Sinon (GGO): (Edited Version)
Hi, decided I wasn’t finished with her yet and I’ve edited her slightly and believe that how she looks now it a lot better than the previous one I posted. As it’s a lot smoother and nicer.
Showing posts with label sword art online 2 english dub. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sword art online 2 english dub. Show all posts
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
thebenbot73: Sinon (GGO): (Edited Version) Hi, decided I wasn’t...
Monday, 22 April 2019
Sword art online, season one (spoilers)
I don’t normally include spoilers, but I feel I should clarify my points here. For 90% of the show, I really enjoyed it, but there were several moments that dropped the show’s rating for me. So to start with Kirito as a character is pretty good, his power is justified for the most part and though he is rarely in trouble, the times he is are fairly tense. Now, the first of my problems came in episode 12 (spoiler ahead) when Yui is revealed as a program and the cardinal system deletes her. Kirito saves her with super hacking skills… and that right there is the problem, he’s never shown to be a hacker, nor is there any logical backup for this, the reason his fighting OPness doesn’t bother me lies in his time as a beta tester and his pre-knowledge of the best farming locations. But that’s it for my problems with the first half, the second half though (the Alfheim arc) is where I had the biggest problems, Kirito learning to fly without using his controller is fine, yes, there could’ve been more training with it, but why waste time when he can learn on the move furthering the plot. The cousin character is… fine, but the rampant ‘fanservice with her felt out of place for the series (with the only other times being Asuna when she thought she was going to get it on with Kirito and the obligatory boob grab incident earlier in the series). The next couple of incidents are similar in nature and are problems within the game world, that being the rapey scenes with Asuna, first with the hentai tentacle monster, the second with Sugou (the worst of the two), my problem isn’t necessarily that the element exists, it’s that this is the first introduction of it and is a blindside because of this element not being present earlier. For example, Goblin slayer throws the possibility of being raped and killed early on, the scenes by anime standards aren’t the worst, but it’s still harrowing to watch, SAO does this deep into the series and, perhaps, only for shock value. It also creates as a by-product the neutering of Asuna. She was always a fierce, tsundere-ish character, always willing to fight and not content to sit around and wait for rescue. In the second half, she’s given up and won’t fight back against Suguo as he creepily molests her, but she hasn’t lost her will to fight at all and is quite willing to escape until someone tries to stop her. I didn’t get why she didn’t jump over the side once escaping her cage,, she’s clearly clever and has a pair of wings to boot. Other than these pivotal gripes I did enjoy the series as a whole, Kirito’s growing harem of girls who don’t stand a chance are all really nice and when losing his friends you feel it. Clearly, the first half is better and I’m looking forward to SAO II as I really liked gun gale online. I have bitched a lot about SAO, but it’s still a show I’d recommend to watch.
First off if you enjoy SAO, I strongly recommend reading the light novels over the anime. Most questions or complaints can be solved by simply reading the source material.
1. There’s no hacking in SAO. Kirito uses an open GM console to save a file from one directory to another. Something that anyone can do. The speed in which he does so is questionable, but certainly not impossible.
2. The first half of the first season is also riddled with fanservice. The amount of ass shots is only outdone by the second seasons first half. The director was changed for the 3rd season and thankfully that type of pandering went away.
3. The series starts with the premise of mass kidnapping and murder in the first few episodes. The fact that it has darker themes should come at no surprise.
4. Asuna doesn’t give up. She’s stripped of the in game elements that made her physically strong. She can’t fight back. She still escapes under the threat of rape and memory wipe and engages her own rescue.
Asuna has no idea how to fly. She doesn’t have a regular avatar, and has no flight controller. She’s not even aware that she can fly and she certainly does not know if she can die in this game or not. Just jumping over the edge was not an option.
