How Good Is: SAO The Movie - Ordinal Scale?

I got the chance to see the new Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale in asia before it's wide release in the west, so as no one else on KZbin has had a chance to speak about it yet, I thought I could be the first to review it!
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[@gigguk]

FYI, enough of you all asked for it so here is the spoiler discussion of this film! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmnCoaKlmLVqirs

[@dawkshangout1261]

Is there any weird scenes like in Alfheim

[@jokastarondalow5245]

k

[@tostupidforname]

I love your reviews im happy right now :)

[@activelyanime3394]

Gigguk I'm watching it again does Kirito fucks again

[@gOblin_333]

So, if Agi is ranked as the 2nd best player, then where is Kirito at the beginning? I mean, if the number above their head is their rank, then Kirito is ranked at near 10,000 at some point

[@rgk2878]

Kirito: Klein wanna hear a joke? Klein: Yeah. Kirito: Screentime. Klein: I don't get it. Kirito: Exactly xD

[@thebossjj2179]

THAT WAS A GOOD ONE

[@kyleturner7309]

RG K that was terrible

[@melfifi1433]

RG K LOL

[@greengamerjd8361]

RG K That killed me 😂😂😂😂

[@anothermark2082]

TO THE TOP YOU GO

[@_KUREHA]

Until Klein gets his own harem, I ain't watching nothing. #JusticeforKlein Edit: Until Klein becomes the main character, I ain't watching nothing. Until Sword Art Online becomes All Swords On Klein, I ain't watching nothing.

[@kimoota-kun]

Do it Reki!

[@fringe9960]

Mangoesrock16 sao third season, kliens harem, where he gets stuck in a dating sim with 100 of girls who all fight for him!

[@Ikarusu]

COME BACK WHEN YOU ARE A REAL CHARACTER

[@MeraFPS]

You mean ballsdeep69?

[@hithummah]

"Klein, come back when you're a main character" SAO abridge

[@NPC-rq6vn]

So this is like, the fourth potentially lethal game, and the Japanese government is still allowing these types of games to be produced?

[@Frooti.loopz23]

SCP 079 "logic"

[@duongbuithai1796]

To be fair, what are they going to do..... ban the development of games and technologies? .....spend the country's precious resources to monitor every game devs in Japan? Well, maybe, but that's one SAO plot point I think most people don't really care about

[@asteral2086]

SCP 079 It good for the economy

[@Frooti.loopz23]

N/A Icarus They could just test the games to make sure they're not death traps

[@biazacha]

I remember Kirito was a beta on s01 right? So they probably does test the games but well... shit have to happen so we got a plot. lol

[@LucasAmgren]

"If you die in real life you are also killed in real life"

[@endercraft0537]

LOL just respawn idiot

[@Aedanthefirst]

AUDIBLE GASP

[@MisterMicrowaves]

*The more you know*

[@biswadeepbhattacharjee9123]

Obviously People die when they are killed

[@acertainbajiquanloli]

Calm down everyone, 'we should use logical thinking to think logically' -that dude from oregairu

[@animenightcores1502]

I died at the real life graphics part LOL

[@commode7x]

Yeah, those graphics are shit.

[@xerphr3917]

AnimeNightcores150 died at the payload

[@cjpenaflor9935]

Died when he said Agil was black...

[@Doot139]

Wait...Kirito is actually kinda human in this O_O

[@nfmaster4851]

Soffor Unessa No he isn't

[@RyuLightorb]

he is NFMaster

[@RyuLightorb]

for all off it actually but w/e

[@zyronltz7494]

Soffor Unessa I mean... he proceeded to fit that gigantic ass sword he got from the lvl 100 boss into the fucking sheath behind him... what the fuck??

[@aniwasza64]

not all the time but he's more human than the rest of series combine

[@mildlyinterested705]

Tldr - Wasn't as good as Cory in the House. Nothing's as good as Cory in the House.

[@III-iz9yj]

What about That's So Raven?

[@Luissv72]

good prequel series, but not quite Cory. Nothing is quite Cory

[@Odinsday]

Get real. Shrek is the best anime.

[@brog4037]

Drake and Josh beybeh!

[@PenguinsAreColdish]

👏 DONT 👏 CALL 👏 YOURSELF 👏 AN 👏 ANIME 👏 FAN 👏 IF 👏 YOU 👏 HAVEN'T 👏 WATCHED 👏 CORY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 HOUSE 👏

[@hopster78]

"Agil is still black" oml I lost it at that xd

[@chillbruh6116]

????

[@leijohnjosephn.landig7451]

Agil is still black wtf ahhahahah

[@aeyherr]

Look hes going to get toasted cuz he made a joke 3 years ago

[@horizonset]

I mean.....you cant say its racist...he just presented a fact. He's not insulting it....so yeah... HAHAHAHA

[@HearMeLearn]

@@leijohnjosephn.landig7451 he's talking about how basically his whole point of existing in sao is to be the black character lmao. He never really does anything which is weird cuz they went out of their way to make him a character.

[@roenais]

i cant believe SAO go is a thing

[@keyblade32149]

Roenais what if that does become a thing lol

[@android19willpwn]

I can.

[@badthesolguy4057]

Roenais "I play SAO Go everyday!"

[@CCartman69]

You call it dumb, but combine it with Pokemon Go, and we get Monster Hunter In Augmented Reality. Tell me that wouldn't be cool.

[@Sylvastier]

Literally Accel World is SAO go

[@PrivateOverkill]

I'm VERY confused, I'm watching this video of an AUGMENTED REALLY version of SAO, and the characters are acting like if they git bit by swords they'll actually die. I'm just imagining bystanders watching a bunch of screaming teenagers flipping around and flailing their hands at each other.

[@Coltaine_]

You seem to be under the assumption that SAO is a world recognised brilliance in advanced literature that has the logical foundations that comply with Newtons Laws of Physics and a linguistic application of rhetoric that rivals Shakespeare. My dude... this is SAO. I'd rather stare at my shite for an hour and a half cos at least I understand it's function.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

+PrivateOverkill Yeah. But unlike when I watch the series, my suspension of disbelief kicks in. I mean..sure the swords aren't actually there. But how else could this work? It can't. It's passable.

[@mojoforthewin3069]

PrivateOverkill So basically Jojo?

[@bengrogan9710]

if everyone is wearing AR goggle, the bad guys may actually be armed, others may have that obscured

[@RyuLightorb]

You have to know the technology leads to the technology in Accel world. It is HIGHLY capable of killing someone or damaging them and was even outlawed.

[@3nu570]

I guess you could say on the *scale* of Shit to Godly, this movie is pretty *ordinary*

[@Karsh.]

Do you want me to lead you to the door or do you want to get out on your own?

[@exorcistzero6242]

Riiny Sann point down on you good sir/madam

[@gojira4life]

I hope you're proud of yourself and how you just ruined any respect people might have had for you. I take it staying silent was too hard for you, huh?

[@abcdefghilihgfedcba]

Ordinal has nothing to do with ordinary. Your joke is shit.

[@scmomcquad1007]

In the scale of shit to godly this joke is pretty shit

[@javierdespanjaard4384]

I'm one of those people who enjoy sao. it's probably because it's like the 3rd anime I ever watched so I can't bring myself to hate it.

[@sigurdh.s8320]

In the same boat, my guy

[@eleanorblacker6761]

Totally feel the same way. I love it too damn much

[@bashaaksema94]

Same

[@stikk4186]

same, but season 2 2nd half was kinda meh tho

[@javierdespanjaard4384]

@@stikk4186 i Just think that the first arc is probably the biggest waste of potentail since i saw Ruby. They litteraly compressed 2 years stuck in Sao into half a season. They couldve extended it way longer tot develop all the characters and do world building. I still like they show though dont get me wrong.

