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Nov 24, 2018 7:22 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Kirito is lucky to have found someone like Liena who believes in him.

As for his opponent, he seems rather skilled so Kirito had to watch for himself. I think for most parts, the episode had a degree of psychology even before they crossed swords. The fight itself is what I'd expect from SAO.

Liena's own fight was much more intense than I had thought. Good thing she won.
Nov 24, 2018 7:27 AM
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His opponent is master of sword skill using imagination. He has many people (or multiple of himself?) behind him.

Main guy thinking about many people involving with him, his sword got longer.

A teacher who is superior to him stopped the fight and he's free to go.

His senpai is happy that he didn't give up, so being "draw" is not a problem.

Celebrating with wine (wait, is main guy old enough already?). His senpai talking about her skill and her bewilderment. She decided she won't give up for the upcoming duel

The two guys who doesn't seem to like main guy looking low on him and think that it was just luck. And broke the flowers he's been tending.

The voice telling him not to give up.

Other flowers sharing the life.

The fated duel. She finally won. The two are also advanced and got two female kouhais.

Their journey continues.
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Nov 24, 2018 8:22 AM
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Splendid, satisfied with this
Sao is getting more comprehensive than I thought.
It did cross my mind that this will be unpredictable during this previous one left it ending in a cliffhanger
Nov 24, 2018 9:18 AM
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A splendid episode. The trust that Sortiliena sempai has in kirito was heartwarming. Its interesting seeing the power of imagination that can be used in this world as well as Volo's source for his too. Though short that dual sure was intense. The moment when she shared her worries as well as how proud she was of her page was nice and a warm moment. The moment when the other flowers shared their life to restore the destroyed ones was just magical. Sortiliena and Volo's dual really was intense but glad that she won. Sortiliena's expression as she was presented the flowers by Kirito was really cute. Looks like its Kirito and Eugeo's turn to get pages now they're second years. And with episode thats v10 covered.
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Nov 24, 2018 9:26 AM
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Really happy for Lina :'') It was pretty cool to see her defeat the first seat (As well as to see his duel with Kirito)

But I'm NGL, I got feels when Kirito started crying about his flowers and when he gave them to Lina as his graduation gift to her xD I'm guessing the voice that helped him out is that blue haired lady

Good episode overall though, and I'm looking forward to seeing Kirito and Eugeo's time as Elites now (I wonder who the top 4 are though)
Nov 24, 2018 9:31 AM
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The most impressive thing in this season is that people really like it.

Like it's one of the most generic knights stories, but somehow it's good if it's SAO. I guess that's what people like about this show, but damn it's boring.
Nov 24, 2018 9:34 AM
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tsubasalover said:
His opponent is master of sword skill using imagination. He has many people (or multiple of himself?) behind him.

Main guy thinking about many people involving with him, his sword got longer.

A teacher who is superior to him stopped the fight and he's free to go.

His senpai is happy that he didn't give up, so being "draw" is not a problem.

Celebrating with wine (wait, is main guy old enough already?). His senpai talking about her skill and her bewilderment. She decided she won't give up for the upcoming duel

The two guys who doesn't seem to like main guy looking low on him and think that it was just luck. And broke the flowers he's been tending.

The voice telling him not to give up.

Other flowers sharing the life.

The fated duel. She finally won. The two are also advanced and got two female kouhais.

Their journey continues.


Masochism...why bother watching something you dont like, clearly you are the minority so just stop watching it. Everything that happened in this episode was well paced and explained. The one ass-pull is further explained in vol11, probably in 3-4 episodes.
Nov 24, 2018 9:34 AM
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Kirito wasn't allowed to lose :)

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Nov 24, 2018 9:34 AM
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Great episode again.

The duel between Kirito and the First seat was super cool to watch.
I love how they're always playing Swordland during the major fights, it always gets me so hyped. Such a great soundtrack.

Damn, it was actually really sad to see Kirito cry over the flowers. Those two pompous seniors needed a good kicking. I'm assuming the person who helped Kirito is that girl we got a glimpse of in one of the earlier episodes.

Liena-senpai's tears on seeing the flowers. <3

So Kirito and Eugeo are the 5th and 6th seat now? Nice, I wonder how long this academy stuff is gonna continue though. They've gotta get that plan to save Alice going soon after all.

