Sword Art Online (light novel)
| Overhated? Yes, a good show? Debatable. I watched this show around 2 - 3 years ago, so mind you, I know full well of all the isekai/vr game tropes that have come out since. I then went on to read the novels after binging all of the anime and 3 movies. With that aside, I feel like the show definitely has some problems, especially during the fairy arc, but the show never adapted a lot of the things from the novels. We always see Kirito as a bad ass getting all the chicks, but the show never dives into how Kirito suffers from the inside and his internal monolouges. As a by-product, we get ppl thinking Sao is just some anime to fulfill the audiences fantasies, which is not the case at all, but influencers like The Anime Man did think so. Which led to more bandwagon until it became cool to hate on this show. Basically, the show suffered from cut content and snowball effects from some influencers like Joey The AnimeMan, not liking the show. |
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| I think it was horrible but I argue that it really did not deserve the level of vitriol. I can understand it being a symbol or prime example of several trends in anime that many fans may not like, but I think this is a bit too uncharitable. I also think the hatred may have been too personal. Though controversial opinion, I do think Alfheim is overrhated even by fans, and I think Aincrad was overrated and actually the worst of the two in many ways. Say what you will about Suguha, but at least within the anime adaptation, the story actually tries to develop and characterize relationship between her and Kirito. Asuna on the other hand is barely a character. Regardless of whatever constraints characterized the writing of the Aincrad arc, numerious timeskips just destroyed its own interesting premise. Sure, why start out with the Black Cats arc and the premise of being locked in that world only to dedicate several hours over several to a bullshit romance that has not been adequately developed? Why bother with all the interesting and dangerous stuff if you are going to ignore it until the sudden finale? The result is still a bad arc, regardless if you blame Kawahara or the limits of whatever he was under. |
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| Why are people defending Alicization here? The anime is OK, >>>EXCEPT<<< for Alicization, which sucks BADLY. |
| It’s overhated, like come on, do we need to see any more SAO hate in 2025? Fairy dance arc is heavily underrated and gets too much hate, some people just don’t have media literacy and don’t want to pay attention, that arc gets hit with so much misinformation/disinformation, blame those anti-SAO anime YouTubers for making it worse. Season 2 is great with Sinon’s story and Kirito’s own troubles while trying to rid of the threat in GGO, 2nd half of season 2 is incredible and emotional. Season 3 and beyond is really great as well. SAO has so many fans in the West and Japan, the haters are an irritating vocal minority. |
| Maybe not the worst thing ever made. But that still doesn't change the fact that this anime wasn't good. |
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| No, I don't think SAO was good as a whole. At the same time, I don't think it was that bad. There's worse stuff out there. |
| It's pretty obvious that it's been overhated if you just look at the score drop. Around the time that the show finished it was at an 8.39 (https://web.archive.org/web/20130114220414/https://myanimelist.net/anime/11757/Sword_Art_Online). Now it's at a 7.21. Has any other series on MAL had just a dramatic score decrease over time? There are things to critique (especially the second half), but the meme of it being the worst anime ever is really undeserved, especially when you compare it to all of the isekai we see today. |
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| I personally think that SAO is one of the greatest story ever made told really REALLY poorly. They will handle some topics like really good, and other will be like so ridiculously bad or nonsensical that is no wonder it can throw people off. And on the characters that suffers a lot fo this direction is Kirito: he is (imo) a really relatable and compelling character, but he is always put on situations that make him feel like a below average MC, like for example the whole "golden dick" aura that has every single girl fall for him or how he is always OP in everything he do and out of nowhere (I have read it is more explained in the LN). |
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| Sword Art Online's story always felt pretty weird: It starts with an incredibly iconic premise, but it only last for 14 episodes and then turns into "evil CEO wants to rape your wife" and "cousin sister has a crush on you" while playing other games that are no longer SAO. Not that all the hate was necessary, but SAO definitely made itself a very easy target (especially since it was so popular) I'm glad I checked out SAO for myself despite what I heard about it. I really enjoyed Fairy Dance (even though I'm not really into the NTR stuff), and everything after that just got even more sci-fi, even more thrilling and even more heartfelt. The original Aincrad actually ended up becoming one of my less favorite parts of SAO. |
| If only there is little to no romance, and it shouldn't be the main focus on the content throughout pretty much every season. Also, there isn't a need for harem either, LOW. |
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Reply to Flick_on
Honestly when I see how its the most despised anime , while also it having an extremely large fanbase despite makes sao feel distinguished. I agree that's in terms of Impact and Iconicness and how somewhat unique SAO is, it's a mastepiece
Sword Art Onlines Legacy of critique in anglo-forums is being a centipede of slander
The discrepancy of its hate-base and fanbase just highlights how one side don't even understand it or just diconnected from it( tbf thats many anime). In 2025 still talking about its duped by its marketing (is just bot stuff)
Many botty critiques saying it has flaws and plot-holes loses value, when they don't know what its trying to do,
not to mention doesn't mean much when many series that have the same ick stuff and they are not that hated
Also there's not much consensus between the arcs (different people emphasize different section of the anime), except the first which is extremely overrated
You can't really talk really about sao since The Narrative-well about it are completely poisoned (seeing the threads response , especially from this piromsyl retard). I don't think you can even like sao thoroughly casual anymore.
