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Feb 9, 2019 7:23 AM
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Whoa, Eugeo reached the 90th floor. Not bad. He's climbing those levels but also encounters a formidable knight named Bercouli in the way. It's a pretty tough fight for Eugeo if you ask me. Eugeo's skills continues to grow though so that's also something to keep an eye on.

Also got to know more about Fanatio's connection with Bercouli. Seems Alice and Kirito are still working together but takes a break on their floor.



Feb 9, 2019 7:25 AM
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Suwabe-san's character only cares about his straight student. He was going to kill Eugeo guy if she really died.

His skill is releasing water-like wave when waved. Many kouhais chose faraway attack because of it.

Eugeo guy used strategy of attacking while Suwabe-san's character went off guard and off the sword. Remembering the sword's skill gradually or completely...

Oh, that guy is the legendary guy from the village? Freezing both.

Joker-looking guy appearing. He blaming Suwabe-san's character for not killing him quickly and betraying the lady. He deleted him!

Main guy and Alice lady enjoying the little meat bums. Sister girl mentioned intentionally. She would try to listen about her and judge.
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Feb 9, 2019 7:35 AM
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the fight was too simple even the fight from the OP looks better than this. im expecting a great fight vs the old man but A-1 says nah, goblin's fight still much better imo
Feb 9, 2019 8:47 AM
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A recollection episode next week so no new episode untill the week after I can spend the whole day next Saturday catching up with anime I've missed
Feb 9, 2019 9:03 AM
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Okay, I didn't expect Eugeo to bring the commander down that quickly. He was definitely clever about it but I'm surprised the fight ended that fast. The action sequences were still really cool. xD

Clowns, clowns everywhere. First Slime, now SAO, Tate no Yuusha's slave trader is already kind of a clown, which one's next? Last season was Goblins, this time it's clowns eh?
Sooner or later, all these clowns are gonna rise up. :3

Hah, I loved Alice's expression when her stomach growled.

I'm not a big fan of the rehash of the same information to every knight that they fight. It's kinda stale at this point.

I'm assuming Eugeo got captured there as well? Will he be turned into the administrator's underling as well?


Feb 9, 2019 9:34 AM
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Hmm so Eugeo's fight against the knight commander is finally here huh marvelous. The fight between the two sure was fun due to Eugeo's use of unconventional tactics. Hmm so recollection's highest form releases the true memories of that weapon and thus its final form then. So thats the prime senator huh. Kinda looks like a clown like all politicians lol. Still his intervention into the fight sure was unexpected. Alice's admonishment of Kirito over meals sure was amusing. Alice's application of multiple spells sure was impressive. Looks like Alice's knight persona will be broken next ep. Excellent ep as always that did well in showing the fight between Eugeo and Bercouli as well as showing the advancement in the former's attitude towards the knights. I also liked the fact that this ep featured a nice split between character expansion and action as well.
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Feb 9, 2019 10:02 AM
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Great episode, the animation this episode is good. The fight was short but its gives character exposition to Eugeo and Bercoulli. The release recollection of Eugeo was beautiful, and ability of Bercoulli is amazing but I know hes holding back against him. Overall its build up episode with exposition and character development for Eugeo.
Sidenote the moment of Kirito and Alice is nice and backstory next episode. And the appearance of Chudelkin.


Feb 9, 2019 10:09 AM
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Good episode.

The fight between Eugeo and Bercoulli was short but great. Nice seeing Eugeo fighting on his own. He really improved as a swordsman.

Feb 9, 2019 10:26 AM
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TobiYume said:
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A recollection episode next week so no new episode untill the week after I can spend the whole day next Saturday catching up with anime I've missed

No, the episode is called Recollection, because Eugeos "Release Skill" is called Recollection, as seen in this episode

I Think next episode we will see Alice and Kirito only, and Alice take back her memory??
Feb 9, 2019 10:33 AM

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Okay, I didn't expect Eugeo to bring the commander down that quickly. He was definitely clever about it but I'm surprised the fight ended that fast. The action sequences were still really cool. xD


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Feb 9, 2019 10:45 AM

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Oyy, I hope they won't brainwash Eugeo!
Feb 9, 2019 10:55 AM

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Ulquiorra said:
Oyy, I hope they won't brainwash Eugeo!
Ohh.. boy.. you're in for some fun
Feb 9, 2019 11:19 AM
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Hyack said:
Ulquiorra said:
Oyy, I hope they won't brainwash Eugeo!
Ohh.. boy.. you're in for some fun


Ugh... no... not Eugeo. I can't watch anymore. It's too much. Anyone but him.
Feb 9, 2019 11:43 AM

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Welp, Eugeo won but it seems that clown is about to use him now.
Feb 9, 2019 11:57 AM

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Oh God just shut up and fight ...

