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Paul said: InfiniteDestiny said: Paul said: InfiniteDestiny said: shanimebib said: InfiniteDestiny said: baril said: excellent, but not the cliff hanger I had expected That would have been way to crammed, while it would be a great cliffhanger they would have needed to But isn't the title of the next episode is practically the spoiler itself? Well episode 15 title is even more of a spoiler; it is what it is i guess Every title is a spoiler. They might as well change the episode title to the light novel volume and chapter number. I would say that is exaggerating...How is Black Swordsman, or Warmth of Heart and such spoilers? I mean that is like saying every title to every anime episode is a spoiler; titles are suppose to give some indication of what the episode is about, but i can hardly call that a spoiler; only some cases are titles to blunt, like episode 15 being called Every title is a spoiler for the light novel readers. There, and we all know how SAO light novel readers love talking about future spoilers in discussion threads. /has done it several times. Haha. This is the case for every Manga/VN/LN adaptation out there. |
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| Awesome episode, i love the way they showed heathcliff taking on the boss with a calm expression while everyone else had their rape face on lol i also enjoyed that fishing part, im glad they found time to animate it, it was a nice starter to what is about to come i was hoping that they would animate the part where they mention how the all the 25th tier bosses are all uber bosses (25th 50th 75th) because its an important part of the story and also the reason why the 75th boss is ultra difficult (one hit kill) i look forward to "the end of the world" and the reaction of all the anime viewers when they see the fireworks :D |
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| Great episode! I have no complaints with the way they adapted it :D Oh, but it would have been better if it was a cliffhanger~ And yeah...they should have used a different episode title for next week... |
| Way too much time spent on the fishing and forced drama stuff. Well the fishing wasn't terrible. It was also nice for Asuna to bring up what's happening with their bodies for once. FINALLY ACTION! Hope the bald blacksmith guy and Klein live. They are pretty cool. Oh hey Heathcliff is rather badass. He doesn't take shit from this Reaper. Background fodder characters dying like nothing. |
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| Now thats what I call a boss. I wonder how many survivors will there be after this dungeon. |
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| Good. Not much flames yet :D Only one I see is about the episode title~ |
Sango_chan_desu said: can someone tell me - why in one scene in sao is 2024 - when accel world in 236 and that supposed to be before in time -lol- sorry,i will not read this 8 page comment -.- Can't really understand what you said but... Accel World and SAO are in two different timeplanes and dimension. They aren't related. From what I read in previous threads, THAT'S what the author said but we got hints that they are somehow related... |
Sango_chan_desu said: can someone tell me - why in one scene in sao is 2024 - when accel world in 236 and that supposed to be before in time -lol- sorry,i will not read this 8 page comment -.- Lol? Your grammar was hard to understand. SAO - 2024 rigt now Accel world = 2046 Whoever said its before? Accel world is set way after. They're set in the same time line, as in Accel World the main character states |
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amginex said: reading some of the posts here, but it seems like people hate the anime because of poor adaptation from LN/manga (whatever). obviously, ive only seen the anime and im liking it so far. i think anime/manga/LN needs to be separated and be looked at at different expectations. [insert pretentious people who says "well the book is much better" when you mention the movie] That is not being pretentious, that is having standards. And yes, the books ARE always better. That's why everyone mentions this fact and why movie/anime only people are always looked down upon. Not that the SAO novel is good, after finishing volume 2 I can say it is bad even compared to most harem novels out there. Fap fiction. |
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HauntingShock said: Sango_chan_desu said: can someone tell me - why in one scene in sao is 2024 - when accel world in 236 and that supposed to be before in time -lol- sorry,i will not read this 8 page comment -.- Can't really understand what you said but... Accel World and SAO are in two different timeplanes and dimension. They aren't related. From what I read in previous threads, THAT'S what the author said but we got hints that they are somehow related... I think the author is toying around with the idea if he wants to make it related thus he drops those hints to keep his options open in further development of both stories. |
