Sword Art Online Common Misconceptions: Fairy Dance / ALfheim Online | Did You Know? | Gamerturk SAO

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[@doomy_doomy2225]

This is my girlfriends favorite arc. She liked Kirito's resolve to save Asuna and liked how Asuna was fiesty and wasn't your typical heroine in distress.

[@CDHfilms]

OH MY GOSH! I'm saying that ALL THE TIME! I don't, know why people just don't get that?!

[@skyguysreactions]

@@CDHfilms To find fault with the series and give them validation to hate it relentlessly. Not that they ever require evidence to hate SAO, ‘cause they always make up their own Bolshevik to fit their narrative.

[@lunariika357]

One of my favorites as well Could never understand why it is so disliked Sure I don't like that piece of trash but this arc is awesome

[@edoardogori3927]

"Asuna is the clearest example of how not to be a damsel in distress". God damn, I finally heard that. Thank you so much. I was so tired of every bullshit I have read or heard in the last years about that quote.

[@Name_InProgress]

Yes , That was satisfying to hear

[@zeokingsilver]

I feel many don't like it cause of what Asuna was put through. I did figure his desire to save Asuna was greater than ay fear he had. Watching the arc I did quickly realize it was also about Suguha and her relationship with kirito. As for Man calling Asuna a damsel in distress is due to her being trapped and her avatar not having much to help fight tho she did prove she had her fighting spirit and refused to give in and dud try her best to escape and she did help Kirito save her. I never viewed Yui as OP just having free will and being smart

[@richardrahl7546]

At least someone with common sense. Good video. Asuna is as much a damsel in distress as Shirayuki from Akagami no Shirayuki-hime.

[@positiveproductions6699]

Thank you for making this video and clearing up a lot of misconceptions

[@Sofia-qn6fs]

Thanks for the review video on fairy dance arc gamerturk it really helps over come the misconceptions

[@plains7000]

I wish that Tonky the Jellyphant part in fairy dance never got cut out.

[@thesupremedynamo4555]

He was referenced at least in Calibur.

[@plains7000]

​@@thesupremedynamo4555 Spoilers: This information is what I mostly got from reading 49 pages in my head from Sword Art Online Light Novel Book Volume 4 Fairy Dance, It would of at least given some more spotlight screen time to More Undines besides Asuna and Chrysheight as the ones who weren't Asuna and Chrysheight were literally scouts hunting the deviant god who Leafa and Kirito befriended and named Tonky after an elephant in a book about Zoos having to poison their food to get rid of their livestock after a war and Tonky being the clever elephant he is chose not to eat the toxic food and later on Kirito and Leafa catch a glimpse of the Excalibur sword after helping the deviant god fend off the hunting Undine scouts Tonky even electrocutes some of the undines causing the remnants to retreat and then they fly to an Inn via riding on Tonky Jellyphants back.

[@AnimeHokageHD]

Great coverage with the ALO arc! The VA that did Suguha/Leafa was Ayana Taketatsu who also did Nino Nakano in the Quinessential Quintuplets, Azusa in K-ON!, and Kirino in my Little Sister Can't be this cute! So she did play a lot of anime roles in the past and currently a few now... (Just listen to the voice acting and you may see a few similarities... Lol), definitely my favourite. Lesson one in ALO: there are some Shakespeare references in the arc Lesson two in ALO: there are villains that tend to have their horrible thoughts in experiments Lesson three in ALO: one character has the same name as me! Which is Eugene! My name! Lesson four in ALO: welcome to the M rating club, SAO (for Australia's rating) Finally the main lesson in this: Always always always hate Sugou Nobuyuki a million times plus one. Using people's minds in experiments is a cancer to this world for villainy. A evil and perverted villain that everyone despises!