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Sword art online, season one (spoilers)
I don’t normally include spoilers, but I feel I should clarify my points here. For 90% of the show, I really enjoyed it, but there were several moments that dropped the show’s rating for me. So to start with Kirito as a character is pretty good, his power is justified for the most part and though he is rarely in trouble, the times he is are fairly tense. Now, the first of my problems came in episode 12 (spoiler ahead) when Yui is revealed as a program and the cardinal system deletes her. Kirito saves her with super hacking skills… and that right there is the problem, he’s never shown to be a hacker, nor is there any logical backup for this, the reason his fighting OPness doesn’t bother me lies in his time as a beta tester and his pre-knowledge of the best farming locations. But that’s it for my problems with the first half, the second half though (the Alfheim arc) is where I had the biggest problems, Kirito learning to fly without using his controller is fine, yes, there could’ve been more training with it, but why waste time when he can learn on the move furthering the plot. The cousin character is… fine, but the rampant ‘fanservice with her felt out of place for the series (with the only other times being Asuna when she thought she was going to get it on with Kirito and the obligatory boob grab incident earlier in the series). The next couple of incidents are similar in nature and are problems within the game world, that being the rapey scenes with Asuna, first with the hentai tentacle monster, the second with Sugou (the worst of the two), my problem isn’t necessarily that the element exists, it’s that this is the first introduction of it and is a blindside because of this element not being present earlier. For example, Goblin slayer throws the possibility of being raped and killed early on, the scenes by anime standards aren’t the worst, but it’s still harrowing to watch, SAO does this deep into the series and, perhaps, only for shock value. It also creates as a by-product the neutering of Asuna. She was always a fierce, tsundere-ish character, always willing to fight and not content to sit around and wait for rescue. In the second half, she’s given up and won’t fight back against Suguo as he creepily molests her, but she hasn’t lost her will to fight at all and is quite willing to escape until someone tries to stop her. I didn’t get why she didn’t jump over the side once escaping her cage,, she’s clearly clever and has a pair of wings to boot. Other than these pivotal gripes I did enjoy the series as a whole, Kirito’s growing harem of girls who don’t stand a chance are all really nice and when losing his friends you feel it. Clearly, the first half is better and I’m looking forward to SAO II as I really liked gun gale online. I have bitched a lot about SAO, but it’s still a show I’d recommend to watch.
First off if you enjoy SAO, I strongly recommend reading the light novels over the anime. Most questions or complaints can be solved by simply reading the source material.
1. There’s no hacking in SAO. Kirito uses an open GM console to save a file from one directory to another. Something that anyone can do. The speed in which he does so is questionable, but certainly not impossible.
2. The first half of the first season is also riddled with fanservice. The amount of ass shots is only outdone by the second seasons first half. The director was changed for the 3rd season and thankfully that type of pandering went away.
3. The series starts with the premise of mass kidnapping and murder in the first few episodes. The fact that it has darker themes should come at no surprise.
4. Asuna doesn’t give up. She’s stripped of the in game elements that made her physically strong. She can’t fight back. She still escapes under the threat of rape and memory wipe and engages her own rescue.
Asuna has no idea how to fly. She doesn’t have a regular avatar, and has no flight controller. She’s not even aware that she can fly and she certainly does not know if she can die in this game or not. Just jumping over the edge was not an option.
Saturday, 13 April 2019
headbandone:Wonder what people living in a medieval fantasy world suddenly finding themselves in...
Wonder what people living in a medieval fantasy world suddenly finding themselves in robot bodies would act like?
They have no intention of any of those people in the Underworld to even survive. They just want a proof of concept AI to mass produce. Everyone in the underworld is going to be dead when that happens.
skylarwarau:I drew Asuna for one of my friends who is having a...
I drew Asuna for one of my friends who is having a baby. She’s naming her baby Asuna from SAO so drew.. well.. Asuna lol The baby shower is tomorrow and I worked literally all day bc I forgot it was tomorrow. It’s paint, marker, colored pencil, a singular Copic marker, and my tears. I’m super happy with how it turned out tho I tried some new stuff and for the most part it worked. The flowers are Alstroemera which represent prosperity, good fortune, and friendship
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
My new favorite thing about SAO hate is where someone makes a post saying something along the lines...
