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| This episode felt so damn cheesy. |
hyperknees91 said: I forget, is there any reason Kirito can't get a second sword before heading out..or does he have to use another players? no money...he gave a lot of money to the 2 leaders...he can only afford a cheap inn |
lordmaster316 said: hyperknees91 said: I forget, is there any reason Kirito can't get a second sword before heading out..or does he have to use another players? no money...he gave a lot of money to the 2 leaders...he can only afford a cheap inn Asparagus could afford the entire inn-SAO fails. |
私のホバークラフトはウナギでいっぱいです。 |
| So epic!!!!! xD Aww, Recon was so cute x) Can't wait for next week's!!!!!!!!!! :D |
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| This is actually Recon, not Vegeta: |
| Well its great episode and i enjoyed it greatly but i cant help but to think that this season is kinda messed up. Asuna and Kirito were main characters in SAO but now Asuna is worse than Recon cameo. Recon had roughly same amount of screen time and he actually did something half decent lol. All Asuna did was gave us a bit of tentacle rape fan service tease and dropped the keycard. Seriously, i hope she will be fully in the next 2 episodes. And im sure i dont need to mention the pacing of this whole season two is way off. Im sure everyone wants to see kirito fight and get asuna back but all we got episode after episode was him exploring this new game with his sister, having fun here and there occasionally. As a viewer, i have fun when Kirito is hacking away enemies not when hes acting all mister nice guy in front of a load of anime girls. But please dont get the wrong idea, this is still one of my favourite anime. I watch episode 2, 9 and 13/14 quite often. |
| Amazing episode, one of the best yet. Quickly settled the relationship between Kirigaya and Suguha, but it was good enough for me (they just set it aside for now, I guess). I also thought Kirito had not some, but a lot of epic moments. One was especially great, the "Long Blade Starburst Piercing" (Yumekichi11), that was so cool. I also thought he was going to use Leafa's sword and his dual-sword skills but I guess not. Even so, this episode was so fantastic, probably the most epic episode so far. What would he do without having saved Yui's soul from SAO? He would have never made it through the door. Luckily she was there and they finally reach the upper part of the World Tree. I am so anxious and excited to see the moment when Kirito and Asuna meet again. I'm also going to cry on the inside when this series finishes, which is unfortunately going to be soon. But, I believe there will be a season two, for GGO and whatever else. 5/5. |
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| Cheesy? Predictable? Sure. I was sort of wondering where the hell the Cu Sith and Sylphs were after Kirito gave them all that money. I thought it was a little stupid they just showed up at JUST the right moment like Gandalf's support army style from The Two Towers. However, despite that, I thought it was a pretty decent episode and for as awkward and poorly written the whole sequence between Kazuto and Suguha has been, they seemed to make for a relatively decent rebound. Now it's down to crunch time for SAO. I'm PRAYING that this sequence hasn't been nearly as bad as the ALO arc has been so far but I'm not really sure. I'm hesitant going into the last two episodes but still optimistic at the same time. Despite all the flaws this anime has had so far, it still has the potential to finish strong (unless a LN reader has some really bad news for me...) |
| Whelp, first post in a discussion, yay~ So let me start by saying, I thought the episode was pretty good. Not perfect, but pretty good. A lot of people seem to be negative towards the Kirito vs Lyfa (Leefa?) duel. I felt that the mood actually went pretty well considering the context of the fight. Neither one really wanted to be fighting each other, and so the battle wasn't some action packed, balls to the wall fight. They both drop their weapons at the end because they believe the other deserves to hit them, resulting in the hug instead :p I will agree, sorry Recon, self-destructing was pretty pointless. It did buy time for the cavalry to arrive, but I think he was just trying a little too hard to impress Lyfa. People also seemed to dislike the fact the cavalry "came out of nowhere", but was it really that surprising? I've been expecting them to show up since last episode, since they said themselves that they wanted to help. RockerXD said: Hirouey said: If people like the LN so much, stop watching the anime. Sick of the these "the LN is better comments". If you think so, go read the LN again then. They aren't mindlessly bashing it, and are providing reasons why its better. And why would anyone stop now, only 3 episodes left. I know how it is to prefer the source over the adaptation, I can be a purist at times myself. But I kind of agree that seeing so many "LN IZ BETAR HERPDERP" gets old. I haven't gotten too far in the LN to really comment on which I like better, but seeing as this is a discussion of the anime and not a comparison discussion to the light novel, I can comment on that elsewhere ^^ |
| Great episode. The fighting scene between Lyfa and Kirito was pretty good. The ending of the fight, where they danced in the air, was best. The scene of the two swords crossing each other was beautiful, as we get to see the world tree and the city. That's going to be my new wallpaper. (Thanks to Yume for the picture). However, it was too rushed, imo. Recon confessing was kind of stupid too. Taking advantage of the girl's weakened state is pure unmanly. The fight against the guardians were kind of animated decently. However, when Kirito pierce through the heavens, it was bad. He never used it in the LN, as he just slashed his way through like he usually does. The episode was great but I felt it was fast paced. The Lyfa and Kirito fight should have been longer and the battle against the guardians as well. There are two episodes left and we're already up to the battle against the Man Zelda. If this continues on, corresponding with the LN, it would be like half the episode at the end would be a filler. Damn... I know this anime is pretty bad already but this is just getting worse. I'm kind of glad SAO dropped down a few spots. The anime isn't bad or good. It's ok. However, at times, it's just plain bad. |