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ownosourus said: Now thats what I call a boss. I wonder how many survivors will there be after this dungeon. Least 3: Kirito,Asuna, and Heathcliff. It would be bad call kill main characters when SAO is 13/25 and Heathcliff is just too skilled in SAO world to die in fight like that(unlike those "henchman" characters) |
| All I could think off as they fought that thing was "HOLY CRAP!"...lol... Its strong enough that it takes Kirito and Asuna to block a single scythe... scary~ |
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InfiniteDestiny said: NettoAzure said: Oh Jeez, it took 13 episodes for the anime to mention that they got moved to hospitals? At least THAT "PLOT HOLE" got resolved. Hahahahaha. XDDD Do you even know what a plot hole is? by your logic all anime have plot holes; because almost all anime still have questions asked half way through....wait until the series is freaken over before you call something a plot hole. Many authors end up with Plot-Holes that they turn into Apparent Plot-Holes which eventually become Plot-Devices as if it were all part of the plan - which sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't. I don't think NettoAzure meant too much by it, but the nit-picky-ness is a little funny. NettoAzure: Just because everything isn't fully explained explicitly, doesn't make it a Plot hole. I could say: "Well, everything in SAO has to be explained right down to the detail of whether the in-game physics simulator still uses a gravitational acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2, otherwise it's a Plot hole. But that's absurd for many reasons, not least of which is that it misinterprets the meaning of a Plot hole. Every story ever written has countless "gaps" which are not Plot holes. These "gaps" are filled by the reader's imagination/experience/intelligence. The degree to which the reader/viewer can fill the gaps is what qualifies him/her as an "infant" or an "elementary-level" reader or a "college-level" reader, etc. Every author/story-teller/anime-writer in history has relied on the intelligence and imagination of his reader/viewer to fill in the gaps. If you can't fill in the "gaps" on your own like "Why wasn't I told that the children were transferred to a hospital?", then you may lack some of the knowledge base or imagination necessary to be viewing SAO, and should watch a simpler anime. SAO is complex by nature. Imagine a third-grade reader complaining about a college-level book that uses subtle language, never stating things explicitly and requires a student to read between the lines. The problem is not the book. The problem is that the reader(or viewer) lacks the skills/intelligence/imagination necessary to fill in the "gaps". The complaints are merely an indication of that. |
| this episode reminded me of Spice and Wolf xD (first half) |
Jerrychiang said: InfiniteDestiny said: NettoAzure said: Oh Jeez, it took 13 episodes for the anime to mention that they got moved to hospitals? At least THAT "PLOT HOLE" got resolved. Hahahahaha. XDDD Do you even know what a plot hole is? by your logic all anime have plot holes; because almost all anime still have questions asked half way through....wait until the series is freaken over before you call something a plot hole. Many authors end up with <i>Plot-Holes</i> that they turn into <Apparent Plot-Holes</i> which eventually become <i>Plot-Devices</i> as if it were all part of the plan - which sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't. I don't think NettoAzure meant too much by it, but the nit-picky-ness is a little funny. NettoAzure: Just because everything isn't fully explained explicitly, doesn't make it a <i>Plot hole</i>. I could say: "Well, everything in SAO has to be explained right down to the detail of whether the in-game physics simulator still uses a gravitational acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2, otherwise it's a <i>Plot-Hole</i>. But that's absurd for many reasons, not least of which is that it misinterprets the meaning of a <i>Plot-Hole</i>. Every story ever written has countless "gaps" which are <b>not</b> <i>Plot-holes</i>. These "gaps" are filled by the reader's imagination/experience/intelligence. The degree to which the reader/viewer can fill the gaps is what qualifies him/her as an "infant" or an "elementary-level" reader or a "college-level" reader, etc. <b>Every</b> author/story-teller/anime-writer in history has relied on the intelligence and imagination of his reader/viewer to fill in the gaps. If you can't fill in the "gaps" on your own like "Why wasn't I told that the children were transferred to a hospital?", then you may lack some of the knowledge base or imagination necessary to be viewing SAO, and should watch a simpler anime. SAO is complex by nature. Imagine a third-grade reader complaining about a college-level book that uses subtle language, never stating things explicitly and requires a student to read between the lines. The problem is not the book. The problem is that the reader(or viewer) lacks the skills/intelligence/imagination necessary to fill in the "gaps". The complaints are merely an indication of that. You need to use [ ] instead of < > lol :P |