[@ponczos_2293]

Man I was waiting for such a long time bro! This video was such a blast really. Also: Gamerturk tries not to be demonetized Also GT: (...)"Wait a second that's Phantom Bullet Arc Opening, why the *fuck* people think Asuna is a Damsel in Distress" YT: *DEMONETIZED* ! Anyway GT, you're a great lad and I always look forward to your new lore/misconceptions explaining videos on SAO 👍

[@Gamerturk]

Nah, believe it or not, KZbin is not at all strict with the occasional f-bomb here and there, that's why the demonetization bits are just jokes. While YT does not understand context, it usually knows enough at this point that if there are only 5 dangerous words sprinkled around a 30+ minute video, it's probably ok.

[@tippy1731]

While I don't like the show, I will say you have gave me a new perspective on the show. I do plan to rewatch to see how it holds up on it's only merits. So for now, I'll support your videos.

[@Gamerturk]

Thank you for the kind words! Though if you enjoyed the perspective, I strongly recommend my Fairy Dance summary video I did prior to Alicization (Season 3). This video was more of a precise answer, whereas in that one, I simply go over the events in a chronological manner that makes all the links much clearer in a collective way. Fairy Dance is by no means the favorite of many people and rightfully so, it is my least favorite main arc of the series personally. But as I mentioned in this video too, I do believe most of the mainstream hate towards it simply stems from a lack of understanding of what the story was about and the portrayal of the anime does not help it either. Here's the video if you ever feel like checking out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f37NaH2vq8ucgK8

[@tippy1731]

@@Gamerturk You're welcome. I already saw the Fairy Dance summary and it wasn't bad. Also for the mainstream hate thing, I can see that. The incest was overblown, Leafa just a crush on her brother and once she found out that Kirito was her brother, she drop her crush immediately. There are valid issues with Fairy Dance like how was Kirito able to find Asuna's hospital and get her dad to trust him to see Asuna again. I have heard that it's explain in Extra Edition, but I don't count that because it wasn't in the main series. Also it's a recap movie, most people I know aren't going to see that and would probably just rewatch the show/ read the wiki to get refreshed on what happened. I do recommend you watch 4 videos from Virtual Axiom. If you don't know, he made a debunk on DX's first SAO video, a video debunking the Kirito hacking claim, a video on how much fanservice does SAO really have (It's covers Aincard to Ordinal Scale and includes Extra edition), and a video responding to a comment he got on his DX video. He also working on a 3hr debunk on DX's Fairy Dance video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWW1n4OOZsmbopo kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6LUpIargbCCabs kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKCtgYmGltR9hKs www.bitchute.com/video/ZSGdCyGVI4Sf/ Hope you enjoy the videos, Gamerturk

[@Snappukingu]

Fairy dance arc is obviously not bad, just not as interested as Aincrad. For me, its because i dont really like the design of ALO's characters in general, since most of them looks the same.

[@phillipn6475]

People tend to miss out the fact that Asuna wasn’t a “damsel in distress.” She resisted Sugo throughout the whole time and couldn’t really do much because Sugo did threaten that he could “fix” her memories if she did anything rash. Not to mention, Asuna was the one who dropped the keycard to Kirito, allowing him to get to her. If it wasn’t for her, Kirito wouldn’t even be able to save her. She even attempted an escape and nearly succeeded until she was caught. If anyone was in her shoes, they would be more timid and secured, seeing how you could get your memory wiped by the dude keeping you hostage.

[@darkstorm2579]

Yeah, the haters love to ignore that.

[@alpguy4865]

Yeah, that's exactly what damsel in distress is. The sheer fact that she is able to resist, almost able to break free, or helped in her own rescue doesn't change the fact that she is a damsel in distress. Here's the definition from wiki, and I quote "The damsel in distress is a recurring narrative device in which one or more men must rescue a woman who has either been kidnapped or placed in general peril. Kinship, love, or lust (or a combination of those) gives the male protagonist the motivation or compulsion to initiate the narrative.[1] The female character herself may be competent, but still finds herself in this type of situation".