[@_Claus_]

I'd love to see this if they release an outside perspective on what's going on. You know without the VR device thing? I imagine it'd look like a bunch of autistic kids swinging invisible swords while being over dramatic.

[@eboiwarcrimes1474]

Claus Oak as someone who goes to a school for autistic kids i can confirm is see guys like that all the time

[@Ligneaus]

Seriously, with the AR technology, does everything hey do in the game happen in real life? Because how does that work if swords clash? Like, in reality, you'd just end up swinging nothing at nothing, right?

[@ItsJustTeddington]

Fucking. LARPers.

[@filbagano7946]

That would be hilarious.

[@RyuLightorb]

Why Autistic? we don't do shit like that lol Anyhow most likely that and them getting hurt by nothing.

[@yoyogiri]

Sword Art Online? ...More like Not Log Horizon!

[@mrtangelo885]

more like Shit Fart Not-Fine

[@Ziiaaaac]

DATABASE

[@jgames1113]

More like Thank god is not second season of Log Horizzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@thetoyyya6890]

DATABASE JUST LIVING IN THE DATABASE

[@TheElitedeath]

.hack//sign is the best trapped in an mmo anime and you know it

[@chrisoakland]

SAO always gets the animation and action scenes right. The only reason I can't get into it is because of the characters. They are very unrelatable to me, so I'm unable to get invested and care about them.

[@galaxy_kitten95]

I often view SAO like a Michael Bay production. The visuals and action sequences are stellar and pure eye candy. They are very well done and beautiful to see. But, its characters could use some work in order for me to actually care for them. There needs to be real dept behind them.

[@EdanR]

Eh, at least from what I've seen, the choreography in the show's fight scenes tends to be pretty crap. Characters just run and fly around making big flashes of light appear, with no real sense of what their actual abilities or limitations are. There's no sense of impact to anything, there's just a lot of movement going on to try to trick you into thinking the fight scenes are good. The clips Gigguk has shown of the movie, however, seem to be a step up.

[@yes-gs2rd]

+Matthew Rubenstein "The characters in SAO are fine." Huh??? Are you being sarcastic? What the fuck? I mean even the main character... are we even watching the same series?

[@thegameboyz7223]

everyone is always pissed at jesus kuns powerlevel but i say to you the maker of sao (insert name here) gave that power to kirito he saw him as the hero of his world an asuna as the princes he says so himself dont remember where but its there still

[@missrebeccasm]

TheGameBoyz, yeah like Kayaba wanted there to be a story and thus there had to be the MMORPG's hero which just happened to befall on Kirito's shoulders cus, he happened to have the levels and experience. Wouldn't it just be boring if the hero was some random op NPC

[@wynterasiuuki]

"You'll just look like an overdramatic crybaby wasting your time dying when you could be getting on the fucking payload" OMFG

[@sashrikbhattacharyya7446]

Sombra k

[@stussie7978]

Sombra 👌

[@mambanuggets3039]

Overwatch 101: Your gold damage and elimination medals are more important than winning the game.

[@neashna3594]

Wynterasiuuki i

[@drawntofun3080]

It really looks great. But unless Kirito gets tortured to death at the end, it's clearly not for me.

[@badthesolguy4057]

Drawn to Fun Too bad it won't happen...

[@kenpachi422]

This Username is MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAAA!! We can dream!!!!!!!!!!

[@dracocrusher]

All I really want from the series is something that looks good and has an actual struggle where Kirito isn't bullshit and where no stupid deus ex machinas, plotholes, or rape/fanservice shit happens. IDK if this film accomplishes that, but I feel like that's not THAT high of a bar to set all things considered. I don't expect anything from this series to have complex narratives or well-defined likable characters or anything actually great, but could we at least get the bare minimum of quality with this crap if it's going to be forced down our throats with so much more content??? That's not too much to ask, right?

[@badthesolguy4057]

dracocrusher It IS too much to ask. And you know why? Because, at this point, SAO is so famous that basically every piece of garbage with SAO written on it is guaranteed to make tons of money. So why even bother making something good? Just make somethin that looks fancy and put the SAO stamp on it, fans will love it!

[@Wallie33.]

Why do people hate fanservice and OP characters so much, like seriously how is that a negative for a series.

[@sagafor11]

Am I the only one who wants Kirito to get the Subaru ( Re:Zero) treatment. Just non-stop torture and death. That could make the anime fun again.

[@sagafor11]

Don´t get me wrong, I like the concept of SAO. The stuck in the game is alright, the romance was actually pretty good, and the fights were pretty good. Just one massive flaw. Fucking Kirito. A fucking disabled autistic child would be a better choice than him. Saitama, Luffy, or Gintoki do that ´I don´t really care´ thing. But they actually do it in a funny way. Kirito just seems really ´edgy´. In a similar way as Subaru. But in Re:Zero the ignorant protagonist gets punished for his stupidity and pridefulness.

[@yayrin9447]

SkyRip ur the only one. I dont want another subaru fucking hate how he cries

[@pussdesutroyer9481]

SkyRip i do

[@Z3MBlE]

SkyRip I love you omg xD and not only that, I'd love to watch a full torture in every single way possible.

[@kimoota-kun]

I wonder if someone's already made a fanfic about that. Like for all of his gary-stu-ness I highly doubt that he'd blaze through the obstacles that Subaru had to go through. With this type of story, you can create a pretty interesting character study of Kirito himself to take away from his genericness I guess.

[@kjgasdfduhigsdauf]

I'd watch this just for the animation.

[@diornodiovanna2838]

You have low standards then

[@like2upload3videos]

Diorno Diovanna really really really low standards .

[@Loansome_]

Maybe you guys just have high standards.

[@Voltackle86]

+Loansome Too many people obsessed with what someone else watches these days....

[@TheEssentialHughJazz]

Don't worry about standards, animation is *at least* just as important a factor in anime as everything else

[@Joronimo]

is it just me or SAO is same as COD in game world, everyone hates it and yet there are millions of copies sold every damn time.

[@miguelsaurio55]

this comment is funny considering SAO season 3 ended up being a online fps, the analogy could not work better.

[@conastel3023]

*Season 2

[@miguelsaurio55]

isnt season 2 the one where everyone is elfs/fairies?

[@conastel3023]

miguelsaurio55 No, that's the 2nd half of season 1

[@suno1720]

no

[@NamNam-yi7vo]

if SAO died it would be SMO(server maintenance online)

[@rikachan1242]

server maintenance offline*

[@Leon-nm5wn]

nam nam nice pfp

[@NamNam-yi7vo]

Leon126 thanks dude

[@Faishal-dm8yr]

nam nam Now this, gentlemen, is why i love youtube comment section

[@PhyreI3ird]

I would watch that. Text cannot convey how dead serious I am, I would watch that.

[@izayaorihara5274]

''IF YOU DIE IN THE GAME YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE''

[@hellraiser217]

"WHAT?"

[@crashniels]

Eazy Win "IF YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE YOU DIE IN THE GAME"

[@mamuradaiki1931]

+crashniels "WHAT?"

[@crashniels]

its exacly like "IF U DIE IN THE GAME U DIE IN THE GAME"

[@CPD0123a]

IF YOU GAME IN REAL DEATH, YOU LIVE IN THE... wait

[@biazacha]

Holy shit Gigguk, you're probably the only person that could let me a little bit hyped for SAO again and you just did it.... Aincrand was the best part of the anime, so I'm glad they're back to what works. And besides Kirisuna, all the characters are just there anyway, so I don't care if they weren't developed.

[@Pulstar232]

Have you read Progressive? It's basically a rework of the series and is much much better.

