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| Just when I started getting interested in the Kirito and Eugeo stuff they switched. Don’t really care for any of these characters so a rather forgettable episode for me. |
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| A bit surprising to switch back to the real world, but I suppose this is going to be what the show does for the time being, and with Kirito and Eugeo set to begin their journey it was an appropriate swapping point. It's been obvious for a while now that Kikuoka is shady as hell, and now that he's displayed his true colours I hope he suffers the consequences of his actions in the future. |
| This episode a bit slow. But still good. Eyy... We get to see Asuna and the other in this episode. Good to see them... Can't wait for Kikuoka explanation next Ep... |
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| yaaaaaaaaas Miss Asuna being relevant |
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| I was kinda satisfied because Klein had more screentime (even if he's still useless) but I'm still a little disappointed about this episode because I really don't care about all the other blank characters, especially Asuna. So, that was a sort of boring episode, I didn't really enjoy it I hope the next episode will be in the Underworld again, because it's far more interesting and I always need more Eugeo oh and please stop focusing on Suguha nerf, complaining about this is cringe since she's not oversexualized like she was before |
DamuzenNov 4, 2018 6:02 AM
| Daaaaamn, I've already forgotten what Asuna is capable of <3 Great episode. I know it's only 5 episodes but for me everything is really nice timed already. We had perfect amount of Kirito and Eugene and Underground itself and on the other hand they allowed viewer to see, what's happened throught this time and what's happening right now. It was a nice plot twist at the end. I actually didn't expected that. I don't want to evaluate in advance because everyone know how long this story will be and that this is only the beginning but... I really hope that they really carefully thought about how they will use source material. I didn't read the arc but I heard they didn't cut anything and they even added some plot - that's already really cool. For me, 5/5 |
| Slow-paced and descriptive but a fine episode, nevertheless. Asuna, in particular, and co, Klein, Yui and the usual gang, were really assertive and upfront this episode, so that’s nice to see. Yui encouraging Asuna to not give up because of Kirito’s persistence earlier in Season 2 was a highlight of the episode for me and the flashbacks to the Season 1 scenes made the whole message much more impactful of sorts. Finally, we got to see Kirito’s mother though, I honestly can’t recall to when I last saw her, if at all. Also, that horrendous helicopter CGI scene xD. On a more serious note, the fact that Asuna and other fellow teenagers with the help of the scientist managed to break through the defences of the highly-secured facility was a bit far-fetched and all, but the execution of it wasn’t too bad per se. I mean, I kind of had a feeling it’d be Asuna but it wasn’t until the revelation that I thought to myself, “Right, should’ve known!”. The Doctor’s bed scene with Kayaba felt off to say the least but I’m assuming we’ll get more on that soon in the upcoming episodes. All those leads that Asuna and co managed to gather up though felt way too convenient since Kikouka works for the Govt too and the Govt ought to have covered it all up(just like Prison Break-tier at least). Cliffhanger of this episode promises some juicy details for next week’s episode, so I’m looking forward to that! I wonder when we’ll get back to the Aliciazation world though. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| So finally the true motive behind the whole virtual world experiment is gonna unfold. Project Alicization up next!! |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| Sad we never got the ambulance scene. Well anyway I like the anime original stuffs on this episode. An early Kayaba and Rinko flashback tease was a very nice addition I like, looking forward for more of it next episodes. Not much relevant scenes changed or omitted, so I'm glad, though I would like to see something cut, the scene where Yui is asked about what is an AI and she answered that its like asking what is human while showing a somewhat sad face, this fleshed out her character as it show his growing nature as an Advanced AI. That indeed is core element of this arc, exploring about AIs and Simulated reality. Yay, revealing the secrets of the project next episode. |
