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| Wow... I never thought that SAO could be so depressing like this. One thing I did notice that doesn't seem to have been picked up on: near the end, Yuuki mentioned that two of the members of the Sleeping Knights were told that they have less than three months to live. Now, it's safe to assume that one of these is Yuuki herself, but I wonder who the other one is? |
| Mmmmh... they didn't talk about her father yet. Could he be the doctor? EDIT: Oh, ok. I guess I should have rewatched that part before posting. |
RuzgfpegkDec 6, 2014 11:05 AM
CookingPriest said: Bomb2chest said: That's what I don't get. I thought the mother got HIV from the blood transfusion. Wouldn't they give the mother blood after the c-section not during ? If they meant to say she was given blood during c-section and the twins were not born then that makes sense. Or do I just have this all backwards 0.o ? You can be contaminated by exchange of fluids too. By the time she was diagnosed, whole family was sick. I knew that just didn't really think about it. Basically Yuuki's mother got the virus from the blood during or after the birth. The father and the twins caught the virus within that 5 month period before they found out. :( |
Ruzgfpegk said: Mmmmh... they didn't talk about her father yet. Could he be the doctor? Both the parents died as well. Yuuki went into the full dive system 3 years ago. The doctor said the parents died 2 years ago and her sister died 1 year ago. |
roby666 said: Then what do you watch it for? Because this is what SAO is about, and always have been.Episodes like this are not the reason why I watch SAO. |
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| That episode broke me..... I knew that death was involved but not like this. This was just overwhelmingly depressing. I am in utter shock right now, like I feel empty inside. And to make matters worse, the entire guild are all dying too This arc.....I dunno what to say but honestly this arc, heck thjs entire season is without a doubt better than season one |
| I liked this ep, but... yeah, a desease is an awful thing... It's sad that always the best characters have to die... |
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Most of us knew this was going to happen, but in a little more detail then that but the feels are just the same |
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| ahhh, the benefits of having a boyfriend that can do almost anything! all in all, i completely loved this episode! i never thought i would like SAO this much, but somehow i do. |
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LastChapter said: They actually dumbified the conversation a lot so I took an excerpt of it from the novel. I removed pretty much everything other than the conversation itself (like how they were in an elevator rather than in a private business room) so this isn't actually the full text. They also go in much greater detail about the Medicuboid but I'm sure the anime watchers don't care about that: Edit: Added excerpt about Yuuki's past which gives more details about her childhood such as the bullying and her degeneration: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1304067&show=100#msg36492257 I'm guessing since she is in a full dive system her skills are amazing in VR. Is this because of the medical bed she is in ? Does it give full control over her body compared to the natural VR gear ? |
LastChapter said: Bomb2chest said: I'm guessing since she is in a full dive system her skills are amazing in VR. Is this because of the medical bed she is in ? Does it give full control over her body compared to the natural VR gear ? From the wikia: The Medicuboid has a stronger electromagnetic output than both the NerveGear and the AmuSphere so it can make muscles completely numb and cancel out the spinal reflexes - making it possible to avoid using anesthetics which still have a small but rare risk. It has many more pulse generated components than the NerveGear and its CPU far surpasses the processing speed of the AmuSphere. These superior specs can enhance the in-game abilities of the user, although Asuna does not suspect that this is the source of Yuuki's amazing skills. The user can communicate with the outside through the speakers installed in the Medicuboid. During speech the screen on the machine will display the message "user talking." She has the ability to do more but at a cost of her body :(. Was never expecting some advanced technology like that. |
| Can't help but laugh at how weird asuna's life is. She has a AI "daughter," ex-fiance trapped her in a game, now for some reason she has this emotional attachment to a terminally ill patient who has spent 3yrs in full dive.... And her mom thinks she's not prepared for college. I think she's done more in her years of high school than most in their life rofl. |
LastChapter said: Bomb2chest said: I'm guessing since she is in a full dive system her skills are amazing in VR. Is this because of the medical bed she is in ? Does it give full control over her body compared to the natural VR gear ? From the wikia: The Medicuboid has a stronger electromagnetic output than both the NerveGear and the AmuSphere so it can make muscles completely numb and cancel out the spinal reflexes - making it possible to avoid using anesthetics which still have a small but rare risk. It has many more pulse generated components than the NerveGear and its CPU far surpasses the processing speed of the AmuSphere. These superior specs can enhance the in-game abilities of the user, although Asuna does not suspect that this is the source of Yuuki's amazing skills. The user can communicate with the outside through the speakers installed in the Medicuboid. During speech the screen on the machine will display the message "user talking." Or to go via tl;dr: THe gameplay improvement via medicuboid is miniscule and its less about gear itself and more about the time and practice Yuuki spent in VR, that is to thank for her talent. |
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| Why is everyone rating this so highly? I just don't understand why it's so dramatic, they just start crying and i'm like... ok... what the fuck is with this pathetic and rushed build up? The arc felt super rushed unlike the first part of SAO 2 which was complete crap because it took too long. The season isn't good, I actually enjoyed the excalibur arc the most. Although I shrieked in total amusement when kirito did that peace sign when that one door was closing. |
doru7272Dec 6, 2014 11:29 AM
dialgatrack said: Why is everyone rating this so highly? I just don't understand why it's so dramatic, they just start crying and i'm like... ok... what the fuck is with this pathetic and rushed build up? The arc felt super rushed unlike the first part of SAO 2 which was complete crap because it took too long. The season isn't good, I actually enjoyed the excalibur arc the most. Although I shrieked in total amusement when kirito did that peace sign when that one door was closing. wait are you being serious? kinda feels like a troll, not the fact u think its bad but u rlly thought calibur was best? To me, all calibur was was the enemy standing in place while the main cast wails on them for several minutes. Kinda dull.. enemies bare fought back |
| This episode gave me aids. |
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| people like to say this show is cancer guess the joke's on them, the correct answer was aids all along! in all seriousness I keep finding myself conflicted about whether I like this or not.. |
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| Poor Yuuki :( I imagine the next two episodes are going to be full of feels |
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| This show is more of a guilty pleasure than anything, so it's nice when an episode/arc like this comes along and there's clearly more thought put into it than most of the previous ones. Now I get the reasoning behind calling the guild Sleeping Knights, and it's actually kind of sad compared to all the "sad" stuff that's happened in SAO before. Now I just need to catch up on the LNs... |
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| that was depressing... I feel like there were some parts where it got cliché, which made it lose some of the feeling. I liked that twist though. I was expecting it to be some stupid reason for not being able to see Asuna anymore, so that was a nice surprise in a depressing way. |
Chelizzle said: pathetic. I find it funny how a cheap and forced episode like this gets praised. But yeah simple minded people get FEELS from it and cry. Imo this episode was boring and tried very hard. Troll harder Please. As for the episode itself, it was adapted perfectly from how I remember it from the light novel. I find myself wishing all this ended differently...but you can't beat something like Aids :( Poor Yuuki |
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| Oh damn tragic shit my duds. |
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| I knew it would be Aids somehow when Asuna got to the hospital. Who wants to bet Kirito puts his little camera system he has for Yui to some good use? |
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| I was trying not to cry throughout the whole episode. x___x |
| Sad very sad tears this entire episode......... |
| Unfortunately for me, someone spoiled this for me a couple of weeks ago (so many LN readers cannot help themselves in these forums) so the impact was lessened, but now it's all clear. A guild of only terminal patients. I hope Yuuki gets to experience school with the machine Kirito is developing. |
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