My new favorite thing about SAO hate is where someone makes a post saying something along the lines of “posting this in the tags IGAF, come at me bro” and then the entire fandom just proceeds to completely ignore the post and it gets zero notes.
Volume 16 of SAO AL IS May but anmie has to wait for october. You just completed volume 14.
Yep I’m kind of excited. Back when I read the LN volumes 15-18 weren’t really out. I had known what happened due to web novel summaries, but this is actually the first time for me reading these volumes other then select passages.
Progressive volume 6 also comes out soon, can’t wait for that either.
Happy 10 years of publication Sword Art Online!Abec celebrates...
Happy 10 years of publication Sword Art Online!
Abec celebrates by only drawing Kirisuna of course!
Sunday, 7 April 2019
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Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Thoughts on Alicization
Now that SAO is going on hold until October, I wanted to give some thoughts on this season as a whole.
Firstly, the animation style was great. Visually, most of this season was just fantastic. I loved it.
As for the soundtrack… I’m a bit weird when it comes to music in like, anything where it isn’t the main focus, i.e. shows and video games. I usually just perceive it as accompanying whatever’s going on visually, so I could not for the life of me tell you how any of the songs go (except maybe Adamas). That said, I know I enjoyed the music, regardless of me not remembering most of it.
On to the plot… As a whole, I thought it was great, and the story seemed to flow very well… up until we got near Eugeo vs Kirito. The pacing took a nosedive at that point; something that I was pretty hyped for was over in a flash. Then, heading into the gang vs Administrator…the events that happened were fine, but, again, it all felt pretty rushed. I really wish they’d been able to take more time with it.
So, on to episode 24… Compared to the previous episodes since Eugeo vs Kirito, I think 24 was pretty good, though a few things still bother me:
1) Was it ever explained what the hell was up with Kirito going Black Swordsman out of nowhere?
2) Eugeo’s death. The scene overall was really good (Stay cool, Eugeo…), but… They mentioned something like, Eugeo fighting for Alice Zuberg’s soul, with Kirito fighting for Integrity Knight Alice. Wh…when did that come up before? Did I miss something again? Like, during Alice and Kirito’s talk on the side of the tower? I thought Kirito was on board with restoring Alice’s memories.
Now, I haven’t read the LN; the extent of my experience with SAO is the anime, and some of the games (which are, of course, their own…”timeline”). And I’ve heard that the anime adaptation of volume 14 (Eugeo vs Kirito through ep 24) skipped a lot of details. So, I’d be unsurprised if the two points I mentioned above are in fact explained in the LN. But as an anime-only viewer (for now, at least), I’m left a bit confused.
That being said, aside from the noticeable pacing issues toward the end, I’ve loved this season so far, and I can’t wait for it to continue in October.
1. It’s Incarnation, thought and will given form. Think Kirito making his sword grow during the duel in episode 7, or him regrowing the flowers. Eugeo uses it to make himself move when immobilized by Quinella. It’s also how Eugeo creates the Red Rose sword for Kirito. You’ve seen it all through the series, just nothing that striking or spectacular to that point. You’ll see a lot more of it in the second half. One of the things not covered in the anime adaptation is Kirito’s reluctance about his Black Swordsman persona. He doesn’t like the fame and notoriety he’s gained and is happy that Eugeo has no knowledge of that side of him. He even goes so far as to not use Vorpal Strike because it was so synonymous with him in Aincrad. When they fight Chudelkin, he finally has to give in to that side of himself. It’s his imagined version of the strongest form of himself.
2. It doesn’t come across in the anime well either. Even though he outwardly agrees he internally he questions Alice Synthesis 30 giving up her life. Kirito’s absolutely unwilling to let someone else die even going as far as not wanting to kill NPCs. The moment Alice appears in the novel there’s an undercurrent of an expected conflict between Kirito and Eugeo. It gives a lot more weight to their duel as well.
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