KIRITO AND ASUNA VS FIRST FLOOR BOSS! | Sword Art Online Episode 2 REACTION

[@livvyb3583]

Kirito realized that they were starting to distrust each other so he takes the blame as the only one who knows the game to keep the peace at the expense of becoming an outcast.

[@Zara-tt7rh]

It makes sense it took so long, people are scared and taking their time to avoid dying. Also different groups fighting for authority. Also Kirito’s drip has been used by many character designs, including “eminence in shadow”.

[@Leuncode]

Especially since they all 10000 are stuck on one floor and have to wait for enemy respawn *and* overlevel with low lvl monsters to get safe - a month is a reasonable time, yeah

[@jdoggivjc]

What’s really interesting is this episode did not originally exist as a part of the web novel/light novel source material. But the anime producers wanted to include the first floor boss fight in the anime, and as a result the author wrote a short story called Aria of a Starless Night. That short story later became canon to the light novel, and ultimately also became the basis for the spin-off Progressive series, which goes into greater detail of what happened in the early floors of SAO.

[@silvervibranium2832]

Asuna is the best. She was very popular when this anime came out. The actress also sings the end song, so its like she's serenading the audience in gratitude for watching each episode. =]

[@harrymillar4193]

Kirito and Asuna were so insanely popular that other creators / companies got pissed off. They basically became THE anime couple, overshadowing plenty of other much more developed couples

[@zandergamer5429]

8:36 I get the confusion but at the same time I find it hilarious that everyone misses what happened there, if Diabel has received enough dmg to die it doesn't matter if he drinks a potion, it's not that he accepted to die and refused the potion, he was already dead

[@xninjabluexTV]

I could be wrong about this, but iIrc potions and crystals worked differently. Potions not only had a long cooldown (and tasted awful), but also had a slow heal-over-time effect, unlike crystals that healed large amounts instantaneously, albeit were much more expensive and only came from higher floor levels. (Crystals debut in the Drop pool for all monsters starting from the 6th Floor. According to Kirito's empirical observations, the drop rate for crystals on the 6th Floor is about 0.01%, increasing tenfold to 0.1% on the 7th Floor. - SAO Progressive) This would explain two reasons why Diabel refused the potion: firstly it would leave Kirito's potion usage on cooldown, and secondly it's likely that the potions heal-over-time wouldn't be potent enough to counter the decaying HP bar/the amount of damage he took from those attacks. It would've been all moot and thus wanted Kirito to save his potion for himself. This would explain why so many different groups were necessary. Having x2 tank groups would allow for rotation. Tank Team 1 would tank the boss and upon reaching low HP, would swap out with Tank Team 2 and retreat to the backlines and use their pots to slowly heal back to full, eventually getting ready to swap back in when Team 2 gets low. I then imagine x2 teams were responsible for DPS at the flanks and the final x2 teams dealt with the Bosses minions.

[@zandergamer5429]

@@xninjabluexTV Exactly it could also be that and as you said it does make sense considering all the info from Progressive and also just using some common sense. I just hate when people believe they're smarter than everyone else for noticing something they think is wrong without taking some time to think if there's a valid reason for that happening

[@SalarianSpectre]

I’m actually impressed at how he read that situation. That’s some good analysis👍

[@Animaja001]

I love your reaction at 10:45 and how you notice details. That switch-up between attacks is the best part of the fight.

[@zaichik4329]

One of the best episodes in the series (in my opinion)

[@arturbc677]

Agreed!

[@kero292]

And then SAO Progressive made it better

[@ainzgaming581]

I think, ep 3 more better..better in other way...lol

[@mdhamim7552]

Easily

[@Michagod-qc4zn]

Cough cough episode 10 cough cough

[@vanshdeepsharma]

Sao surprisingly has a special place in my heart❤

[@elioalbertopereyra4702]

To summarize: -Diabel , in a simple term, got himself OVERKILL'd , hence why potions wouldnt do anything for him basically. (Think of Earthbound hp mechanisn + Deltarune's negative HP) -Kirito played it off as the "villain" to take the whole blame himself, and off any other beta. It techbically plays in his favor considering he doesnt like to party much right now, so he goes Solo from here on. Lookin forward to more rractions from ya! Really enjoying it ^^

