Sword Art Online Episode 20 Discussion

HauntingShock said:

lol.

ssjokg said:

MultiFavre said:
dual wielding when there aren't supposed to be any sword skills in the game.. awesome

Kurogashi said:


For your dumb reply, I'll give you a dumber response:
"Take 1+1=2. Now take, the context of what's been said in this thread+my 'rant'=???"
Kapiche?

Oh and GOOD BYE! No reply! Jajaja... UMAD?

Kurogashi said:
fucken awesomeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
dont give a shit about what LN thinks cause me among with probably 80% non LN readers out there probably thought this was awesome as fuck. sorry LN readers, but you're a minority.

eldon2 said:
Will technically you can duel wield in SAO without the skill but you wouldn't have access to any of the moves for said skill. So right now he is just fighting with the practice he got In SAO at using system assisted duel wielding. However you are right that it seems like he is fighting on par with what he was capable of in SAO using the old moves. Just going to guess between being a demi god again physically and slight system assist he is back in his prime.

eldon2 said:
Will technically you can duel wield in SAO without the skill but you wouldn't have access to any of the moves for said skill. So right now he is just fighting with the practice he got In SAO at using system assisted duel wielding. However you are right that it seems like he is fighting on par with what he was capable of in SAO using the old moves. Just going to guess between being a demi god again physically and slight system assist he is back in his prime.

frid_kun said:
we've seen a dual wielding PK in episode 4. and he did used some in-game skills too. it seems just inferior to normal 1 weapon style, especially at higher levels.
and yes, system seemed to give Kirito advance fighting patterns and damage bonus in sao for dual wielding.

MultiFavre said:
dual wielding when there aren't supposed to be any sword skills in the game.. awesome

Ramkec said:
Lol that General is retarded, I expected more from that dude, the fucking episode is named after him, and he got his ass kicked in 2 seconds, I dunno what will happen with him in the future, but damn.

Anyway lol'd @ that random escape at the end, King Oberon (I think that's his name) will be retarded as fuck if he can't find he, I just hope that he placed some kind of following device on her or something.

Other than that, pretty solid episode, loved the fight, and "fan service".

Scrypt said:
I've said it on another discussion and I'll say it again in this one: the director needs to stop milking fanservice and actually read the damn LN to see what made it good. Yes there was fanservice in the LN but it was never to this extent. It's like they just randomly sought out some random otaku at Akihabara and gave him the position of Director.

A1: "Hey you, fat boy, I always see you around here buying lots of loli figures. Have you read this LN?"(shows him SAO LN)
Fat Otaku:(while breathing heavily after seeing a loli pic in LN) "He he he, yeah I've read SAO. I really like how the author thinks like a gamer and brings it to our level with them girls, and the black swordsman, and them girls, and the death game and them girls."
A1: "Well seeing as we see you here buying all them goods nearly everyday, if we made an anime of SAO would you and your friends buy the DVD/BD?
Fat Otaku: (now breathing really heavy like his life depended on it) "Wow, really? Yeah i would buy the figurines of Silica, and Yui and I'd even buy Suguha because I think she's under 16!! I'd even tell my mates about!"
A1: (makes a phone call on their mobile) "Kawahara-san, congratulations! We've just found your director for your anime adaptations."

ssjokg said:
there was?

ssjokg said:

2 seconds...right....

Ramkec said:


Well not really 2 seconds, but you know what I'm sayin'.

Paul said:

Is a LN reader.
Most awesome thing in this episode was this scene.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/Toupaulthao/SAOEp20Scene.gif?t=1353192476

Yumekichi11 said:
I disagree. Clearly it was,

this part. The fight was by the best but it's a shame it was not as high quality as it was believed but I still liked its flow.

ssjokg said:
eh no...Kirito with his already cheat skills had to use another sword for more damage.If anything shows that Kirito couldnt beat him without "cheating".I just dont see how you can say that he is retarded.

ssjokg said:

eh no...Kirito with his already cheat skills had to use another sword for more damage.If anything shows that Kirito couldnt beat him without "cheating".I just dont see how you can say that he is retarded.

frid_kun said:
the problem wasn't the damage, the problem was game breaking sword of his opponent.
there was no possible way to keep his sword away and attacking the guy at the same time without second sword.

but kirito is cheater alright with his stats and skills from sao.