| all i can say is that, sao still satisfies me, the 1 week of wait is still worth it. for those who say that the anime don't keep up/follow with the LN, that's business you know, the anime company would do anything just for business, remember you're just watching for free so we better thank them for animating such epic anime :D |
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| well, suguha's finally over her cousin lust at least, and now she has that effeminate recon kid after her way to go suguha! |
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| Lol @ that Giga drill bullshit. Wtf? That animation getting worse and worse +1 to A-1 Pictures. |
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| i wonder when will have online games with "over dramatization" such as this my gahd wtf is this anime |
| Simplistic beauty can't be appreciated by someone who looks for something grand in everything he watch. |
| I felt the Lyfa vs Kirito scene was actually already pretty bad already in the LN, but here animated it was blown up into a complete cheesy disaster. Okay damn I just had a pretty good laugh after reading the last few pages of this thread and I will admit that I had expectations of some hardcore lighting fast moves without the system assist or whatever runs the sword skills. Well I guess I just never saw it coming. For Recon, I believe it was similar to the LN with him confessing then him blowing himself with with that DARK magic. Yeah poor guy. Jesus, not a bad episode but A-1 was seriously all over the place at times. I guess they could've potentially done worse with the VFX so I'll give them some leeway. If they can pull off a 'wonderful' ending then that's all I need to think that this was not a complete waste of time. |
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| Sheesh, when did Kirito learn the Giga Drill Breaker. He certainly pierce through the heavens when he did lol. |
Nara-SamaDec 8, 2012 11:25 PM
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| That giga drill breaker went so wrong... I'm just watching sao because I hate dropping anime half watched. I'm not enjoying sao anymore, when alo popped up it tended to lost all its charm. I choose chuunibyou for the best anime this season, byes sao it was good while it lasted. |
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| Why am I not feeling happy about this anime anymore? Kirito is pissing me off, and Sugu's friend zone is an eyesore. Plus, Kirito drilling through the defenses: WTF? This ain't Gurren Lagann! Suguha vs. Kirito fight was lame. And too perfect. Maybe that's it. This anime is working out too perfectly. I grabbed my hair in anger at how everything just seemed to work out right at the nick of time. I might be ranting about nothing, but SAO is getting annoying. |
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| Moar BS..... But still liked the action..... 3/5 |
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| Recon is incredibly annoying....I rather stick a fork in my ear than hear him talk. But other than that, it was pretty good :D |
| Lyfa's reaction to Recon's "death" was ridiculous. This isn't SAO, it's just a game (at least for the moment). |
| I'm glad progress has finally be made, but this was so lame and had a lot of cliché moments. Recon was stupid from the beginning and his death was lame. CriticalShock said: Lyfa's reaction to Recon's "death" was ridiculous. This isn't SAO, it's just a game (at least for the moment). Can't agree any more. And I expected some dual wielding action at the end, but no... it was just some second sword's power into main sword kind of thing without any use of a spell or something. Stupid episode because it's just so lame, but I'm glad progress has been rape. So, what's next? Will Kirito get tentacle raped too? |
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| The skill he used in this episode looks more like a starburst stream than the one he used in SAO |
| It was okay. nothing special, nothing too bad. |
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Acxelion said: I don't give a sh!t if you don't like the action in this episode! ALL THAT MATTERS IS I LIKE IT, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS! Yes, the action does seem to be different from what we would expect, but it still had me jumping in my seat, hating the fact my video was slow on the loading. I still like it, though the dual wielding could have came sooner, no kidding on that, I mean Kirito should have first tried to first make room for him to ready a straight forward dash and then... GIGA... DRILL... BREAKER! or LONG STARBURST STREAM PIERCING! calm down tiger, you might pop a vein. Breath... Relax. |
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Acxelion said: I don't give a sh!t if you don't like the action in this episode! ALL THAT MATTERS IS I LIKE IT, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS! Yes, the action does seem to be different from what we would expect, but it still had me jumping in my seat, hating the fact my video was slow on the loading. I still like it, though the dual wielding could have came sooner, no kidding on that, I mean Kirito should have first tried to first make room for him to ready a straight forward dash and then... GIGA... DRILL... BREAKER! or LONG STARBURST STREAM PIERCING! It's called Dual Drill. |
