Honest Review Of Sword Art Online II (Phantom Bullet Arc)

[@albiflora]

I relate with Sinon not because I have PTSD but because I too love blasting off people's head with a Hecate.

[@Tingleton11]

same bro same

[@LocalSionSimp]

Kirito: Hey shirou how do you deal with so many girls in your harem. Shirou: Easy, multiple timeline for each girl. Kirito: Woah

[@rishirajchoudhuri6457]

shirou - unlimited waifu works kirito - harem art online

[@abmlegend7044]

Shiki tono : intresting

[@molduga]

SAO isn’t a harem

[@help.i.have.4.morale]

"SAO isn't a harem." I never thought I'd see that sentence.

[@ElderBaguette]

@@help.i.have.4.morale Yes it isn't, Asuna and Kirito are already dating and established boyfriend and girlfriend, the other girls are simply "love interests" and they already know Asuna and Kirito are dating, so they don't do anything to block their relationship, they just simply have a crush on him now.

[@danielgrezda3339]

This arc present's why I think SAO can live forever: The setting and characters can be changed whenever they feel like it. The writing can flounder between good and abysmal, but thanks to the VR gimmick they can move on to a new idea (and screw it up). Sword fighting old? Let's go on to fairies. Everyone hated that? Guns. They can change the whole setting and characters in a minute and that is the one thing I think SAO has over every other show. They can fail and try again.

[@giza_5622]

You knoow the fun part? After Alicization arc ALO basically stopped existing

[@huiru04official]

@@giza_5622 🤣🤣

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

China has a lot of series that are like this in that way one seasons its normal school bullies then its the demon realms then its something else then its a cooking episode because why the fuk not

[@danielgrezda3339]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 Know any good Chinese ONA series? I have wanted to get into them, but whenever I hit episode 1 on one of the series, I just see barely watchable animation and no interesting story.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

@@danielgrezda3339 well what did you watch to have you say they all sucked with no worth?

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

Believe it or not, back in the day, it was ok to like this season

[@massa04.5]

Good old days

[@FormerEmiliaBestWifi]

Honestly waiting for your Alicization review. It's easily the best arc so far no matter what haters say about it. Well written character, immersive world building, sick villains with reasonable motivations, Kirito not being OP (at least not like the previous arcs), Kirito actually gets a male friend and it has freaking 47 episodes with a 47 minutes episode 1

[@robbieaulia6462]

Although I enjoy SAO and has watched all of SAO, I still have to say that the characters in Alicization is relatively good for SAO. It's mostly just an ok character writing.

[@kazuto9464]

hes gonna have to do ordinal scale first

[@trungvu8957]

Its the best yet, but the best for sao ids just an ok.

[@FormerEmiliaBestWifi]

@@trungvu8957 not only best of SAO, it was very comparable with other good shows unlike the completely bad season one. It's not an ok by any mean

[@Loner-pf4ox9vk6s]

"Kirito not being OP" also Kirito *Makes the entire universe shook just a swing by his sword*

[@Rinoru]

What i love about this arc is the fact that the side conflict that happens cause by real problem, money get involved. Not like previous arc just bunch of people role playing.

[@PerpetualIyTired]

Exactly

[@GC-Shadow1327]

No contest, this was the best arc. I never knew how much I needed a Best Girl Kirito until then, and unpopular opinion; so glad Asuna was reduced to background figure in favor of Sinon!

[@Spiritwonder420]

You think this was the best ark I guess you like slow boring ass pacing with generic sniper girl that's not even close to asuna

[@detectivepancakes3095]

Ah SAO, the only show where if you are a guy, you are either Kirito, a r******, or those 2 guys Kirito occasionally hangs out in a bar with (god I wish the show was about Klien and Andrew)

[@massa04.5]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but sinon is the most well written character in the whole series

[@FormerEmiliaBestWifi]

The most well written characters are Eugeo and Alice duh, and most Alicization characters were extremely well written even side characters

[@robbieaulia6462]

​@@FormerEmiliaBestWifi I disagree. Besides progressive, all of SAO is trash. I still enjoy it though cause I watched every single episode but trash non the less. And screw you, Sinon best girl.