[@drummerxl5861]

the way he complaint about him not drink the potion reminded me of the old gigguk sao parodie xD

[@kudanez2085]

"oh god, i'm dying" "drink the potion" "this is it, i can tell this is the end" "DRINK the god damn potion" "just tell my family i love them" "WILL YOU JUST DRINK THE POTION ALREADY?!" "bleh" "WHY DIDN'T YOU DRINK THE POTION?!" 🤣

[@gbemilekeitabiyi2280]

I try to avoid those cus they tend to mistake not paying attention to details to things not making sense. The Diabel Potion bit is a major example.

[@crow6193]

Kirito and Asuna actually met before. They briefly met in the tower one day, before the meeting.

[@rainofkittens]

I'm super late, but I'm glad you caught what Kirito did with taking the blame. I just want to give a little more context from the manga that is never covered in the anime. Just before the boss battle, Kirito had a conversation with an info broker (trades for info). A lot of things had changed in the game as compared to the beta. Beta testers were giving out as much info as they could, but some of it turned out to be wrong, resulting in unfortunate deaths. Kirito and many other beta testers knew if their info on the boss turned out to be wrong and resulted in deaths cause of it, the backlash would have been devastating.

[@ImPersonNation]

To be as accurate as possible, the information they had wasn't 'wrong', it was just 'outdated' by a definition

[@yaminoyomi9914]

I watched the Abridged series so many time, its kinda weird to look back at the original. Still good! Way to go Tiff!

[@Toast1215]

Best character Tiffany

[@mango-float]

I love the abridged so much

[@BonitoIncognito]

Seeing this boss fight again, 10 years later in movie quality and in actual cinema was a once in a life time experience for me. Be sure to watch the Progressive movies after you finish the show

[@Xorrizon]

He is known by many names: Mountain Slayer, Thunder Lion, The Chocolate Axe. But you? You may call him ... Tiffany!

[@still_wotaku]

If you know how people in coma can be alive despite not eating, because they lay consciousnless, you must know why players are still alive, also it mentioned in anime, too

[@shirou_white]

Non-spoiler funfact, most of the two thousand players that died where beta-testers becaused like in the boss-raid, they got suprised by the changes made compared to the beta...

[@humanoidfrog4645]

Oh really?

[@saskara6641]

​@@humanoidfrog4645 well it make sense,, since beta tester know the location so probably they went like racing (ab who is getting last attack first) but they didnt know when there's something different from beta test

[@humanoidfrog4645]

@@saskara6641 yeah okay but i wouldn't think they'd die because of some small changes in normal monsters. That was a boss monster not a normal one.

[@faithnfire4769]

@@humanoidfrog4645 All it takes is one overleveled enemy, think how many tries speedrunners take to get good times in games like dark souls even as good as they are. You push it with bad equipment and poor levels, bam dead, no respawn. All of a sudden a monster you've killed a hundred times pulls out a new move before you realized that was a thing. No one's on forums or really talking to each other yet, so many of them wouldn't find out until its too late. The average antisocial, overconfident loaner probably died unless they were Kirito levels of skill. He also rolled the dice and got lucky

[@Arda_official_]

It feels like we are watching the anime from future

[@joec2078]

So just as the first episode didn't adapt a major character development moment from the LN, a major character development for Asuna was left out in episode 2. Asuna showing up at that meeting was the first time she went out in the world in a meaningful way since getting trapped. For the first month she fell into despair, only going out to kill the same weakest mob to get the funds to pay for the inn and food. She contemplated suicide multiple times. Then, after a month, she finally stops feeling sorry for herself and takes the first step in doing something about her situation. The first step being attending that meeting. She is a complete noob to such games (strict upbringing) which is why she didn't know about names next to the health bars. The Progressive series changes her situation up a little from how it was described in the LN.

[@lectro_legendary_electroni1852]

2:46 I go by many names. Mountain slayer, thunder lion, the chocolate ax. But you, you can call me ... Tiffany

[@luigimanzelli3786]

this episode sets the standards, great animation, great fight and the Swordland playing in the back.