[@basch_g]

When you see the opening of this arc, you think Asuna will escape from Yggdrasill tree and start looking for Kirito. Every time the action went to Asuna, it was too painful to watch, because it degenerated her character. Didn't we have enough with one time? Nope, we need more "Titania, my love, marry me while I am touching you without harassment code because I am the admin". It was worst when she could escape but, nope, " tentacle scene" because why not!? Oh, and the final touch was the "almost"rapey scene. We already know Sugou is an evil character. We don't need these scenes. If you want to prove she is not a damsel in distress, let her have the chance to fight. Finding a key was only the plot point to help Kirito. She was suffering a lot, too much she had to change her avatar to avoid trauma. So, nope, Asuna development in this arc was badly treated. About the rest, I don't have anything to say. It was perfect

[@Mahamusa428]

I think fairy dance arc is still the worst arc in SAO but not as worst as many people think

[@iluVioletLink]

agreed, I think fairy dance was the weakest arc in the series but it's not that bad

[@Mahamusa428]

@@iluVioletLink yes right the whole kirito and leafa that make it bad for me but when leafa accept it is alright i think and of course the ending with kayaba talking about the seed and the new aincrad is good

[@edalves86]

@@iluVioletLink I think that the true sentence should be “it’s the worst arc, but, even though, it ain’t bad.” Fairy Dance is not bad. It’s just not the best. Being the worst doesn’t necessary mean that it’s terrible. In my point of view, it’s a well-made arc and essencial to the continuation of SAO, because, obviously, without him, the successors wouldn’t even exist in first place.

[@iluVioletLink]

@@edalves86 no you have a point! i think you worded it better than i did. while i do believe it's the weakest arc in the series it actually portrays MMO (or gaming communities, in that matter) communities/player camaraderie in video games well imo. also it was helpful to give more world building in the series' VR tech (world seed engine) + more stuff regarding about kayaba for example

[@zeokingsilver]

I did figure his desire to save Asuna was stronger than any fear. I did know this Arc was about Suguha to.

[@SAO_Philia]

These videos are great, they help me understand so many of my questions :)

[@molduga]

This is why I like your content. You give facts. Great video. My biggest problem with misconceptions is the "Kirito harem" that every girl (romantically) loves Kirito...

[@meetra5073]

Going to add on to the transferrable stats and Aincrad coming back as that has actually happened in real life. I forget the exact game atm since i saw it in a yt vid, but they essentially made a brand new game with new assets but never got rid of the old assets and there were glitches with some of the items from the previous game randomly spawning in and a secret button on the menu which was from the original game. I think it was supposed to be some kind of pirate game and the previous game was in ww2 so there were planes and warships spawning in with like rafts and pirate ships. Then obviously it has happened in other games but i remember that specifically because it was some kind of online game Edit: Figured out the game I was talking about. It was Atlas and the Ark menu appeared. Just look up Atlas ww2 vehicles and atlas secret menu button

[@Gamerturk]

Spagetti code strikes again it seems

[@meetra5073]

@@Gamerturk lol and it wasn't exactly what i said. Apparently they made ww2 assets in the game for some reason (Atlas, which was a pirate game) and either they randomly started spawning or hackers spawned them and giant whales in for some reason. But the menu part is def the biggest indicator. I know a lot of other games have had weird shit like that, pretty sure Morrowind was in the skyrim also although outside of the map

[@ryusakazaki4595]

People who did not pay attention actually needed this to be explained? Nothing new for me here tbh

[@ani880]

the best kirito avatar/outfit

[@manuelredgrave8348]

I'm actually surprised i held some of these misconception (Like in regards to stats and account transfer) It's still my least favourite arc of the anime (I have yet to read the novels in their entirety) and would probably merge elements of Calibur and It into one big story if i were to rewrite it now and with the benefict of hindsight*. That being said, nice video *[Like, i would make it so that the way to enter the top of the world tree is to get excalibur as a key and that the quest was both recent but also time limited, thus leading to even more reasons for kirito to hurry in his travel and for conflicts to arise over who gets to take the sword etc, Then after the arc is over like normal, i would take the element of Kirito's buddies doing quest together (Which i wouldn't put in this version of Fairy Dance) into Phantom Bullet to make them do something in the background of Kirito and Sinon's main story, maybe adding some of the gameverse characters like Zeliska and Kureha too playing with them too(Kirito's friends, Kirito and sinon are still doing their thing independently). That being said i'm not gonna continue on this because i'm the least capable writer and i'm pretty sure no one cares about stuff a random person like me would change]

