SAO Alicization - Dumpster Fire Simulator 2019

Sword Art Online: Alicization takes the series to new places. But it's still the same old SAO.
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In the depths of his Mother's Basement, Geoff Thew creates videos analyzing the storytelling techniques of anime and video games. He has been named the number one Worst KZbin Anime Reviewer by The Top Tens.

[@mothersbasement]

Just a heads up, the email address in the video is incorrect. The right address is [e-mail].

[@augutusiroh3836]

Mother's Basement can you do an Attack on Titan video?

[@kyrohowe3156]

Geoff, thanks for learning to fix your mistakes in the past. Heck, maybe Kawahara can forgive u if he watched your video. Even though I'm still not an SAO fan, I think season 3 shows I should stop bashing on the series. Again, Good job on your video, man.✌

[@Kenneth_A_H]

this was funny as shit damn man good job

[@maxkugler2400]

Mother's Basement, I am a huge fan of your work! I heard you make a quick, yet well placed, cobra kai reference and it was amazing. Would you consider reviewing the series?

[@Gladissims]

So... Are you only planning to do light novels and manga with the bookbasement thing? Because to me this seems like it would be the perfect opportunity to talk about Howl's Moving Castle. As in, the novel by Diana Wynne Jones that the Ghibli film was based on. owo Overall I think it's an awesome idea though. I probably won't be participating this time because while I never watched the anime, I actually read the original first novel. It was alright. Not great by any means, but not nearly as bad as most made it out to be. As far as I was concerned it felt like pretty much any other YA book, but that also means I'm not interested enough to actually sit down and read the "improved" version. XD But still, it's a great idea. owo Honestly, anything that incetivises people to read more; manga, light novels or otherwise is awesome. o 3 o

[@imbadatit]

45:35 “What i would call deus ex machina if this scene wasn’t definitive evidence that god does not exist” has to be the best line ive ever seen a reviewer make

[@SylvEdu]

I was looking for this comment because if you didn't say it, I would have. I can't even express how titillating that comment was.

[@poshboy4749]

I don't know, "Fate had other plans for her -horny clown shaped plans." is pretty good.

[@averageguy1469]

Death by flame snu snu.

[@averageguy1469]

Deus Ex Machina? Ha just wait until the next boss fight when he's pulling Ghosts and power-ups out of his ass.

[@SinaelDOverom]

Kirito ex machina ofc

[@Misdreamer]

That explanation about AIs basically means that Yui has been retconned as an unfeeling robot that only does things because she's programmed to. Yay.

[@chickenmonger123]

Misdreamer Good. Yui made my skin crawl. And the whole papa mama thing is gross.

[@saturnv2419]

Depends on which AI definition you are looking at. I do not think even mother's basement caught that one. Kirito and Asuna is following the definition of AI from Turing test, which basically said if it felt like a human, then AI is human. However both Administrator and Kikuoka is following another definition called the Chinese room paradox, which essentially stated no mater how like human AI is, it is just a combination of even more complex programs.

[@Ryugantek]

so basically she is Abridged YUI

[@pidgeonpatrol861]

The idea of AI being sentient in different ways is really interesting. A world where there is AI gate keeping to different types of sentientce.

[@weberman173]

he simplfied it a little.. a top down ai in this case represents more a AI that was programmed but Developes on its own but only AFTER it experienced something for the first time(and acodring to its programming).. the LN basicly describes it that yui sometimes "Freezes" for a second at new stimuli before she responds to it for the first time.. which is the process at which she evolves.. a bottom up ai in this case represents an AI that reacts natuarly and DIRECTLY to any kind of stimuli regardles of prior experience... basicly Yui does infact "Feel" if you want to call it that emotions(she technicly emulates them whihc you could call unfeeling but thast realy up to interpreation), but she cant react to new stimuli instantatniosly or naturaly on the first encounter.... so the more yui Intereacts with humans the more human she becomes through adapating and pattern recognizion. Alice(and all of underworld technicly) on the other hand not only feel emotions(as in actualy feel and dosnt emulate)and reacts to new stimuli without needing to learn a new pattern first

[@RaketenBombe]

I am really impressed that you managed to not talk about how f***ing weird it is for Quinella to be naked for the entire finale

[@mothersbasement]

Anime gonna anime

[@megamillion5852]

I was waiting for it the whole time, and amazed it never came up.

[@Kashcwinpoing]

Mans just censored a comment

[@Earthboundmike]

I'm going to have to heavily mentally gloss over that myself if I get to watching it... I rather like SAO for various reasons but that seems sooooo unnecessary.

[@Kashcwinpoing]

@@Earthboundmike various reasons such as......?

[@Brawler_1337]

I think Jim Sterling has an accurate quote for this: “... It is very much like beating a dead horse, except the horse makes funny squeaky fart noises every time you punt it.”

[@ShootingStarNeo]

"If swords can be made of people... maybe _I_ can be MADE OF SWORDS!" God, l love anime.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Surely my body was made out of swords.

[@JustJayMAD]

I am the bone of my sword

[@Obiwankenobi540]

@@JustJayMAD still is my body

[@trevorjamieson3163]

@@Obiwankenobi540 and fire is my blood.

[@alduinthetyrant5225]

I've been told my mouth is a gun constantly firing insults, so eugeo being made of swords doesn't sound too far-fetched.

[@26Sakura26]

"Using the last of Cardinals power, he T poses to assert dominance, fuses with his sword, and transforms into the Dragoon from Kirby Air Ride" This is the best description I've ever heard

[@aaronsalim1904]

Oof, this resonates with me

[@StevenZephyc]

44:07

[@imperialphoenix1229]

"if those swords are made of people, then maybe I CAN BE MADE OF SWORDS?"

[@user-dx3hb6gt5d]

@do you know chong jojun balsa? منمنمنحنخخ

[@user-dx3hb6gt5d]

نانعنزاتتن

[@aryaarc7964]

*Geoff* : (Compliments SAO for a few seconds.) *Also Geoff* : (Criticises the show for almost an hour.) *Perfectly balanced, as all things should be*

[@veikkavaltiala5299]

There is a character arc in this video that goes from "I shall be more fair and understanding towards Reki" to "This scene is the definite proof that god doesn't exist"

[@neferacronia6798]

@@veikkavaltiala5299 He said he'd treat Reki nicer as a person trying his best, he said nothing about treating his work any better

[@AlexRN]

Aptenodytes Forsteri all Geof promised was to stick to criticizing Reki’s work and not Reki as a person and he stuck by it.

[@PaintedLive]

@@AlexRN hey, reki puts his stuff out there for everyone to see. Its fair game to criticize.

[@saturnv2419]

What else are you expecting from someone that just spend nearly an hour talking about a show yet failed to catch the most important aspect of the story........... It is as silly as talking about the MCU infinity Saga without talking about Thanos.

[@paradoxm3ltdown637]

The 'young audience' target doesn't really hold up when someone is getting sexually assaulted in every season

[@williamdeng7524]

multiple times per season

[@justsomepigeonwithinternet3378]

Do you know we don't really care

[@justsomepigeonwithinternet3378]

Because it's fucking bs

[@justsomepigeonwithinternet3378]

It's just fan service

[@justsomepigeonwithinternet3378]

I just feel sad about them

[@DaveOpoien]

"Charlotte, a magic talking spider that lives in Kirito's hair..." I'm sorry, what?

[@Michael-ng6kq]

NameWithheld I’m glad I’m not the only one who was taken aback by this statement

[@ElizaKnows]

A really old spider that has gained sentience that lives in kiritos hair.

[@Raheel_Ishaq]

Some pig

[@ChickenSquabble]

Charlotte's Web anyone?