[@aristarrygamer]

Sword Art online it in my top 10 favorite anime shows I love. Also, you will find out how they are surviving in the real world in future episodes.

[@0neleft69]

I still think that SAO Alicization is one of the best things ever happened to the anime (and already waiting to see your reaction to it))

[@irizarry801]

Some missing context under the terms of "fair use". 04:26 "Hunger was a need that many players thought of as strange. Although they didn’t really want to imagine what was happening to their bodies in the real world, it was most probable that we were being force fed nutrients somehow. That meant that the emptiness we felt here had nothing to do with our real bodies. But if we bought some virtual bread or meat in the game and ate it, the emptiness disappeared and we felt full. There was no way to find out how this strange mechanism worked, short of asking a professional in the field of neurology. So the opposite was true too; the hunger didn’t disappear unless we ate something. We most probably wouldn’t die if we starved, but the fact that it’s a need that’s hard to ignore doesn’t change. So the players visited the restaurants that the NPCs ran daily and ate some food there, at least data-wise."

[@ImPersonNation]

No one knew Diabel was a beta tester except for Kirito as he was dying, because he outright told him.

[@UMadUCauseBad]

Lol I don't think I've seen ANYONE react differently to Diabel dying hahahha "JUST DRINK THE DAMN POTION!"

[@sauyiro5429]

Damn, just remember when the SAO app came out for the phone....😢 I missed it

[@Lordmaster316]

their real bodies is moved to the hospitals since NerveGear have its own battery.. the power outlet connecting to the house oof the person can be remove then put it back again in the hospital so the battery won't die

[@syahrezfr]

Glad they both meet each other. Thanks for the reaction, keep it up!

[@KazeKyoshuke]

the nostalgia is crazyy

[@sekage_2854]

You asked many questions at the end, and you will got answers in the future episodes! Everything makes sense 😂 Love the moment when Kirito puts on his iconic cape ✨

[@zombieape6177]

Ive gotta say you coming into this with nothing but the intro great deduction on this ep. 😂😂 and ima watch the rest of your reacts ❤

[@Kulanae]

Diabel didn't take the potion out of selflessness. They still had to kill the boss and he felt bad that he tried to get the bonus item for the final strike and didn't listen to Kirito's advice, so he declined the potion hoping that it might save them so they could defeat the boss.

[@Kayleenv18]

The start of Kirito and Asuna~ First party up for them!!! It is sad Kirito took on all the hate, but I can’t wait to see how you enjoy this series

[@dark_fusion1288]

As much as I like SAO, I’ve watched way too many parodies of it to take it seriously. But it’s fun rewatching it again.

[@humanoidfrog4645]

Name one lmao

[@Solartile]

@@humanoidfrog4645 sao abridged

[@gbemilekeitabiyi2280]

@@Solartile Stopped watching that when it went from just being an abridged to making a mockery of the original.

[@humanoidfrog4645]

@@Solartile that one was good until a certain point i just stopped watching it

[@humanoidfrog4645]

@@gbemilekeitabiyi2280 Exactlty!! Stopped watching them altogether tbh

[@btrainmines-ey9xb]

A buckler is a round shield usually made out of copper or iron

[@Iosaef]

the sus look from diavel isn't explained in the anime, but in the novels, especially the updated progressive series it's explained that diavel has been anonomously trying to buy Kirito's sword through Argo (a character that the anime skips over, we later see her in episode 3 and her newspaper, Argo is also the one who created and distributed the guides made by the beta testers)

[@kipihamazaki9207]

all the people that are still in the game are curently in hospitals in the real world being kept alive since the nerv gear has a battery they un pluged them and transported them all to hospitals and plugged them back in

[@ZeeJBC]

8:22 Maybe healing potions don’t work when your HP reaches 0.

[@J.ayyprod]

the way I always thought about why he didn't take the potion was because, "I get this hurt on the lowest boss I'll never clear this game." I always thought he just gave up instead of suffering through the entire game.

[@knight_Blazer]

neel defination: i can smack you for no reason but you can't smack me because smacking someone for no reason is a bad thing

[@NeelDesai]

Finally someone understands.

