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Jul 26, 2019 2:09 PM

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Dropped this years ago, time to actually sit through this crap. Well, seems like Kirito's getting involved with virtual reality game-thingy again. Ouch.

Aug 29, 2019 9:50 PM

#1102

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And the second season starts with the return of the death game mechanism. Nice. It was really cute to see Kirito and Asuna happy together in real life.

Really good first episode.

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Jun 18, 2020 4:51 PM

#1103

Eoussama

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Interesting episode, although, I don't know how to feel about the whole gun thing.

Nov 18, 2020 4:55 PM

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I thought this arc started off on a pretty interesting note. Great information dump episode and it looks like this sniper girl might be a main character of this arc. Great start, let's see if they can keep it up!

Sep 2, 2021 10:50 PM

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Ugh. Seriously, the motivation to actually play GGO makes no sense. This dude almost died, his girl was almost raped and brainwashed, and now some dude wants him to play this game where people can DIE for real. I get that it's a show so stuff has to keep going on, but why would he ever play again? Seriously none of the people from SAO would ever play a game, or at least a lot of them would be forever traumatized. Also what happened with him "Beating all 100 floors"? He got the Seed, and now he's going to play ANOTHER game? It's so stupid, why did they even set that up. I guess maybe we'll see, but him playing again with his life on the line seems so stupid, I really think he should have been in SAO the whole time and they got out at the end instead of jumping from game to game to game.

Sep 4, 2021 4:05 PM

#1106

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DKDiabloLicht said:
Ugh. Seriously, the motivation to actually play GGO makes no sense. This dude almost died, his girl was almost raped and brainwashed, and now some dude wants him to play this game where people can DIE for real. I get that it's a show so stuff has to keep going on, but why would he ever play again? Seriously none of the people from SAO would ever play a game, or at least a lot of them would be forever traumatized. Also what happened with him "Beating all 100 floors"? He got the Seed, and now he's going to play ANOTHER game? It's so stupid, why did they even set that up. I guess maybe we'll see, but him playing again with his life on the line seems so stupid, I really think he should have been in SAO the whole time and they got out at the end instead of jumping from game to game to game.

He's getting paid big bucks for doing the mission and he owes the dude a favor.
The Amusphere is incapable of killing anyone anyway, so his life isn't actually in any danger in the game atleast.

As to why these people are still playing the game, bruv, by the time 2 years had passed by in SAO, most of the players had grown accustomed to living in there. They pretty much enjoyed their life there. The only ones risking their lives were the assault team. Now that there is no threat of death, they can experience it again safely. And yes, while some of them were traumatized, you gotta understand, it's still something they love. Like for examples, hikers get hurt all the time trekking, but they love it enough to get back on that horse again when they're fit again.

And if you want a full SAO series, there's SAO Progressive. Novels are already out, with a movie coming soon.

Apr 24, 2022 7:18 AM

#1107

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This episode ahh love it this arc is my favorite it's sword art online but with guns

and yes theirs my favorite waifu their because look she's flat and I love it

9.8/10 it was great episode

Apr 29, 2022 7:46 AM

#1108

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Is this a date episode with Asuna anyways I'll take it anytime

So GGO is the new game that's popular after the two MMO games, Yet again connected with death how many people gotta die before they stop playing god damn death games

Interesting if the company behind GGO doesn't cooperate with the police regarding this matter.

Oct 24, 2022 12:27 PM

#1109

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Interesting first episode, I like it. I also like the Gun Gale Online idea and the mystery. Seems like the Seed is very popular, although it's weird considering Kirito was the one that activated it so basically he's the creator of all this together with Agil, but we're not seeing anything about that.

Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones!

Mar 8, 2023 1:48 PM

#1110

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lol the most uninspiring piece of poop ive ever seen..... don't understand why peopke waste their time watching this non sensical piece of animation

May 15, 2023 6:09 PM

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Couldn't resist the urge to watch this again after playing through Fatal Bullet. I have a much better appreciation for the GGO game mechanics now.

Jul 3, 2023 11:43 PM

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Wow, how long has it been since I've watched SAO.

I wonder how I'll perceive it now since I watched SO many different anime after finishing season 1 a lot time ago. Though for a first episode, it was great. It still had the love I had for SAO all those years ago. Though I'm not sure about the logistics behind the Death Gun.

Seing Asuna and Kirito together was prak for me.

Anyway, this was a nice episode, I'll biasedly give it a 9/10.

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Jul 15, 2023 12:14 PM

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Dec 16, 2023 8:21 AM

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gaddamn what a first anime episode this one was

Jul 27, 2024 12:23 AM

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i do not like sword art online

Dec 15, 2024 1:32 AM

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Swords? Nah....its all about the guns guns guns now.

Also I don't like Kirito's new handler.

Jan 26, 7:59 AM

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Sword art online season 2 starts with a "bang!", Literally.

That sniper girl is going to be the new heroine of this season aka another waifu in kirito's harem. In the last season we got suguha's oppai and in this season we'll get shion's ass ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Lots of info dump and this gun gale online also looks interesting.

Feb 18, 5:50 PM

#1118

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The whole "we need you in the game again" wasn't exactly convincing, compared to something like Selector Infected WIXOSS... if it was the same game at least, or something similar, it would make some sense, but like this it's basically "you have been traumatized in an online game, that makes you our man". That's weird. Kirito never played shooters as far as we know, so not even his RPG game skills can be used as an explanation for dragging a person in rehabilitation into a vaguely similar case, where he might face mortal danger, and which is bound to worsen his trauma.

The part about "self-contained isolated area in Japan" was confusing. Will it matter later or something? Also, way too much exposition, and unnecessary time skipping - there was no clear reason to place the interview as an "4 hours earlier" insert during their date.

But the new game itself looks promising so far, so once again, I'll suppress the sour taste of badly written premise and reasoning and see how it plays out. I guess this means we will be solving a murder mystery, basically? I really hope it won't be a third unconvincing villain doing the same thing for the third time...

As usual, visuals and audio seem great. Patrons offended by their talk about decaying corpses were a very nice touch.

Oct 20, 2:51 AM

#1119

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kirito is the creepiest

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