[@CGoliday1]

But the whole thing is based around Alice in wonderland. Shocker was I didn't realize the parallels until it was said out loud.

[@Hegataro]

"It would be very intimidating, if it didn't look like a Bionicle" HEY

[@zafranorbian757]

Hey, bionicle can look intimidating!

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

Bohraks and Rahskis where god damn intimidating back when I was a kid

[@stealthcreations7392]

@@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821 To be fair, they were actually the stuff of nightmares in the online media but only that. The first movie made good use of the Rahkshi as a scary entity while they were flashing face slugs in machine armor but this only functioned in the movie as the sets didn't flash from the face while the bohrok were only scary as insects in video with the tagline "you wake one you wake them all" in their insect nest-like setting in story. They have limited intimidating factors to work with since they have overplayed their fear factor in the movie because they built up the figures as opposed to just sculpting them as they were in the set.

[@ardrethshadow9338]

Gadunka can be pretty scary... until you realize his name. Who named him Gadunka? Or the movie Rahkshi. Or Kardas. Or even those glimpses of the Baterra. Those even sound pretty scary when you think about it.

[@ToaGresh300]

Need to remind people of Teridax, The Shadowed One even?

[@giahungnguyen9923]

"using the last of Cardinal power, he T-pose to assert dominance, fuse with his sword and transform into the Dragoon from Kirby air ride" I have no idea how you make this sentence but you made my day lol

[@Megafighter3]

You start with the thought of "If those swords are made of people, maybe I can be made of swords!"

[@pkshd]

@@Megafighter3 I am the bone of my sword...

[@26Sakura26]

I have never laughed so hard at a Mother's Basement video until this scene came up

[@doorbladder5735]

@@pkshd I have a boner. This is my sword.

[@samudraalhikmah6962]

@@pkshd steelis my body

[@matthewprice6465]

why can't we just get the SAO series we all realy want "Klein's story"

[@saikithepsiioniic1358]

He was the only character I liked from season 1. Probably the blacksmith too but I might just be mistaking him for his abridged version.

[@cerinodijks4985]

klein is a bigger fuckboy than kirito as a sidecharacter i love him but he not rly main chara material the jokes would run out rly quickly also hello there is right lisbeth my fav chara she so underrated it pains my heart (especially since asuna is liked so much even tho she is the least relatable chara in the anime to me)

[@Wicked061]

Dont you mean ballsdeep69?

[@PhantomHavok]

Damn it, I want Tiffany’s story.

[@x_x_jimmy_play_z_2114]

His not the Mc

[@flu3b93]

"at first, he gives a very hard no. But then she offers her goods and it becomes a very hard maybe" brilliant.

[@browntaxi7158]

Let’s be honest here...... any guy would turn into a strong maybe after seeing the goods, as much as Kawahara has shitty writing at least he brought one realistic scene to the series.

[@curlysue4023]

@Iceboat agreed.

[@brianbrush5107]

@@browntaxi7158 I mean just look at Quinella.

[@chromatic_fate7114]

@100gg yes, cats are better than any friend. They are my only friends.

[@gangrenousgandalf2102]

@@brianbrush5107 Say it with me class, *titties.*

[@7Celestron]

Because of the same face syndrome on this show, I though Eujio was just Kirito's new avater and he had blonde hair this time.

[@williambarry5410]

I'm fucking glad that I wasn't the only one who thought that. Still haven't dismissed the idea that Eugeo is the fluct-clone of Kazuto.

[@badddabb6991]

I thought he was super saiyan kirito because of the blonde hair and green eyes

[@hiyoritokisada594]

It was possibly intentional. He's like Kirito's "other half" in same way his two swords are.

[@frederickgrandison3609]

I like Eugeo than Kirito any day

[@ChristianKathlyne]

Omg saaaammeeee

[@DandDgamer]

The rape scene is pretty awful, the one nugget I like from the whole interaction is Tiese wiping Eugeo’s eye-blood. To me it feels like a wordlessly powerful interaction between two broken people, as opposed to the “hooray we’re together now” ending of SAO alfheim

[@palapeura375]

I'm commenting a year later, but as a survivor of SA, had someone even tried to help me, I would have felt forever protective of them and done whatever in my power to pay back their kindness. IMHO the worst part of SA is how lonely it is to recover from it; not a lot of people recognize the signs or even if they do, they rarely reach out

[@DandDgamer]

@@palapeura375 very sorry to hear that, I can only imagine what that's been like. People are sadly a little oblivious, myself included. I'm endlessly afraid of intruding or butting in where I shouldn't, perhaps to the exclusion of being able to help someone who could really use a hand.

[@frederickgrandison3609]

The red eye gave me chills everytime

[@Nailfut]

*sees a Bionicle in the thumbnail "Why in hell is Mata Nui in a SAO video!?"

[@Vanessa_exe]

i sincerely hope that he is not comparing the majesty of bionicle to this dumpster fire. sao is nothing but hot air, as they say.

[@stephiewander3104]

Whose daht

[@Game...007]

41:20

[@standoutanonymous370]

The fact that someone else had this thought has restored my faith in humanity. Bless you, good sir.

[@cadeypie]

"Gathered friends, listen again, to our legend of Bionicle."

[@danielkeys8974]

Administrator: I don't need a law against rape. That could never happen to me. Burning clown: I'm about to end this *wo*man's whole career.

[@MustacheDLuffy]

You’re so fucking right. I agreed with the administrator but she did get raped in the end 😂

[@monkey_blu]

Shit. You know, maybe that car insurance policy against shark attacks that I refused was not a bad idea. If this show thaugh me something is to expect the unexpected

[@saturnv2419]

I mean if you watch the history lesson, Quinella created those laws not to keep order, but just to prevent people to achieve a higher command authority than her.

[@nestword5654]

lmao this is gold

[@nv_johan8711]

Lmao

[@Tonatsi]

"Deus ex machina if this scene were not definitive proof that god does not exist." I... this made me laugh so much

[@AzureIV]

Deus ex rapeina.

[@tovekauppi1616]

Me too😂🤣🤣😂

[@PowerSenpai]

@Stellvia Heonheim Rude.

[@theashenone3221]

@Stellvia Heonheim very rude

[@elevate07]

@Stellvia Heonheim how unpolite

[@noahkeck8696]

“For once Kirito isn’t embroiled in some sinister conspiracy...” Fact checker, reporting for duty: This is false

[@Afgdgdh]

Noah Keck it seemed that way, for like two minutes

[@Hermititis]

"...behind a commercially available mmorpg" He specifically had that qualifier, so it's technically still correct.

[@zorohibiki]

@@Hermititis well at the final battle underworld was available as a pseudo-alpha testing to all of japan america and china so...

[@nenmaster5218]

0:55: Hello? He might just be saying that for marketing-reasons from the book ‚Marketing 101; Dollarstore-Edition’?? And he’s not a nice guy, evidend by the blatant S-xism in all his works.

[@attailavie5645]

I really appreciate that SAO is for you what FNAF is for Matpat

[@kingcalamity4350]

You mean the fruit hanging so low that Satan doesn't have to get out of his chair to see it?

[@nathanfake9163]

Well, at least we're being honest about it.

[@crow8173]

@@kingcalamity4350 I never move from my chair! there's wheels in chairs for a reason

[@shawnheatherly]

Wow, that actually is the perfect comparison.

[@lifeofentropy]

Sorta? Although Matts thing with FNAF is that it never ends and gets more and more complex. Its story is hidden and hard the piece together. The complaint about SAO is that its pretty much the opposite. Its has no complexity and the story takes no effort to understand.

[@WhoWatchesVideos]

Me: why is there a recoloured Saber in the thumbnail? Me after seeing Alice: Ahhh.

