Sword Art Online (light novel)
DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
| After a little bit of a shaky start to episode (first few minutes) I was concerned. However, it looks like it was misplaced. The later half of the episode was both interesting, exciting and had some pretty cool visuals. My favorite part was seeing Excalibur thrust into the lake and seeing it rise. Btw... Did anyone else picture this every time they mentioned Excalibur?  Fool! |
 ~ S & F Guidelines ~ My Profile ~ My AnimeList / MangaList ~ ShawnOfTheDeadz.com ~ |
 Kirito was more perverted in the Manga/LN, thats why I also want a complete Aircard reboot. |
| A bit meh to be honest. The introductions to other arcs have caugh my attention more. I hope that next episode will be much better. Asuna in the bathtub scene showed a lot more than I expected. Was that in the novels? Not that I'm complaining. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| This is why i don't read quest text |
| The tailpull was great. Need to make a gif of that. |
| UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. So no more GGO? & its back to ALO? wth ;-; |
 |
| Love the new opening. Oh the nostalgia |
 |
| well that quest setting sure as hell is a full 180 from 14 episodes of Call of Duty seems simple yet fun enough |
  |
| The episode was okay.... I guess? It sort of reminded me of the special they put out last December, I guess we're gonna have a 2 episode filler arc before MR? I'm glad I don't mind ALO as much as many here. Watching them all interact was interesting, but I always thought the girls were more aggressive with Kirito than what was shown, and maybe Asuna would've been a bit more... possessive of him than what we've seen? Oh well... can't wait to check out MR, since I already know what's gonna happen for this arc. |
HESTIA   APPROVES |
Marzan said: A bit meh to be honest. The introductions to other arcs have caugh my attention more. I hope that next episode will be much better. Asuna in the bathtub scene showed a lot more than I expected. Was that in the novels? Not that I'm complaining. Asuna in the bathtub was filler, I guess A-1 added it because they felt bad all the fanservice was going to Sinon. |
LordPerucho said: Marzan said: A bit meh to be honest. The introductions to other arcs have caugh my attention more. I hope that next episode will be much better. Asuna in the bathtub scene showed a lot more than I expected. Was that in the novels? Not that I'm complaining. Asuna in the bathtub was filler, I guess A-1 added it because they felt bad all the fanservice was going to Sinon. Asuna needs some personality. No fanservice is going to save her. |
| I like the new opening. Seems like a standard rpg quest. Not the most exciting, and no romance with Asuna |
 |
Takuan_Soho said: Tendou-kun said: I am not a fan of the ALO stories. I guess this anime ends here for me ^^ There is one more episode in ALO, then they port back to SAO for the final arc. So they go back to SAO? But wasn't SAO destroyed after Aincrad Arc? Or did The Seed completely recreated the whole castle with all floors? The Caliber side-arc. Anyway, maybe it is also the worst episode so far in all SAO seaons. Not because it was "bad", but because it is really like a side story. Maybe when they're back in SAO it's gonna be better, I also prefer SAO to ALO. Happy that all characters are togehter, I was hoping for that :) I guess there ain't gonna be something wrong as Kirito said something about the GM have to react if the quest would be kinda suspicious.. Let's see what happens, but honestly said, I miss the cliffhanger about what is going to happen next. It is not really present after the Phantom Bullet arc. Little bit sad, maybe the worst part in SAO. But let's see how it goes on and what more information we get... And hopefully they will solve the quest ;) |
| "If the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix |
| Finally I get to hear LiSA! Good ED. Excalibur does look pretty sick. Can't wait til Kirito gets it and becomes kami |
KitogeOct 20, 2014 2:07 AM
| ''In RPGs, the samurai has been a ''warrior plus black magic'' for a long time.'' O.o |
| This ep really felt like a sao ep. I think I'll like this arc better than ggo. |
| Excellent first episode to the arc. |
 |
| ALO again? pls, fuckin boring. Sinon looks funny. |
y123y said: She always wasI do not remember Asuna being that curvy |
| I like the start of the arc, but it wasn't like any tensions or feeling like the 1st 14 episodes in the 1st half. That was funny when Kirito grabbed Sinon's tail and give it a good smile XD. As for the OP and ED, pretty much I like the OP, but I guess the ED could have been a bit better. The Calibur arc now starts. |
omega_d94Oct 18, 2014 4:39 PM
| OH! I never got to this in the LN's. This looks so cool! I was super made when they skipped over the Excalibur quest in season one, but now i see why they did! Oh im excited for this. Cat Sinon is amazing. =D |
| Be sure to message me if you quoted me and want me to respond! Just give me a link to the forum, because usually I leave my comment, then leave the forum. |
| The new OP and ED songs are not to bad. Back to ALO and I like Sinon's cat avatar. Lol at Kirito pulling on her tail. |
"I’ve set myself to become the King of the Pirates…and if I die trying…then at least I tried!" Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) |
| Is flying in ALO no longer possible? |
| "The weak get washed away by the tides of fate...The strong drink it up."-Godot |
| nice episode, but the part where the NPC explained the quest almost made me fell asleep... next episode I'm hoping to see some action...oh and that grabbing tail part was cute...specially Sinon reacting to it..was really cute <3 no jealous reaction from Asuna I guess.. (o_O) |