80% talk, 20% fight, it's so annoying

I like this season so far, but they talk too much during the fights
Feb 9, 2019 12:22 PM
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Today's episode was excellent, Eugeo has shown an improvement in his combat ability and the use of the sword, Bercuoli seemed to be someone very strong, but he did not expect the cleverness of Eugeo.
The fight of Eugeo and Bercuoli was short, but very good, I loved the sword of Bercuoli with the ability to "cut the future", I also liked to know the origin of the sword, very similar to Alice.
It was emotional how Eugeo told the truth to Bercuoli, about his legend and that he is the hero of the village where Eugeo comes from. In the end Eugeo uses the release recollection and the ice roses bloom and so the knight Bercuoli loses.

I must say that Chudelkin gave me a very bad feeling, I also found him arrogant and insignificant, besides he shielded himself in the person of Quinella as if he were the puppeteer of the elder cleric.
Now I understand many things that the opening shows, after hearing Chudelkin say "we have a new pawn", I think that Eugeo will be transformed into an Integrity Knight.
Alice is still very adorable and tsundere, I loved when her stomach growled and how angry she is when Kirito laughs at her. Alice is very skilled with the sacred arts, I liked how she use three different elements and joined them to heat the buns. Kirito tells Alice about her younger sister Selka and she has flashback fo Selka as a child, apparently now Kirito will tell Alice her past and how she ends up being Alice Synthesis Thirty.
Feb 9, 2019 12:59 PM

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What a fantastic episode! Since the first seconds till the end.
Great that we could see some Eugeo fighting by himself and doing the strategy, he fought really well, also the 1st integrity knight was also really cool, he was really humble compared to the others, and that skill damn.

Can't wait for Eugeo to reunite with Kirito and Alice!

And that ending! Damnn, your time to shine is now Kirito xD
Alice is such a cutie, i love her little tsundere moments hahaha
What a way to end the episode! Can't wait for next week.
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Feb 9, 2019 1:00 PM
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Eogeo truly impressed me, didn't expect him to beat Bercoulli, their fight was cool as hell, i loved that fight, Eogeo's cleverness wwon him the fight, Kirito teached him well, when i heard "Enchant Armament" and "Reallease Recolection" i always feel excited! Eogeo skill are increasing fast! He shined this episode!

Bercoulli looked really strong, and her sword cutting the future, awesome, Blue Rose sword skill is wonderfull! Eogeo tried to tell Bertoulli past life, and seems he remmeber her sword!

Gald to know more about Bercoulli and Fanation relation!

Where that clown came from, is he a monster from dark territory like outside tower's minions? I am affraid they will convert Eogeo to an Integrity knight, as clown said!

Loved Alice expression when her stomach growled, Alice is cute, and her tsundere personality is so cute aswell, Kirito and Alice are taking a break, Kirito talked about her sister, and now she wants to hear all her past from Kirito, to judge him, i wonder if she wants to confirm, cause when she hear about Seilka she make an expression and also push Kirito's collar!

Hyped for next week, to see how Alice will react!
Feb 9, 2019 1:05 PM

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I would be pretty pissed if that knight chief dies, that voice and attitude reminds me right of Archer.
Feb 9, 2019 1:30 PM
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Man, I can't remember if I've ever seen such ridiculous sword fights before

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No, the episode is called Recollection, because Eugeos "Release Skill" is called Recollection, as seen in this episode


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Feb 9, 2019 2:09 PM

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I only liked the end of the episode. These Integrity Knights have been the most disappointing enemies I have ever seen. Except Alice of course.
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Feb 9, 2019 2:18 PM

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this fight was hmm kind of anticlimatic tho
finally kirito will try to reveal it to her

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Feb 9, 2019 2:48 PM

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Eugeo's fight with Bercouli was interesting. I liked how it ended. I just don't like how long it lasted.