[@dragonhunter2264]

Caleb De'Nation that depends if peopleo want kirito to be OP then they probaly won't like it in the beginning but he gets really strong later on only reason why he isn't OP because it's a game he never played before in the beginning plus their are people who have played alcization for more than like 4 years and kirito just starting

[@AlbRomano]

So, you do remember GGO, right?

[@eireto5450]

I hope they turn progressive into an anime then. It could be a reboot like fma brotherhood. Also, the only character I wish got developed more for this movie would be sinon, she was the only one out all the characters introduced besides kirito and asuna that I was interested in.

[@joseaguilar3323]

Dudst104 I hope so too, but it moves so slowly that's unlikely to ever be completed. Every book covers a floor or two of Aincard, which is great for world building, but it means that it will end up being a 50+ volume series.

[@user-ud7cg1nf3h]

SAO in a shellnut: Kazuto (Kirito) can rek any bastard that comes his way and every girl will notice. edit: holy shit this comment was 3 years ago, just got a notification about it. man... time *_fucking_* flies by.

[@ScottishRebel]

for most of the film he gets bitch slapped harder than jonny depps wife

[@dawgggosaur]

Kirito = Anime Jesus

[@alexceous]

Official PuppiGirl Jesus-Kun

[@reh3696]

Kirigaya

[@Ryan-mech-muffin]

You've obviously never watched SAO

[@Haloslayer46]

shaggy and scooby always run side by side when fleeing in terror from a monster. if a great danes running speed is 30-40 mph that means shaggy can run at the same speed. this means that shaggy is the fastest alive beating usain bolts top speed of 27 mph

[@dracocrusher]

You know what? Fuck it, that's great, lol!

[@CCartman69]

Or, Scooby is subconsciously slowing down to keep up with his pal, because Dogs are man's best friend. or...Scooby is fat and slow from all them Scooby Snacks Or, or...it's a cartoon.

[@thatonedudebutwho9919]

Veitnam flash back Oscar The Grouch DEAR GOD

[@alecsst.7808]

Veitnam flash back Oscar The Grouch doesn't scoob run only on two paws? I am not sure...

[@user-ez5vq9fd2t]

Did you just say Scooby Doo is a cartoon?! I'm fucking triggered. Scooby Doo is THE best original anime that's ever come out to date; don't ever insult such a legendary masterpiece.

[@theanimegod8812]

At least it'll be better than Alfheim

[@Petrico94]

Berserk 2016 was better than Alfheim

[@celty_6835]

TheAnimeGod everything is better than Alfheim. Except for Twilight.

[@fresnelfringe4736]

That's never a complement.

[@Thiago52192]

I still think Alfheim was better than the second season. At least we had actually good action sequences and character motivations. After that, it was totally fucked up

[@zahler1523]

GGO was horrid. Mother's rosario was pretty good, alfheim was eh. Aincrad was beyond great.

[@sethbudrik8906]

SAO is to the anime community what John Cena is to the Wrestling fan base. Some people love it, others hate it, but everyone has a opinion on it, for the most part.

[@ruby9803]

Seth Budrik True

[@Ichigo111293]

Difference is that John Cena is actually likable. lol

[@FistMeDaddy]

I used to hate John Cena as a kid, but I started loving him after he became a meme.

[@ricardoludwig4787]

That is a pretty nice analogy. Also, they're both memes

[@Thiago52192]

Well, I both love and hate this. How about that?

[@redfire4199]

Best thing to come out of SAO was the abridged series.

[@carvman217]

Yup. Waiting for the next season

[@Mb_Drei]

Red Fire I found the "in 5 minutes" version of Gigguk waaaaay better. After seeing one episode, I put dislike and stopped. Like, where is the good in it? Every sketch was stupid and unfunny, the dub is awful and the fact that people finds it *BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL ANIME* only makes it worse.

[@checkme1830]

I can't wait for season 2......is it here yet?

[@3dwiz3d18]

the darkness If you have only watched one episode it sure is hard to judge the whole series, I feel like most of the reasons why people like the abridged better is the jokes, and having actual character development, compared to..

[@MadManMatrix]

You don’t watch sao for the story telling or the compelling characters you watch it for the cool fight sequences and the awesome game world that would be a million times better than games out today but you will never get to play them because life sucks.

[@ibrahimhassan6566]

gigguk > digibro

[@andrewvelarde8609]

I thought this was america ! you're god damn right

[@vxidwvlkxr]

In terms of comedy, yes. In terms of in-depth analysis, no. At least that's what I think, and I've been subbed to both of 'em for equal amounts of time.

[@NeoDeity]

I thought this was america ! Ya.

[@nvdisheujdhd8561]

Nah digibro is hilarious and his opinions are much more interesting to me personally since he isn't nice to bad anime just because it'll trigger people

[@mrtangelo885]

Digibro>Demolition D+>Supereyepatchwolf>Gigguk>>>>>>>>>>>ThatAnimeSnob

[@patgray5402]

Augmented Virtual Reality Japanese Massively Multiplying Online Role Playing Game AVRJMMORPG

[@512TheWolf512]

Luke William ...wxyz

[@hellraiser217]

Multiplying?

[@mango-float]

rofl

[@iamwhatitorture6072]

*multiplayer

[@amirbutcher2147]

Yes.

[@ringkunmori]

Spy kids 3d did it better

[@jacetheboogeyman3797]

i love bleach even though many didn't like it i did

[@immortalotaku99]

Illusive Man he meant literal bleach lolol

[@immortalotaku99]

Lmao oh

[@mordsven]

ive seen the movie, all the people in the theater is having an orgasm, and me aswell :')

[@tronerman]

Best Anime Movie, *PERIOD*!!!

[@Darriuss87]

In all fairness, something I feel is overlooked in the Alfheim arc, is that Asuna is still on life support, and if you paid attention to what she said back in Aincrad, during the brief time Kirito was in the Knights of the Blood Oath, her body would eventually shut down, that's the driving motivation. Sure, Kirito wasn't in any real danger, sure, he could have been a little careless, died a few times, but at what cost? Having to do all that traveling again, wasting time that Asuna probably didn't have? He was trying to save her, he makes that very clear throughout the Alfheim arc, and that is why he can't afford to die, and be set back by the time it would take to retrace his steps. As far as the "As long as I am alive, I won't let anyone in my party die ever again" bit, well, after spending 2 years in a death game, watching people die, fighting for your life, you probably wouldn't be the most mentally stable person either, when you decided to dive into another VRMMO. Sure, his life wasn't at stake, but the life of someone he cared about was, so I can see that. As far as the GGO and Mother's Rosaria arcs, I can't really justify those, tbh they did seem like an attempt to squeeze more money out of the franchise, although I do wish that they had ended Alfheim in a better, less bullshit way.

[@th0r_f1nn]

Gent Fate thanks u lol

[@runerocker3194]

Gent Fate Don't waste your time man. 90% of the people who shit on SAO have seen it with their eyes closed and their ears plugged.

[@joshmargolis1424]

The urgency is that he wants to get laid asap

[@stussie7978]

Gent Fate i wonder how long it took you to type that...

[@createrkid]

well said

[@silversabre2537]

If you die in the game, you get succed in real life

[@cyntical410]

nah i was gonna kms anyways

[@hekirb3382]

*I WANT TO DIE*

[@qrlsu]

2:48 IF I DIE FROM THESE JOKES DO I DIE IN REAL LIFE?

[@Ticketman99]

Haloeix The body cannot live without the humor.

[@android19willpwn]

no

[@felgarion3951]

Haloeix For a few seconds at 2:45-ish, you can see them eating at Wagnaria! I love that anime, it's hilarious!

[@mahari893]

Felgarion What a pleasent little reference

[@JiyoDoodle]

But if you die in Canada, do you die in real life?