Got something to live for, I know that I won't surrender, A warrior of youth, I'm taking over, a shot to the new world order I Am Bulletproof. . .  |
LastChapter said: And this is why I give my middle finger to A-1 for the first season. Asuna was one of the most developed characters in the series and they gave her no personality in the anime. She's seen as a dependent woman wanting Kirito's D, but they never go back and remind the audience she's vice-leader of one of the largest front line guilds in Aincrad. And pretty much omitted every single badass thing she's done in that arc. Progression also helped develop Asunas character, thats why I hope it gets animated soon. |
| And once again, SAO loses any urgency it had in the plot. Really boring episode. I'm hoping the stakes can be brought back up, but I'm not sure how they are going to do it. |
 |
| Nice new OP and ED. This quest looks like it's going to be awesome. |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
| Pretty nice start. It's nice seeing some of the side characters finally getting some screen time. I dont really care for the new op tho. |
 |
| meh... the new opening is "weak" imo |
 |
| such stills to tell the story of Kirito and Leafa's first trip to Jotunheimr and meeting Tonkii in less than a minute - quite the bad way to adapt an event all they way from LN volumes 3 & 4 - oh well, I wasn't expecting a decent explanation anyway rest of the episode was boring with some cringey lines - not even the still of Kirito grabbing Sinon's tail was worth much 2/5 I dislike this episode. |
| I don't consider myself a good judge. trying not to be an obnoxious otaku |
| I miss ggo already ;_; Apparently this arc is really short, and then we're going back to SAO? Bc thank goodness I can't stand alo |
 |
| Am I the only one who realized that Klein is just there to keep this arc from being the "Adventure of Kirito & his harem"?Though it's still that,just with Klein. Other than that,not bad. |
| My Devianart Oh & Space Brothers is still the best anime ever,in my opinion.Even when competing with Attack on Titan. |
| the story arc about an event quest? that's fine by me but, still wondering about the rosario arc |
| Well, this is quite the switch back from a season of GGO. I like seeing Shino in ALO, but I kinda wanted to see more of her getting into ALO, since it seems like quite the switch for her too. The quest seems interesting though. |
 |
| The episode was ok.. there wasn't any action or kapow. Season 2 is way under my expectations seeing their great budget go to waste. Way too much talking. |
| well didn't take long for me to not want anymore of this arc Nope! glad it's short at least. when that NPC showed up is exactly why i never read quests lol almost fell asleep Op is okay really like the ed though. |
 |
Dizzee said: Yes, I checked on SAO wikia and it says Alicization Arc is the fourth. Alicization probably won't be adapted (even as a third season) due to the sheer amount of material. The Alicization arc is longer than the rest of the novels combined and isn't even over to boot. If we're going at the 6 episodes/volume pace that the anime have been going with, it'd take about 35 episodes to adapt what have been adapted so far and doing it at that pace would be an extremely bad idea so I'd say it'd need four cours (48 episodes) for them to do something decent out of it and the arc wouldn't even be over by then. It is a shame though because SAO is all about Alicization, the rest being pretty mediocre (except MR, imo). Alicization is to ALO what Magi is to Naruto. |
 |
JeddyVII said: 'Am I the only one who realized that Klein is just there to keep this arc from being the "Adventure of Kirito & his harem"?Though it's still that,just with Klein. Other than that,not bad. Klein is also part of his harem. |
dialgatrack said: The episode was ok.. there wasn't any action or kapow. Season 2 is way under my expectations seeing their great budget go to waste. Way too much talking. Well, you can't expect Kirito playing Obi Wan and Sinon doing trickshots for every episode. |
 |
| It was an okay episode, nothing really exciting happened. I might just put this on hold and let a couple of episodes build up. "Winter is coming" |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
| Bleagh, too much unnecessary fanservice in this episode (and ending). I mean, fanservice is fine, and there's way more they could put in to the point that it's just silly (High School of the Dead, anyone?), but did we really need to see Asuna in the bathtub, or a butt shot of Sinon, or the flashback scene from season 1 where Silica almost flashed her panties? Did we really need any of that?? Still, it was nice to see the gang just doing some standard MMO stuff (until they inserted the whole plot thing). |
 |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Sword Art Online II Episode 24 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )-Karoshi- - Dec 20, 2014 |
621 |
by Alvie48xi
»»
Jan 30, 5:09 AM |
|
Poll: » Sword Art Online II Episode 23 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Dec 13, 2014 |
302 |
by Alvie48xi
»»
Jan 30, 4:02 AM |
|
Poll: » Sword Art Online II Episode 22 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Dec 6, 2014 |
548 |
by Alvie48xi
»»
Jan 30, 2:57 AM |
|
Poll: » Sword Art Online II Episode 21 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Nov 29, 2014 |
336 |
by Alvie48xi
»»
Jan 29, 11:27 AM |
|
Poll: » Sword Art Online II Episode 20 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Nov 22, 2014 |
358 |
by Alvie48xi
»»
Jan 29, 10:52 AM |