[@tuckerjohnston1844]

WhoWatchesVideos I wonder how many saber knockoffs there is in anime,manga and light novels.

[@kaydwessie296]

@@tuckerjohnston1844 I want a whole anime based on the Bootleg Saber (Sader)

[@damnthatsrough970]

Tucker Johnston I recall seeing a light novel about King Arthur whose a girl that is in high school or something like that So yeah a lot

[@RogueCowTurd]

@@kaydwessie296 that reminded me the one episode of spacedandy with the alternative universe dandys

[@saturnv2419]

It is actually not. First Saber’s main color is blue while Alice is gold as described in LN, second when Alice 30 first met Eugeo she was actually wearing a white armor, anime changed it so it looks more like little Alice. Last, LN part of this first published online in 2005, 1 year before FSN anime and just 1 year after the release of the game.

[@harrisonriggs8732]

If those swords are made of people, MAYBE I CAN BE MADE OF SWORDS???? Excuse me while I pick myself up from the floor as I’ve departed my chair unexpectedly.

[@josiaharaki7310]

I half expected the EMIYA theme to start playing...

[@financialproblems9308]

I AM THE BONE OF MY SWORD

[@jaykodex3752]

@@financialproblems9308 Steel is my body and fire is my blood.

[@CGoliday1]

Lol

[@livanbard]

Emiya wants to known your location

[@sirfailalotful]

Death by flaming clown humping has to be the single most debilitating blow to a villain’s reputation in the history of animation.

[@shittybiscuits776]

“What chuckleFUCK thought it was a good idea to include a SIGHT GAG like this in what’s supposed to be a serious, upsetting and horrific scene?” Help me I’m dYING

[@Jason-Skywalker]

I watched that episode with a friend of mine, and we fell out laughing for minutes on end, and I still can't help but laugh every time I think about that shot or see it again.

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

It's clearly a reference to Lupin the 3rd, which actually makes it the Hellen Keller of tone.

[@alilweeb7684]

the rich boy was also dying.

[@KiwiOuiOui22]

I died as well.

[@thundereagle4130]

It's hilarious MB don't give a shit about murder or torture but goes out of his way when rape is present.

[@v1ridiann]

“She’s just not Any boring Saber knockoff, she’s the one of the original boring Saber knockoffs” Lmao

[@axelssantoso5667]

So is he saying that saber ma queen is boring?

[@twinodoom]

She was a boring Saber knockoff before boring Saber knockoffs were uncool.

[@luxsuperbia1531]

@@axelssantoso5667 she is boring now (in the spinoffs and F/GO but in her original appearence she was cool) also it's a side effect of the fact that every single main character apart from her is either, leagues more fun to watch (Mordred ,Nero, Izkandar) has a better story (Siegfried, Kiritsugu, Archer EMIYA) is just plain cooler (Gilgamesh,Karna,Lancelot) or all of them above (Charlemagne)

[@giornogiostar3214]

@@axelssantoso5667 Yes she is, but he didn't say that.

[@elijakiger]

@@luxsuperbia1531 Implying Charlemagne is a good servant

[@EarlyOwOwl]

>says he's the anime pope >signed a contract with anime satan

[@panwp123]

Well, thats not so diffrent from real life

[@iaxacs3801]

So he's like every church villain in any anime? He really is the Anime Pope

[@MrXxsnipesXx]

That's an anime in itself

[@fish3977]

That's just how anime catholism works

[@jacksteele9982]

Anime Faust

[@oswaldfriedman7116]

The weirdest thing about that rape scene is there is already a perfectly valid loophole for Eugene to break his code: Seeing someone being taken for away for breaking the taboo index. It would parallel his inaction when Alice was taken nicely showing how he’s grown from that powerless little kid, and wouldn’t break the world building. Heck if you REALLY wanted to add a sexual assault scene, just have the bully forcefully kiss the girl and the system can’t separate the victim and the perpetrator and is going to take both away. It’s not too traumatic, actually comments on how rape or sexual assault victims are often labeled as “being at fault themselves” and how fucked up that is, and doesn’t break the rules of the world.

[@PrimordialChaos-ll7os]

Someone get this man/woman/other on a writing team

[@jcheesecake]

That's a great idea

[@philip7922]

I feel like you forgot the rule that they said in the anime. The girls were receiving punishment from their nobles for offending them, which in the taboo index was perfectly valid. So from a victim perpetrator context there was no loophole for Eugio to exploit. The girls were not deemed as victims.

[@jcheesecake]

@@philip7922 But why sexual assault them instead of just... Slapping them

[@ธนาเดชศุภนัทนพร]

@@PrimordialChaos-ll7os entity even

[@trentdude1]

"Perhaps the real sexist one...IS YOU!" That got me good. Still recovering from the laughter

[@itsoracle]

trentdude1 I need a better sense humor please help

[@oskarileppanen1154]

*mayhaps

[@joh.7844]

33:12

[@ramirezloste9655]

8:30 : "by introducing us to a character that we know and... know" i love this guy

[@laze_amvs424]

Bro I just heard it now and i'm DED lol

[@natwon633]

Can't argue if he tells the objective truth

[@hujimix]

Is it time for Geoff to pay rent already? I guess it is.

[@jesterssketchbook]

gotta make that SAO upload money boiiiiiiiii

[@toucan4075]

We meme him but he accepts this meme and honestly it's not bad

[@RexOrbis]

"HAH, people need money to eat!"

[@MysteryMii]

Toucan Yeah. I like it when people accept that they’re a meme. It means that they actually like the joke.

[@thunderflare59]

His car payments must be due.

[@Eren-cm5pc]

SAO (Sexual Assault Online)

[@Zarastro54]

Underrated comment.

[@Emilis2023]

"Golly Jeff, that's a weird image to pull out of no where. Boy is it!" ... oh no

[@EisenSMT]

As soon as I heard that, saw the clown, then saw naked final boss, my entire stomach just dropped

[@shaneyy__]

There was no shock to me. I just sat there. Don’t remember much. I think I repressed it.

[@MustacheDLuffy]

It’s weird but it’s true

[@HonkLoser]

Geoff**

[@doctorcorgi3134]

Well apparently someone thought that was a good idea. Plus if they did, someone/ some people actually pulled that image from their head.

[@HeyItsAmber99]

"Golly Geoff! Thats an odd image to pull out of nowhere!" "B o y i s i t !" LMAO

[@georgeapc]

Where the fuck does he say that?! I need to see it xD

[@georgeapc]

Nvm found it

[@harpseal9234]

That was a strange and funny moment lmao 38:27

[@praazlwurm]

the second he he said 'boy is it' I felt just... stomach plummeting dread within me, just: "haha I'm In Danger"

[@PsyberSpectre]

"She commits Sudoku" This honestly is was broke me. I was laughing for 5 minutes straight.

[@KingVasuki]

Underrated joke, but understandable: there were so many great one-liners in this video.

[@DStecks]

It's awesome that Reki apologized to the voice actresses on Twitter instead of, like, asking the anime writers to cut that scene, or to rewrite it to something else.

[@potentiallyRealWarrenGraham]

Dont change source material because of dumb reasons like this. The scene is the way it is because it has to be. Please, go ahead and rewrite the scene and lets see if it still has the impact it needs, I'm 99% sure you wont be able to.

[@mattwayne9128]

@@potentiallyRealWarrenGraham "Go write it yourself" is a quick and easy way of outing yourself as an idiotic joker who responds to criticism with r*tarded whining. Great job, buddy. Keep on fighting for Reki on KZbin comments. I'm sure your life won't get better than this, so hang on as long as you can.