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InfiniteDestiny said: You need to use [ ] instead of < > lol :P Done ^_- |
| The Skull Reaper seems like the type of boss that would cause me to yell at the game for how much hp he has and how his physical attacks are too powerful. |
Tyrel said: Sango_chan_desu said: can someone tell me - why in one scene in sao is 2024 - when accel world in 236 and that supposed to be before in time -lol- sorry,i will not read this 8 page comment -.- Lol? Your grammar was hard to understand. SAO - 2024 rigt now Accel world = 2046 Whoever said its before? Accel world is set way after. They're set in the same time line, as in Accel World the main character states true,sorry,messed it up -.- i was about to delete it,but i was already quoted O.o |
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draker said: Meh, the still frames during the fight are really pathetic. lol *DEAD* |
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HauntingShock said: Accel World and SAO are in two different timeplanes and dimension. They aren't related. I swear Accel World and SAO were in the same Universe. |
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| awesome fighting scene!!111!!1!! |
Awaki said: HauntingShock said: Accel World and SAO are in two different timeplanes and dimension. They aren't related. I swear Accel World and SAO were in the same Universe. Well since they are written by the same author there are many links and connections as to their relation (like the Nerve Gear being show in Accel World) imo its just a matter of how connected they really are; like there are even theories that Kuroyukihime is Kiritos daughter and such, they are related, its just a matter of how related they really are. |
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| I enjoyed the fishing part. I adore fishing in games, not so much in real life. But in WoW, Animal Crossing, and Final Fantasy XI. I definitely had to mention FFXI because fishing up a boss to fight was exactly it! Any Tsuritama and SAO crossover fanart just because of this episode yet? XD Oh, and of course the rest was amazing. I was a bit uncomfortable about Asuna's declaration of suicide. But only because I pictured her trying to take the boss down by herself, pretty much a suicide but more...gracefully put? The Reaper's ribs in particular creeped me out. Them bones are not meant for that kind of articulation! D: |
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Jerrychiang said: InfiniteDestiny said: NettoAzure said: Oh Jeez, it took 13 episodes for the anime to mention that they got moved to hospitals? At least THAT "PLOT HOLE" got resolved. Hahahahaha. XDDD Do you even know what a plot hole is? by your logic all anime have plot holes; because almost all anime still have questions asked half way through....wait until the series is freaken over before you call something a plot hole. Many authors end up with Plot-Holes that they turn into Apparent Plot-Holes which eventually become Plot-Devices as if it were all part of the plan - which sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't. I don't think NettoAzure meant too much by it, but the nit-picky-ness is a little funny. NettoAzure: Just because everything isn't fully explained explicitly, doesn't make it a Plot hole. I could say: "Well, everything in SAO has to be explained right down to the detail of whether the in-game physics simulator still uses a gravitational acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2, otherwise it's a Plot hole. But that's absurd for many reasons, not least of which is that it misinterprets the meaning of a Plot hole. Every story ever written has countless "gaps" which are not Plot holes. These "gaps" are filled by the reader's imagination/experience/intelligence. The degree to which the reader/viewer can fill the gaps is what qualifies him/her as an "infant" or an "elementary-level" reader or a "college-level" reader, etc. Every author/story-teller/anime-writer in history has relied on the intelligence and imagination of his reader/viewer to fill in the gaps. If you can't fill in the "gaps" on your own like "Why wasn't I told that the children were transferred to a hospital?", then you may lack some of the knowledge base or imagination necessary to be viewing SAO, and should watch a simpler anime. SAO is complex by nature. Imagine a third-grade reader complaining about a college-level book that uses subtle language, never stating things explicitly and requires a student to read between the lines. The problem is not the book. The problem is that the reader(or viewer) lacks the skills/intelligence/imagination necessary to fill in the "gaps". The complaints are merely an indication of that. Would be ok, but the series did end up explicitly telling you what happened to their bodies...so no it was treated as a plot hole until now. Which begs the question...if they were going to tell you what happened to their bodies...why not just do it in episode 1? I mean really..seems kinda silly. Anyway's the issue of them being at the hospital wasn't the main plot-hole, the main problem was how they got to the hospital in the first place if by being unplugged it would kill them. |