To any of the LN readers, is Alicization over in the LN or is it still underway?
Nov 24, 2018 9:37 AM

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@Windman You're mistaken. I like watching the show. Which part made you think I don't? I'm just trying to understand the anime without reading the light novel (and add little comment regarding to certain parts if possible).
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Nov 24, 2018 9:41 AM

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Good episode overall. The fight with first seat ends with a draw. Liena ended up won the duel between her and first seat. The rich noble strikes again by destroying Kirito flowers,but it grow back by spell. I like the ability of Kirito sword. Kirito and Eugeo became senpai with their new kouhais Tiese and Ronye.


Nov 24, 2018 9:44 AM
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Great episode again.

The duel between Kirito and the First seat was super cool to watch.
I love how they're always playing Swordland during the major fights, it always gets me so hyped. Such a great soundtrack.

Damn, it was actually really sad to see Kirito cry over the flowers. Those two pompous seniors needed a good kicking. I'm assuming the person who helped Kirito is that girl we got a glimpse of in one of the earlier episodes.

Liena-senpai's tears on seeing the flowers. <3

So Kirito and Eugeo are the 5th and 6th seat now? Nice, I wonder how long this academy stuff is gonna continue though. They've gotta get that plan to save Alice going soon after all.

To any of the LN readers, is Alicization over in the LN or is it still underway?


Alicization ended some time ago in the LN. The 1st novel of the next arc is to be published on December i think. Also the mysterious voice is not a character that has been shown nor introduced yet.
Nov 24, 2018 9:47 AM
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Great episode again.

The duel between Kirito and the First seat was super cool to watch.
I love how they're always playing Swordland during the major fights, it always gets me so hyped. Such a great soundtrack.

Damn, it was actually really sad to see Kirito cry over the flowers. Those two pompous seniors needed a good kicking. I'm assuming the person who helped Kirito is that girl we got a glimpse of in one of the earlier episodes.

Liena-senpai's tears on seeing the flowers. <3

So Kirito and Eugeo are the 5th and 6th seat now? Nice, I wonder how long this academy stuff is gonna continue though. They've gotta get that plan to save Alice going soon after all.

To any of the LN readers, is Alicization over in the LN or is it still underway?

Yea, the arc ends in volume 18 but volume 19 and 20 have a side story. Im still waiting for volume 18 to be fully translated though
Nov 24, 2018 9:49 AM

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nice episode, goes to show the power of imagination can win you battles and make magical things like bringing dead flowers back to life
Nov 24, 2018 10:06 AM

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He really cared about those flowers.
Nov 24, 2018 10:07 AM
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That was an awesome episode. Really enjoyed it. Those high-ranking noble boys are annoying and pure evil, bunch of privileged snobs.

pretty much have to expect that sort of thing, the insecure jock/nobility character is pretty much overplayed now.
Nov 24, 2018 10:08 AM

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I don't know why, but at the same time that I liked this episode, I did not like it either. I got bored a bit but it was still a good episode, which added a lot to the story.
"No matter where you go, everyone's connected." Iwakura, Lain.

Nov 24, 2018 10:09 AM

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A good episode.

It was nice to see Kirito duel against the first seat. It seems they ignored the little scratch Kirito made to the first seat's uniform.

Liena winning was also nice to see.

Nov 24, 2018 10:10 AM
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Those Kouhai tho Tiese and Ronye will probably end up getting picked on by those 2 jocks. but damn are they so Kawaii.

on another note, I want me my Asuna fix on the next episode
Nov 24, 2018 10:13 AM
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Lu4n264 said:
I don't know why, but at the same time that I liked this episode, I did not like it either. I got bored a bit but it was still a good episode, which added a lot to the story.

Alicization is slated for approximately 50 episodes anyway, production must be pacing the story along with since it'll be a long series
Nov 24, 2018 10:13 AM

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And Volume 10 is done. On to 11!
Nov 24, 2018 10:24 AM
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So booooring and ofc all these nobles are the embodiment of evil. Need more cliches.
Nov 24, 2018 10:26 AM

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Now that's the Kirito I've been waiting to see lol.

