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Thund3r1
*No spoilers*
Sword Art Online is an anime known for not being great, but this is by far the worst SAO has ever been. From consistent plot holes and contradictions to entire episode long exposition dumps, this anime hardly does anything right or has any redeeming qualities. There is so much wrong with this anime, even by SAO standards, it is actually a drag to get through.
Story: 1/10
The story has always been the worst part of SAO, but this time its actually irredeemable. There are plot holes everywhere you look and the story contradicts itself multiple times. Also, despite trying to be a war, both sides consistently make the worst tactical decisions possible making it even harder to watch if you're using your brain in any capacity.
Beyond this, characters regularly break the establi…
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SAO review 4/4
This season’s very battle heavy while still continuing the psycological aspect explored in season 3, introducing us to some of the most psychotic and sadistic villains, and showing how constant battles and death can break a you, but also how having the right people around you supporting you can put you back toghether stronger than ever, i think what i like most about SAO is how they used these virtual settings to show such real emotions and life experiances, not one moment ever felt fake or forced no matter how fantastical the world or powers got 🗡
(this review is for both part 1 and part 2 of SAO War Of Underworld)
Favorite OP: ANIMA
Favorite ED: Unlasting
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*Spoilers ahead*
Actually the best season of SAO as of now. Why? Let me tell you why:
Seeing Kirito as a soggy slowly rotting sack of potatoes. 10/10
Turning down the exhausting harem complex of the series with just the right amount of "Kirito don't you dare to fucking die (sort of)" between the female characters.
Extremely fun to watch action scenes on a massive, Lord of the Rings or Narnia like scale. Animation and Sound are on point. The focus truly lies on action and visually and sound wise impactful scenes which is the main reason this season is actually quite good.
Even though it ain't much but its honest work: A little bit of backstory for the side characters that take up most of the actual battle time of this season which is great seeing other characters turn up the heat ot…
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Now SAO has become that anime that people agree to dislike. It has a generic story, a bland main character, and horrible main villians. Most people either continued out of nostalgia or more ways to poke fun of the story. Each season brought a whole new slew of complaints. However, watching this new season mind was blown by the quality of this season, and I believe that it has maybe redeemed itself altogether.
Story 10/10
Sword art online has always been a story based light novel, as the goals were always concrete and we watched these relatively boring characters follow through these things. Each time the buildup, weather it was conquering all 100 levels in a death game, rescuing someone in a ripoff version where they cannot log out, fight a killer in a gun game who had the ability to als…
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Story:
I thought that the story developed quite nicely and is probably one of the better seasons/arcs of the SAO series. If people are put off by the fact that the MC is always overpowered then this will probably be the most enjoyable arc since our MC Kirito is pretty much in a vegetative state the entire time. With our MC is out of the way, we get to focus on the development and growth of Alice. What was nice was that there was no major filler content throughout the entire season and the pacing was actually quite well done and significant events are revealed at a pleasant pace. The show wasn’t that predictable either and I was honestly hype for the last few episodes. One thing I disliked about the ending was that it was quite ambiguous and such a cliffhanger that if I didn’t know that th…
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In a series plagued with issues, War of the Underworld feels like no exception. However, much like most of Sword Art Online, I would argue there's enough compelling ideas and production quality to carry through and be an enjoyable time. However... take this for what you will, but, I think this is the least remarkable season of SAO, both in terms of negatives and positives.
Essentially removing the protagonist for a season is a bold choice. It paid off in spades the last time SAO did it (Mother's Rosario), but this time... meh. Problem is, the only particularly compelling new character in Alicization was Eugeo, who got tossed aside in favour of the newest member of Kirito's harem, Alice.
In the last season, Alice started off as generic tsundere but at least had some decent character gro…
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SAO have the worst characters you can imagine, and this is not a breaking news to anyone, Alicization suffers from the same mistakes first two season suffered, mainly Kirito, Asuna and poor direction and character development.
this Arc is full of cliche SAO crap, "Yelling makes attack smarter", "no hero dies", "one dimentional villains and heros", "plot holes", "girls want only kirito".
Alice is literally the copy and pasted Saber from Fate Series, i mean it, but i'm gonna let this one slip.