FailAtLife said: @InfiniteDestiny All right, enough bullshit. I get it I get it... you're a fanboy yes indeed I know. Now then why don't you just tell me how many Asuna action figures do you have? Could you please show me? Asuna with panties would be great. True fans buy the ones where you can take of the pantsu. After all they're limited and extra expensive. God, how predictable Japanese otakus are... |
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Nidhoeggr said: FailAtLife said: @InfiniteDestiny All right, enough bullshit. I get it I get it... you're a fanboy yes indeed I know. Now then why don't you just tell me how many Asuna action figures do you have? Could you please show me? Asuna with panties would be great. True fans buy the ones where you can take of the pantsu. After all they're limited and extra expensive. God, how predictable Japanese otakus are... Easy money. Anyways, there's nothing wrong with defending a series you enjoy. *insert everything is subjective rant* |
Now now FailAtLife and Nidhoeggr, if you're going to flame then please: PS SAO anime sucks. |
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Awaki said: Now now FailAtLife and Nidhoeggr, if you're going to flame then please: Are you a Japanese otaku? If so, I apologize. If not, no need to feel attacked. I'm just stating how the businesss works. |
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Jerrychiang said: Every author/story-teller/anime-writer in history has relied on the intelligence and imagination of his reader/viewer to fill in the gaps. If you can't fill in the "gaps" on your own like "Why wasn't I told that the children were transferred to a hospital?", then you may lack some of the knowledge base or imagination necessary to be viewing SAO, and should watch a simpler anime. SAO is complex by nature. LOL @ SAO is complex. |
| This episode felt as if it was a little rushed. I liked all of it, the heart warming story of the end of Asuna's nightmares, the intense fight scenes with the Skull Reaper. i just wished that they would have slowed down a little. I also really liked the fact the old guy's voice reminded me of Yorurichi in cat form from like the beginning of Bleach. Kirito+Asuna+Healthclif+Klien+Egil vs Skull Reaper, who will win? |
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Candor said: Btw why is the thread so dead today? Did we hide the popcorn and chips yesterday for nothing? >.> Because people finally realized there are better anime out there. Jokes aside, you tell me. |
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FailAtLife said: @InfiniteDestiny You curious to know more about rederoin?! My my... what the hell am I gonna do with you? heh Hmm...listen son...I'm glad that you finally interested in someone...but I never would have imagined you swing that way son...This is why I forbid you to watch Boku no Pico. @InfiniteDestiny All right, enough bullshit. I get it I get it... you're a fanboy yes indeed I know. Now then why don't you just tell me how many Asuna action figures do you have? Could you please show me? Asuna with panties would be great. Troll detected. Nice scores on your list..lol. So much hate as usual in these threads. |
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Candor said: SO, the fishing part was good until Asuna decided to save Kirito for the 100th time. The 2nd half of the episode was surprisingly good (probably because I saw Klein and that black guy) It makes you wonder why they didn't have any episode centered on this black dude. |
Candor said: draker said: There was still some good action after and before those still frames, but I agree they kinda ruined the moment, but after that came good action.Meh, the still frames during the fight are really pathetic. SO, the fishing part was good until Asuna decided to save Kirito for the 100th time. The 2nd half of the episode was surprisingly good (probably because I saw Klein and that black guy), the boss' design was also great, let's hope next episode won't be another disappointment. Btw why is the thread so dead today? Did we hide the popcorn and chips yesterday for nothing? >.> Because the SAO defense force is not fully assembled yet. Might as well put another soda in the fridge while we wait. |
