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My understanding is that the saving Tonkii took place weeks or months before the GGO things, possibly only shortly after the entire saving-Asuna ordeal. They just haven't had time to do any more about it afterwards. And yeah the new OP is pretty good.
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Asuna going to Kyoto is a setup for Mother's Rosario, the Asuna based book/arc that should be after this one. Kirito's hair IIRC was changed after ALO due to Yui complaining about not being able to easily sit in his spiky hair. So You really aren't missing any important information. The Flashback in this episode technically happened during the Save Asuna arc(in the LN anyway). Which it sorta makes sense to cut so you don't have Leafa and Kirito on a random adventure when he should be struggling to save Asuna.
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Oct 18, 2014 22:34
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The Tonkii thing happens during the ALO arc in the LN hence his original spiky hair and giant sword look, but they cut it out of the anime.
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Oct 18, 2014 23:16
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Must be hard even for god-emperor Kirito to deal with his sister liking creepy tentacle monsters. Seriously though, this sounds like a relatively chill arc where nothing too extreme happens, and I like that. Heroes assemble, fight some guys, joke a bit, save the day, celebrate the new year. Just what I needed.
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Oct 19, 2014 01:06
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WitchFetish posted:Must be hard even for god-emperor Kirito to deal with his sister liking creepy tentacle monsters. There are stakes, but only inside the game, and only because this group of adventurers take their video games really loving seriously.
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Oct 19, 2014 01:29
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Klein is still the best. Pretty excited that it seems he'll be around for the entire arc.
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Oct 19, 2014 02:16
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Already this sounds way cooler than the GGO arc.
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nielsm posted:My understanding is that the saving Tonkii took place weeks or months before the GGO things, possibly only shortly after the entire saving-Asuna ordeal. Azubah posted:Already this sounds way cooler than the GGO arc. 
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Dexo posted:The Flashback in this episode technically happened during the Save Asuna arc(in the LN anyway). Which it sorta makes sense to cut so you don't have Leafa and Kirito on a random adventure when he should be struggling to save Asuna.
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Oct 20, 2014 08:06
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I liked how even though they had the entire harem assembled, the only one who even touched Kirito was Klein. This is shaping up to be great. The stakes are only high because everyone is a huge dork who takes everything happening in a VR world way too seriously. Also, Klein  (And that *beep* QUEST ACCEPTED right after the dramatic exposition was probably the hardest I laughed in SAO)
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BambooEarpick posted:Wait until you get further. The second part of your sentence will apply less and less. I'm waiting for the show to go to poo poo, but so far I'm still finding it entertaining. Kirito and Asuna hooked up, and in their lovey-dovey delirium they just decided to adopt someone else's kid. This show is amazing. I was surprised that despite Kirito having a bunch of girls vying for his affections, he got into a relationship not even halfway through the show. I hate harem hijinks, and I've got a soft spot for happy, drama-free relationships, so I'm actually pretty okay with the direction the show has taken.
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Oct 20, 2014 17:33
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U-DO Burger posted:I'm waiting for the show to go to poo poo, but so far I'm still finding it entertaining. Kirito and Asuna hooked up, and in their lovey-dovey delirium they just decided to adopt someone else's kid. This show is amazing.
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Oct 20, 2014 17:39
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U-DO Burger posted:I'm waiting for the show to go to poo poo, but so far I'm still finding it entertaining. Kirito and Asuna hooked up, and in their lovey-dovey delirium they just decided to adopt someone else's kid. This show is amazing. Yeah, The other girls aren't really even vying for his affection. They like him sure, but they aren't trying to steal him away from Asuna or anything. The whole Kirito harem thing is really overblown.
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Dexo posted:The whole Kirito harem thing is really overblown. Yeah, it's just happens that the majority of friends he made while trapped in a VR death game were female.
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zerosix posted:Yeah, it's just happens that the majority of friends he made while trapped in a VR death game were female. To be fair, he was probably one of the few dudes who didn't just constantly creep on the few females in the game.
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Is this really the discussion we're having? A series that has proven all of the female characters Kirito meets falls in love with him and the harem thing is overblown?Dexo posted:To be fair, he was probably one of the few dudes who didn't just constantly creep on the few females in the game. This is also bad because it's just glorifying the main character some more.
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Oct 20, 2014 18:55
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Not really, Klein and Agil also didn't creep on females and they are all friends. I'm not saying it perfect or anything, just that it's not that big of a deal, all of his friends know who he loves, and who he is actually dating, and aren't lamenting or trying to break them up or anything. They are all just friends shooting the poo poo and having fun. The only real problem was Suguha, and that whole story line thing is thankfully never brought up again after Fairy Dance. The Author distanced himself from that mess completely.
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Dexo posted:aren't lamenting Just wanted to say they are in fact lamenting, and it comes up just about anytime the lot of them are together without Asuna or Kirito around.
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Dexo posted:I'm not saying it perfect or anything, just that it's not that big of a deal, all of his friends know who he loves, and who he is actually dating, and aren't lamenting or trying to break them up or anything. They are all just friends shooting the poo poo and having fun. Liz and Silica literally plotted at the end of SAO to try and get with Kirito and every time Kirito is with Asuna and they are all fighting monsters they are lamenting the fact that Asuna has Kirito all to herself. This is not a harem in the literal sense, but if you seriously think all of the girls are happy with this and everything is hunky dory then you are wrong. Liz straight up can't get over Kirito and holds in her emotions for the sake of Asuna. It would almost make for interesting set up if it weren't loving Kawihara. Suguha is also a big problem and the fact that he wants to ignore Fairy Dance instead of trying to salvage what he can of the story is ridiculous. Captain Baal fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Oct 20, 2014 |
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Well, they're dumb teenagers. It's what they do. Except Klein, who we can all agree rules and is the biggest bro. So, I forgot a lot of what happens in the books beyond the first two arcs, but isn't it about time for the brain damage arc?
