Finally, the conclusion to me, James’ and Vik’s SAO watchthrough. I still can’t believe Vik got dragged into this just because he was downstairs when James came to watch this and because he wanted to see how bad Gungale really was since he first watched it a while back. Honestly I doubt i could’ve watched this alone. Its dumb fun but the bad parts of SAO piss me off so much that its hard to watch. Watching this gives me the same vibes I got from rent a girlfriend. It dangles what could’ve been in front of you, then cuts the line right as you get all excited. Its infuriating.
This was alright. As expected, this is a far cry from the first part. This simply follows the formula handed down to it by that god awful S1 ending. It follows that logic all the way through. Which in essence is, shit happens don’t worry about it logic. This made this season far funnier than any of the one’s before it.
Gungale’s worst parts were just sad to see. Like that mid point arc that I refuse to believe exists. I was almost asleep watching that. Alicization’s bad parts I think are the initial season’s ending where it turned from a good sword battle to how do i put it… mecha gundam art online? War of Underworld was peak until well, Asuna happened and then it became as mid as mid could be. This season simply follows suit. Its called Alicization but we didn’t see Alice at all. I mean, how could she get any screen presence when the whole harem is here? They’re more important right? Ugh.
If there’s one thing I would commend this show for, its the action scenes and the animation. Now that’s pretty much peak. The fights look gorgeous to look at, same goes for the choreography. When two characters start dueling it out and you notice the animation style change, you know you’re in for one heck of a scene.