[@potentiallyRealWarrenGraham]

@@mattwayne9128 Says the guy replying to 1 year old comments on KZbin. Truely the pinnacle of human existence

[@mattwayne9128]

@@potentiallyRealWarrenGraham Oh, because KZbin comments become null after a year? Because KZbin stops recommending videos that have been on its site for more than a few months? Because it was a year ago, your idiocy doesn't deserve to be pointed out again? You've displayed your ignorance and stupidity once again. Great job. If the best comeback you can think of is "Hurr hurr, you replied to a year old comment," then I'm sure your parents must be so proud of the pathetic failure you've grown up to be. Edit: Don't know why I'm bothering. I've said what I have to say. People like you aren't worth a second of the day.

[@jeffery_tang]

Er not really, they get paid to do this and it’s their choice if they want to take the role or not

[@blakearius]

"hey this is anime, lets just be glad he specified late teens" lol

[@QuestionableObject]

*AUDIBLE SCREAMING*

[@sarthakarora3212]

A lot of people will agree late teens is peak physical condition because brain stops being "fluid" at age 25 at that point it becomes really hard for people to learn new professions, 20 -22 is considered late teens mind you.

[@saturnv2419]

I mean anime in Japan air very late at night so it was not designed for teens.

[@tylerbillings5300]

@@sarthakarora3212 Late teen is literally late teens. As in, sevenTEEN through nineTEEN.

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

“Reki if you’re watching this I’m sorry” *Ah yes character development*

[@andrewpatterson4820]

I laughed out loud when he said "charlotte reveals she is actually a dynamax pokemon"

[@layerp]

I laughed too, then I remembered the Pokédex purge Now I'm extremely sad

[@andrewpatterson4820]

Robson Matheus I actually like what they are doing. The national pokedex always seemed stupid to me, like how alola has its own entries for pokemon that have never been near that region.

[@liltiger3]

38:34 "Golly Geoff that's a weird image to pull out of nowhere." "BOY IS IT" Oh no...

[@RemnantZX]

Alice's design isn't JUST a saber knockoff, going by her headdress, shes ALSO a jeanne knockoff. Two Saberfaces for the price of one

[@maxim7269]

@mika tepes yep

[@redxhand]

@@megamicromanager2449 what about saber?

[@kimoota-kun]

@@redxhand roughly the same timeframe. Alicization was written in 2005, FSN released in 2004. In all likelihood, Knight Alice is more based on Agrias Oaks. It even fits with her initial Web Novel design (braids, bulky arm braces and the rounded armour).

[@redxhand]

@@kimoota-kun Same with saber. Agrias is the most inspiring design for them

[@boogaloo_weed]

Yes a knockoff of a character that didn’t exist when Alicization was written very epic

[@Foul4sight]

"She offers the goods, and then it becomes a very hard maybe." Oh, you.

[@mattwo7]

Cardinal: "You can't beat the rest of the integrity knights without killing them" Kirito and Eugeo: **Proceed to beat literally all of them without killing them**

[@theAmazingJunkman]

How ‘bout I do ANYWAY?

[@Lionlicious]

Two of them died tho?

[@mattwo7]

@@Lionlicious Bercouli didn't die, just put in stasis. Fanatio was sent to Cardinal's library to recover, Deusolbert was left alone after he realized his memories were a lie, Dakira didn't die in Alicization Rising, they didn't even fight Linel and Fizel, they didn't get a rematch against Eldrie and I shouldn't have to explain Alice and Eugeo.

[@Lionlicious]

@@mattwo7 Deusolbert felt like he was on death's bed when they left him and the Bercouli stasis is pretty much death? Maybe neither of them die, idk

[@mattwo7]

@@Lionlicious General rule of thumb in media where characters die onscreen is that if there's no confirmed kill, they're not dead. That said... Spoilers below... If the wiki is accurate, Bercouli winds up getting released by Alice in the next volume, the one after the anime leaves off but Deusolbert is apparently never seen again though his death isn't confirmed.

[@nikolasbartell2194]

Kawahara picks up hat labeled "filler scenes" he reaches in and picks out a folded piece of paper, it reads "rape scene". "Of course" Kawahara thinks to himself "as long as I tell people how much I hate these scenes I can keep writing them." He drops the hat laughing to himself, every piece of paper reads "rape scene"

[@HikaruDaisukii]

Hey, give that guy a break, he wrote it like, 14 years ago

[@lord_ozymandias]

@@HikaruDaisukii TBF he allowed those scenes to persist in the anime instead of oh. rewriting them or sm

[@HikaruDaisukii]

@@lord_ozymandias yeah. The s1 and 2 rape scienes makes no sense. But the s3 one made sense. Not that the s4 one made it.

[@protoprime4213]

@@HikaruDaisukii Not one of them was necessary, get off your high horse

[@AshVXmc]

For me the S3 one at least had some meaning compared to the previous one. Still don't prefer it though

[@ryangoldfish7643]

“Reveals that she’s actually a dynamax Pokémon.” That was hilarious XD

[@AlexTenThousand]

Wait. You're the Anime Pope, but you've also signed a contract with Anime Satan in order to become popular... isn't this the plot to Final Fantasy Tactics?

[@gavinspammed]

Final Anime Fantasy Tactics

[@albertonishiyama1980]

And more or less FFXIII too.

[@Bluecho4]

More like something out of Dante's Inferno, with its random inclusion of popes that Dante didn't like, burning in hell. Because the Divine Comedy isn't just Dante's self-insert ecclesiastical fanfic. It's also his hit piece against everyone in life who ever wronged him.

[@manuelcampi8956]

​@@Bluecho4 The Divine Commedy is also Dante flexing its knowledge of the florentine language aka ancient italian: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven have a different type of lexic, terms and syntax

[@KillahMate]

It's Anime Final Fantasy Tactics! ...which is basically just Final Fantasy Tactics.

[@vongolaxi7611]

Kirito: *suddenly shapeshifts to kazuma* : I am advocate of true gender equality...

[@uniqhnd23]

For some reason instantly and perfectly read this as abridged Kirito's voice

[@thoticcusprime9309]

@@uniqhnd23 no

[@uniqhnd23]

@@thoticcusprime9309 yes

[@benjaminbierley2074]

Yeah only Kazuma managed to pull true gender equality off XD

[@parkchimmin7913]

ORO 0147 Abridged Kirito is best Kirito

[@mossycave3865]

10:10 Mother's Basement: Eugeo Subtitles: Yugioh

[@KhayJayArt]

I don't even have subs on and even I thought it was "Yugioh" too lol.

[@EatAnOctorok]

For at least a year, I’d been pronouncing his name as “You gay-oh”

[@rimurutempest4945]

It’s time to dddddduel!

[@omargerardolopez3294]

U G O

[@peccantis]

Me: Peugeot (with silent P and T)

[@tsulee7876]

“The horse is alive! Long beat the horse!” (Shows picture of horse with Kirito’s face) - Mother’s Basement 2019 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@technic1285]

I mean, of course the show is cheesy: "Yu-Gi-Oh" is one of the main characters.

[@swordguy1744]

This needs more likes

[@Little1Cave]

That’s what I thought when I heard the name. 😂

[@PhantomsCode]

That’s what the captions think he says literally every time

[@yourethatmantis5178]

Do you think the villainess died or was just sent to the shadow realm?

[@diskeyes]

You'reThatMantis she’s just trapped in a card

[@ameaninglessdemon9030]

So the church doesn't think that sexual assalut is a problem... I see SAO is going for realism now

[@ll-js7iq]

Oh shit 🔥🔥🔥

[@clqliveson]

@@pedropradacarciofi2517 as long as its priest on kid action its fine right bro? Ridiculous that people who deny religion dont understand that

[@calebhanly8780]

@@pedropradacarciofi2517 It's a joke referencing the incidents where high ranking Catholic Priests were raping young boys, without the general uproar and condemnation of their leaders and to the ignorance or indifference of the public.