I had been thinking about the possibility of Kirito being turned into a knight, but I completely ignored the possibility of blond Kirito being turned into one.

Not sure if I like Alice. So far, she and cardinal are my favourite female characters of SAO. However, if she joins Kirito's harem, I don't think I will like her anymore.

Kirito had two manjuus in his pocket. Was one of them meant for Eugeo? Hope not. It would be too tragic if Kirito gave Eugeo's food to some other person.
Feb 9, 2019 2:49 PM

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the fight was too simple even the fight from the OP looks better than this. im expecting a great fight vs the old man but A-1 says nah, goblin's fight still much better imo


Agreed, the fight in the novel felt a lot more epic


Feb 9, 2019 4:00 PM

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a bit disappointed with the fight, was expecting something like the opening
Feb 9, 2019 4:08 PM

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Eugeo having to face such a tough guy, I was honestly expecting him to lose the very least, but he gotten the upper hand by using his skills. That weird looking guy though, what in the world... Bercouli sure didn't deserve that, he seemed like a cool dude (pun very much intended).

More Kirito & Alice moments, as Kirito is attempting to tell her what he knows about "past" Alice.
Feb 9, 2019 5:16 PM

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Great episode, Eugeo met the commander Bercouli and clashed against him. He managed to use the Release Art of his sword and have a draw with him. Though it seems like Bercouli is going easy with him by saving Fanatio thing and as mention by that snob Chudelkin xD

Eugeo now is in trouble and Kirito is still outside the wall with Alice. Now he's going to tell her about her past. But it seems next week is a recap like Reki stated in twitter :((
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Feb 9, 2019 7:09 PM

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Nice battle Eugeo.
Feb 9, 2019 7:50 PM

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For a battle against the top Integrity Knight, that sure ended quickly...

So the older you are, the less life you have? I guess that makes sense in a way since you get closer to death as you age...

You can use more than one element at once? Alice just made a microwave with her fingertips...

Guess Kirito and Alice are going to be having a long talk next episode. Eugeo on the other hand has been frozen, and based on what that jester said, he's going to be the next Integrity Knight...here we go again!
Feb 9, 2019 8:07 PM

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The battle with Bercouli Synthesis One was a bit disappointing. Thought it would last a bit longer and he would swing his sword more than 2-3 times, but I'm guessing we'll see more of some of these Integrity Knights again along with their Release Recollection abilities.

I was thinking they might turn Eugeo into an IK, but I don't think anyone can do that besides the Quinella.

I was really looking forward to Alice learning about her past next week, but it seems like we have a recap ๐Ÿ˜ญ
I sure hope this was planned and not A-1 Pictures already falling behind. We have ~34 episodes to go. I was worried about keeping up SAO-quality animation for a year when this was announced. I guess we'll see down the line how this goes.

EDIT: It was actually confirmed a long time ago that this arc would be split into two two-cours.
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is bercouli voice actor the same as Aomine from Kuroko no Basket? XD
Feb 9, 2019 10:51 PM

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I'm really confused as to where they keep pulling steam buns out from.
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since the number 1 Integrity Knight did not use his secret sword skill yet then im sure he will show up again later on

and as expected he is the original owner of the sword of Eugeo

and damn looks like Eugeo will be brainwashed to be an integrity knight huh

and also judging by the next weeks episodes title Alice will finally know whats happening
Feb 10, 2019 1:34 AM
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A recollection episode next week so no new episode untill the week after I can spend the whole day next Saturday catching up with anime I've missed

No, the episode is called Recollection, because Eugeos "Release Skill" is called Recollection, as seen in this episode



No it was posted on Twitter that next episode will be episode 18.5
Feb 10, 2019 1:35 AM
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TobiYume said:

No, the episode is called Recollection, because Eugeos "Release Skill" is called Recollection, as seen in this episode

I Think next episode we will see Alice and Kirito only, and Alice take back her memory??