So now Kirito and Eugeo are Elite Discple as fifth and sixth seat.
Finally this show is starting to look interesting to me.
Nov 24, 2018 10:26 AM

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Is it fun discussing every episode of any anime with other people? Just wondering because I find it boring haha




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Nov 24, 2018 10:29 AM

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The second ep is still the best ep
Nov 24, 2018 10:36 AM

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This episode was pretty simple. The animation and art looked phenomenal. When it comes to imagination etc. I feel like something involved it seems off. Was Kirito able to block and a strike because he used his willpower and remembering this friends? This might've been explained I am pretty sure, but maybe I did not pay too much attention. Aside from that Leina was pretty good, and somehow was able to overcome her doubts and defeat Uolo or Volo. The nobleman after what they did was disgusting. They are going to be thrown away eventually they were never meant to be liked anyway from the moment we saw them at the beginning.
Nov 24, 2018 10:41 AM

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Exellent episode. The transformation of Kirito's sword was great to look at. I thought they skipped Liena's background when I saw last episode but they included it in this episode.
Nov 24, 2018 10:42 AM

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Liena looked so much similar to asuna...so maybe it was just me..hmm well I guess I am still concerned whether the kirito ni the game is the actual kirito or the copy like everyone else in the world
Nov 24, 2018 10:43 AM

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tsubasalover said:
@Windman You're mistaken. I like watching the show. Which part made you think I don't? I'm just trying to understand the anime without reading the light novel (and add little comment regarding to certain parts if possible).

I think that they meant the person that commented after you and mistakenly quoted you instead.
Nov 24, 2018 10:44 AM

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Liena looked so much similar to asuna...so maybe it was just me..hmm well I guess I am still concerned whether the kirito ni the game is the actual kirito or the copy like everyone else in the world

It is real kirito.
Nov 24, 2018 10:48 AM

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The most impressive thing in this season is that people really like it.

Like it's one of the most generic knights stories, but somehow it's good if it's SAO. I guess that's what people like about this show, but damn it's boring.

It could be worse, it could be a generic comment of MAL, oh wait.
Nov 24, 2018 11:07 AM

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The fight was painful to watch. SAO always insists on making sword fights look like a contest of strength rather than skill, with the budget it has I wish the fights could take more inspiration from real sword disciplines.
Nov 24, 2018 11:11 AM

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Kirito managed a draw against the first seat, and Liena defeated him. Good job for her. It was also interesting to see how Kirito was able to recreate his flowers after those noble jackasses destroyed them.
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Nov 24, 2018 11:21 AM

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Lelouch0202 said:
Great episode again.

The duel between Kirito and the First seat was super cool to watch.
I love how they're always playing Swordland during the major fights, it always gets me so hyped. Such a great soundtrack.

Damn, it was actually really sad to see Kirito cry over the flowers. Those two pompous seniors needed a good kicking. I'm assuming the person who helped Kirito is that girl we got a glimpse of in one of the earlier episodes.

Liena-senpai's tears on seeing the flowers. <3

So Kirito and Eugeo are the 5th and 6th seat now? Nice, I wonder how long this academy stuff is gonna continue though. They've gotta get that plan to save Alice going soon after all.

To any of the LN readers, is Alicization over in the LN or is it still underway?


Alicization ended some time ago in the LN. The 1st novel of the next arc is to be published on December i think. Also the mysterious voice is not a character that has been shown nor introduced yet.

Good to know, thanks.
Nov 24, 2018 11:23 AM

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OK episode, I guess...

Good parts: High quality animation. Some good interactions between the characters.

Worst parts: I'm not really a fan of getting power by one's own will and not by experience and training. It is implied that it has something happening in school, like training, but the story barely told anthing about school experience. It was a big fast forward like nothing really happened.

Nov 24, 2018 11:32 AM
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OK episode, I guess...

Good parts: High quality animation. Some good interactions between the characters.

Worst parts: I'm not really a fan of getting power by one's own will and not by experience and training. It is implied that it has something happening in school, like training, but the story barely told anthing about school experience. It was a big fast forward like nothing really happened.