[@linkhidalgogato]

@@pedropradacarciofi2517 crusaaaaaaaades

[@kami4242]

@@clqliveson A couple wolves in sheep clothing doesn't mean everyone does it or that the organization endorses it. With that kind of logic every Bernie Sanders supporter is a violent psychopath because of what happened at the congressional baseball game.

[@DrXmas]

Me watching the end of the first part: Wait, did the godlike villain just die from getting humped to death by a flaming clown? *Looks at wiki:* Yes. Yes she did. Huh.

[@williamdeng7524]

lool

[@nguyentandung42]

Would you survive if you get humped by a flaming clown i think not

[@jotheunissen9274]

@@nguyentandung42 Maybe? Depends on the clown and how much he's on fire

[@PhantomRing]

@@nguyentandung42 if I were some basically god level villain, yeah I would survive

[@FeelFree3]

But 99.99% of Administrators HP was taken by Kirito before this happened.

[@losingobernables7702]

The writers of SAO saw the movie IT with Pennywise and said, "Hold My Sake."

[@simpletown323]

"Charlotte jumps out of kiritos hair to reveal she's actually a dynamax pokémon" Lmaooo

[@tortelis7205]

“Which would be intimidating if it didn’t look like a bionical” killed me

[@onikisusalt3665]

How did you know about Dynamax Pokemon?

[@onikisusalt3665]

HOW?

[@crouchingcape6930]

@@onikisusalt3665 because pokemon and SwSh

[@onikisusalt3665]

@@crouchingcape6930 Sword and shield weren't out when this video was posted

[@Yykrostil]

49.44: "...she commits Sudoku for no reason..." well played sir, well played.

[@musa6073]

You too!

[@kelsanggyudzhin2340]

I literally didn't even notice that until I read this comment XD

[@caparo2327]

I laughed at the butchering of the word 'sudoku'

[@quantum5661]

one of my friends unironically thinks sudoku is the one where you kill yourself. i may of helped with that.

[@isitleeyourelookingfor6352]

I think what enrages me most about the sexual assault stuff is how it's ALWAYS used so that a man can be virtuous and save women from assault...That's it. Women and their trauma are used as props. And I have to say, fantasizing about an innocent woman being sexually abused so that you (or your self-insert protagonist) can save her has to be one of the most disgusting hero fantasies to have.

[@asshat8892]

Do you mean always in media, or always in sao? Just wondering.

[@isitleeyourelookingfor6352]

@@asshat8892 I'm pretty sure when I wrote this, I meant every time it's used in SAO. Though I do hate the trope in general, too... I've been watching a lot of reviews of shitty romance novels (I love a good roast lol), and a lot of them love to do that.

[@tetsatou2815]

You try that shit with Yoko Littner and neither Kamina nor Kittan will have the chance to give you the Suletta Slap.

[@nerdcorner2680]

There’s a lot to unpack here. First off I think you’re not as harsh as you should be in some ways because it’s pretty clear the writer of SAO has some sort of sibling sexual fantasy, given Kirito and his sister in Elfheim. Which together paints a pretty bad picture with what pointed out. But also on the other hand I think you’re missing the part of it that it’s about them being saved. SAO and Isekai in general are about overcoming all problems in life with ease as an escapist fantasy. Sexual assult is just about the worst thing that can happen to a woman, and being saved from it would be a dream. It’s not like the story paints it as good in anyway, in this season the people doing it had the most brutal injuries given to them compared to anyone in all of SAO. And if you want media that shows the effects and struggles of sexual assult then you’d have to look more towards western media because of culturak differences, but there are still some anime that show it. Beserk is probably the best example where it shows all aspects of it. The trauma and memory blocking afterward, the mix of emotions during, the mindset that leads someone to commit the horrible act, and the injustice that follows Edit:Also it’s been awhile so I can’t remember the details, but the manga pun pun has a really depressing, but realistic take on it

[@FirstLast-wk3kc]

​@@asshat8892 girl with a dragon tattoo is example of this not being everywhere

[@Ikcatcher]

_Sees 54 minute video of SAO from the guy that hates SAO_ This is where the fun begins

[@qwelum5411]

wait who's the guy that hates sao... I thought that was everyone

[@comradedyatlov2010]

Your confused and delusional Take this man into the infirmary

[@lmbusiness5300]

He’s like an SAO tsundere or something....

[@reyniki4820]

"He t-poses to assert dominance" literally made me burst out laughing No joke Like seriously that's the best line ever holy shit

[@cyruss3654]

Reyniki I didn't now T posing assert dominance but i guess sao tell us otherwise

[@allyssaburns4272]

This made me stop the video to laugh I wasn’t expecting it at all and it was brilliant

[@Hyoiza]

I shall now go around town T-posing

[@99loolill]

... are y'all new to the internet?

[@Hyoiza]

@@99loolill I never said I never did it before ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@phateeals]

Geoff had the most character development in this video😂😂

[@dubiousdeliquite6641]

FullNoobShon are you telling me seeing kirito go from being an overpowered protagonist that never does wrong or looses and has a harem of young girls to being an overpowered protagonist that never does wrong or looses and has a harem of young girls AND a spider wasnt astounding

[@eloquentpotato6435]

He had a character arc 😄

[@Only_Habibi]

@@dubiousdeliquite6641 He's fucking stupid like most SAO haters, don't bother lmao.

[@dubiousdeliquite6641]

Mohammad Habib Mannan oh man how stupid of me to hate a show thats terrible

[@saturnv2419]

@@dubiousdeliquite6641 Please watch the show. There are only twice in the Alicization first half that Kirito won, against the nobles and against the two girls. The rests are either even, win with help form Eugeo, or lost.

[@santiagobustos8065]

Wait... Let me see if I got this right... Eugeo, after sacrificing so much, when presented with the opportunity to end what he knows is the root of all his problems... Decides to betray his friends... To get laid? ... Fair enough

[@void4067]

BROS. BEFORE. HOES. Eugeo fucked up

[@someyeeterontheblock2421]

I mean that's a fine piece of ass, he betrayed them for. Sometimes sacrifices have to be made for some ass.

[@Vermillion37]

Welp...Booty calls

[@mashiromihoazuki]

The show has its bad moments but this scene in particular failed to deliver what in the light novel was a traumatic turmoil to Eugeo's character. The light novel exposes more of his inner thoughts, the overwhelming guilt he carries over not being able to save Alice, leaving his village to find Alice which displeases his family who's poor, and that all the while feeling like he will never be loved. The love he sought in that scene wasn't sexual love (tho administrator clearly tried to lure him w that one) but is unconditional love. he never got that in the end and i will always cry about it.

[@artofthepossible7329]

@@mashiromihoazuki Ah yes the problem with no narration or internal monologue, the same problem that gave us the "people die when they are killed" meme.

[@falloutghoul1]

"Or take Alice's memories with him when he dies... like an asshole." Holy crap, I saw that finale. I thought you were joking when you said that, *but I never thought HE WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT!* It almost feels like he did it out of spite! XD

[@xignum]

The season is so forgettable i didn't even remember that happened

[@aaronking5640]

I remember the clown humping her to death

[@cerinodijks4985]

its not the memories of alice but her soul administrator made some kinda special soulstone thingies which i forgot the name of with souls she could control most likely by copying the bodies soul and removing the parts that are inconvenient for her the books go more in depth bout it anime aways leaving out parts that would make the anime too long like lengthy explanations that are actually important in one way or another

[@x_x_jimmy_play_z_2114]

Aaron King he wasn’t humping her. You should think before you make your self look dumb thx

[@x_x_jimmy_play_z_2114]

Big Cat Kirito doesn’t have a harem to making your self look dumb

[@dudebro4536]

"Humped to death by a clown" - Mother's Basement 2019

[@volfarr2901]

Gamers describing rape deaths be like

[@FrostyFin]

"Ah ha! Ah ha! Ah ha! Ah ha! Ah ha!" - The Clown

[@benjaminbierley2074]

"That is oddly specific" lol, but yeah it's like hearing how Wolverine Origins ended and not believing it in the slightest cause it sounds absolutely batshit when said aloud...until you see it.