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Wark Say posted:Well, they're dumb teenagers. It's what they do. Except Klein, who we can all agree rules and is the biggest bro. Mother's than that, so next season if the show gets a next season. *edit: If it does, you all better get your poo poo together for a full core of tree chopping.
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I suppose they wouldn't go back to the glory days of Aincard and truncate that, no. And somehow have every third shot be of Alice's hind quarters.
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I've finished the first arc, and Kayaba was hilarious. Forgot why he murdered 4000 people and imprisoned 6000 people for two years, talks doing things fairly while blatantly cheating the whole time, and somehow manages to have the show portray him almost sympathetically because he likes video games. Other than that though the ending was really nice.Dexo posted:They like him sure, but they aren't trying to steal him away from Asuna or anything. Cool. Nothing sours me on a fictional romance more than introducing rivals who are only there to jeopardize the relationship by trying to steal someone's partner away. It's a boring replacement for actually developing the relationship itself. It makes me wonder why the other girls are even there though, since aside from swooning over Kirito they haven't done poo poo. My friend already told me Asuna also survived SAO and that the death game is over, so I dunno how there's going to be stakes from here on out. Is this why the show apparently gets worse? So far it's been stupid but fun.
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It's about to just get stupid.
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Yeah, the first part of the series is stupid but fun. The second is just stupid, and replaces the fun with generic. The third is pure fanservice (seriously, did we need this many shots of Sinon's rear end?) with a glacial pace that could have actually been good, and apparently was far better in the LN. The fourth...with one episode, I'm enjoying it, but I don't doubt it'll go to hell soon.
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U-DO Burger posted:I've finished the first arc, and Kayaba was hilarious. Forgot why he murdered 4000 people and imprisoned 6000 people for two years, talks doing things fairly while blatantly cheating the whole time, and somehow manages to have the show portray him almost sympathetically because he likes video games. Other than that though the ending was really nice. Stop, stop now. Save yourself. I enjoyed the first arc as much as you but it does not get any better, it only gets much, much worse.
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Caros posted:Stop, stop now. Save yourself. I enjoyed the first arc as much as you but it does not get any better, it only gets much, much worse. If anyone ever feels compelled enough to watch ALO / TGIA, the only piece of advice is to pretend that
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As I have said before just watch the the last eps of season 1 core 2, and fill the plot holes however you want(you will likely come up it a better story the the show did), their will only be like two and your only missing out on like two good fights. As for season 2 it seems safe to skip core one and just assume the new girl followed Kirito home or something. Your once again only missing out on like 2 good fights and their are no plots holes aside from where did the new girl come from.
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You're going to be very confused in season 3 if you skip GGO. Also, it's "cour."
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Einander posted:You're going to be very confused in season 3 if you skip GGO. Also, it's "cour."
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Jackard posted:What if you just watch the recap episode. That's what it's for, right? Telling somebody to watch that is quite possibly the most cruel thing said in this entire thread.
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Einander posted:You're going to be very confused in season 3 if you skip GGO. Also, it's "cour." I don't think so there is like one continuity point between the rest of the books and the underworld books. I feel like no one would question why a guy from Laughing Coffin would hate Kirito even without knowing the events of GGO
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Something something frost-giants, something something McGuffin sword, holy poo poo this arc looks boring so far. Please, let's leave ALO and never come back. It is a boring, tension-less place.
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Reading the GGO arc will probably be more interesting than watching it, especially if you like things like world-building. They made some bad choices in adapting it. Calibur looks like it is going to be two episodes long. It's back to the old stupid fun of the first cour and I will feel sad seeing it go. Klein is the best. Mother's Rosario is going to be about drama. It's one of the stronger arcs of the series, but after seeing the GGO adaption, I don't know bad they will mess it up. If they had focused on GGO's action elements, it would probably have been a better transition, but there was so much bad drama in GGO that I would understand people getting sick of it by the time Mother's Rosario starts.
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jesus loving christ this show got uncomfortable I was just expecting boring, not "Kirito goes on a quest with his creepy cousin to save his girlfriend from a rape dungeon". Isn't the death game over? Can't they just, like, take the helmets off? Hagop posted:As I have said before just watch the the last eps of season 1 core 2, and fill the plot holes however you want(you will likely come up it a better story the the show did), their will only be like two and your only missing out on like two good fights. This is kinda tempting. If I skip to the end will I miss things that cause the rest of the show to make less sense?
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Well, that depends. Juvenile power fantasies where the female lead has no agency and almost gets tentacle raped certainly make sense. They are built to appeal to a specific audience, so they make sense within that context. Conversely, you can skip the rape dungeon without worrying about missing something important because it is a story arc featuring a rape dungeon, you dumbass.
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ALO's characterization of Kirito isn't really in line with his characterization in every other post-SAO story, so honestly it's probably better off skipped.
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Serious Frolicking posted:the female lead has no agency and almost gets tentacle raped The fact that I can't even tell if you're making this part up is a good enough sign that I should just skip ahead. Very well then.
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Don't skip ALO because its really funny and awful.
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Beef Waifu posted:Don't skip ALO because its really funny and awful. The latter is definitely true, the former is not. Seriously SAO is the good kind of bad, ALO is just the bad kind of bad.
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