Barely had the conclusion to Sword Art Online aired than fans were baying for the second season – though perhaps more thanks to the overall quality of the series than the quality of the finale, which seems to have been treated more as a prelude to the adaptation of the rest of the novels…
Some complaints have been voiced about there being a sappy real fight at the end instead of another thrilling high level zergfest as with the penultimate episode – perhaps amply illustrating the type of fan the show is so adept at attracting:
Yeah, why should we be jealous of Kirito, he has good looks, have a very beautiful and devoted wife (superb cooking skills no less), and have at least four beautiful girl of all kind drooling all over him............................. HEY WAIT!!
"His lips moved, whispering a name, but she couldn't hear it." So the novel says. I always thought it would be "Kayaba Akihiko..." but the lip sync in the anime is way off for that. Looks more like "Kirigaya Kazuto" or "Sword Art Online" but not quite. It's a mystery to me.
not really all just "hype", those that faithfully followed the whole series despite what others said, are or have known about the novel series, and if the anime producers side deem that it made enough profits from the 1st dvd/bd sales, most likely season 2 will be in the works. as for the "quality" I think its been awhile since we've seen MMO style anime, and SAO's story especially the first episode had many [including me] hooked. Hope everyone liked it, even though the finale was disappointing.
I think the whole story was disappointing. For an interesting premise of an MMO game story, we got pretty much a cliched fantasy anime story. They hardly took any depth with the MMO concept and without it, the story would have worked anyway: A damsel in distress. The first arc of the series at least had a little more MMO/game centric ideas, but the second arc was mostly just "save the princess" or family drama, neither of what I was looking into. The last episode here was actually the best from the second arc, just because they explained more what happened with the seed, the game world and it's players (and not just Asuna and Kirito).
For any who don't quite get it, here's the gist: Kirito, since he's spent so much time in the game grinding combat levels, has taken that all on as something near muscle memory. So he basically has max unarmed combat in real life due to the game.
Creepy dude decides to try and lolstab him. You can see from the images how well that works out for him.
@Anon (6:33): Maybe you would if you had to do it using your whole body and actually performing the martial arts movements, instead of frantically moving your fingers.
agreed, he's also in a shitload of pain from getting dismembered and impaled. Also, Kirito's had kendo training and is stated to have really good reflexes.
It's completely different. Pressing buttons to execute fighting moves compared to pseudo fighting with your mind (controlling your avatar as if it's yourself) would help create reflexes and build technique. It's like saying flight simulations with life like equipment is useless.
But it's completely diferent
even if he knows the move , and is à expert in is mind , his body is one of à 17 years old geek
it shouldn't be able to follow and exécute the move
knowing how to do something and doing it are two diferent thing
You realize that "muscle memory" is still just burning in neural patterns, right? While he doesn't have the same endurance or strength as the simulation, reflexes are almost purely neurological.
In the Novel, it's basically he learned all those moves online so he knows it in his brain, and when he woke up, he practiced it over and over again in his doujo so he could "emulate" those moves in real life.
Judo??? I would understand if you've said Karate, but Judo? Who in the hell in SF does Judo??? Tell me, because I saw boxing, karate, kung fu, sumo, muei tai, some random style, etc.
After two years of atrophied muscle and a few months of rehabilitation using one hand to push off a fully grown man using his entire weight, on the verge of death and his final wish is to murder you?
why in the hell does this piece of shit show get so much praise and attention? It is a badly written mess full of lame fan service and god awful characters! I mean really? Have the standards of so many people fallen so low in the last few years???
Get alive.
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I just watched this episode to see Nobuyuki or that fairy king whatever get defeated by some kid both in that game and real life as well.
FUCK HIM!
KIRITO IS A LOSER AS MOST ARE WATCHING ANIME!
awww.....look at this poor fellow, how mad must he be?
GO FUCK YOURSELF AND DIE LOSER!
you made him ever more mad ;)
You jelly of Kirito? Hope not.
Yeah, why should we be jealous of Kirito, he has good looks, have a very beautiful and devoted wife (superb cooking skills no less), and have at least four beautiful girl of all kind drooling all over him............................. HEY WAIT!!
Needs more Shinon.
Totally, They have her voice actress hired... from what I saw on ANN
If it's really Sawashiro Miyuki like in the Drama CD, my dream has come true!
to say nothing of cowbell
So why was Asuna not in the ending scene?
This is Asuna!
http://img2.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-ero-xvi/sao-25-finale-053_0.jpg
Yes, She didn't use her SAO account, and made a whole new ALO account as an Undine.
what did kirito say right after asuna's undine char showed up?
You me and my cousin are gonna fuck tonight
We'll bang, Ok!
Yeah Baby...YEAH!!