You think the haters talk about a complete caricaure of the anime. when they comically emphasize the harem (which is extremely disjointed), people don't call konosuba or bunny girl senpai harem constantly
The casuals opinion of sao is probably the most emptyheaded and contradictive you're gonna encounter,
they gonna overrate the shit out of aincrad also overstate its importance
Connect it to Isekai (low-intelligence centipede imo), as if it's not completely different and if it came out in 2025 would be a subversion, meaning it just ages better )
Gonna hype up emptyheaded slop like shangri-la frontier or log horizon in relation to it
Completely simplifies everything (Character, themes , plot) about it to the point of mispresenting it and then talk shit about it, is allergic to giving it credit (saying anything good about it), when again is a leagcy of it becoming this enigma.
Dont care for whats happening in the anime or the character and say they like it anyway for the clout.
I don't think I need to mention that the hate-culture of it has been exhausted years ago, Remnants remain (general shallow sentiments, Abrigded mouthbreathers) still exist but not by much anymore and a big aspect was the comical overhatedness was overexaggerated and they seemingly hated everything about it(Yoshitsugu) and the mere mention of it ignited a riot
Sword Art Onlines Legacy of critique in anglo-forums is being a centipede of slander
The discrepancy of its hate-base and fanbase just highlights how one side don't even understand it or just diconnected from it( tbf thats many anime). In 2025 still talking about its duped by its marketing (is just bot stuff)
Many botty critiques saying it has flaws and plot-holes loses value, when they don't know what its trying to do,
not to mention doesn't mean much when many series that have the same ick stuff and they are not that hated
Also there's not much consensus between the arcs (different people emphasize different section of the anime), except the first which is extremely overrated
You can't really talk really about sao since The Narrative-well about it are completely poisoned (seeing the threads response , especially from this piromsyl retard). I don't think you can even like sao thoroughly casual anymore.
You think the haters talk about a complete caricaure of the anime. when they comically emphasize the harem (which is extremely disjointed), people don't call konosuba or bunny girl senpai harem constantly
The casuals opinion of sao is probably the most emptyheaded and contradictive you're gonna encounter,
they gonna overrate the shit out of aincrad also overstate its importance
Connect it to Isekai (low-intelligence centipede imo), as if it's not completely different and if it came out in 2025 would be a subversion, meaning it just ages better )
Gonna hype up emptyheaded slop like shangri-la frontier or log horizon in relation to it
Completely simplifies everything (Character, themes , plot) about it to the point of mispresenting it and then talk shit about it, is allergic to giving it credit (saying anything good about it), when again is a leagcy of it becoming this enigma.
Dont care for whats happening in the anime or the character and say they like it anyway for the clout.
I don't think I need to mention that the hate-culture of it has been exhausted years ago, Remnants remain (general shallow sentiments, Abrigded mouthbreathers) still exist but not by much anymore and a big aspect was the comical overhatedness was overexaggerated and they seemingly hated everything about it(Yoshitsugu) and the mere mention of it ignited a riot
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