[@manuelredgrave8348]

(So far my personal favourite's are Alicization P1 and Mother's Rosario, Phantom bullet being second place)

[@pojoseph29]

Thanks KZbin for showing this two months after original post. Anyway, I enjoy your videos, truly I do but I have to disagree with you about Kirito being a basic player. You mentioned it yourself his levels and skills transferred over from SAO. Yes I understand not all of his skills were useable, still just going off his levels without adding attribute points he is far more powerful than the average player. You also mentioned memory muscle, which also effects skills, this is reference in the show as well when he’s talking with his sister in game, she mentions your skills are some what based off your actual abilities in life. This would give Kirito a clear advantage over most other players in the game due to the fact he spent close to two years fighting in SAO. He doesn’t even become close to average till after rescuing Asuna and then only resets his levels so he can enjoy leveling once more with his sister in a game that she loves. So till that point I would say he was OP and even after resetting his levels, giving how the game caters towards physical attributes or memory muscle, Kirito would still be far better than average even starting from fresh. Anyways keep pumping out the content, I truly enjoy your videos even if KZbin doesn’t always alert me when you drop them.

[@Reymax164]

Nice 💕

[@AwkwrdPrtMskrt]

TIL Kaan-kun plays Civ as well.

[@joeca5028]

Can you elaborate more on Suguha having a crush on Kazuto. I’m confused on how it was different from Leafa liking Kirito.

[@Gamerturk]

What exactly is the confusion?

[@joeca5028]

@@Gamerturk Before Suguha met Kirito in ALO why did she have feelings for Kazuto? You mentioned the perspective of Leafa having a crush on Kirito because they didn’t know it was each other which I understood, my question is why exactly did Suguha have feelings towards Kazuto? I know you said that it’s because they were close to each other but I just want you to elaborate on that part a little more.

[@fujiwaranokunihito7575]

@@joeca5028 I think your confusion stems from the different types of love. Suguha loved Kazuto the way a little sister would love her older brother. Essentially, she loved Kazuto in a familial way. Now, upon finding out that Kirito, the man she loved romantically, was the same person as the man she loved in a familial way, Suguha has to sort out her conflicting feelings: knowing that they are one and the same, can she still love Kazuto the way she always had or will her feelings for Kirito carry over to reality to affect her relationship with Kazuto? I personally found this internal conflict to be the most intriguing part of Fairy Dance.

[@basch_g]

@@joeca5028 Her crush for Kazuto started when her mother mentions her he isn't her real brother.

[@eraba661]

@@joeca5028 I'm confused about this too, I was reading the novel (V3) yesterday yen press eng edition, she said there that she wouldn't have loved him if he was his real brother, but her crush developed when she realized that he was her cousin, and was kinda confused about her feelings, she said that having a thought of having him for other girl kinda torn her heart. I think that she was confused about her own feelings, but yes she did loved kirito but grown out of it, and it is natural for cousins for having crush on each other in my culture and its allowed in japan too

[@aniken6877]

It’s like these people haven’t played a game.

[@danielaxelsson8881]

Good Jon !