"His lips moved, whispering a name, but she couldn't hear it." So the novel says. I always thought it would be "Kayaba Akihiko..." but the lip sync in the anime is way off for that. Looks more like "Kirigaya Kazuto" or "Sword Art Online" but not quite. It's a mystery to me.
He says Kayaba Akihiko.
Wait, which "overall quality" are you talking about, i mean, isn't just hype?
not really all just "hype", those that faithfully followed the whole series despite what others said, are or have known about the novel series, and if the anime producers side deem that it made enough profits from the 1st dvd/bd sales, most likely season 2 will be in the works. as for the "quality" I think its been awhile since we've seen MMO style anime, and SAO's story especially the first episode had many [including me] hooked. Hope everyone liked it, even though the finale was disappointing.
I think the whole story was disappointing. For an interesting premise of an MMO game story, we got pretty much a cliched fantasy anime story. They hardly took any depth with the MMO concept and without it, the story would have worked anyway: A damsel in distress. The first arc of the series at least had a little more MMO/game centric ideas, but the second arc was mostly just "save the princess" or family drama, neither of what I was looking into. The last episode here was actually the best from the second arc, just because they explained more what happened with the seed, the game world and it's players (and not just Asuna and Kirito).
I think .hack//sign did the whole MMO virtual world concept much better plot wise.
because sao have romance and fanservice that is why it get too popular.
oh... so it just ends
Hopefully never.
Finally this shit ended. You are a bunch of idiots for wasting your time watching this.
unable to stab asuna (with his dick), sugou decided to stab kirito instead
Glad they did the real-life fight justice.
For any who don't quite get it, here's the gist: Kirito, since he's spent so much time in the game grinding combat levels, has taken that all on as something near muscle memory. So he basically has max unarmed combat in real life due to the game.
Creepy dude decides to try and lolstab him. You can see from the images how well that works out for him.
yes , totally
i'm also a red belt in judo from playing street figther an' shit
Now you're just forgetting the basic fundamentals of a VRMMO.
I thought Sword Art Online was full of improbable stuff.
@Anon (6:33): Maybe you would if you had to do it using your whole body and actually performing the martial arts movements, instead of frantically moving your fingers.
The other guy is a shitty wimp, Kirito is no fighter but he was fighting a dude on the verge of death, this was believable.
agreed, he's also in a shitload of pain from getting dismembered and impaled. Also, Kirito's had kendo training and is stated to have really good reflexes.
You should watch The Matrix, almost the same idea on the combat knowledge stuff
:downloadingdownloading: "....I KNOW KUNG FU"
I've got a file called kungfu.bat, 233 kb
written in visual basic
looks legit should I run it?
It's completely different. Pressing buttons to execute fighting moves compared to pseudo fighting with your mind (controlling your avatar as if it's yourself) would help create reflexes and build technique. It's like saying flight simulations with life like equipment is useless.
But it's completely diferent
even if he knows the move , and is à expert in is mind , his body is one of à 17 years old geek
it shouldn't be able to follow and exécute the move
knowing how to do something and doing it are two diferent thing
You realize that "muscle memory" is still just burning in neural patterns, right? While he doesn't have the same endurance or strength as the simulation, reflexes are almost purely neurological.
In the Novel, it's basically he learned all those moves online so he knows it in his brain, and when he woke up, he practiced it over and over again in his doujo so he could "emulate" those moves in real life.
20:32 anon: You do know that he held his own in a real life sword fight with Sugu who is a National-level Kendoka right?
Judo??? I would understand if you've said Karate, but Judo? Who in the hell in SF does Judo??? Tell me, because I saw boxing, karate, kung fu, sumo, muei tai, some random style, etc.
It was very improbable but anime often is full of improbable things.
After two years of atrophied muscle and a few months of rehabilitation using one hand to push off a fully grown man using his entire weight, on the verge of death and his final wish is to murder you?
why in the hell does this piece of shit show get so much praise and attention? It is a badly written mess full of lame fan service and god awful characters! I mean really? Have the standards of so many people fallen so low in the last few years???
So what anime you think it great? Vampire knight, k-on ,naruto or one piece?
Just because YOU didn't enjoy watching doesn't mean it crap to us ,do you understand that?
leave alone k-on!! it is not his fault that he is high on this drug!!after all k-on was made for losers like him :P
uh, I liked this show AND K-on, so let's lay off the dissing other shows, kk?
k-on is a curse upon the world.
Oh, did I rustle your jimmies anon?
I'd call it an average quality show the kind you forget the name of after a few years and would say it was kinda like .hack but not as good.
Then which anime are good according to your taste? Please enlighten us
AARRRGH PEOPLE DON'T HATE WHAT I HATE! WHY DON'T THEY HATE WHAT I HATE!?!?!