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| aaaaah all i wanted was to learn more about Eugeo and his world but noooooope time for an episode with bland waifuuuuuuuus in it oh boi better see more Eugeo next episode he's actually kinda interesting |
| ASUNA TRULY IS BEST GIRL |
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| So.. are these people really dumb or what? Alright, you may be more interested in the underworld stuff but episodes like this one (and the next) are NECESSARY for the plot. Did ppl really think they would get 50 episodes with just fantasy stuff without any explanation as to what is going on? smh, if you think that then you dont know a slyghest thing about what is good storytelling. |
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That's all it takes for me to like an episode of SAO too. |
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| I honestly wasn't expecting the transition to the real world again so soon, but I really liked how this episode went. Asuna and everyone else was really puzzled as to why Kirito simply disappeared into thin air after he was admitted to hospital, but the whole group, plus Yui, worked thoroughly and they were able to pinpoint Kayaba's former assistant and lover, Rinko. From there, Asuna's disguise worked like a charm as she and Rinko traveled to the Ocean Turtle, got through the ultra-tight security to meet with Kikuoka and Asuna took her disguise off and demand where Kirito was. I must admit, Asuna was pretty badass in this scene. =3 Whether the next episode jumps back to Kirito and Eugeo or stays with Asuna's side of the story for longer, I'm eagerly looking forward to it either way. =) |
| Now this was quite interesting. We get to see Asuna's side of everything that has happened. Infiltrating Rath with a solid disquise, with the help of her friends she managed to get in! You go Girl!! Good to see Dr. Kojiro went along with Asuna's plan. I never really trusted Kikuoka. |
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| Honestly wanted to see more of the fantasy world. The whole episode was irl, although it's important to the story, frankly I didn't care for it. :/ |
| Man, SAO always has these sexy adult women. Nurse and Asuna's Mom in S2 and now Suguha's Mom and christmas cake Rinko. Doujins never. Jokes aside, I found the episode to be quite boring. There is somehing about this season's exposition scenes, that make them tedious to watch. It isn't that long ago that I finished S2, but there I never felt that these scenes were such a snorefest as Alicization's. Even Kirito and Sinon cuddling in a cave for 2 episodes was more engaging. |
AyumiVk said: So.. are these people really dumb or what? Alright, you may be more interested in the underworld stuff but episodes like this one (and the next) are NECESSARY for the plot. Did ppl really think they would get 50 episodes with just fantasy stuff without any explanation as to what is going on? smh, if you think that then you dont know a slyghest thing about what is good storytelling. Lol yeah. I’m kinda cringing at those writing “oh back to eugeo, the characters in the real world are boring and i don’t like them”. I agree this episode is necessary and was delivered well in several aspects. Keep in mind those same people writing those posts will come back saying “there are plot holes and lack of explanation” if the real world stuff was not part of the story. |
Shishou_23Nov 4, 2018 4:21 PM
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| Hey, you know I said that gears were finally turning last episode? Well, scratch that. More set-up for now apparently, need to establish another shady organisation that's creating another virtual world for some not-so-clear reason (for now). Also, how did that dude attack Kirito? Did he like jab and then just ran? Feel free to correct me if I missed something here, unless it's spoilers. I feel like given the lack of other people around, it'd have been optimal to attack Asuna as well, or at least prevent her from calling an ambulance for a significant period of time. |
| I'm not a lolicon, you're just projecting your tendency to lewd 2D characters. If your favourite character is Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko, you are my soul mate. Been a long time since I've been here, I'll continue expressing myself freely and believe everyone should too. My MAL Interview |
BurningSpirit said: Hey, you know I said that gears were finally turning last episode? Well, scratch that. More set-up for now apparently, need to establish another shady organisation that's creating another virtual world for some not-so-clear reason (for now). Also, how did that dude attack Kirito? Did he like jab and then just ran? Feel free to correct me if I missed something here, unless it's spoilers. I feel like given the lack of other people around, it'd have been optimal to attack Asuna as well, or at least prevent her from calling an ambulance for a significant period of time. Johnny black gets stabbed in the leg and falls down. But he doesn't lose conciousness. By that time Asuna's cries for help results in people from nearby houses gathering around the site. A policeman on patrol also comes in and apprehends Johnny Black. So he couldn't run away. |