Let's talk about the plot, so the villains are after Alice, but why? Asuna says because she broke the rules ergo she is a true AI, let's talk about how fucking stupid it is that japan's military is looking for an AI that can breaks the rules!
Why would they want a solider that can break the rules th…
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When I said that SAO was best when Kirito wasn't involved, I didn't mean cripple the fucker and keep him as a background character. Didn't mean for that advice to be taken so extremely.
Story:
Following the fall of the Axiom Church, Kazuto Kirigaya has been put out of commission thanks to a bolt of lightning hitting him during some altercations happening in the facility at the time. With new invaders taking some partial reigns to the Underworld, war rises as the border between the Human Empire and the Dark Territory begin to crumble and fade. Thus sparking 'The War of the Underworld'.
The story of 'War of Underworld' is really about side characters and the surrounding battle that serves as the setting. Thanks to Kazuto being out of commission, the show's screentime is devoted to b…
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"THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER-FREE"
Isekai has always been one of the most iconic genres in terms of popularity among anime. However, and unsurprisingly, not many of its shows are actually held at the same regard as those from other genres.
The question for this truth ahead came into existence long ago, but still, yet to be answered. Is it because Isekai shows are always labelled with concepts of “trashy, childish and impractical series”, or are they too familiar to viewers in recent years and therefore are not capable of differenciating themselves from others?
Several shows are introduced every year, each portrays an aspect of the genre in its own way, but still retains the similarity of someone being transferred to another imaginary world with several designated purposes. Of course, this no…
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To be honest I've always been a fan of SAO. The amount of hate the series receives always annoyed me but I'm happy to see this season getting more positive reviews.
Story (9) - The story follows the progression of technology, more specifically virtual reality. One thing I enjoy about this is how in depth it goes especially in this season. It feels more like another world than a game with the main character now being Alice in a position where all she knew was a lie yet decides to fight alongside the other integrity knights from the forces of the Dark Territory to protect the things she still cares for as well as our main character Kirito who fought to help free the integrity knights from the pontifex who had them under control. The story follows an advanced AI nearly identical to a human t…
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SAO Alicization - War of the Underworld. To be brief - utter trash. It continues the boring, contrived plot of the previous season, but with a twist - Kirito is kind of... not there mentally. Literally. He's lost all the personality he never had. It's not a particularly noticeable difference, though it does affect the general writing. There's a bigger focus on characters here and, ugh... SAO is not very well-known for its well-written characters. I could not give a single shit for anyone, as per usual, so this big battle arc was just boring as all hell. There were some fun enough to watch over the top battle moments, the animation has improved over last season, which had some weaker spots. The music is decent enough. Everything else is just, well, shit. It was torture to watch this series…
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Alicization did great job setting up the world, its rules, and conflicts despite a rather shaky second half so it pains me that War of Underworld failed to follow-up on that setup. I went into Alicization skeptical, but enjoying the first half before being let down by the second half, and had hoped that War of the Underworld would at least make use of the setup and redeem the show, but awkward pacing, an identity crisis, and shallow storytelling disappointed me greatly.
I imagine the novels for this series were a lot more in-depth (to the point where I had to read discussion threads to understand the point of certain scenes) but the anime suffers from terrible pacing problems and nonsense moments because there's times where they overexplain some details and it just bores me to death, but…
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Nothing of significance happens this season, so as a message to other SAO fans out there, skip this one.
The premise of this season follows the defeat of the pontifex from the season prior. Kirito's victory, despite losing people important to him, unfortunately left him in a coma due to some kind of short circuit. So instead of following the legacy of Kirito, the badass who manages to overcome every obstacle in his way, we're forced to follow a relatively new and bland character, Alice. From this alone, it should be easy to predict how good the anime is.
Story 4/10 - The season prior introduces a new world of the Underworld in which a war is brewing between light and dark. However, this wasn't Kirito's focus in the previous season. As a viewer, I became disinterested in the war due to i…
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"SAO is finally a good show" - general audiences after this season
So far SAO is a bad series not that no one could enjoy it, its just badly written. I still somewhat enjoyed it for its silly moments and had my fair share of fun watching it. Sword Art Online Alicization - War of Underworld tho is by many people regarded as the Season were SAO finally gets good. Well i disagree a whole lot with that statement and here is why.