[@littleman8061]

@@FormerEmiliaBestWifi Sure but the antagonists were so fucking stupid in that one. Like they can’t kill but they can rape??? How tf

[@FormerEmiliaBestWifi]

@@littleman8061 what do you mean can’t kill but can rape? The villain is crazy not stupid also I don’t remember a villain that can’t kill but can rape

[@edwardevans1498]

@@FormerEmiliaBestWifi Why did Eugeo went for the admin pussy tho?

[@maple7571]

"since he lost one saber he decides to get a new one"

[@umbralumbreon7380]

Meanwhile, with Takeuchi (the Saberface guy): “Hmmmmmm how can I make more versions of Saber…….”

[@detectivepancakes3095]

Kirito clearly read the Astolpho for beginners handbook because he learned the important lesson that sometimes, it takes a true man to become best girl,

[@paocut9018]

Fun fact, it's they'r both animated by the same studio. Guess they have experience in turning alpha males into best girls

[@detectivepancakes3095]

@@paocut9018 Clearly

[@sjoepster1214]

It went from swords, to a magical world... And now it's Call Of Duty. I bet they'll be in space next time. Amazing review as always, keep it up man!

[@paocut9018]

Next time it'll maybe be a game like EVA online?

[@vishhii_00]

They actually go in space 😂(in vr ofc )

[@JDerpyDoesStuff]

U missed A LOT if this is as far as u got

[@vishhii_00]

@@JDerpyDoesStuff but the pacing is just too slow...of the recent ln except for progressive

[@carlosjuniorbrandao78]

You were probably joking, but Kirito literally went to another planet with not Eugeo on the current arc, Unital Ring!

[@ervinkellyroc5649]

I like how no matter how honest and critical we are about the show's imperfections If we enjoy it, we enjoy it. Great review as always. PS: KIRITO WILL ALWAYS BE COOL. Because he is just... sooo... COOL...

[@Adrian-ut4ij]

Unfortunately fortunately if u love Phantom Bullet arc u actually have good taste cuz its the only thing worth it other than Mother's Rosario in season 2 👍

[@brave_blue]

So basically you mean 90% of season 2? Because, you know, Season 2 is just Phantom Bullet and Mother's Rosario with the Calibur arc being only 3 episodes of the entire season.

[@OmriHorvatt]

Alizication was awesome

[@dimitrimcintosh8858]

S2 is literally the worst season out the series

[@ygtyrell8965]

@@dimitrimcintosh8858 that’s cap

[@gameplaymasterproduction549]

@@dimitrimcintosh8858 better than Season 1

[@salvadortoscano2534]

"What was he trying to steal, a box of fidget spinners?!" This got me xD Keep up the good work, dude :)

[@LunarEquinox]

Thanks!

[@otttimon5654]

”Detective Kirito, Aincrad PD” a quote from SAO Abridged

[@darienschnucker7354]

Yea female Kirito was optical superior to his own Harem, which is surprisingly often the case with Harem Protagonist when turned in to Girl Rito Yuki for example Ranma 1/2 Kampfer, u.s.w

[@otimo144]

How Kirito survived the injection was like the Adam West joke about having a penny sized spot on his body that was completely bullet proof lol

[@sparemobius7430]

The stat conversion is actually explained, the seed thing Kirito got, was basically used as the base for many games after SAO, so think lazy programmers jacking code and forget to clear the part that reads your stats, so anything that used that seed reads the stats still, so all the games he dives in at this point have been a part of this and thus, can move stats from one to another. Im not quite sure how that makes sense though honestly, youd think different server = different data pulls, but maybe its a weird brain thing, given we know the eventual future of where all the tech in the series leads, Accel World, who knows really, but it works for the world setup.