Next week is a recap 18.5 it was announced on Twitter
Feb 10, 2019 1:36 AM

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Well a strong build up as always and to think next week will be a recap episode or something
Feb 10, 2019 1:55 AM

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The fight took about ten minutes to get going, but once it did it was pretty damn good actually (and very clever from Eugeo to boot). At least, until the clown showed up (after Tokyo Ghoul and Slime, I'm getting absolutely sick of clowns showing up everywhere in settings like this).
Feb 10, 2019 3:20 AM

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Things have taken an interesting turn, and Eugeo can potentially become an integrity knight... And on the other side of things, kirito is attempting to sway Alice; I swear, this season just keeps me hooked, and I really wanna know how everything plays out. Giant wait for the next episode

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Apparently 'Recollection' is a recap. Sad. Anyways...
Feb 10, 2019 4:46 AM

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When Alice takes the dumplings off Kirito, directly after you can see two dumplings in both of their hands at the same time

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Uhh I really can't not think of Bleach about how their weapons work, especially with that "Enhance" and "Release" thingy.

Enhance = Shikai?

Release = Bankai?

Eugeo's Zanpakutou Sword = Combination between Hyourinmaru and Ruri'iro Kujaku?

Anyway, I like this side of Alice, hope she still retains some of this personality after being freed from the brainwashing^^



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TobiYume said:
Mattinator95 said:
A recollection episode next week so no new episode untill the week after I can spend the whole day next Saturday catching up with anime I've missed

No, the episode is called Recollection, because Eugeos "Release Skill" is called Recollection, as seen in this episode


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Feb 10, 2019 6:25 AM

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The talk of how the weapons work with their "Enhance" and "Release" does remind me of Bleach and I mean that in a good way. =)

Eugeo and Bercouli's battle felt calm and intense at the same time. It was really enjoyable to see Eugeo use his brain to work around how Bercouli's time sword worked and the result was impressive. The animation and art quality also step up a notch for the fight and was great all around.

The only annoying thing was, unsurprisingly, the short clown at the end who had no need for Bercouli and has set his eyes on Eugeo. Since Eugeo gave it everything he had in his fight and is let in the state that he is, I think he's going to be in for a hard time now. D=

Alice and Kirito had another nice moment between them when Kirito whipped out two steamed buns out of his pocket. Alice stopped him from potentially ruining the buns and she quick-cooked it herself to perfection. She also is starting to remember her younger sister back at the village, so I only hope that Kirito's talk to her in the next proper episode will help her remember the memories that was sealed away.

zalapeno said:
the fight was too simple even the fight from the OP looks better than this. im expecting a great fight vs the old man but A-1 says nah, goblin's fight still much better imo


I'm going to be blunt here, but criticism like yours honestly triggers me a bit. Considering that A-1 is giving it their all for this 50 episode season, I don't think the production team will have time to make every fight to be as good as the Goblin fight. Does it really need to be? No, of course not.

OP animation for most shows always are better than the individual episodes itself and most anime fans already know and accept that. I think you got too spoilt by the effort that went into that fight in episode 4 and has left you craving for more, so much so that even good animated fights like this one between Eugeo and Bercouli doesn't cut the mustard anymore.

You should be more grateful to the production team for being able to put the effort to making this show more visually beautiful and animated more smoothly than the 2 seasons prior so far. There'll be weaker animated episodes, but that's to be expected from a long-running season like this one. The production team are humans at the end of the day, not robots that can produce brilliance every single time. =/
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so eugeo is doing a suicide attack? he is such a retarded kid

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Feb 10, 2019 9:46 AM
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Pretty dope episode.

the fight was pretty damn good but I feel bad for Eugeo now that the fat joker looking loser is gonna use him.
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so eugeo is doing a suicide attack? he is such a retarded kid


did you even watch ? He never planned on dying here and he explained it to Bercouli too afterward.

He knew he is at it's teen so he got the highest Maximum life, for example he is 2000/2000.
but Bercouli is at around 40+ years old, so his life is 1500/1500.

So Eugeo released his "Release Recollection" and let their life drop, until Bercouli is dead or unconscious. then he would rest a bit and regain his life afterward.
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So next week is a recap episode. Bummer!
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I wasn't expecting the fight to be that quick. Recap next week :(
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Feb 10, 2019 11:37 AM

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Welp, that's it for the old timer integrity knight, he wasn't being outsmarted by Eugeo was was also deleted by a homo clown, too bad Eugeo have to put himself in a situation where he has to use his own power against him and his opponent......So I'm guess anytime Alice will regain her memories back ...welp a shitty recap next.
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Well. I hate clowns even more now. If he hurts Eugeo I'll riot.
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