[@bobmanperson599]

why do the writers keep shoving mmorpg's into things that barely fit when they cant even write a normal mmorpg

[@RyuLightorb]

the original SAO was like a real MMO. Most mmo's today are watered down and nothing like in SAO since we regressed :P

[@taylortierney6542]

@ Ryu Lightorb I'm not sure what that has to do with OP's comment? The original SAO, as seen in the original web novel, was only an MMO on a skin deep level. Sure, it "had" mobs, bosses, dungeons, player organizations, NPCs, quests, everything you would expect to see in, say, Asheron's Call, or Everquest, but they were all incredibly shallow, written by someone who was pretty clearly not a particularly avid player, and definitely not someone with slightest idea of how game design or publication works.

[@D1i1s1]

Actually he might be no hard-core gamer, since he has a job to do, but if you just read some of the afterword's it becomes obvious that Kawahara clearly likes to play games but the games. If you want to talk about the game SAO itself and bring the novel in it you should use SAO Progressive and not the Web Novel that was first rewritten into LN format and then rebooted and improved in Progressive

[@RyuLightorb]

@Craig even if they were shallow they were relevant to a normal mmo like everquest imho. not 100% accurate but shouldn't expect it to be imo

[@KuraIthys]

while I agree that their depictions of MMORPG are quite bad, not all MMO's are RPG's... One of the earliest ones I ever played (in 1997) was a team based, 2d top-down spaceship shooter. up to 128 players on a server, broken up into two or more teams, trying to destroy the other team, or capture territory or whatever. That's one of the earliest technical experiments into the technology required for an MMO, and it is in no way even close to an RPG. In terms of mechanics and presentation it's a bullet hell shooter transformed into a multiplayer team-based game. Still, the concepts seen in SAO are nonetheless quite bizarre. A Full dive VR game, even if it's technically an MMORPG would probably not resemble current MMO's though. I mean think about MMO game mechanics, then consider what the implications are of VR that reproduces an environment and avatar to the point where you can move all your fingers and toes and the rest of your body, have a sense of touch, taste and smell, and can basically already do pretty much every action you can do in real life by default, plus it feels real. (here's something I learnt even from primitive VR using a headset - a 3 meter drop that seems like a trivial thing to jump off in a game? Fucking terrifying in VR.) most of the things MMORPG's are built around would be stupid, redundant, annoying, or all three if you were using full-dive VR...

[@I.D.M.]

"Agil is black." "You just look like a very angry black man."

[@alelpot2]

God Danmit! It's Kirito's clansman of a wife!

[@Spixny]

IDM where can i watch ordinal scale

[@electricant55]

Who's Agil? You mean Tiffany?

[@justinedwards5300]

@@Spixny It's on Hulu

[@nimblelime380]

Insert sao abridged reference here:

[@averagewillpower754]

C+!? Hell yeah. That's a passing mark in my book.

[@BalmungAZ]

How bout....C++?

[@Imanifestchaos]

oh no... *remembers all those F from coding classes* *shudders *

[@hagusen]

nah, C# better

[@hemangchauhan2864]

When did anime became a school exam that it should be given grades?

[@gigguk]

hello world.

[@dudimudi]

give us anime in minutes pleaseee and i love your work

[@daloldalol9178]

PlanB Those take a long time to make. He'll probably do one later this year for whatever show gets amazingly popular. I'm assuming it's going to be both seasons of Attack on Titan when season two ends, since I don't think he did one for season one.

[@tref5551]

"Right, next Anime in Minutes video script finally finished. Time for casting!" - Gigguk's Twitter February 21, 2017

[@yoshimeier3060]

While you once jumped onto the FUCKSAO train... you came back with usefull critique while maintaining the quirkyness and the fun that makes you so great. Nice job.

[@GRBRStorm]

People over analyze SAO way to much, just enjoy the damn anime without becoming Sherlock Holmes

[@user-lf8uk1ru6e]

THANK YOU

[@nlb137]

SAO fan: I like SAO Hater: You just like it because you shut down your brain when you watch it SAO fan: *Actual arguments and analyzis* Others: Chillax man, just enjoy your show without analyzing it.

[@DanT-dh8lz]

SAO was my second anime after GATE, and I liked it. I didnt notice all the flaws at first, only after finishing it and watching other vids about it, but I think it was good, or at least enjoyable. So far I watched all SAO movies and seasons and Im waiting for the second part of Alicization to come out.

[@ansh2771]

@@DanT-dh8lz when's it coming out ?

[@sarthakrawat837]

That's the problem ... It is not enjoyable

[@DrSomers]

Oh boy here come the elitists to once again proclaim their hate for the series. If you think the series is shit, don't watch the video, movie or 3rd season then. The redundant bashing of the series has seriously gotten old.

[@bengrogan9710]

You fail to realize SAO has transcended being an anime and is now a meme.

[@masterofterific]

chris123sm You do realize that just because the series is garbage does not mean the movie has to garbage which is why people watch it. People give it more chances by watching the new content but are still let down which justifies the bashing.

[@Hyperneosonic97]

Maybe to an extent, but I see FAR too many comments saying 'OMG SAO IS THE WORST ANIME EVER' which is a complete lie. There are FAR worse animes out there than SAO. I figure one of the main things that got SAO so popular in the first place was also what lead to it getting bashed so much: Were SAO not the frontrunner of its kind, I doubt people would bash it so much, but it would also be nowhere near as popular. The concept isn't new (.Hack did it first), but it's the frontrunner because it was the first widely available anime of its genre. SAO's not TERRIBLE by any means... it just missed a lot of potential, and could've been a lot better. To sum it up in a word... decent, but disappointing. Kirito could really be written better (I take SAO Progressive, a Manga retelling of the Aincrad Arc, to be proof of that, where he's actually a bit more relatable from what I've read), and there are some rather jarring writing problems (Although to be fair if SAO3 follows the Light Novels, we might be getting something actually good soon).

[@AlcyonEldara]

SAO Progressive is bad. Kirito is well written in the first novel. The character in the adaptation is shit, but the character himself isn't.

[@Hyperneosonic97]

School Days. 'Nuff said.

[@zezeto5932]

Again....... log horizon is better... .

[@GruntSquad92]

only the first season was truely great though. Dunno, still waiting for a good modern fantasy anime

[@karm1645]

Rage of the Bahamut had a good first season, and now it's getting a second one on spring.

[@Mr_Episode]

zezeto they are both shit

[@qevon244]

Mc is boring tho. Barely any development.

[@Rayla150037062]

I do believe Log Horizon was better, the first season though, I don't know why but I hated the second season, I just dropped it.

[@ACatHandler]

gigguk complementing an already hated anime despite how the community currently feels about it is why gigguk will always be the best anime youtuber out there, because he's not afraid to criticize an anime for both its good and its bad. were as most other anime youtubers just continue hating on sao in an attempt to look edgy and cool while playfully avoiding any actual confrontation or argument about why they loath the series so much other than "bad characters" or "plot holes" (the anime man, digibro, ect)

[@izakiharuno]

Let me list the reason why people hate SAO so much. 1. Bad character development. 2. Bad story/plot 3. It got famous because of luck, and overshadowing other anime that have done number 1 and 2 right. Just because it have good music and art, doesn't mean it's good. For example, "I have aids! At least it's not cancer!"

[@stormvolt9797]

I have to agree. Despite it's flaws, and being fully aware of them, I still greatly enjoy the series, including the Alfheim arc, because I found enjoyment in all of it. And you,re right about all of these people throwing around buzzwords and overused terms like "plotholes", and things of the sort, but never want to elaborate or talk about it or debate with someone who actually enjoys the show and has the ability to back himself up. All in all, Im still a big fan of the series, despite it's flaws, and being aware of them, and I enjoy it because it's fun, entertaining, and exciting, at least for me.