[@user-xh3fd3rm9n]

Time stamp?

[@leonardorossi998]

FLAMING clown, mind you

[@artstsym]

"That's just how it goes with some of these self-taught programmers, ya know? Any code they don't copy from Google is a total crapshoot." Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.

[@NiqIce]

Meris I feel you

[@ElZamo92]

That’s a big oof right there....

[@wardedthorn6523]

You might have more success if you quit copying code and actually learned what made that code work. This is coming from a fairly skilled programmer.

[@artstsym]

This fuckin' guy.

[@jerrydulin6029]

@@artstsym there’s always 1 fucker in the comments

[@microslavery]

"A magic spider that lives in his hair" Dude- there are levels of cleanliness one must abide.

[@yuihidegigauchu0069]

"MAYBE I CAN BE MADE OF SWORDS" it took me a few seconds, but then it dawned on me

[@Levigumba]

It took Eugeo a few seconds too

[@yuihidegigauchu0069]

@@Levigumba to realize he's the bone of his sword?

[@Levigumba]

@@yuihidegigauchu0069 hey man, reality marbles take time

[@francescolombardi3438]

@@Levigumbapeople tend to die if they get killed

[@Only_Habibi]

Let me rephrase that in a non hateful tone. "Maybe I can use Quinella's method against her, perhaps she could use a taste of her own medicine"

[@Ask_LyRc]

17:53 'it shows a complete lack of respect for the gravity of the situation' *i see what you did there*

[@whateverthisis4087]

I dont get it.....

[@elevate07]

@@whateverthisis4087 lack of respect to gravity? The guy just floating there in the animation?

[@whateverthisis4087]

@@elevate07 oh ok I get it now thx

[@tiacat11]

"Not every story needs to be a challenging and nuanced take on the human condition." THANK YOU. Someone FINALLY said it!

[@lmbusiness5300]

Yes!!! I completely agree!!! I think that, to some extent, there isn’t any point realistically exploring the human condition. There isn’t any final and definitive answer beyond the fact of death, and if the fact that there is no answer *is* the answer, then that’s an answer that we all already know and don’t get anything out of being reminded of. I’d rather explore the various fantasy worlds where happy endings and final, definitive answers *do* exist, even if none of them are true. Because it’s just fun and awesome.

[@Blue-vd6bv]

True but it doesn't give them the right to just made udder dog shit, if they're gonna make something fun then they should just stick to producing that and not try to pretend to be all serious when it does a terrible job at it.

[@tiacat11]

@@Blue-vd6bv I agree with you, but also just because something has both fun and serious moments doesn't make it "utter dog shit". Would The Legend of Zelda suddenly be better if Hyrule was instead a reflection of Link's childhood fears that he never fully conquered, only repressed? Would Star Wars become more prolific if we instead focused on the religious connotations of The Force and made a more blatant Jesus parallel in Luke? What if all the combatants in Fate/Stay Night were symbolic of various psychological conditions, and the violence they inflict on each other is a metaphor for how mental illness can destroy lives? All of these stories have both fun moments and serious moments, and some are more lighthearted than others but at the end of the day, they're just about a hero who goes on a journey to beat the villain, and that's all there is to it. And that's *ok*. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a hero/villain fight is just a hero/villain fight. I don't NEED a hot take on the greater scope of mankind's effect on our world, or if the morals we claim to hold dear are really right ethically, and I certainly don't WANT one.

[@yoursinisterdoge2785]

@@tiacat11 except, in the case of SAO, it's actually quite bad and can't be justified by the fact it's meant to be basic fun.

[@KillerMoth]

“Eugeo is possibly the best character In the series so far.” Indeed

[@Exceed_HS]

That’s not hard to beat honestly

[@benduford3746]

his only competition was first arc Asuna and Klein and they’ve died long ago

[@howdyfellas1397]

The only reason I watched Alicization. Then he dies. :,/

[@benduford3746]

@@howdyfellas1397 I feel you... he actually made kirito interesting for a bit had an interesting arc compared to most of Sao

[@karthik4405]

Eugeo is great

[@hajinandayo]

Eugeo be like: I'm the bone of my sword

[@e-3653]

Flying sword works-!

[@ElZamo92]

DONT YOU COMPARE THESE TWO CHARACTERS.

[@Monarckk]

No actually, *I AM* the sword

[@frederickgrandison3609]

I am the sword of my bone

[@razbender1379]

"to a character we know and... Know" you are killing me

[@quantum_ogre]

SAO has a shared universe with Charlotte's Web and Bionicle? This crossover craze is getting out of hand.

[@mutantmaster1]

Kirito vs Vamparah Who'd win

[@herculesatan4514]

MB: Talks about the supporting cast at the school. Me: “There were others at the school?”

[@garryame4008]

"It applies the same degree of care and sophistication that GI Joe applies to international terrorism". This is gold folks.

[@Weeblicker]

G Ame bro I literally saw this comment as he said it

[@jfinesse313]

“Using the last if Cardinal’s power, he T poses to assert dominance” I died right there😂😂

[@GustavoNDias]

19:45 Characters exploiting the equip system to destroy the chains Todd Howard: IT JUST WORKS

[@sazam1966]

But this is the only time this exploit is ever used cleverly in the series, and appatently noone ever thought of that before in the 300 years of the Underworld history.

[@xignum]

@@sazam1966 Seeing how dumb almost everyone is. No surprises there

[@rogger1513]

@@sazam1966 The idea is that there were never 2 prisoners in the same cell in the 300 years of underworld. Remember, Kirito and Eugeo are the first to have murdered someone in this world.

[@justas423]

Todd Howard is Diavolo.

[@breezybrioche8135]

*KEKKA DAKE DA*

[@nierealna1182]

*The only important male character besides Kirito dies* Oh, I wonder why this has happened... Totally not for him to stay out of Kirito's harem. Yup, dear writer, we TOTALLY trust you with this one.

[@XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW]

why not just put him in harem??? you didn't have to kill him just make it gay

[@earlsaverson5387]

@@XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW the games that Eugeo are in more or less DO put him in the harem, since you get bed scenes with him

[@nymiancomplex7336]

@@XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW of course I mean he was already halfway there!

[@insertcheesypunhere]

Thumbed up for "I'd say this is Deus ex machina if this wasn't proof that God doesn't exist". Cracked me up.

[@emiledlund9559]

Deus est machinia! For the Omnissiah! Death to the void dragon! Bring me Ordinatii! May the titans stride forward across the battlefield!

[@triprs4896]

@@emiledlund9559 Indeed! We have recited Prayerful Incantations to the Omnissiah and conducted blessed Rituals of Assembly consulting an Ancient and most Holy STC! Rejoice, machine-brothers, for our toaster is now a... BANEBLADE! -)) "There is no changeless Truth in flesh, Only decay; There is no lasting Strength in flesh, Only weakness; There is no Constancy in flesh, Only decay; There is no Certainty in flesh But death". c StringStorm - Adeptus Mechanicum cover

[@yoshikinanami7434]

My reaction to SAO Alicization “This is why you shouldn’t allow an AI to access a command prompt”

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

me: why the fuck is this series still alive?

