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This is amazing.

Going into it there were no expectation, but I was not disappointed.

I won't say anything specific, but the story is very good. The premise is very interesting and pulled me in and didn't let me stop watching until it was done.

The art was very good. I never noticed anything that wasn't good but it could have also been slightly better.

The sound. The music was occasionally a bit overwhelming and overtook a scene in a bad way. Aside from that it was really good and the OP from 2-12 is absolutely fire.

... Characters are great.

Enjoyment was great.

Overall was was great.

10/10

*Contains some MAJOR spoilers for Aincrad*
*keep in mind this is only the episodes from Aincrad. Everything after is significantly worse*
Honestly, I went into this with being told that it was the worst thing that my friend had ever watched. I thought, well the OP is fire so I have to watch it. BOY WERE THEY WRONG. A lot of the other reviews that I see are that it was rushed, or the characters are not good. Although these are valid, I think the pacing it had made me feel like each episode was 3 in a good way. ... I think that the only thing I would do differently if I were writing it, is to take the first 15 episodes in Aincrad, and spread them out into maybe 25.

Really the only critique I could give to the actual story itself, and not the fact that I wish Aincrad was more of it is that it felt really cheap that in Kirito's first duel with Heathcliff, in that for all we know Kirito may have actually won.

I was able to get attached to the characters very quickly, and the show certainly didn't disappoint. When in a season, seeing there are like 25 episodes you feel somewhat safe until near the end of those 25 episodes.

Honestly, I can't say too much in terms of the sound. I had no issues with it. I overall enjoyed SAO the most out of any anime. The only things I can compare to it in enjoyment is the Chimera Ant arc from HxH, and RTS from AoT S3P2.