| Yusss, it's as I expected - this ep was back to real word and want happened to Kirito! I liked it a lot and kept waiting for it! Now can't wait to hear more about it in next ep! Wohooo :D Looolz, but I totally did not notice Suguha's change in breast department XD cuz I'm a girl? whatever XD Also, I'm totally enjoying both sides of the arc - the one with Eugeo in the game and Asuna in real world. Thou at times it feels like I'm the only one, sigh Ah, but those who have read the light novels, enlighten me, please - in the episode it isn't shown so I'm not sure, but does Kirito's mom/aunt believe that nonsense about why not even his family is allowed to see him? If that were my son/nephew I sure as hell wouldn't stand for it, but here since it wasn't shown I'm not clear. Sure, I know that 90% of the time parents are overlooked in anime/manga as nonexistent, but for some reason this time it really bugged me, whether his mom believes what is being said to her |
RouzmaryNov 5, 2018 5:04 AM
~Nothing is Eternal but Eternity ~ |
Pedram said: her existence is a completely unique existence, a once in a life-time chance of creating the strongest Top-down AI. I'm a programmer myself, so I read a lot about AIs online and even read about Bottom-up and Top-down AIs in university. basically a Top-down AI can grow the more data it can receive, but you can't just feed data or show it a movie for it to learn about emotion and become more human. it need to observe human interaction and monitor emotions for becoming more human. and the amount of data need to be HUGE, the bigger the closer she can be to humans. Ah, Top-down, Bottom-up AI's. Back when reading the novel this amused me quite a bit. Theories on AI always strike me as weird. They have a lot of effort put into considering how to create an AI, or what would qualify as a good AI...but almost no effort put into first considering what exactly a human mind is, and how it works. People should consider applying their ideas about AI's and computers on humans first. That said, I do enjoy AI characters a lot. They often lack most of the annoying traits of other character types. |
| “Ha ha, the synergy between my left and right hand made them feel scared.” Ye Xiu said. |
| This episode serves as a quick reminder that the other characters still exist. This was pretty good for the most part. Though it was easy to predict what was going to happen, this season of SAO has got me hooked quite well. It's easy for me to feel a little uneasy about it because of the past two seasons, but there's no point in hiding the fact that I'm pretty excited for what this has in store. Asuna's English sounds pretty damn good my god |
| entertaining, i'm not really a fan of asuna but she's been apart of the story for a long time. Want to see alice uwu |
 アニメの幼女を見てるのが楽しいぜ |
| Build up episode but was well done, I wanna go back to the old wolrd whatever it's called. |
DragonSlayer_19 said: AyumiVk said: So.. are these people really dumb or what? Alright, you may be more interested in the underworld stuff but episodes like this one (and the next) are NECESSARY for the plot. Did ppl really think they would get 50 episodes with just fantasy stuff without any explanation as to what is going on? smh, if you think that then you dont know a slyghest thing about what is good storytelling. Lol yeah. I’m kinda cringing at those writing “oh back to eugeo, the characters in the real world are boring and i don’t like them”. I agree this episode is necessary and was delivered well in several aspects. Keep in mind those same people writing those posts will come back saying “there are plot holes and lack of explanation” if the real world stuff was not part of the story. I am another who is thinking exactly the same, even reading here the comments I am seeing people who are inventing some things like the supposed hack kek. The funny thing is when the events outside of Underworld take on more importance, but there's a lot left for that. |
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| Well Kirito didn't die , that's nice, but he's back in the virtual world again in a different setting and contraption, and now Asuna knows what's going on and was even able to sneak in...nice move. |
| so now we go detective game finding where the heck on earth's skin is kirito!? Serious angry Asuna is awesome Asuna! 5/5. |
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