Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
July 7, 2012
Status:
Still Airing
Summary:
The only way to escape is to 'clear' the game. Death in game means actual 'death' ----
The ten thousand who have logged onto the as of yet mysterious game 'Sword Art Online' using their Nerve Gear have been forced into this perilous death game and are trapped inside.
Protagonist Kirito, one of the many gamers, has greeted this 'truth'.
He plays as a solo player in the giant castle that is the stage for this game ---- 'Aincrad'.
To meet the conditions of clearing the game and leaving this twisted virtual world, he must get through all 100 floors. Will Kirito have what it takes to clear the game, or will he die trying?
Written by madcat9 on November 23, 2013 at 4:42 AM
Overall Rating
Average
Story: 3
Dialogue: 2
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 1
Who wasn't impressed at the 'die here die in real life' idea at the beginning? I'm sure it's been done before, but this was amongst the new generation of anime, and I was eager to see what fresh world would be before us on this adventure, and what new things to see.
I followed every episode as they came out: rich graphics, sweet mechanics and it seemed things would go the right way. I must admit I sort of expected the grimness of an Urobochi tale, or perhaps some form of epicness in character like so many anime have to offer, but I was sorely dissapointed, and the moment I guessed romantic attachments, events that would happen next I knew I had fallen out of love with SAO.
So I gave up watching and my friend explained to me how it progresses, I did not regret setting it aside. There are shows that are bad that I can muscle through to pick out the good elements, but Kirito and co made me constantly want to tear my hair out.
I will give one quatre though: I'm not shocked that people enjoy the show - nay love it - and I don't hold anything against them. I dropped one of the dot.hacks for similar reasons, but I prefer that to this.
