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I suppose Sinon is skilled enough at the game, and it seems DG is only interested in killing the top players. If she rises in rank, she is more than likely going to become a target. We already saw that she is on their "shopping list." And now he also has his eyes on a player named "Kirito".

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Then I don't really get the plot of this show. Is the point to kill strong players? Use them to find Kirito? Or is it to just dominate online games? Sorry I'm a little lost now.

Maybe a guy with your caliber can help.

Oh, I am not all that special, really....Thank you for the compliment though

You obviously saw the first 2 seasons (you mentioned ALO before). So if you want a concept of plot, Ill just give you a summary I suppose;

The plot of SAO II (thus far) is the journey of the main character from last season, Kirito, investigating the strange deaths of high ranking players in the VRMMO known as "Gun Gale Online" seemingly being caused by a mysterious player known as "Death Gun" from within the game. Along the way, we are introduced to Sinon, who plays GGO as a form of therapeutic treatment for her PTSD (which we learned about in an earlier episode).

EDIT: Let me know if I ever come off as a "know-it-all." That is something I would like to avoid, as it is rude, but I do get carried away sometimes.

Oh, I am not all that special, really....Thank you for the compliment though

You obviously saw the first 2 seasons (you mentioned ALO before). So if you want a concept of plot, Ill just give you a summary I suppose;

The plot of SAO II (thus far) is the journey of the main character from last season, Kirito, investigating the strange deaths of high ranking players in the VRMMO known as "Gun Gale Online" seemingly being caused by a mysterious player known as "Death Gun" from within the game. Along the way, we are introduced to Sinon, who plays GGO as a form of therapeutic treatment for her PTSD (which we learned about in an earlier episode).

EDIT: Let me know if I ever come off as a "know-it-all." That is something I would like to avoid, as it is rude, but I do get carried away sometimes.

You do not come of as rude. Most of the stuff you do is correct mistakes (like my one) and help with explanations. You will simply say the truth witch is what I like about you and your reviews.

I appreciate the praise. Thank you, Ryûzaki Let me know whenever I can help.

Alright guys, awesome news!

Episode 14 of the Sword Art Online II anime ended with an announcement that the anime will begin the Calibur arc from Reki Kawahara's original light novel series on October 18 on Tokyo MX and other stations, followed by the Mother's Rosary (Mother's Rosario, pictured below) arc on November 8. These arcs will use a new opening theme song by Haruka Tomatsu, as well as a new ending theme song by LiSA.

The Calibur arc (light novel volume 8) revolves around the quest for the legendary sword Excalibur. In the Mother's Rosary arc (light novel volume 7), Asuna faces a duel against an secretive Avatar named Zekken for an Original Sword Skill.

I can't wait to see Konno Yuuki in the Anime. Especially after reading the Light Novels!

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Alright guys, awesome news!

Episode 14 of the Sword Art Online II anime ended with an announcement that the anime will begin the Calibur arc from Reki Kawahara's original light novel series on October 18 on Tokyo MX and other stations, followed by the Mother's Rosary (Mother's Rosario, pictured below) arc on November 8. These arcs will use a new opening theme song by Haruka Tomatsu, as well as a new ending theme song by LiSA.

The Calibur arc (light novel volume 8) revolves around the quest for the legendary sword Excalibur. In the Mother's Rosary arc (light novel volume 7), Asuna faces a duel against an secretive Avatar named Zekken for an Original Sword Skill.

I can't wait to see Konno Yuuki in the Anime. Especially after reading the Light Novels!

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OMGGGGGG

KonnoXClassik=Fan Fic all day!

Anywho,Awesome!

Of course, we couldn't move on to the new arc this week! Instead we get a recap episode, ugh!

Oh well, it's worth it to wait so we can see Konno in action!

I can't believe this still goes on 0.0

please let this not become like the Big 3.

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I finally finish Sword Art II to find out that I still need to watch some more. Lol,
I'm pumped for the continuation of Sword Art because GGO was so good.

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I can't believe this still goes on 0.0

please let this not become like the Big 3.

What do you mean by that? It was confirmed before it even aired it was going to be a 24 episode series. One episode every week.

New arc new arc new arc new arc! Where are you!?!?!?

I can't believe this still goes on 0.0

please let this not become like the Big 3.

What do you mean by that? It was confirmed before it even aired it was going to be a 24 episode series. One episode every week.

New arc new arc new arc new arc! Where are you!?!?!?

I'm saying it should probably die soon. Because while the anime was trash, (SAO, ALO) the idea was great. Don't want that simple idea to become like Naruto, One Piece, or Bleach. It should stay simple and not have 200+ episodes.

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Dont even get me started on the "big 3"...sigh


As I have said before, ALO arc was just garbage...but I was very pleased with the quality in GGO's writing and storytelling. A real step up.

Dont even get me started on the "big 3"...sigh


As I have said before, ALO arc was just garbage...but Iw as very pleased with the quality in GGO's writing and storytelling. A real step up.

Just saying, there's nothing wrong with the big 3. People only bash them because of that. I'll admit, Bleach and Naruto may be on and off, but One Piece is nice for an advanture Anime,

People bash Naruto, and especially Bleach, because of just how repetitive and bland it can be.

On a more related note....not exactly sure what the point of this Excaliber arc is.....but I will keep watching for now....just seems very devoid of purpose.

Dont even get me started on the "big 3"...sigh


As I have said before, ALO arc was just garbage...but Iw as very pleased with the quality in GGO's writing and storytelling. A real step up.

Really?
I can see you have great senses; so I'll put my faith in you. If it's the same carp; I'll continue to express the opinion, haha.