[@omoshiro4002]

This is my most favorite anime! Although I have watched about 550 anime at the moment, but it will always remain in the first place!

[@kabilanmuthukumar2839]

Sword art online is one of my favourite animes, i love it ❤️❤️❤️.

[@alphaismywife6518]

Asuna is one of the best waifus in anime history. Easily my top 10

[@KiriBal04]

this episode you can look in asuna POV in movie 1 progressive

[@Osiris.69]

Ayo Neel!! These SAO, SDS and Slime reactions makes me feel like it's my birthday everyday man❤❤❤

[@btrainmines-ey9xb]

The answers to your questions will be answered in the show later on

[@andrewhale4737]

They all are in the hospital being cared for and I think there is a time difference between the game and real world.

[@ayahitoooooooooooooooooooo7489]

wait what my fav reaction youtuber reacting to my fav anime??? Gonna watch every single react.

[@mannyman5026]

Their real bodies were taken to a hospital. And because of the battery life on the helmet they stayed connected till they got there and were reconnected

[@mrlimbo6618]

Many beta testers survived, and in order to protect them from being hatred by other players, Kirito took on this hatred of the players towards beta testers. All knowledge beta-testers about this game, all this information they wrote in the book for newbie, for more players to survive and be better and stronger.

[@Abcde-life]

SAO the best anime 😂😂

[@idkwutnam3]

Oh $h!t, u gonna trigger a lot of dudes

[@rahulmathew6396]

It's overhated but actually Alicization was good but saying it's the best well I've seen better anime

[@TheYoungMindz]

No it's not, and I'm a big fan of SAO. A lot can be improved tho.

[@rf7182]

Sao arc and Alicization arc are awesome but rest are "just good"

[@nestormartinez3216]

The best abridge series maybe

[@lix1135]

Bro I completely forgot that Egils name isnt actually Tiffany

[@mdhamim7552]

The first ever introduction time of the best girl or wifu Asuna 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍

[@Y0sh1no5am]

Buckler is like a litlte round shield with a buckle in the middle. Pretty common in medieval war fare. Its easier to carry and u can like hang it on ur belt.

[@zanwarzanuar8928]

The beginning of our mc, the black swordman as a solo player

[@Tsukiy0mi_moongod]

I think blue haired guy felt guilty for trying to steal the loot

[@samuelchensantoso9677]

Yoo, You upload fast bro, Cant wait for the next

[@julianqualman63]

You of the best couples in anime strikes again!

[@GossgamingGG]

SAO reactions = Sub for me. Yes this series is GOATED. Everyone hates on the second half of s1 but dont let it deter you. Its all good imo.

[@i.joe_0417]

Your reaction was to real bro😂, i like your reaction

[@TheKartek60]

One of my top 5 anime so far with One Piece, Fairy Tail and my Hero Academia :p

[@Peera999]

KEEP GOING YOUR REACTION IS GOOD TO ME

[@lorenzrafaelpitogo6433]

The Black Swordsman - POH

[@angelsambition2179]

It’s funny watching this episode after watching the 2nd progressive movie last night

[@red_streak]

This reaction is exceeding my expectations

[@silvy925]

Asuna is here you'll love her

[@btrainmines-ey9xb]

Kirito is making himself the bad guy so everyone will still trust eachother

[@Lightning32X]

Glad you are enjoying!

[@Hydrox]

I would recommend to watch Sword art online Progressive after this episode cuz that is the same as this 2 episode just different perspective.

[@Its_Magi]

Now that I think about it, it's kind of stupid how they hated the beta testers when in fact, if anyone could beat the 100th level boss, everyone could be saved. lol

[@zeroo848]

the healing potion would do anything to save him

[@gunturhikmawan1584]

Cant wait reaction on eps 4

[@yagamilai4571]

They explained in other episodes That at one time a lot of players lost consciousness That’s when the government move them to private hospitals

[@eliskahorackova2623]

All the players were transfered to the hospital don't worry. It will be mentioned in the future episodes. 🙂

[@pdcnugz9462]

The black guy doesn’t die in this movie 🤣

[@madszn]

The nostalgia is crazy

[@milanmouatt-sanft8884]

Yooo! 1st, love you man!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sawa1698]

Waiting for Alicization 🎉

[@nellpedrizf.belejerdo1966]

That would be a long time

[@TRGha770]

waiting for Abridged

[@renaudnadeau]

A lot of questions that you come up with will be answered by the show later. Just gotta wait for them.