[@legendary4k]

1. Why can you convert stats? Because the Virtual worlds are connected through the seed so converting your character over to another game born from the seed is an actual setting. The downside is that you lose all your items. 2. Why were they allowed to team up? Because it's a battle Royale, you're free to team up with other players or go solo depending on your connections. 3. How was Kirito able to win? Because he converted his character (which he spent a lot of time building up) and because he was using a sword which he has years of experience with. He was struggling during the first few matches because he wasn't fully used to playing GGO. What would've been absurd will be Kirito soloing everyone while using a gun 4. For someone who spent 3 years fighting in a game with the fear of death over his head, the players of GGO might as well be noobs/amateurs. SAO survivors will be far stronger than people who just grind for fun and money. SAO can be seen as White Room Training (COTE) or lost incident training (Yu-Gi-Oh vrains) for gamers. 5. It's not that first sniper shots are impossible to detect. The game doesn't show the bullet lines for the sniper's first shot. Most players rely on the bullet lines for predicting the trajectory of the bullet to dodge or avoid.

[@CodeTetsu]

Yeah he kinda has a reason to be OP now which is a bit boring for conflicts but isn’t a plot hole

[@mysmallnoman]

You're arguing with someone who was reviewing the series in a bad Faith because he's a clown

[@TheAric95]

Here in Japan the Japan Postal Office is also one of the biggest banks in the country called "JP Bank". But yeah, she would be a a hero in the mother land: "MURICA!"

[@jajathenewking6131]

This definitely my favorite ark I have no shame

[@Nikolai2i]

Waiting for Alicization review. Compared to SAO it’s pretty good 😅 I think that in the light novels in general Kirito is more vulnerable. I think that the anime cut corners when it came to Kirito’s characterization 😞

[@janayppatel]

The JUST SO COOL counter is still going!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelredford5389]

The little girl thanking Sinon and her reaction always hits me right in the heart. 😅

[@omegaphoenix7085]

This is my first season of sword art line that I watch I think you made it better for my expensive watching it I also love the first season I can’t wait for you to review it

[@kirito71713]

BECAUSE HE'S JUST SO COOL

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

"13 year old me watching it" Yeah...I was almost 30. Stop reminding me of how old I'm getting!! 😭🤣

[@BlindRight]

I only like this season cuz the concept of GGO is so cool lmao

[@Red_w]

Best male in sao: kirito Best character in sao: kirito Best female in sao: kirito Strongest character in sao: kirito Most kirito character in sao: kirito

[@Maximumhater8599]

And THIS is why we can't have nice things,Barry. ~butler from archer

[@vishhii_00]

Also do a mother's Rosario arc review which after phantom bullet.. It's a good arc 😁

[@Xtian6201]

"While you may be thinking, "Why dont they just ask the admins of the game about Death gun." Weeelll becuase they are Americans." Equinox 2022

[@user-binzero]

One of the few reasons I like this apart is that Kirito has a light saber and it was cool.😂

[@kouzeron3287]

Is there anything Kirito cannot do?!

[@robbieaulia6462]

Yes, and that is loosing cause goddamn Kirito has so much plot armor that he should be the thickest character in all of SAO.

[@Black_Konoha]

Save Eugeo

[@kouzeron3287]

@@Black_Konoha Oh yeah! That's right! It was Kirito's biggest regret, letting our best boy, his friend/rival, die in a video game....since Sachi... remember her?!! 🤣 Great answer! You deserve a medal! 😁 As for me, you get a like! 👍

[@Chadnic34]

@@Black_Konoha 😢 why man you have to says that

[@kacperthegamer4556]

Be a well written character for example

[@HelenaSan425]

Sinon is best girl~ 😘

[@shadowlord1017]

Yes

[@dimitrimcintosh8858]

Get better tastes

[@robbieaulia6462]

​@@dimitrimcintosh8858 having trash taste means you enjoy more things, so if anything it's a blessing.