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So I recently got around to finishing the series (watched basically the whole series within the last few days besides the first few I had watched when they first aired over the Summer). It was interesting so I decided to share my opinions on the anime "Sword Art Online 2"
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Starting off the series with the "GGO Arc". It started really slow and honestly seemed really dumb. Kirito's appearances set it off a little for me plus the fact in some scenes he pretended to be a girl and even tricked Sinon for a few episodes. Although this arc started picking up and catching my attention when they revealed Death Gun had a relationship with the original SAO. It seemed like a neat idea I wasn't expecting. So during the BoB Competition what I honestly don't get why the Death Gun in the game had to kill someone in game and the Death Gun outside of game had to kill that player that had been killed in the actual with the drug. Honestly they could have just took revenge on anyone they want to by sneaking up on them while they are playing the game and injecting them with the drug. Seems like a lot of work just to create a little mystery. Also like SAO is known for no character develop or anything as they kill "Dark Wind" so quickly, he could have been an interesting future character or could have actually had a decent fight with Kirito for example. Wish they wouldn't have let that character go away so fast. The final fight wasn't that great between Kirito and the in game Death Gun. It felt like a casual SAO fight at this point. Kirito starts off losing at the beginning making the opponent seem stronger, but then Kirito comes back and takes the win. Basically he did once more against Death Gun. Two players are left in at the end of BoB Sinon and Kirito. Once again I had my hopes a little to high as they decide to both kill each other to make it a tie. Really awful way to end it. So they go to the real world, Sinon is attacked by Shinkawa who reveals to be the other Death Gun (if you couldn't tell by the opening) and Kirito comes in and gets beat up and hit by the drug. Thankfully Shinkawa hits the one spot on Kirito wheres he's not affected by it and Sinon knocks Sinkawa out. Next Arc was the Excalibur arc. Probably the most pointless arc out of all the ones in SAO. It was 3-4 episodes and honestly served no purpose except a little bit of relaxation from the action in GGO and the Mothers Rosario Arc which is a little depressing. They beat a giant and grab a fancy sword. No more no less. Next probably the best Arc in all of SAO out of SAO, ALO, GGO, Excalibur and itself the "Mothers Rosario" Arc. So theres a rumor that a really good new player is beating everyone who challenges this player and even Kirito was defeated (but then we learn he wasn't trying his hard and will never fight up to his max again and basically saying Kirito is the best still). Asuna goes and challenges this player learning it is a female player. They get into an interesting fight which in the end the mysterious player is revealed to be named Yuuki and she takes Asuna to her guild. Asuna learns they want to beat a boss by themselves and decides to help. In the real world Asuna is facing issues between her and her mother at home because her mother wants her to go to a better school than the SAO school with all the survivors and some more pointless conflict. Asuna helps Yuuki's guild the "Sleeping Knights" get to the boss only to be beaten there by another guild. They decide to fight against that other guild until more come and Kirito decides to show up and stall for time. Asuna and Yuuki beat the guilds players lying in front of them and they defeat the boss (no one saw that coming at all). Asuna later learns that Yuuki is in a hospital with AIDS and all the other members from the Sleeping Knights guild are all hospitalized and close to death. She visits Yuuki a few times and eventually Yuuki fights Kirito in-game in witch Yuuki is successful once more in defeating Kirito. Yuuki finally passes as everyone in ALO comes to see her last moments and Yuuki passes her Sword Skill to Asuna. Yuuki honestly had the best characters development out of this anime and the original SAO Anime and she hardly got any episodes so thats kinda sad. Honestly SAO 2 felt about the same as SAO minus the Mothers Rosario Arc which was somewhat decent, although personally the SAO series is something I can say so much trash about, but I'll still watch it anyways. It's not terrible if you go a little mainstream and don't have much to watch. In conclusion it's not terrible, but you could easily find a better anime. But if your like me you'll like the anime anyway despite all these flaws. Rating 6.5/10

Mother Rosario Arc....Feeling Art Online....Jeez.

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Wait till Actualization. Feels everywhere Q_Q

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Honestly could have cared less about the Caliber arc. All it did was give side characters screen time. Complete indifference.

And then Mother's Rosario comes along, and to be honest I was expecting another side story. What we got was so much more.

It is common place on the internet to bash SAO, especially after ALO and its stupid amount of fanservice and harem building. In particular, Asuna's character was 1st a heroic warrior, then a wife who needed protection, then a damsel in distress, and then even in GGO (a great arc), a completely useless and irrelevant side character.

But then, enter Mother's Rosario, a touching, down-to-earth emotional tale all about Asuna. We get to see her struggles at home and with readjusting to a post-SAO world.

And you can't talk about this arc without talking about Yuuki and the Sleeping Knights. Yuuki is a phenomenal character, and the story does a great job at making me care about her and her relationship with Asuna in just the 7 episodes this arc has.

Without getting into spoiler territory.....I would have never expected to be close to tears from an anime like SAO (by which I mean the people who thought ALO was a good idea...if my numerous posts on the subject haven't clued you in, I think it was trash). I am not a typical "feels" kinda guy....very few anime have elicited emotional responses from me on the level of borderline tears, and to date, only one show has ACTUALLY made me cry, that being Anohanna (a masterpiece, by the way).

Check out Mother's Rosario if you haven't already. Skip over the Caliber arc if you lost interest in SAO and are looking for a reason to return to it.

SPOILERS!!!

I swear, they need a season three to rebuild on any mistakes/flaws. When Kirito is lead to believe that Kayaba created medicuboid included the suspense making me want a new season.

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Having the Mother's Rosario arc end with the mention of Kayaba seemed really weird...like stupidly weird. Is it even significant that Kayaba built the Medicuboids? It just felt like a poor way to end an arc all about Asuna.

Its possible that this idea will be explored later on, but again, it just felt out of place, and kind of almost like useless trivia.