ssjokg said: Acxelion said: I don't give a sh!t if you don't like the action in this episode! ALL THAT MATTERS IS I LIKE IT, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS! Yes, the action does seem to be different from what we would expect, but it still had me jumping in my seat, hating the fact my video was slow on the loading. I still like it, though the dual wielding could have came sooner, no kidding on that, I mean Kirito should have first tried to first make room for him to ready a straight forward dash and then... GIGA... DRILL... BREAKER! or LONG STARBURST STREAM PIERCING! It's called Dual Drill. I gatha say though, when Leafa threw him her sword, I'm not the least bit surprised, because Kirito can't be Kirito without dual-wielding. (Despite the size difference of the swords makes it very awkward to even imagine.) I did not see the Giga-Drill Breaker coming at all. Poor Recon, nothing he does ever mattered, just because he's not Kirito.(I mean, his self destruct did literally nothing but give Kirito and Leafa false hope) Acxelion said: I don't really get why SAO should get so hated. Sure they are coping off other stuff, and also some stuff may have been over dramatic, but when it was just the 3, don't you think losing just 1 person would still be like getting f*cked? Still, when we first read/saw Gurren Lagann didn't we all love the Giga Drill Breaker? I mean, we grow from coping, you can't expect to make anything original without taking from something else. We make things by coping bits and bobs of other stuff to make something somewhat new, and exciting for the viewer/reader/etc. So, I hope you get the picture, we can't expect coping to NEVER happen, its just how we go, we are human, we are social by nature, this is an effect of that, cause and effect made by whatever higher being(defintely not Suguha, we are not if ALO!). If you don't like what I said, how about looking at BTOOOM! and The Hunger Games, the mecha genre, they are coping off the original mecha anime(no clue which one it is) you can't hope for something original, you can only hope for something you'll enjoy, and SAO does just that, so it should be well reviewed if YOU did like it, as for me, yes, as for you, I don't know. Think about it a bit and then decide. :) If only Coping is the only thing wrong with SAO... |
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| EPIC EPISODE IS EPIC. |
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AirStyles said: ssjokg said: Acxelion said: I don't give a sh!t if you don't like the action in this episode! ALL THAT MATTERS IS I LIKE IT, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS! Yes, the action does seem to be different from what we would expect, but it still had me jumping in my seat, hating the fact my video was slow on the loading. I still like it, though the dual wielding could have came sooner, no kidding on that, I mean Kirito should have first tried to first make room for him to ready a straight forward dash and then... GIGA... DRILL... BREAKER! or LONG STARBURST STREAM PIERCING! It's called Dual Drill. I gatha say though, when Leafa threw him her sword, I'm not the least bit surprised, because Kirito can't be Kirito without dual-wielding. (Despite the size difference of the swords makes it very awkward to even imagine.) I did not see the Giga-Drill Breaker coming at all. Poor Recon, nothing he does ever mattered, just because he's not Kirito.(I mean, his self destruct did literally nothing but give Kirito and Leafa false hope) Neither did we,LN readers, while watching the anime.I lost any intend to explain that scene."Oh fuck it lets say that i's a new skill.Even though they cant learn skills.." |
... and Kirito's ridiculous facial animations continues to be the highlight of this show. |
| I feel like I'm being mocked by Sugou by the word "this door is locked by System Administrator." |
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| Another epic episode with detailed fighs, the kirito and sugu incest. Only 2 more episodes can't wait!! |
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| Pretty good episode. This whole arc is kind of funny. People in ALO seem to care so much about what race they are. And when people die (i.e. Recon in this episode), it's like they are gone forever. They can respawn so why do they worry what kind of sacrifice they make. If it helps the team overall then good for them... although all Recon did was distract the mobs for a while, but more came in. |
| It seems like there will be a lot of ground to cover in the last episode |
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| When the raid jumped in I screamed like a schoolgirl. LOL Absolutely thrilling episode. |
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| haha...still do not like Recon as a character at all. I'd rather it not end with it implied that Sugu will most likely end up with him, no just...no. |
| I was on verge of lowering its rating to 9 but this episode made me emotional so I took it back & give it the 10 it deserves. |
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| FOR ME This episode is my least favored one. *sigh* NOT only did I not get to see MY ASUNA, its full of Sugu x Kirito scenes. and that one line of KIRITO setting aside their relationship or how he feels about his cousin for now and fixing it after he cleared the game or got back Asuna was just one hell of an irritating line. Seriously, I got confused in that part. Kirito is great and all but that just made my view of him bad. *sigh* Oh well, this will be cleared if I see him and Asuna then. Haha. Ah! Even though I didn't like the 3/4's of this episode. The last part though was good. Especially that double sword scene with that rainbow colored light. haha. AND THIS WAS A SUPER CLIFFHANGER EPISODE.. I was so excited to see that they'll be teleported. FINALLY, they will see ASUNA. I HOPE TO SEE FULL AUNA X KIITO scnes with these last two episodes. *excited* |
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