[@SoshiNine9]

Digibro has videos talking for hours about why he dislikes SAO. It goes much farther than just plot holes and bad characters.

[@CitronOdysseus]

It didn't get famous by simple 'luck', it got famous because of it's timing where gaming was becoming a norm, and SAO happened to be somewhat 'fresh' at the time it was aired. And well, people realized it's flaws later on and it became hated, then it'll still air more anime eps, relaese more SAO games, and pretty much there's nothing haters can do about it, they actually help SAO being talked about more in the first place. :/

[@blazepower7625]

Sum's up what i think perfectly

[@TitanHyperion]

I loved the movie and I can't wait for the third season 😍

[@liyu544]

Well.. it's gonna be delayed because of this (movie).. But who knows? it'll come out later

[@quaralblast8055]

Titan Breek same

[@rumplank4637]

Will we have a 3rd season?

[@cactisanderman]

Rumplank those who watched the movie in theater for the first time said so

[@PureReluctance]

Titan Breek fuck you

[@captainsober]

You could of just said it was shit and ended the video...

[@BalmungAZ]

Puppies and sugar bro, he loved it!

[@Atomic_Killjoy]

@TTsuyuki Cuz life is a joke, brah. That's why.

[@tplayer23424]

lool

[@TheKazragore]

Could've*

[@kyleturner7309]

Andrew Zhang nowadays hardly anyone knows what reasons are.

[@3nu570]

I haven`t even seen the full movie yet but from the clips I`ve seen, Kirito is so fucking edgy that you could cut yourself with that edge

[@eboiwarcrimes1474]

Riiny Sann what is the edgiest thing he says

[@RyuLightorb]

how so? He does nothjing edgy.

[@TheLaXandro]

Kirito's favourite chemical element is Bismuth.

[@eboiwarcrimes1474]

asgerØK really?

[@hellraiser217]

He uses a sword Ryu? That has an edge?

[@archivedaccount5990]

"Your typical average Hollywood blockbuster" And yet, is still a better movie than R.I.P.D, Wrath of the Titans, Battle: Los Angeles, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.

[@senakashiwazaki9822]

And Ghostbusters 2016.

[@archivedaccount5990]

+Sena Kashiwazaki Well, anything is better than that SJW trainwreck.

[@Z3MBlE]

*chokes* do harakiri

[@thenabj5905]

Matthew Cool hey, R.I.PD was a good bleach movie XD

[@archivedaccount5990]

+THE Nab J ...but a terrible M.I.B. movie. Which it was trying to rip off, or should I say, R.I.P. off.

[@amr.a4028]

Shut up klien, come back when you're a main character

[@MisterMicrowaves]

*R.I.P Klein Screentime*

[@user-ey8mj4tv2p]

Why do everyone Keep talking about klein,he is not that amazing

[@bidetsupremacy1698]

Season 4: back to you

[@user-ey8mj4tv2p]

@@bidetsupremacy1698 kirito will awaken at next episode

[@Shizu_Kare]

It's a real shame if what you said is true. This could've been a turning point for SAO for the better going into Alicization but it looks like a movie worth watching nonetheless, for me anyway. I still like SAO despite its flaws and I can already tell this is the perfect addition to what they've laid out so far.

[@Rayla150037062]

Honestly the story falls flat and has a lot of flaws, but I'm one of those people that looks for entertainment in something, and if an anime entertains me I'll watch it, people call me stupid and retarded for doing this, but I just say that I don't want to waste my valuable time hating on something when the world is already bad as it is. Besides... Sword Art Online is one of those animes with a lot of flaws, but never failed to entertain me.

[@Windman1995]

I dont think we should be trying to do that. Whoever liked SAO in the first place is gonna be pleased with the movie. I would never recommend s3 to someone that didnt like the first 2 seasons even if the movie were the biggest blockbuster in the last century. They are just gonna drop it not even half way through since its going to be~50eps long...

[@Pawc4]

+Rhia Legaspi Exactly. I will admit I was a bit of a fanboy when I first saw it, but it was also the first anime I completely watched and it's what really got me into anime. After a little while, seeing all the hate, and re-watching it, it brought down my fan-boyishness, but I still enjoy watching it and I imagine I will continue to do so.

[@jamescron6570]

There are a lots of other shows that you can find enjoyment from it. But why SAO??????????

[@DarkLordToturials]

Because it's enjoyable for him? Lol.

[@AnimEdits]

But what about Kleins Screentime?

[@asgerk4837]

AnimEdits what are you talking about? Klein? Screen time? Those can't coexist

[@Frooti.loopz23]

AnimEdits Klein barely gets any screen time because fuck him apparently

[@ep8675]

AnimEdits He get's some in the beginning, not so much for the rest of the movie though.

[@GagasAlGhazali]

pffft i dunno

[@FrostahVFX]

He has to "came back when he's a main character.." reference intended..

[@schyro6367]

Reason i watch sao - Kirito and asuna's relationship - Fight scene yea i think that's it

[@Z3MBlE]

that's sad *pats* I'm so sorry for you

[@Sazuke43]

"Kirito and asuna's relationship" That's the most annoying thing

[@evangedeon2194]

Their relationship feels a little based on nothing, but well, it's pretty rare to see that much of an established romance.

[@eboiwarcrimes1474]

Schyro reasons i watch SAO. my mum took away the knives and SAO makes a decent substitute for cutting myself

[@CogniVision]

What relationship? He's had more development with Sinon. Anything that developed Kirito and Asuna's relationship was done in a timeskip that we never saw.

[@raccoon8655]

"if your a fan you will find this orgasmic" well true its my favourite anime and i loved the movie

[@Faishal-dm8yr]

Jesus-kun is soooo edgy, it's the same as Leluoch chin...

[@RandomGuy666100]

Don't even compare the two. Lelouch had every right for his attitude in the series, while Kirito's not close to that level, and this is coming from someone who genuinely likes SAO (well, the Aincrad Arc and the GGO and Mother's Rosario books). Lelouch was literally a highschool who basically had PTSD from his mother, the only family he actually loved, 'dying' right in front of him as well as the weight of having lives on his shoulders. It starts out with only a few but then goes to millions as the scope of his power increased. If a guy like that's not allowed to be edgy then everyone may as well just get a lobotomy so they never feel anything again.

[@Faishal-dm8yr]

RandomGuy i think you're missing the joke man, i'm talking about his CHIN, most of the characters in the Code Geass have sharp edgy chin (it's their character design i know) i compared their edgy chin with Kirito's edgy attitude, that's what i meant. But yeah i agree, Leluoch is a waaaayy better character than Kirito.

[@drakke125Channel]

and yet lelouch braves through all the deaths he causes but remains steadfast, which in reality is quite impossible for anyone to do. Kirito on the other hand is far more vulnerable and fragile, and not even nearly as capable as lelouch. In short, kirito to is paper mario. He's kinda 2D, and a half-assed character as far as character creation goes. Not really fleshed out, a bit like a stereotypicaly male protag in a harem anime. It's really hard to defend kirito or see any good points in kirito when you're trying to be so damn realistic about everything.

[@tebogoseshibe4518]

PEOPLE DIE WHEN THEY ARE KILLED!

[@sutekhmerksamer8231]

no they don't they just die

[@pussdesutroyer9481]

محمد السلامة are you sure im sure they die when they get killed

[@oliveredmondson2954]

You mean all those people I've hurt aren't sleeping?!

[@brog4037]

Unlike heroes, Because heroes never *AUGH!*

[@TRU3Talents]

WHAT! SERIOUSLY?!