[@darkstorm2579]

Great video. I just wish more people would watch your SAO videos and not people like MB, who simply bash the series to pull views. Btw, I think the Incarnate eyes are a cool visual detail, though its a shame that its exclusive to Kirito. In my Black Wolf fanfic, there are a few others who have Incarnate eyes, and those are Marth and Kuroba (Kuroyukihime). I know from the chat that you don't care about fanfics and this isn't an attempt to promote my works. I just felt that I should mention the eye color change. I'm even thinking of giving Kirito an Incarnate Mode (or something similar) so that he can match both his partners (again, Marth and Kuroba). As for why, Marth's a half-demon while Kuroba is a fairy (it was the best I could come up with that could parallel the demon race; I did not want to use angels). Kirito, on the other hand, is just a regular human. Now this does make Marth and Kuroba more powerful than Kirito, but as he is one of the main characters, I feel like it is right to give him a way to not be outclassed by them. Heck, my Kirito even uses dark magic! Anyway, keep up the good work! Stay safe out there, Gamerturk!

[@darkraisrage4778]

I think both bring good arguments, and I actually agree with both MB and Gamerturk XD

[@darkstorm2579]

@@darkraisrage4778 MB's arguments are more miss than hit for me, though he does make some decent points (granted its not very often).

[@aniken6877]

I don’t want to talk about me and my cousin cccccc.

[@theawesomeali8834]

this video was really well done, you did a great job debunking these misconceptions. It’s a shame haters lie and misrepresent the fairy dance arc, thinking it’s the worst thing ever. In reality, it’s actually kinda underrated and really does a good job exploring the complicated and distant relationship between Kazuto and Suguha. All people have to do is pay attention and think critically about what is being presented to them instead of putting preferences/bias first. Asuna being a damsel in distress can easily be disproven, not only did she get the code to escape the cage and get the keycard despite being tied up, along with trying to put down Sugo, but she is still going strong despite being stuck in SAO for 2 years. A resilient, brave, and great character. SAO haters will try anything these days to shut down SAO with shit that makes no sense.

[@SAO_Philia]

There are so many of your videos that haven't even got around to watching yet, but I don't want to go out of my way to look for them, I think it is too tedious. I will just watch them when they pop up in my recommended feed lol. Anyways great video❤❤❤❤

[@aniken6877]

You say yggdrasil properly I guess lol.

[@joeca5028]

FINALLY

[@tippy1731]

Glad you like it, bubby

[@joelmalacara80]

Can you do more character episodes on the Solus and Terreria accounts and vecta

[@darkstorm2579]

I might be able to answer any questions you have about them if you want. I have all the Alicization light novels.

[@Name_InProgress]

I don’t understand the people who say Kirito should be traumatised of VRMMOs and should not dive into ALO after SAO First up , Kirito loves games and his experience at least at the very end of SAO was very happy rather than traumatising and the reason for that was Asuna , Which segways into the second and more concrete point , HIS WIFE IS TRAPPED IN A GAME , OFCOURSE HE’LL DO ANYTHING TO GO GET HER

[@Mehmet_4060]

abi türkçeye noldu

[@vilyanali]

Altyazı var ya

[@Mehmet_4060]

@@vilyanali bilyorum ben zağten alyorum dediklerinide türkçe konuş saydı dah iyi olur diye düşndüm🙂🙂

[@vilyanali]

@@Mehmet_4060 anladım bro. Türkçe konuştuğunu pek duymadım videolarında.

[@KillerMoth]

Bro alfhiem still is the worst part of anything ever, soooooooo

[@Roma_Romanee-Conti]

No u

[@Villanelle-28]

I actually skipped most of the parts only cause i wanted to see what's gonna happen to Asuna & Kirito not cause it was bad, the reunion was one of the most emotional scenes in anime, this Asuna is a damsel in distress comment is so pathetic and only used by haters who can't handle how awesome and a badass she is

[@darkstorm2579]

Plus she wasn't sitting around twiddling her thumbs. Asuna managed to break out of her prison and almost managed to escape without any assistance. Funny how the haters ignore that.

[@doomy_doomy2225]

I see you are a man or culture from your profile pic.

[@Villanelle-28]

@@darkstorm2579 exactly! she had the most important role in her escape

[@Villanelle-28]

@@doomy_doomy2225 I'm a (girl) of culture lets say lol

[@doomy_doomy2225]

@@Villanelle-28 no, you are one of the boys!!!!!!!