Yumekichi11 said:
I disagree. Clearly it was,

this part. The fight was by the best but it's a shame it was not as high quality as it was believed but I still liked its flow.

sambenmaggie said:
Btw, how did he accumulate so much freaking money in like 2 days? Even grinding monster, I don't see how you could gain enough money to buy a castle in two days of serious playing. Did his SAO money transfer over even though he had to delete the rest of the things in his inventory?

sambenmaggie said:
Btw, how did he accumulate so much freaking money in like 2 days? Even grinding monster, I don't see how you could gain enough money to buy a castle in two days of serious playing. Did his SAO money transfer over even though he had to delete the rest of the things in his inventory?

Takuan_Soho said:
This episodes encapsulates everything I have disliked about this animation adaptation.

First, the animation has taken away all the humor from the light novels (the Salamander response to Kirito's victory, Kagemune's role).

Second, once again its gets the emotions wrong (Lyfa's all too casual landing and talking to Fairy Leader, Kirito's response to Eugene (he doesn't get mad, he maintains dry wit through the battle), the Cat Sith and Fairy leaders reaction to the battle, they are extremely cool customers, not cheerleaders).

Third, the drawings are flat (this should have been a splurge episode, but a lot of the scenes looked extremely two dimensional).
Third, part two, the face's lack of emotions is really evident this episode. It is like they only have 2 or 3 stock expressions: Neutral, mad, and other.

Fourth, the writing sucks, the dialog is taken directly from the novel without even attempting to translate the descriptions which would make it easier for people who haven't read the LN (the whole Undine-Spriggan alliance bit - if one hadn't read the LN, would anyone understand why everyone reacted as they did?)

I understand about budgets and whatnot, but one can tell when the animating team cares and when they really don't, and it is all too obvious that the SAO adapters don't care about the animation, they just showed up to work. This is what is ultimately so disappointing about this animation.

Ramkec said:


Kirito just played him smart, nothing wrong there man.

ssjokg said:
Yeah the money got transferred form SAO.The other items had to be deleted because they couldnt match with anything in ALO.The amount of money was the reason Kirito made a weird face when he went shopping with Lyfa.

frid_kun said:
why is he using noob equipment then&

frid_kun said:
why is he using noob equipment then&

frid_kun said:
we've seen a dual wielding PK in episode 4. and he did used some in-game skills too. it seems just inferior to normal 1 weapon style, especially at higher levels.
and yes, system seemed to give Kirito advance fighting patterns and damage bonus in sao for dual wielding.

ssjokg said:
That was the best (black)equipment that was should at Lyfa's city.And he had noob equipement only when he rescued Lyfa. Weapons or armor like Gram are from quests.

Paul said:
Because I can enter a town and buy the rarest equips in the game like it's nothing. /sarcasm.

frid_kun said:
what is the point of doing quests when you can't sell quest rewards?

ssjokg said:
]I dont get that question...
For better equipment maybe?You dont have to sell everything in a game.

EstelleBright said:
Wow lack of Sugou.

frid_kun said:
but you don't have to keep it.
in all games i played, players maintained market, where you can buy far better equipment for far better prices, then while bargaining with npc.

raids and quests have random drops. dagger user wouldn't be glad to have polearm, shield and heavy armor.

ssjokg said:
That part was fine but later when Kirito uses both swords...the animation was just bad.

ssjokg said:
That part was fine but later when Kirito uses both swords...the animation was just bad.

whatever123456 said:


The fight was animated well, I don't see how you could consider this as bad.

whatever123456 said:


The fight was animated well, I don't see how you could consider this as bad.

JavierR said:



I know and Asuna escaped, what the fuck was that bitch thinking. Sugou spent all that time keeping her safe in a nice little birdhouse thing and she fucking left, fucking ingrate.

ssjokg said:
For me it was bad.Totally different from the animation in the gif above.