[@pneumaofficial9581]

Here is my reaction to the movie (WARNING SPOILERS): It was a really good animated movie. The animation, music, art, and story was amazing! But the one complaint I have is the ending. The way asuna got her memory back was anticlimactic and full of cringe. I myself would give this movie a 9/10. That 1 missing is from the ending.

[@greetingstraveler7962]

lol wtf

[@brayanlopez2015]

9/10 as well for me, what i point out the most though is the music

[@vchlopie9357]

Yeah I agree. 9/10 because of the ending.

[@rileygrannell7235]

youre a fucking idiot

[@Nautilus0002]

^ Imagine calling someone a “fucking idiot” for having an opinion. Pretty ironic ain’t it?

[@colechristie6903]

Triggered!

[@aeslhectic8747]

A C+ out of 100 would be at least 78 by American terms, so then it's definitely worth the ticket purchase?

[@kyleturner7309]

Sam-sama I think that's what he is saying? Wow that's pretty high for SAO :/ maybe I might watch this

[@tonyycee6048]

Sam-sama If you care for mediocrity, I guess, go for it.

[@jiro110]

Sam-sama with sugar it would be like 78.89 or something like that

[@anhdinhlamduc5700]

Proto Docy and the puppies so 79?

[@mrmaxmo1670]

and the sugar so 80

[@MultiJoseiscool]

i just want some asuna and kirito romance!!!xc

[@UnimaginableWorld]

Ramon Lizarraga theres some moments in the movie about them!

[@crypticanimations6283]

Ramon Lizarraga chapter 16.5 is for you

[@Z3MBlE]

*vomiting* do harakiri

[@sarcast4989]

Neanis you and I both we laugh,

[@UchinaMadara]

Well, you've come to the wrong series.

[@fatiiest]

(Before watching the video) to be honest with you, I had feels when they were wearing their old clothes, but I feel like they could've done better plots. But the final boss was badass AS FUCK.

[@AlexxEnglishh]

I feel like if this had been it's own full season it had the potential to be badass

[@cerealkiller5599]

Does anyone know of overlord? Nah just me... Okay I'll leave through the back door.

[@deadichigo1520]

A Lonely Fly Your pic didn't get me

[@Azmodeus87]

It's really good, hoping fo rmore seasons. That said, it's a different genre alltogether (Fantasy) with the same sub-genre (Isekai), so it won't affect SAO one way or another.

[@dlericx1876]

Yeah the author know about the rpg concept more than sao author.

[@herscent]

overlord was pretty shit

[@BalmungAZ]

I think Overlord was worse than SAO if we speak of plotholes, harem elements and op main character. The only reason no one hates on it is that those points were clear from start.

[@klonoafan7623]

SAO>Every Ghilbi Film, Your Lie in April, Your Name, every anime that has been rated 10/10, every anime

[@klonoafan7623]

before you crucify me i was joking

[@yayrin9447]

Slim Stretch its ture

[@megamaster3510]

Slim Stretch Triggered comments incoming

[@Frooti.loopz23]

Slim Stretch Ow my brain

[@gojira4life]

Sorry, I'll pretend I'm like a Slowpoke and only realize what you said after crucifying you...

[@olillin]

When i saw this my first thought was "Wait, there's an SAO movie!??" And then watched through the entire thing in one sitting Thank you

[@zachmontminy]

The romance is what I find to be the most annoying and cringe worthy part of the entire series.

[@Endless20162]

Zach Montminy ikr

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

I totally agree with that. Funnily enough, I think the SAO Abridged series by SomethingWitty actually performed the romance much better than the original anime.

[@zachmontminy]

It has no redeeming qualities bro, face it.

[@cnbcorner]

THANK you

[@abcdefghilihgfedcba]

+Zach Montminy You’re technically right I shouldn’t have said “redeeming” because SAO is not redeemable but I couldn’t come up with a better word. The romance was still the best part of the show and if you thought it was cringy you must be 12. Edit: In reply to the below comment because it won’t let me make a new one: +Zach Montminy 12 years old don’t care about romance at all. They’d be repulsed by it the way you are. 12 year olds care about tits and porn, not romance.

[@fren111]

In short, it's the usual shit, but if you see it in a movie theater and have shit taste, it's going to be amazing

[@RyuLightorb]

Taste is subjective SAO isn't objectively shit it's mediocre objectively.

[@Z3MBlE]

Jude Olang' trust me, this anime's level of shittiness is way above others, he knows what he's talking about

[@thediamondblaziken6044]

HYPE!!!!!

[@Allknowing18]

Izaya Orihara Nah, there are anime out there that are legitimately soul crushingly terrible such as abunai sisters and master of martial hearts.

[@animusfoster4712]

Izaya Orihara There are far more worse anime than SAO, if you say that, you have not seen shit on other poorly done anime, watch Mars of Destruction, then come back if you still think SAO is the worst

[@EpiXtreme]

SAO hate incoming in 3...2...1...

[@Torannn]

EpiX hi

[@Pipehiguita]

Hate

[@lmao2302]

SAO hate.

[@pussdesutroyer9481]

EpiX triggered!!!

[@moralesfox]

It's more like SAO tiredness at this point.

[@gamesdealer6041]

When Yuna Sings mid battle, It Gives me Shrek 2 Vibes with the fairy godmother singing 'I Need a Hero'.

[@kagura1971]

100 times better than Alfheim's online. Watched it and just gotta say "Kirito became god."

[@curtiswillam3813]

Nacrissa White how?

[@ejfisc]

"Kirito becomes god" lmao of course.

[@TheTundraTerror]

Wow, they couldn't even do a fucking 2 hours (!) movie without cramming in at least *one* buttfucking scene where the characters sit in a cafe. Let me guess. They deliver exposition, don't they? Don't they? I'm right, aren't I?

[@TruthinessChibiOtaku]

At least its a Wagnaria crossover lol.

[@hushymeow]

Please, Just let me enjoy the show.

[@Animetor]

u mad bro ?

[@cloud2019]

@@Animetor No We (SAO fans) just want haters to stfu. You don't like SAO? well good for you move on, you don't need to trash talk about it all the time and call its fans "casuals" or "have tradh taste", that's it. Is that too much?

[@Animetor]

@@cloud2019 No We (SAO haters) just want fans to stfu. You like SAO? well good for you move on, you don't need to praise it all the time

[@Animetor]

@@cloud2019 basically if you sao fans can have opinions so can we

[@thewhatever993]

I like trash anime

[@FlowPlays]

The constant hate on SAO is getting reeeeeeeeaaaaaalllllllyyy annoying......

[@EightThreeEight]

Amen to that, brother...

[@Z3MBlE]

well you prefer to fan about something that it utter and complete trash?

[@MrCereBrawl]

Its meh but its popular for a few reasons. It came at the perfect time with a perfect premise for a lot of anime viewers. The soundtrack is amazing, the animation is amazing. Overall I think people hate on it because its such a wasted potential. If only it had good story, interresting characters interacting with each other naturally, it would be a really good show. Meanwhile Berserk has the exact opposite.

[@Z3MBlE]

MrCereBrawl yep I have to agree

[@zachmontminy]

The constant blind love it had been getting initially was more annoying.