[@saturnv2419]

Actually she mistakenly discover the entire command list, which is actually a continuing argument between open-source and closed-source software. Essentially an argument to whether a user of a system should be given the authority to change the system.

[@Ikcatcher]

This entire series is basically a Gmod Dark RP gone wrong when one of the mods decides to open console commands

[@saturnv2419]

Some random guy from the beyond This series is one of if not the most profitable anime IP in recent years.........

[@michaelceraweed]

geoff: the horse is alive! me: *_k i l l i t a g a i n_*

[@ionmassaci1742]

*puls out meat septer*

[@OnyxXThePunch]

Use the axe

[@TheFirehands150]

I'm pretty sure Digi already accomplished this XD

[@lopez.jacinto.6726]

That's no horse... that's something not even the fires of hell can destroy.

[@lpfan4491]

yeah, only it's own fires can destroy it and well....it kinda did in the end. I do not think anyone who does not watch it as a guilty pleasure or is a memer is even willing to touch the show after rape being the solution to the problem

[@brynnplant]

The idea of AIs organically discovering how to manipulate their own universe using its existing code while also accepting that as just another part of the natural laws of their world is honestly really interesting. (I guess this is what algorithms and machine learning basically are already, minus "sentience" in the way we understand that word). There are some genuinely good ideas going on in SAO, it's just a shame the execution is so clumsy and half-baked.

[@BitterWillow]

Author "I don't know how to write women who aren't in love with Kirito" and it really, really shows.

[@saturnv2419]

Actually there are plenty.........

[@TheCindering]

@@saturnv2419 He means well. Its like how Akira toriyama admits he doesn't know how to write romance or female characters. That's why both are lack luster in his manga.

[@saturnv2419]

Ethan Acevedo That is different. Dragon Ball is an action pack manga while SAO is more like an adventure. There are plenty of SAO female characters besides those who likes Kirito.

[@cyncynshop]

@@saturnv2419 Blend Unremarkable non-entities that got no screen time from his unremarkable harem despite the occasional spark the author gave them?

[@saturnv2419]

@@cyncynshop Just name a few, Yuuki from S2, Yuna from Ordinal Scale, Tiese from Alicization, you really should go watch the show.

[@Archersrevenge]

Kirito: Time to Duel! Eugeo: Huh?! Kirito: Oh wrong Yu-Gi-Oh...

[@richmcgee434]

"I CAN'T duel you! I don't have a motorcycle!"

[@brandont860]

Time to DDDDDDDDDUEL

[@RubixCarmine]

@@richmcgee434 We duel, standing with our two feet... On. the. G R O U N D.

[@richmcgee434]

Two feet on the ground while straddling our motorcycles, right?

[@victordiasnogueira3068]

If you turn on the automatic captions youtube will always refer to Eugeo as Yu Gi Oh🤣🤣

[@OriginalPiMan]

It's what I hear every second time he says the name in this video.

[@jdstearman]

Hahahaha! At first I doubted you, but it's true!! This is so great!

[@turner15]

43:57 "Wait a second! If those swords are made of people, maybe I can be made of swords!" Holy shit I've been laughing hysterically for five whole minutes. I had to rewind the video to hear what you said, holy shit that was funny.

[@pablodonner5213]

That some pick Emiya Shirou logic right there

[@spaghettidoodle3611]

You laugh but Edward Elric has the exact same revelation about philosophers stones

[@ignacioburgos3942]

@@pablodonner5213 People die if they get killed

[@anusaukko6792]

@@pablodonner5213 I mean, sword incarnation logic is what gave him UBW.

[@ClanWiE]

I am the bone of my sword...

[@BananaMate]

Geoff experienced more character growth in the first 2 minutes of this video than every character in SAO put together ever did.

[@prime201]

Ha! Incredible.

[@tehdarkswordsman6863]

Omg I laughed so much when I read this

[@fullcrackalchemist]

Not including sao ggo alt of course

[@ovalteen4404]

I looked for a new sponsor who might have "changed his mind" on the content. After seeing the last few minutes, my cynicism was renewed.

[@DualEdgest]

P-Chan grew with us. P-Chan is the best SAO character.

[@poketdoom]

She also literallly forgets she can heal herself

[@jake72002]

Except healing requires resources, and she shut off the castle from the rest of the world and deprived her of sufficient resources.

[@saikithepsiioniic1358]

​@@jake72002 Can't she use the castle itself as resources? Or if she needs living beings, then just use Jesus-kun and friends as resources.

[@AbyssDwellerthetokutuber]

@@saikithepsiioniic1358 Because she don't want to do so?

[@QuoKuo]

AbyssDweller nah they just had to kill her for bs reasons. She would’ve killed instant if they didnt nerf her.

[@hiyoritokisada594]

@@saikithepsiioniic1358 perhaps the castle is inadequate in quality or of the needed resources for healing. That or Quinella's healing is actually inefficient.

[@TooEazyCG]

44:09 "he T-poses to assert dominance, fuses with his sword, and transforms into the dragoon from Kirby air ride"

[@momgirlcop1]

Thats the best sentence I’ve ever read

[@Trooper10231]

"I can be made of SWORDS." Yea, we can all tell this was written by a nerd, while busy fan-gasming over Fate/Stay Night's protag. As if the "boring Saber clone" didn't make it obvious enough!

[@momgirlcop1]

Trooper10231 I am the bone of my shitty writing Rape is my body and laziness is my blood I have created over a thousand ripoffs Unknown to intelligence Nor known to good plot devices Have withstood backlash to create many shit stories Yet those eyes will never read anything So as I pray... bad writing

[@mrworldwide5811]

So basically government man wants Kirito to peer pressure the beep boops?

[@thesamuraispirit7686]

Lol its funny when u put it that way

[@althelor]

The want him to peer pressure the beep boops to murder people.

[@MustacheDLuffy]

Hey i call him the government man too!

[@ravenwraith1017]

Mustache D. Luffy better than trying to pronounce his name. First Japanese name I cannot pronounce no matter what I try, and I have been watching anime heavily for about 5-6 years now...

[@mrworldwide5811]

@@ravenwraith1017 I can get his name fine I'm just not 100 on the spelling

[@ademonslayer7130]

"Out of all the knights Alice is the most well developed, and she'd better be considering how important she is, but she's not nearly developed enough to work in the protagonist role she's meant to fill later in the series" Yeah, having watched the war of the underworld, this is 100% accurate, and honestly it's like one of the bigger problems with the whole arc tbh...

[@ademonslayer7130]

Also a random tangent, but honestly my biggest problem with the sexual assault scenes in SAO is that the director clearly doesn't care about trying to mitigate how bad they are, they're not only gross and unnecessary, but the way they've been animated has only made them worse because they are also being used for fan service. I could conceivably see a younger Reki Kawahara trying to write those scenes to be shocking and powerful, instead of being cheap and exploitative, but the anime adaptation manages to only highlight how gross and unnecessary they really are. What I'm about to say doesn't feel like it should be a hot take but considering there are SAO fans who actively defend those scenes, I'm gonna call it a hot take anyway, but considering that not even Reki Kawahara likes the fact that he wrote those scenes, and considering the backlash the series has gotten over the years for the unnecessary use of sexual assault, in my eyes it would have been more than acceptable if the people behind the adaptation of Alicization tried to remove the sexual assault scene entirely and rewrite that part to be less lazy and exploitative. Instead in typical SAO fashion they decided not only to keep that scene in but to make it as graphic and overly-sexualised as possible.

