trying to tell us this: https://imgur.com/a/hXQlVUg Pointing towards her followed by a sound effect, given we've already seen it go between her breasts, isn't insinuating at something? I know you've given every SAO season a 10 but dont try to tell us this isnt what we think it is. *sigh* Tentacles were sucking her life for every part of body expect her private parts. Tentacles on her tights were sucking her life ON HER TIGHTS,they weren't moving to her genitalia. How many times i have to explain? If this was rape scene,tentacles would to what they always do in hentai manga and anime,but they don't. Take a hike. |
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WaifuMaster17 said: JRyanC said: "It's not rape if we don't see the tentacle go in" (we held on this shot for 6 seconds, by the way) In hentai manga or anime,tentacles normally go over women's erogenous zones to give them sensation and make them reach orgasm. Tentacles that trapped Leafa were not giving her sexual pleasure,they were sucking her life like bloodsucking leeches. So having something painfully forced into your genitals isn't rape, as long as you don't feel sexual pleasure? This is such an odd hill to die on. You spent your first post arguing that Kawahara regrets using rape, then despite that, go on to give examples of rape being used to develop characters. You move onto a vague "Kawahara is learning from his mistakes", then end by saying "just because you can't stomach rape doesn't mean SAO is bad" Like dude, just admit that Kawahara wrote a rape scene that didn't further the plot and get over it. If your most convincing argument is "she didn't moan like a hentai girl, so it isn't rape", then you might be denying reality. Not everyone that dislikes Kawahara using rape as a lazy plot device is "unable to stomach it" like you seem to believe. Some people just know bad writing when they see it. (EDIT after reading the posts between my last refresh and now) So you really seem to believe my joke that "It's not rape if we don't see the tentacle go in". I thought I was being unfair, but I was on the mark. I've made my point, no further questions your honor. |
JRyanCJul 11, 2020 12:56 PM
Rinji- said: ya_hallo said: It ain't Sword Art Online without rape. Can't wait to see how A-1 Pictures will tackle the scene where |
JRyanC said: Like dude, just admit that Kawahara wrote a rape scene that didn't further the plot and get over it. He did not. A-1 Pictures did. I re-read the passage of the novel just to be sure and the most explicit he wrote was about the mage's fingers/tentacles wrapping around her body and stabbing into her flesh. I am almost quoting it. |
| Mixed opinion about this episode. The tentacle scene was made unnecessarily over the top. I don't remember it that way in the LN. It was focused about Leafa and Lilipilin's monologues there. Lilipilin's back story was skipped in the last cour and that hurt this scene a bit. This would make anime only watchers feel that the whole thing was pointless. Bercouli and Vector's fight was great. His sword incarnation was animated well. Easily the best part of the episode for me. I think that it would have been better to include the whole fight in one episode. Splitting it between episodes is going make it look short. Let's see where it goes from here. |
Kyragos said: JRyanC said: Like dude, just admit that Kawahara wrote a rape scene that didn't further the plot and get over it. He did not. A-1 Pictures did. I re-read the passage of the novel just to be sure and the most explicit he wrote was about the mage's fingers/tentacles wrapping around her body and stabbing into her flesh. I am almost quoting it. Alright, so seems like it's just the studio that wanted to spice things up. |
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