[@agentbanana0766]

you will do the gun gale spin off of LLENN?

[@catstelth8911]

SAO in a nutshell…. Leave your answer down below

[@Ultimate0Phantasm]

Never touch grass online.

[@tenohira5424]

collecting waifu online

[@molduga]

@@tenohira5424 SAO isn’t a harem

[@zanderandrus7074]

@molduga wrong.

[@adnanhammaoui6814]

I love how his 'so cool counter' is still counting from other videos

[@paan4261]

I love this arc because of my fav in FPS game

[@thomasphiri1859]

So...we're not talking about Mother's Rosario? Ok then.

[@originalShea550]

Do Skeleton knight in another world!!!!! Also hopefully your next video will be the Alicization arc (my personal favorite.) ALICE ZUBERD BEST GIRL!! WOOOOO!!!!! BLONDE GIRLS IN HEAVY ARMOR BEST GENDER WOOO!!!!!!

[@TypeSasaki]

literally best season cuz of Sinon

[@dimitrimcintosh8858]

Sinon is a dumb edgylord with a gun phobia That was cured because Jesus kun collect waifu like it's Pokémon She's generic af and overrated

[@PerpetualIyTired]

Idc what others say this is the best arc

[@bearpubgmobile5970]

why there was light at the bottom?

[@vladimircaelum7465]

With Kirito claiming the position of the best girl of this season, does s/he now classify as 'Object'?

[@robbieaulia6462]

Objectively speaking, Kirito is just a piece of data on a computer that is being broadcasted world wide, or an action figure, or a drawing on a paper. So Kirito is and always has been an object.

[@Chadnic34]

@@robbieaulia6462 😮 what I was always was human

[@Villanuevac4]

As a gun guy, I really wish I could play GGO irl

[@titanlegends5646]

Can't wait for GGO Alternative... right guys? Guys? Also he's on vacay, It's time to begin the ritual to bring back Outro Lunar...

[@LunarEquinox]

No ritual can revive him

[@Cody-5501]

You can convert stats because they all run on the same program (I would say engine but the seed package is much more interconnected than a simple engine) and nobody cared enough to try to figure out why

[@arianramadanov_s1teknikele418]

The OP still banger.

[@joshuaduagan2560]

Spawn killing CHINA got me there 🤣🤣

[@jvts8916]

You can really tell the source material was written before knowledge of programming was commonplace. It's a plot point that your stats can carry over because games share a source code when the only time I've seen something like that happen was when I saw people transferring their progress in SMT Nocturne Maniax to SMT Nocturne Maniax Chronicle (and while I was surprised it could be done, it's lessened by the fact that it's the same game but replacing DMC2!Dante with Raidou Kuzonoha and fixing some bugs). As for GGO, it's been visited a surprising amount of times for a game that is so different to SAO, Alfheim and even Underworld. It's to the point that an entire spin-off series was made just for Gun Gale.

[@evankrueger7321]

god these videos speak to my soul. LET ME LOVE IT IDC THAT ITS FLAWED

[@inohalajian4151]

Can tell if you're mock my favorite anime or not 😂lol still good content i love this guys content lol well if you look into some scenes don't male sense lol

[@martind5653]

Can't wait for GGO II tbh.

[@armansoni9405]

I think this ark is not that good but still enjoy your video, keep up the good work

[@KingdomCloudStrife]

For me the entirity of season 2 was better than season 1. Sinon is an organic character who has actual development and best girl to actually relate with Kirito. I'm glad the harem vibe sorta slowed down this time around.

[@janniegurl05]

I never considered that my Americanness is the reason why I was so confused that the FL was being bullied for shooting a robber. 😅

[@Chadnic34]

I’m a Jedi I have force

[@PsychoEkan]

you forgot "and kids with guns" in the, what we love in america, section.