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GrayArchon said: hyperknees91 said: Also according to before...the reason they got moved to hospitals is because of the internal battery...but wait they were allowed to disconnect from the internet but still couldn't even remove it? How does that even work? Guess there goes that logic. Disconnection is not the same as logging out. Break the connection, and software will attempt to re-establish the connection until it hits it's programmed time out limit. Logging out is essentially a shut down command to the software. What's holding them captive is the NerveGear itself. Without receiving a proper shut down command, it won't release them from the virtual environment, and will kill them if it's disconnected for too long. So yes you are required to read the light novel to understand anything sighs. That's pretty strange considering in any other game being disconnected counts as logging out but whatever, a reason is a reason. Guess they just hang in limbo for awhile. |
| Was expecting a crappy fishing episode with the usual side-dish of crappy romance,but instead it look like I got a meal where the cook actually tried to make it good. About the 1st half: It was actually better than I expected.The comedy & the art was good........yeah,that's about it.The rest was meh. 2nd half: Well,that was actually pretty good.Mostly because of the action & Mr. Superhero Astronaut Pirate cook Klein. Rant: I still have my issues with the romance & still don't like Asuna. Candor said: Btw why is the thread so dead today? Did we hide the popcorn and chips yesterday for nothing? >.> No,I brought hamburgers for everyone.We can have that while we wait. |
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hyperknees91 said: GrayArchon said: hyperknees91 said: Also according to before...the reason they got moved to hospitals is because of the internal battery...but wait they were allowed to disconnect from the internet but still couldn't even remove it? How does that even work? Guess there goes that logic. Disconnection is not the same as logging out. Break the connection, and software will attempt to re-establish the connection until it hits it's programmed time out limit. Logging out is essentially a shut down command to the software. What's holding them captive is the NerveGear itself. Without receiving a proper shut down command, it won't release them from the virtual environment, and will kill them if it's disconnected for too long. So yes you are required to read the light novel to understand anything sighs. That's pretty strange considering in any other game being disconnected counts as logging out but whatever, a reason is a reason. Guess they just hang in limbo for awhile. Once again, i don't know how many times this has been said already....you shouldn't expect the anime to spell everything out for you whether its a novel or a manga or a game or whatever, the anime never adapts every last detail; leaving out somethings is common sense, to fill in these gaps (learn the difference between gaps and plotholes already...i mean seriously T_T) you need to use imagination; you know the whole "i think this happens because of this" and who knows it may just explain itself, after all it only has half a series left...not much right? You can't say there are plotholes in a series that isn't over; some series wait until the very end to piece everything together; just look at Steins;Gate (and before all of you go, how dare you compare S;G to this crap, i was simply referring to the reveal at the end, calm down...even tho i like SAO i will admit anyday that S;G is way better) |
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Jeddy017 said: I still have my issues with the romance & still don't like Asuna. Well if you didn't like Asuna before you likely won't like her in the future, after all |
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| Love the interactions between Kirito and Asuna. They're the best when one is trying to comfort the other and they're desperately finding some hope to cling on to, I truly get a sense that they're 'real'. Asuna's speech before the teleport about Kirito was really sweet, her soft spoken voice put a tear to my eye. I'm really glad they mentioned the hospitalised bodies issue as that's been a hot topic since its debut. Also it gave an opportunity for her express her aspirations with him in life. Again a very emotional moment. Above all, this is the episode that made me really, really love Asuna. She was so sweet during the country getaway but this situation was what brought her character out for me. Their sense of teamwork is an exciting spectacle in battle. That boss looks absolutely creepy too. |
| This was one of the better episodes of the series, finally got some good psychological insight from the characters, can't wait for the next episode :D |
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| 3/5 total. I enjoyed some parts yet the romantic parts made me facepalm. The fight is kinda boring IMO. Shounen animes with fighting are usually like this. They fight a monster and then defeat it. Later they find a more powerful monster. It will look like they will lose but they win in the end. Derp. And repeat the process. |
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