[@PixelHeroViish]

​@@ademonslayer7130 Yeah there's definitely a lot of unwillingness to change or improve what was there and if you're referring to the Leafa scene from Cour II, it gets even worse Geoff already stated the scene in this part of the story serving to make a male character progress in his arc, the Leafa scene does the same thing again for a character who literally does NOT matter afterwards

[@ademonslayer7130]

​@@PixelHeroViish Oh yeah that one is straight up vile, and literally nothing would change if it was removed. It is one of the least defensible depictions of sexual assault in the entire series, which is saying A LOT.

[@PixelHeroViish]

@@ademonslayer7130 Right? It's honestly shocking Reki decided to put those scenes into his original draft and nobody bothered to change or remove it and if he at least handled it with decency and respect it might've been good in some way, but wow 😭😭

[@simzfaluyi1100]

18:24 Geoff: "Boy am I glad that Sao will be abandoning this trope in the future" Geoff: *pauses for a few seconds* Me: *remembers admins death scene* Me: *sarcastic laughter*

[@jaredf.6532]

I wasnt even sure if she died or not since clown rapist just straight up raped her from all I remember and that's it. Didnt know if there was an actual death that I saw really. It was like "wait what? The fuck just happened?"

[@mill_ania]

We can say it's a Rapey Honk Chekov Machina Can't believe any rational mind wrote that unironically as some sort of an ending to what supposedly a grand adventure.

[@VinceTheCreatorr]

The system doesn't allow rape but it allows sexual harassment. Also alot of things have changed from the LN. For the worse they removed important points of the story

[@iriya5598]

​@@mill_ania That is not an ending to this adventure. Eugeo and Kirito badly damaged her, and she basically lost. She tried to espace, but she was stopped and killed basically by burning passion of that clown that she treated like shit. For me, it was really cool scene, especially in the ln, as it showed that chudelkin also has his own incarnation potential, his own purpose in life for which he will die for.

[@QDJW]

Iriya you liked a scene where rape won the day? Yikes

[@Lyendith]

At least you gotta admire the level of detail that went into the villainess's costume.

[@NeahMinto88]

Benjamin Williams that’s the joke...

[@aussiepuppet5250]

Betcha the artists dubbed it "The Birthday Suit"

[@gravel489]

Why was the main villain naked like what the hell was the point?

[@Kyonuma_]

@@gravel489 they wanted to show off her eternal baps

[@Tinky11221]

gravel489 Her being naked the entire time and not being bothered by it just emphasizes her arrogance and the fact that she thinks she is so above the “mortals” that things like decency aren’t even a concern for her.

[@Thoralmir]

Don't worry: Something Witty Entertainment will fix everything in due time.

[@fauzanindrashafwan3798]

Bless be the abridged

[@RuneKatashima]

Nah, they don't fix it. Just change it. Which is also cool.

[@Thoralmir]

@@RuneKatashima No, they fix it. Like how they fixed Kiyaba's motivation with SAO. Makes _way_ more sense in the Abridged.

[@RuneKatashima]

@@Thoralmir They don't though, because it's a different product with a different intention and different genre.

[@squirrel9544]

@@RuneKatashima They fix it by changing it. Happy?

[@lorenerd7780]

Everyone has the same face and i can't focus to anything else.

[@pipedream2556]

Until I'd gotten through this entire video I was certain there be some sort of explanation for Eugeo being a colour inverted clone of Kirito designed back when he was asked to test run, or something along those lines. Like, they have IDENTICAL silhouettes and hairstyles etc, is nobody in-universe questioning that?

[@lorenerd7780]

@@pipedream2556 It's not just those two that have the same face. There is like one old man face, two eye shapes for females and 3 for males. It's so distracting.

[@ricniks4619]

You must haven't seen Hiro Mishimas work yet

[@stephiewander3104]

Mom can I get *_dumpster fire simulator_* please? Mom: no, we have *_dumpster fire simulator_* at home. *_Dumpster fire simulator_* at home: *SAO*

[@kaz7886]

You mean, one of the best anime that is fucking fire.

[@Megamanix]

To be honest at least its entertaining and the art is nice (even with the quality drops in fights since the Goblin fight). I can say for myself that I like SAO but can easily add on that its execution is meh and so is the writing of most of the characters in the anime adaptation. I would even say Alicization is better than Senko san, why the hell are you here teacher, and quite a few others this season. Lets not forget all the generic passable isekai we get every season or so.

[@cucklepuffyao5842]

@@Megamanix Ur comparing an isekai to a slice of life anime where a 800 year kitsune takes care of a man and an ecchi about a teacher who coincidentally runs into her student and accidentally engages in lewd looking scenes, WHY?

[@imperatorodaenathus9329]

I love the insinuation that SAO is the knock off (Or worse) version of a Dumpster fire

[@Megamanix]

@@cucklepuffyao5842 I wouldn't consider SAO an isekai (If that it what you where trying so say otherwise my bad), I'm just saying a lot of people say SAO is "*BbBBbbBAaaAAaAaDDdDdD*" and than cry about yet they're many more anime that are either on the same level, garbage or boring when it comes to enjoyment. Yes I did rush this comment.

[@-4subscriberswithahammerad521]

It’s a dumpster fire, but don’t forget that you can still cook marshmallows with the fire

[@fulcrum6760]

-4 Subscribers with a hammer addiction But the marshmallows will still taste bad.

[@nanikaalluka4861]

@Spokwak Incorporated It's actually fueled by oxygen. At least it's not ONLY fueled by gasoline. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[@ripghotihook]

Ah... marshmallows that have a faint hint of moldy curry and baby diapers. Just like grandma.

[@saturnv2419]

Most commercially successful marshmallow in recent anime history.............

[@kaz7886]

No, SAO is FIRE. One of the best anime i ever watched.

[@FabledEmperor]

"Wait if swords can be made of people, maybe I can be made of swords" I had to pause the video I was laughing so hard

[@12Metatron]

It was more like "cardinal can you make a sword that's made out of me"

[@silverethereal2715]

I mean no, it’s sound logic just ask Shirou Emiya.

[@brownmims2311]

I had flashbacks to 8bit Theater and Fighter achieving apotheosis.

[@lpfan4491]

@@silverethereal2715 I know it is just a meme, but that guy has a valid reason inuniverse to be able to do shit like that

[@samlewis6487]

So if the sword golem is made of the friends and family of the Integrity Knights, and Eugeo was Alice's best friend, how the fuck didn't Eugeo not get incorporated into the golem?!

[@lalaliet]

Ssssshhhhh if you think about it too hard the entire show falls apart

[@Sglagoomio]

Cause of that one reason from that one thing to do the thing so then that thing happened

[@KeDe1606]

@@Sglagoomiodamn, it all makes sense now!

[@cocogoat1111]

"A character we know and.... know" Yep, that sums up how I feel about Kirito, alright.

[@Pikminer-5087]

>sees thumbnail >questions why Mata Nui is there.

[@sthenelos1]

Yes I was also confused

[@bluemew22]

As someone who acknowledges the flaws, the many many flaws, of SAO but unironically enjoys it nonetheless... I got it instantly.

[@Pikminer-5087]

@@bluemew22 wait. OMG I JUST GOT IT TOO

[@flick6569]

" If these swords are made of people maybe I can be made of swords" 43:57 GENIUS!!! Edit: AND he Tposes to acert dominance

[@Eromugy]

is that mfucken Legosi?

[@RoyalFusilier]

How can swords be real if our eyes aren't real?

[@ShootingStarNeo]

Honestly "if the swords can be made of people then *_I can be made of swords!_*__" is the kind of ridiculous bullshit that is such ridiculous bullshit that it shoots the moon and becomes ridiculously _awesome_ bullshit.

[@m9wshideout613]

Harvard wants to know your location.

[@IBeforeAExceptAfterK]

Shirou Emiya wants to know your location.