Sword Art Online (light novel)
Should it have ended at ep 14?
Infinite_Jester said: I agree, they could have spent more time on the 2 years they were trapped inside the game, showing them overcome each level and defeat the boss battles, for the entire first and second seasons, with each season representing a year.Ended? No. But there was some drop off after that. I was still okay overall with the changes until Alicization when I felt like it disconnected from the main characters too much. But I’m okay with the first 12. Admittedly it wasn’t as good when they leave the game. Imho they should have paced season 1 in game over 2-3 seasons and had Gun be a stand alone side story. Was never as connected with the Fairy arc. Haven’t seen underworld Alice yet but having a hard time getting motivated. Still that first season of SOA is what really sucked me into anime. Then after that get into other arcs in the following seasons. Third season, the fairy arc, but with a better story and ending, including other fairy arc stories like Mother's Rosario & Calibur together. Fourth season, drawing out SAO's influence and explaining more about the new games, this introduces the Phantom Bullet arc & Gun Gale spin off, then having more time to deal with the villain. Fifth Season could have been Ordinal Scale arc, with more explanation and longer story. Sixth Season could be Alicization. Seventh, War of Underworld. etc etc With each season having better writing and more of flowing history to the whole SAO story. |
ejleonMay 6, 2023 6:21 AM
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.  |
| I feel that SAO Progressive should have been what SAO was in the first place. This does not fix alll of the issues, but it is a start. For the criticism I could levy towards Alfheim or Gun Gale Online, the characterization and relationship build aspects were much more substantial than the first arc in terms of the anime adaptation. At least Shinon has a personal issue she is trying to resolve independent of Kirito in terms of her past trauma, at least Sugha, whose feelings for Kirito go unrealized, is at least able to come to peace with them. This is not to say Asuna needs to have some conflict, but an arc or a personal conflict which she grows from would have gone a long way towards developing her as an actual character. Alternatively, having her bond with Kirito in a way that is natural (As in, over time) would have made it feel less like the rushed mess that the first arc was. That, and Kirito became a beautiful looking femboy in Gungale Online. Gosh, I would have violated him in that form repeatedly. That alone justifies the existence of Gun Gale Online. |
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| There should be a 3rd answer where I would fall under. Doesn't get better, but still is a watchable show. I like the series, but nothing matches the 1st Arc. |
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| I also think that this would have made SAO better overall if it just ended. That being said the real problem for me was how fast they go through the levels. If they would have taken the time and make this like a long-ish running series only focusing on SAO and trying to get out alive showing as much of the world as possible this wouldn´t have ended in desaster i feel like. |
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| yes and no, if the writer wasnt brain damaged the later arcs couldve worked by just changing orders of what happens and removing retarded shit |
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