[@KanpaiGuren]

I also got to see the film a bit earlier in Singapore and here's what I thought of it in a non-spolier nutshell (which is similar to Gigguk) Pros: 1. Animation was beautiful most of the time especially during the fights (nitpick: except for the parts where they got lazy and just took scenes from the previous two seasons for flashbacks which looked really jarring due to the difference in animation quality rather than just re-animating them) 2. Kirito not OP from the start 3. Soundtrack (tho not as amazing as the main series' ost) was still good (wooo swordland remix) 4. Concept of AR gaming quite interesting. Cons: 1. Kirito gets strong at an unbelievably fast time. He's fking weak at the start among the 100,000 in rank but once he gets the motivation to actually get good it immediately jumps to him having one of the highest ranks in the game like wtf. A training montages where we see him struggle to get better for the sake of (can't say because spoilers) would have been much more emotionally powerful. Why go through the trouble of keep emphasising that he is weak (he literally trips and falls flat on his fking face during the first fight) when you're just gonna make him immediately op again in a blink of an eye. Wasted potential here. 2. Very weak clichéd villains just like the main series that lack any sort of character development. I didn't care about them at all and don't even remember their names a few hours after the movie. 3. Yui 4. Not enough Sinon (more of a nitpick) Overall: 6/10 It was a fine film that unless you really want to see the visuals and sound pop on the big screen, you should just watch it online.

[@shigami7517]

Sigh.My actually rating is about 6/10 too.(But I don't want people to think I'm biased against SAO or something so I have a second rating to appeal to them.The music gives it about a 2.5,visuals would be about 3,and for character development and story,not as high. +Rias Germory People have different tastes,like how some dude like Boku No Pico,another prefers something like No Game No Life.I don't think he's biased towards SAO.He gave it a fair enough rating

[@8elementallords]

Regarding con one, I'd say not continuing having Kirito be weak in the game is probably because after a while, that won't be nearly that interesting. I can only speak from personal experience, but in an action oriented series, unless the main character is *supposed* to be a non-action person or intended to not be nearly as competent at fighting as other characters (for whatever the story reason might be), it gets pretty boring seeing them be weaker than everyone else after a while. Especially when it's a character who's been one of the best before. Like with most things I think it has to be paced properly, though that will rely a lot on each person's own subjective opinion. I dunno, I just find action oriented main characters being kept weak and/or incompetent for a large portion of the story to get boring after a while, so that's probably why it didn't go on as long as you would have liked.

[@VijaMC]

syaondri To be honest, i don't think it really matters. At the end of the day, kirito can become strong in any other way and people will still complain about it

[@ericlee6239]

People complaining how kirito became God tier with In 30 min of the movie? What about one punch man with no logic behind his power.............. And I like show off animes :D

[@dysxSRJEY]

Eric Lee the shows have an extremely different focus and conflicts,which justifies the silliness in Opm(contrary to how serious Sao is in that aspect) , also it is explained how saitama got his power(and lost his hair)

[@cybunny25]

the edge lord antagonist is literally named Edgy (Eiji)

[@alomy9863]

Sword Art Online is my favorite anime ever (i've watched quite a few anime). Talk shit to me, i don't care. The fact that i love SAO, will NEVER change

[@mzrohan3226]

Yup

[@aspiringcardist4338]

Clichéd but LN is much better than the anime

[@alomy9863]

aspiring cardist LN?

[@cooljazzftw1172]

Alokin LN means light novel

[@vaishalimoole]

Same here bro

[@rodistoo2215]

I don't get it.... why do some people still don't understand that there are people who have different opinions than them...

[@Beriririi]

Because said people who have different opinions don't know how writing works, apparently

[@nfmaster4851]

Berry Nice reply

[@RyuLightorb]

Berry if they did they wouldn't shit on SAO as much as they do as most of writing is very subjective. I find most "good" writing is very shitty personally i could go around saying the majority have shit taste for liking stuff like Game of thrones etc but i don't because i'm not an idiot like those who hate on stuff they don't like then call the writing shit.

[@Enzo_Matrix92]

I think you meant to say different tastes/standards.

[@8elementallords]

+Ryu Lightorb Well said. In all honesty, SAO is really not any better or worse than *most* of the anime that gets put out, at worst, it's just simply average. A lot of the so-called "flaws" people find in SAO really are nothing more than subjective opinion, that's not to say there aren't things that are objective flaws (everything is going to have them, no matter what it is or how well it's done), but even then, whether an actual flaw is something that'll bother someone or something they'll consider even paying attention to is *still* highly subjective. And like you said, there are all kinds of anime (or other series, like Game of Thrones as you said) that I see people raving about all the time, and I'm sure they're quite good and well-done, but I have absolutely no interest in them.

[@1nq604]

"Kirito Becomes God Etc Etc" How dare you disrespect the god Kirito...

[@kimoota-kun]

*The good thing is... You don't need to wonder where your god is! Because he's right here! And he's fresh out of mercy.*

[@1nq604]

_Yes, Yes, Young Master_

[@evangedeon2194]

"You can pray to your god... but just a heads up -- I won't be listening."

[@i-am-luisa]

AK-31, I'm sorry but I love you for this. SAO Abridged is my shit.

[@dlericx1876]

No, The one and only god is OnetrueOni-sama.

[@4473021]

I saw it in theatres yesterday. Nothing to write home about but definitely not as horrible as the haters are saying. Music was very nice and battle scenes were cool to watch and nicely animated. But there were a ton of retarded common sense moments and plot holes regarding the way the main issue is set up and dealt with. Overall I quite enjoyed it but as Gigguk said, the way the movie was set up, it could have been so much more, and been as good as or better than the aincrad arc. Bit of a disappointment but definitely better than either of the two TV series' second halves. Given the length of the movie though, I don't really know how they could've fleshed out the plot holes. Also Asuna and Kirito's relationship development was nice. If you guys watch it make sure to sit through the credits. I'd rate it a high 7 out of 10 despite all the issues with the plot because of sheer enjoyment. Now to download that LiSA song that plays during the credits......

[@izakiharuno]

The "haters" hate SAO because of lack character development, and actual story plot. "Music was very nice and battle scenes were cool to watch and nicely animated." is literally the only good thing about the whole anime.

[@4473021]

Izaki Haruno It's not that there wasn't any character development. I just didn't comment on it cuz I gave a brief af overview of my thoughts and it wasn't anything especially good or bad. Also I just thought it was funny how half of these comment all say something along the lines of "I actually liked SAO but I'm just hating on it for the sake of hating on it.". People can dislike something all they want, but I think for the haters to actively spread hate and shit on SAO and the people who like it just because they didn't think it was a good show is a bit extreme.

[@izakiharuno]

+4473021 I've scrolled really far down, and yet to find those who hate sao, just because, I've never found that yet, I don't know where you even find that comment. I've already told you, that the character development and story plot were bad, and it is flying above all of the other anime and overshadow them, and everyone hate seeing that happen, most just want to shit on it so bad, that it fly back down with other anime, and not get cocky. It's not about what we "think" it's about what it actually is. The show is bad, don't justify it with just the music and art.

[@4473021]

Izaki Haruno I was thinking of another comment section, my bad. Also gotta love how you're making the opinions of the haters out to be objective fact lol. Sure the series may have overshadowed other shows and perhaps gotten more attention than it deserved, but what the hell does that have to do with my overview of my opinion of the movie? If you don't agree, great. Move along. Nobody's saying you have to. I'm just trying to let people interested in the movie know my thoughts so they know what to expect. Christ.

[@4473021]

Neko Chan yeah dude.

[@The_Leaf_Dragon]

me: I watched every single Sao episodes and the movie without finding anything negative (new fan) and then I came across this and I just laughed out loud because I realized no matter how something is good or popular it still has its negative things. yeah you actually make great points about the movie and I'm not complaining. that was the main reason I stay away from reviews or anything like that because it will ruin my own opinion.

[@endercraft0537]

The same thing happened to me. Watched SAO and it was my first anime. Loved every second of it, then went into anime communities and learned everyone hated it. Yeah, it had its bad moments, but that doesn't mean the whole thing sucks. Just let me enjoy my show

[@Joltscene]

Ya its best to ignore reviews on stuff like SAO because the Internet loves to find things to shit on

[@mightycahjo4906]

If you enjoy isekai smartphone, fuck if u hate sao... isekai smartphone is just the worse

[@Htiy]

EnderCraft05 yea, what people don’t realize is that plot holes and shitty character development dont always mean it’s unenjoyable... the rape part tho...