[@You-lp4vr]

Lunar just wants a gamer girl ngl

[@LunarEquinox]

I would settle for just a girl at this point 😂💀

[@You-lp4vr]

@@LunarEquinox B-but you're so hot

[@legendary4k]

Sword Art Online is the best anime❤️

[@arivald6677]

Ok SAO goes like that s1 part 1 - terrible but enjoyable s1 part 2 - terrible s2 part 1 - terrible but fun and with guns - YOU ARE HERE s2 part 2 - terrible s3 part 1 - terrible but this time with good male side character and naked villain women... so still enjoyable

[@IAMHERE-vy6sx]

Is good and that

[@molduga]

And why do you think it’s terrible (spoiler: you probably didn’t really watch and understand it

[@Ventom0303]

The soundtrack is more of a remix

[@realdragon]

Can't they ban people in games? Is it illegal to ban someone or something?

[@martinicc67]

Post offices actually have a good sum of money in cash, especially in Japan

[@jaydubFGO]

The Asmongold joke got me

[@LunarEquinox]

I am glad it got someone because I was so incredibly close to cutting that joke

[@Levo2007GN]

In japan post offices are not a joke

[@That1AsianKido]

Review data a live? Season 1-4?

[@bhamey1785]

Now for you to review a better gun anime : Gun Gale online

[@bonnie_158]

It wouldn’t be SAO without kirito being the at the centre of it all

[@ygtyrell8965]

I mean he’s comatose for most of war of under world

[@robbieaulia6462]

​@@ygtyrell8965 let Kirito has his existencial crisis moment, not everyone can bare being so cool y'know. I can only imagine how high the Kirito is so cool counter is at that point

[@Bloodshade]

8:30 tier listing *her*

[@paocut9018]

The phantom bullet arc is where I dropped SAO. I loved the first arc, the second was enjoyable but I found this one to be awful. I literally forced myself to watch it because people where telling me that Alicisation was really good and then I dropped it at the tournament fight between Kirito and the girl where she cried non stop. I just couldn't make it farther. I really hated this arc and I had to skip it in order to make myself continue to watch the show, but I'm not gona hate on anyone who liked it. I found it terrible but if you liked it then good cause you found something you had fun watching. So just give it that "8.1 where's my tsundere" rating already.

[@mrgopnik5964]

“Spawn killing?” “China.” 😂

[@obbi5038]

This is the best Sao had to offer until Alicization.

[@sirrealgaming6913]

"maybe don't have people put their home adresses into a game" **Meanwhile at Blizzard**

[@sinfinite7516]

Ahh my favorite SAO arc

[@trytobanme9332]

Post office actually is good target. Every one of those papers from post office (forgor the name 💀) is worth 1k +- so yeah

[@sheogorath6804]

Bonds you can rob Government Bonds from the post office

[@deadline6149]

the whole premise of this arc is the reason why it should never exist, just do aincrad > alicization. I don t even care abt sinon no existing honestly.

[@michaelredford5389]

I don't think it's too outlandish for them to be close to each other... isn't nearly half (just a random guess, but it's a lot) of Japan's population in Tokyo?

[@sentialt-p8x]

i liked how it explored the possibility of shooting somone from inside a game then wne ton to show us that its impossible but how everything was carried out wasnt interesting especcially with the anoying aaime trope.

[@NotAsHumane]

I only like this season because of Sinon And it's pretty obvious who I like

[@sithmaster4305]

as someone who never watched SAO i went in watching this on toonami for the first time and thought it was ok...until the end of the arc where it just collapsed on itself.

[@michaelredford5389]

Question for any SAO lore nerds: I know ALO has Bows+Arrows but did SAO have the and I just don't remember seeing any (or maybe they were very rare?)

[@L0Nii210]

From what I remember SAO had no ranged weapons. Which in hindsight, is kinda dumb since some of the bosses on the higher floors could fly.