I mean they did tell you about 1.5 years of time skip last episode and obviously some more months at the end of this episode...
Its not like powering up after 1 year of training with a certain goal in mind is an ass pull or anything. Also Kirito has the upper hand since he already has practical experience in his memories and also recognizes commonly used sword patterns from his immense gameplay time.
Nov 24, 2018 11:33 AM
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Uolo and Kirito face a duel with all their power.
The duel was cool, Uolo is a monster of pure brute strength, but in the end Kirito's skill and imagination gave him the advantage, although it's a shame they stopped the fight, but even so Kirito had the first cut, which gave him the victory (i don´t care they declared it a tie)
Liena is a wonderful woman, Kirito is very fortunate to have been trained by her, in addition she relies fully on the skills of her apprentice.
I felt so bad when the noble idiots destroyed the flowers that Kirito took care with so such a hard effort and when i listen to what those flowers meant for him was so sad.
Kirito is helped by an unknown female voice, this person tells him that his imagination will allow him to perform the sacred art he needs, the scene where the flowers revive is very beautiful, the others flowers gave part of their lives to save their companions.
The fight of Liena against Uolo was great, it was very well animated and Liena proved to be an excellent Swordwoman, defeating Uolo. I liked the part where Kirito gives the flowers to Liena, she looked very feminine.
Kirito and Eugeo advance on their way to being swordmans and now they have valets, Tiese is under the supervision of Eugeo and Ronie under the supervision of Kirito.
Raios and Humbert are pure crap, I look forward to the moment they do a stupid thing that makes Kirito punish them, they deserve a good beating.
Nov 24, 2018 11:53 AM
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Really liked the episode! Pretty faithful adaptation imo, good decision to include Liena's talk about Uolo's style after the duel, I had thought they were going to leave it out completely. Would've liked to have gotten Azurika's mention of the sword's memory but oh well.

Onto Alicization Turning!
Nov 24, 2018 12:48 PM

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Nov 24, 2018 12:48 PM

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"It's aallll in your imaginaaation!"
This idea cracks me up.
The irony of it is too much since they're in a virtual world where nothing is real... it really gives in the notions of fluctlights being translated souls and what they perceive as real is a version of their virtual reality (This probably doesn't make sense).

God dammit kirito, why couldn't ya win... Volo is petty and kirito should have two seasons worth of "imagination" in him going against Colo. If it's mentality that influences the outcome then Aincrad should've been worth something gong into his attack. But apparently the tree holds more value. Oh well!
I guess he wasn't that mentally strong though since he said he felt as though he'd have been slashed by Volo's blade.
For such a cliffhanger, the fight had sure ended fast.

Liena senpai though, she gon' have her harem initiation. Woohoo kirito. (If other was only the case 😅😅)
Nov 24, 2018 12:57 PM
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This episode was pretty simple. The animation and art looked phenomenal. When it comes to imagination etc. I feel like something involved it seems off. Was Kirito able to block and a strike because he used his willpower and remembering this friends? This might've been explained I am pretty sure, but maybe I did not pay too much attention. Aside from that Leina was pretty good, and somehow was able to overcome her doubts and defeat Uolo or Volo. The nobleman after what they did was disgusting. They are going to be thrown away eventually they were never meant to be liked anyway from the moment we saw them at the beginning.


I was also thinking about that. Although the explanation is that greater strength comes from imagination, it feels like it's also implied that a big part of it comes from the will of your heart.
Nov 24, 2018 1:04 PM

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That battle with the first seat was quite nice, he's one powerful opponent. That pressure that came from the dude was insane.

The scene with the flowers was quite emotional, we all know that Kirito is quite the crybaby, but the reason for growing them was quite something. Good to see them back in good condition and in the hands of Liena now.
Nov 24, 2018 1:23 PM

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Now that’s the Liena i wanted to see.
So glad they didn’t skip over her characterization in relation to the Serlut-style of swordsmanships, and it makes sense to include after kirito’s duel.
It was a good episode.
I loved kirito’s monologue. The garden scene was phenomenal. It speaks volumes for his character and his inner conflicts.
Nov 24, 2018 1:38 PM
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Kirito is overpowered even as a gardener xD
Nov 24, 2018 1:53 PM

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The particle effects this episode were freaking beautiful though


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Nov 24, 2018 2:29 PM
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shokugeki no kirito nice
Nov 24, 2018 2:36 PM
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When Kirito cries more from the death of the flowers than from the death of that girl from Season 1 you know they did something wrong back then.
Nov 24, 2018 2:51 PM

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I wonder if Kirito will ever use dual wield and bring out two swords
Nov 24, 2018 2:54 PM

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An emotional flashback scene and tears for dead flowers? Oh okay, sure, whatever.

Nov 24, 2018 2:55 PM

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Based on the pacing my guess is that the season will end at the point where


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