Its time to beat a dead horse i guess.
I will maybe write some things some say are spoilers so here is a warning.
This Season trys some new things disregarding its all to familiar protagonist Kirito and choosing Alice as its new one. While i would give the author credit for at least trying he ultimately made many of the same mistakes and that is the reason why h…
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As 2019 comes to an end and we prepare ourselves to welcome in a new decade, I write this review as a testament to where I feel one of my favorite anime franchises of this decade now stands.
Sword Art Online has always been a popular light novel and anime franchise that dominated the 2010's. However, despite its success and long-standing popularity, there's no denying that there's always been that certain vocal minority that always feels the need to criticize Sword Art Online on a 24/7 basis. Whether it be normal viewers who have or haven't watched the series or some anime reviewers that always feel the need to make their opinions feel like fact, Sword Art Online could never catch a break.
Despite all this, there's a reason Sword Art Online has never faded into obscurity and oblivion and…
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Looking at the review scores for this makes me think that there's some parallel world where this show doesn't suck hot shit.
I've been avidly watching Sword Art Online since season one. I think the series as a whole is bad. The concepts in the series, however, are very good, and I personally attribute the high scores this hot piece of garbage is getting to that.
This bad boy's gonna have a lot of SPOILERS because it's easier to explain why the story is so bad when I can talk about instances, so ollie outie here if you care about that.
STORY (1/10):
Let's lay this shit out. The first two seasons had VRMMOs, where all of the impossible and fictional shit happens, and then outside of the VRMMOs, everything is just like how it is in the real world. Now there's souls, which like. Ok, whatever…
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Ok, so that's SAO too annoying when were gonna have to wait for the next sequel:
So:
Story:
Pros: The same plot and it involve where he 1st sequel end and as sual it involves them characters going back in to the VMMOPG world only this time the guy was push into the sidelines as a cripple and it's them girls who does the ass kicking.
Cons: The same plot where only this time were the characters with god tier capabilities were starting to keep adding, also the plot of them character having sympathy for a buch of NPC that were nothing more than algorithms inside a main frame was just too overrated that it starts to become annoying when the real threat were them mecrs whom were out to steal a very special girl inside the STL...and yes that's the Goddess of Light who goes by the name "Alice…
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The world of SAO's lit is already so jam-packed with Kirito and Asuna providing enjoyable moments that it's unimaginable we'd need any more of them. How many of the anime fans hate SAO and its story? The weird surprise of Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld it gives the possibility to a more creative story and to other characters to shine, leaving zombie Kirito as a secondary character. I know this already happened on the "Mother's Rosario" arc when other characters were allowed to take the lead. However, this time I think the author handled it better, and for that reason, Alice's growth is delightful, and the story is more enjoyable than the usual SAO's plot. Without any fear of mistake, SAO Alicization is the best arc of the series so far, and I hope to see the sequel in a…
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Remember when Kirito, the main protagonist of Sword Art Online jumped into the virtual world and made a name for himself as the ‘Black Swordsman’? Since 2012, his name would become iconic in the SAO anime series' franchise. Anyone who have heard of Sword Art Online would be able to name him as a character, even those has never seen the series before. Now, we are in a timeline, an arc detailing events that doesn’t have Kirito carrying the season. Instead, meet Alice Zuberg.
Anyone already familiar with SAO should know the franchise has no shortage of powerful female main characters. From Asuna to Yuki, they are able to hold their own against skilled opponents and often times coming out dominant in a fight. In the case of Alice, she is also in a league of her own in particular with her swor…
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War taking place in the underworld has begin. As we know, Kirito is currently paralyzed by an attack that occurred in the previous season. Now Kirito is cared for and lives with Alice, after they defeated the leader of the axiom church, Quinella, who we know as "administrator". Their lives initially proceeded as usual, but all that changed when residents of the "dark territories" rebelled and attacked the underworld.
At this point Kirito as the main character could not do anything, he was required to accept the bitter truth that what they had protected so far would be destroyed soon. This season is full of tensions and dramatic moments, wars that are inevitable, full of bloody battles, the slaughter of a human being, it all happens here and will soon reach the climax.
Witnessing this sea…
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