[@user-ey8mj4tv2p]

@@Htiy it had character development, it's just not shown properly

[@swodox]

If you die in real life .. YOU DIE IN THE VIDEO GAME TOO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOD NOOOO PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[@TwinflameByond]

I know right... I'd want my avatar to be my living legend at least...

[@kevinzepeda9523]

Twinflame Byond you mean thelegend27?

[@evangedeon2194]

Yeah, the Legend27

[@conbinspark3144]

Who's TheLegend27?

[@eboiwarcrimes1474]

Conbin Spark a filthy normie meme

[@ZnamsuGold]

Talk spoilers, spoil that shit like meat spoils in the fridge :)

[@redwolf_plays7308]

I don't understand the hate towards sword art online

[@robbor8733]

I'm just saiyan oh thanks.

[@vertsang5424]

the hate comes from all the potential wasted.SAO could have been great but the result is a barely watchable anime.the plot is quite empty,the characters are not developed(but kirito and asuna and these guys are bland and boring),the world is filled with inconstitencies etc... the most infuriating part though is the fame of this book/anime.a lot of people watching anime for the first time choose SAO first and stop watching anime because of that. thanks gods more famous(and better) things came the years after or half the current anime viewers would not be here

[@teeman7137]

Le Touriste mon premier anime c’est Kill la kill alors...

[@teeman7137]

Le Touriste pourtant je regarde encore pleins d’animes c bizarre non ? XD

[@vertsang5424]

pour moi c'était one piece je crois;) kill la kill sérieusement? le choc culturel devais être assez puissant^^ c'est pas ce qu'il y a de plus facile a regarder

[@linafox9858]

The first ark was the best and focused on Kirito and Asuna, what a coincidence this is apparently a good movie and focuses on Kirito and Asuna as well.

[@TheUltimateNavigator1]

The first arc was shit. Season 1 was pretty bad but 2 was good

[@danielegarotti7884]

True

[@thatguy3549]

Season 1 was better than 2.

[@danielegarotti7884]

@@thatguy3549 true

[@DaveReturnsagain1]

@@TheUltimateNavigator1 Holy Shit some one who agrees with me. Season 1 was very weak, it is rushed, very cheesy and dumb. Plus the relationship between Kirito and Asuna didn't work. Then there is fairy dance do I need to say more. Season 2 actually had 2 great arcs and a filler arc but I actually enjoy season 2. Plus even some guys I knew ended up watching season 2 and enjoying way more then 1. The movie is pretty decent and the first half of Alicization is great. Then War of Underworld though...*shivers* a bleak future awaits the anime only watchers.

[@ukiyo376]

Sword Art Online is Great CHANGE MY MIND.

[@Joltscene]

SAO is awsome

[@manhuc4856]

weird way to spell TRASH

[@blasterfangx1402]

It’s so good

[@natanohxjahsap2528]

SAO is shit, but I love it

[@user-ey8mj4tv2p]

It will always be great for me

[@Kevessi]

I love the show, and the movie... FIGHT ME >:-)

[@endercraft0537]

dude, you cant say that. They'll come for you *angry weeb noises in the distance*

[@Joltscene]

I'll help

[@ball0000]

What? You have an opinion? Hah, don't make me laugh.

[@angelrix2650]

Ur name is A Ball thooo

[@angelrix2650]

Me too and alizization and the underworld and the alternate version I could go on

[@VikSun14618]

I love how no matter how much people hate SAO, they'll still watch the new movie

[@Z3MBlE]

not me. not gonna happen anytime soon, I'd better do harakiri

[@aceotaku]

there's always the hope it'll improve...somehow, and that's why people see if it does...only to be bitterly disappointed its just as shit as always

[@aturazu7599]

Agil is Black...

[@lincolnbeckett8791]

Ok, so it wasn't terrible but it wasn't fantastic either. The fact that this is the best that SAO has done and seems overall very enjoyable definitely makes this film at least worth watching. It is a shame it still has the same flaws the series is known for. Despite that, from what I've heard from both this review and just other peoples response, this film doesn't deserve the hate that the massive cult of people wanting this anime to die have given it. But they probably will since its Sword Art Online. Regardless, I can tell me and a lot of other people are going to enjoy the heck out if this film.

[@TheTrainerBrendan]

Every new thing that SAO does is like a proof of concept. First it was VRMMOs, then it was video game-related therapy, and now they're exploring video games that make full use of Augmented Reality. It's very unrefined because it's usually the first of its kind. Eventually some new anime will come out and always be "better" than SAO.

[@jd7507]

Trainer Brendan Augmented reality was already done (pretty well) in dennou coil, so, sao, not the first one.

[@isntitgreatthatgoogleplusa991]

Trainer Brendan m8 the writer is just pulling shit from recent news events. vrmmo was totally taken from microsofts hololens. just like usual the writer doesnt know how video games work

[@AlcyonEldara]

Go play Everquest or Ragnarok Online before showing that you are a casual gamer from 201X

[@tsunderejesus475]

SAO > Yaoi on ice

[@SoundsOfTheWild3]

Both are very polarizing anime with a lot of fans and haters who like to shit on them.

[@TheRealOtakuEdits]

Tsundere Jesus Why do you care so much that Yaoi on ice won a popularity poll?

[@tsunderejesus475]

OtakuEdits what? I disliked Yaoi on ice much before the awards

[@anegroreviews3349]

OtakuEdits Yeah he did he's subbed to the same niggas I am he felt this way since like the 2nd ep lol

[@tsunderejesus475]

Rodney Paul we meet again

[@brianjanssens8020]

I love SAO. i dont need an amazingly detailed story like Hunter X Hunter. I just simply want to entertain myself. And lets be honest all of you degenerates also keep on binge watching trashy isekai harem anime and SAO is literally the definition of that.

[@user-ey8mj4tv2p]

Are you being sarcastic? Are you praising sao or hating it?

[@flamingcow5916]

*sigh* *looks at SAO PSVITA game cases* *looks at watchtime of SAO* *looks at Sinon figma* *siiiiiiiiiigh* guess I'm gonna have to watch it.

[@SalahudeanTohmeh]

I love the SAO x Working!!! Cameo. Wagnaria

[@JesusXina]

Salahudean Tee SAO shouldn't be associated with Working!!!

[@seekerjay1240]

To be quite honest I am a fan of SAO's 2nd episode. I really like that episode and not much else :p

[@ImJonah]

I’ll never be able to hate SAO cos it got me into anime.

[@animeladka1059]

:)

[@user-ey8mj4tv2p]

i love sao

[@Ferno209]

From the point where they introduced the little girl in season 1, I feel that's where it went down hill for me. Like the 1st half of the season was alright, but then it dipped. At least that is how it felt for me.

[@Pulstar232]

Was it the pacing? If so, it's pretty common I think. To be fair, the novel was originally written around the the same time as Ghost in the Shell, and the writer has learned a lot since then. Maybe give SAO Progressive a shot?

[@lapsedilationdrive3943]

u mean yui? yeah that bitch is fcking annoying. hate her helium pitched voice.she needs to disappear

[@brokenlogic2019]

0:31 discount McDonald's

[@LetsTalkNerd]

Best comment on this whole video.

[@TheWitchMobile]

One of the songs in this video is almost identical to "to the beginning" by kalafina.

[@Jako_22]

Still one of the best anime films (in my opinion) that carries the plot, character development and style from the original series and improves upon it. It hits on all the good beats of SAO and adds to it while skimping out and removing some of the crap.

[@polvocorrupto]

Pokémon GO, what have you done!!!!!!