[@nal7715]

Beyond a few rare instances like throwing picks and chakrams there aren't any. The whole point along with not having magic was to force you into close action because you were the avatar.

[@mysmallnoman]

​@@L0Nii210it's literally called " SWORD art online "

[@L0Nii210]

@@mysmallnoman Yea true but from a gameplay standpoint its a little goofy that there are bosses that are always flying and no means to counter them without being the protagonist LMAO

[@mysmallnoman]

@@L0Nii210 because it's meant to be super dangerous Kayaba didn't make SAO to be a " marketable " game, he made it into his own dream

[@DerHellsinger]

Death Gun was the best SAO antagonist.

[@randomign938]

when World's End Harem review ?

[@LunarEquinox]

when the world ends

[@randomign938]

@@LunarEquinox what about overflow ?

[@dragonyyy]

I still like sinon the most

[@VixYW]

Please just don't score Mother Rosario together with the Excalibur arc. The best arc deserves better than to be combinde with the worst one.

[@molduga]

Neither are even arcs, just side stories

[@VixYW]

@@molduga Maybe for Excalibur, but not Mother Rosario. The whole Medicuboid thing (I think that was the name of it) is really important for Alicization that comes after. Just as much as Death Gun in Phantom Bullet.

[@pokeleomon]

No i missed the video 😢

[@HectorCotto97]

I personally think this arc in particular is a great example of bad writing. The girl who has PTSD because of a traumatic incident in her childhood suddenly started to improve mentally when Jesus-kun appeared in her life and upset her? Even though her creep of a friend supposedly was helping her through her trauma for a presumably fair amount of time and yet being in Kirito's presence worked just as good as therapy? Not to mention how weird it feels that Sinon fell for a guy she had barely knew and not with the guy who has been a shoulder she could lean on for who knows how long and has (at least superficially) been a supportive friend to her? Does that sound right? Not to mention Sinon pulled a Suguha and completely ignored the feelings of her close friend and instead chose to prioritize a complete stranger who they barely knew. (This applies more to Sinon since Suguha at least DID have a connection with Kirito, she just didn't know it at the time) And in the case of Sinon specifically she chose a stupidly named tournament over her close friend which no matter how you look at it, it was kinda an a$$hole move on her part as well.

[@anime_weeb436]

The Phantom Bullet arc is my favorite arc in SAO. I don't care what anyone thinks! SAO is forever my favorite Anime ⚔ ❤

[@nashonal7gamer290]

'A few inches later' 😂😂 Ayoo you are out of line but keep at it🙌🏿

[@AlpacaLover69]

I mean Kirito is so cool AND Kirito is best girl how better could he get??

[@MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p]

"Any guy who isn't Kirito is a bad guy" - well yeah, that was exactly my impression - at least if we cross out the background "buddy" characters like Klein (who weren't really present). And not just "bad" as in selfish, mean, a jerk, or a bully - but irredeemably evil, psychotic. One of the buggest sources of cringe tbh.

[@dyamicentertainmentstation2051]

This is best SAO Arc that made a Fan of SAO ..plus Sinon is Waifu

[@LocalSionSimp]

Never bring a gun in a swordfight atleast thats what would kirito would say

[@robbieaulia6462]

If Kirito already struggles to block a full auto assault rifle fire. How would he fair against my GAU - 8 Avenger with depleted uranium rounds?

[@Chadnic34]

Um yeah about that a lied I Totally did that

[@amiablereaper]

Honestly I didn't like GGO very much but it was at least very entertaining. I was a little disappointed it was just. Some guy. Like... this is legitimately law enforcement's job. I hope the feds paid Kirito for this, he nearly died at least once. EDIT: I'm still waiting for the VRMMO story where a guy picks a girl avatar and realizes he is actually a girl

[@nathanielkeys6381]

I kinda liked all of Sao but thats just my opinion

[@N54-s7r]

What anime is at 0:50

[@theautisticfilmmaker1944]

Sinon's best anime girl in SAO series.