[@nopenope4082]

i think Diabel got lethal damage that can't be healed, so he refuse the potion

[@Lithane97]

If it was a joke, their families would have taken all their headsets off, and they would have gotten out. If they're still in after months, then it's not a joke lol. You'll get to see more of the real-world stuff that's happening.

[@ricardojones1000]

I agree that one guy I don't like either who blames everyone. It's baby's 1st game haha who called Kirito a beater. But Kirito kept the peace to prevent people from fighting each other and be a outcast.

[@funtastic9401]

Their real body are at for 2 years until the game finish

[@ryuseiyosei]

Did your ep1 vid get pulled down? I cant find it

[@Its_Magi]

Did you know? Kirito is actually Inosuke.

[@aireenn9888]

Sao is the best anime for me 😘

[@renaudnadeau]

Neel gonna learn real quick that this isn't a Shonen.

[@eizy1010]

I don't get why SAO have more haters than fans.

[@mathmols8835]

Mostly because after season 1, it became more and more bad and in the end feels more like a harem show than anything else

[@misakamikoto48]

I guess -just them riding the hate chain. Some didn't even watch the anime just want to join on the trend. Its not only on SAO but to other anime also.

[@eizy1010]

@@mathmols8835 I have no issue at all tho...for me ,every season are pretty good except about one certain person make me sick.

[@TRGha770]

after the 3rd episode , kirito becomes a flawless MC with so much Plotarmor. People like Alicization because it actually makes Kirito depressed and yeah.

[@eizy1010]

@@misakamikoto48 Very true.... Especially these days generations....mostly of them depending too much on Animation obviously....if it doesn't reach what they want or expected,things will get messed up again by their complaint & argument

[@RoqueTSK]

This was such an amazing anime.... it's one of my favorite. Even though it became a bit meh after season 3, to me it's still one of the best.

[@Cyneel]

Everyone complaining! Kirito: Skill issue?

[@Iosaef]

His name is Agil, subs are weird, it's an abreviation of his irl name that we will see later.

[@Reymax164]

I can't think a comment, I'll just say to the comment people a trivia… I think…? If im not mistaken, Aria was written and supposed to be ep.2, but it was so long for an episode that it was changed a bit. Kirito and Asuna wasn't supposed to part away here. But because of the timeframe of Asuna's introduction in volume one… I think it's better for the anime to make them part away here 🗿 Edit: Diabell's HP did reach 0, how could they talk…? Idk… ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@TRGha770]

? isnt progressive just a remaster version of the story as the author didnt know how to write when first creating the LN.?

[@Reymax164]

​​​@@TRGha770 Aria was written before Reki started Progressive. Also, the reason why the volume 1 is rushed is because it was an entry in a contest and have some rules and limits.

[@Sawa1698]

Love ur profile pic, Aiii🫡

[@Leuncode]

Diavel could talk because his death animation was not interrupted. First the hp bar animation to display his hps (him knowing it will display 0 in the end is reason he didn't waste time taking the potion), then actual death animation of slow disintegration.

[@Reymax164]

@@Leuncode ohhh… good point.

[@mohamednasser5826]

The ost in this anime are amazing man ❤

[@diogoriskalla5774]

Drink the goddamn potion!

[@justin_g6187]

Im late to the party and you may have already been told this, but in case you start to dislike this show as the plot goes on, please dont stop your SAO journey. It picks up . In my opinion it was never bad. Great actually. And it still picked up nevertheless. Speaks for how awesome SAO is :)

[@neo-fx8qd]

Please watch the progressive movies after season 1, they are like remakes with added as well as changed scenes, it makes parts like these even better imo

[@cjbalata]

got to ask how there no DC or lost of inernet so more don't die? but all the one still on line got move befor the batt run out and are hard line to a main hub to still be on line or hook up for life power & net to the server?

[@razependragon7472]

Thx for the reaction