Omnibus Fall 2012 Anime ThreadFollow

SAO episode 20
SpoilerSo Kirito just beat the best player in the game on his second day of playing with **** tier equipment. Oy.

Just a reminder I'm spoilering SAO not just because not everyone is up to date on it, but also because I'm mostly trashing it. So buyer beware.

SpoilerAccording to the SAO wiki, his skills from SAO transferred over, and yes his sword skill was maxed. However, the cap is 1000, and it was stated that the Salamander dude has at least 950, if not capped in his sword skill. Salamander dude sword is also the second strongest in the game according to the wiki. (I bet you can guess who later gets the strongest).

Kirito was the best at SAO, but he also happens to be the best at ALO apparently. That's incredibly unlikely. The best CS players are surely good at TF2, but they aren't instantly the absolute best after 2 days. The best Starcraft players would probably play Warcraft very well, but not be the absolute best after 2 days. The best SF4 players would probably pick up guilty gear very quickly, but not be the absolute best after 2 days. This is all in comparison to an existing community which has a year or more of experience.

I now watch SAO to complain about it. That is how I have ended up enjoying it.

Additionally, there have been rumors/confirmations of Rozen MAiden S3, Kino no Tabi S2, Mushishi S2, More symphogear, Sailor Moon getting a remake. Lots to be excited about.

Holy crap. Seriously?

I don't know, while Mushi Shi is good I felt like the anime ended on a positive note and doesn't need a second season.

This week on SOA: The two stupidest people on earth finally figure it out.

I mean, really? How did they not recognize each other the minute they met? Did she really not know his SOA name? Did he really not recognize the girl from the giant poster in here room? Did they not recognize each others voices?

I can roll with it and accept a lot of the crazy nonsense that goes on in this series, but that whole deal struck me as being incredibly stupid and has been annoying me for the past 6 episodes.


Also, anime once again reminds us that incest is cool.

SpoilerPerhaps it was already reserved for him due to the same bug that ended up giving him all those massive starting stat boosts?

Edit: I have nothing to say as to no one recognizing him. That really is just silly.


Edited, Dec 3rd 2012 1:17am by Poldaran

All in all, the last arc of SAO has felt quite rushed to me. I really think that they could have made it more satisfying as a 36 episode anime.

So, I read the ALO arc of the LN in the past few days, and I can comment on a few things.

Spoiler
Regarding Kazuto / Suzuha not recognizing each other in game: First, I think expecting voices to be reproduced faithfully in game is silly. This is never discussed in the book either, but it seems to me that reproducing the exact way someone's vocal chords produce sound is probably more complicated than just about anything else and unreasonable for the nervegear or its successor. So then, obviously appearance is changed for both of them so that's not an issue. As mentioned, there was never any reason for him to have been in her room, so the poster wasn't really an issue. It is specifically mentioned in the books that he has never shared his online handle with anyone, even though it is directly from his real name. And he never talked with her about SAO or any of the other games - in fact, it was kind of a point of contention between them. This also leads to the fact that he never would have thought that she played games - she had always shown a hostile attitude for them, even before SAO. Thus, I think it's very reasonable that they never discovered each others' identities.

Next - as for the name Kirito being available... that never really occurred to me. Why would someone take it? It's obviously unique. And how famous do you really think he became? I find this to be a really silly thing to find wrong with the show. As for no one recognizing him... he encountered barely more than a couple dozen people in the 2-3 days that this arc encompassed. Plus, how many of them actually learned his name? I can't imagine more than Lyfa, Recon, and maybe Sakura and the Cait Sith leader (can't remember the name), if that.

And finally, the complaints on the final episode - this pretty clearly stems directly from the LNs, which did have that entire final episode as part of the same chapter as the previous episode (not in an epilogue as expected), and though I haven't continued with the LNs there are several more of them so it seems obvious to me that it's just setting up for those. Plus it gave some closure and felt pretty good as far as epilogue episodes go, so I don't really have any complaints.

Just my thoughts, more than happy to discuss more if you disagree. I personally did not like this arc nearly as much as the SAO arc, though I will say I thought the ending for this arc was quite a bit better.

Yea, I think your confusion is understandable. I agree they could have done some things differently, but I hope it didn't ruin your enjoyment of the show too much. In other news, I finished the next set of LNs on a car trip yesterday, and I strongly wonder if they're going to try doing a second season for it...

well, ep 23 was particularly bad. 24 is really good, and 25 is decent.

I also laughed at that point. Gamer for Life, yo.

I haven't started Kokoro Connect yet but it's on my list once the rest of this season ends and I have some more time. Hopefully a good batch will be out by the time I get around to it.