KIRITO VS HEATHCLIFF!! SEASON 1 FINALE!! Reacting to "SAO Abridged Ep.11" with Kirby!

[@AkratiriGaming]

Sad thing is, in the actual anime when Kirito asked why, he really did say he forgot why and didn't know anymore. The ultimate blue ball WTF?

[@demonic_myst4503]

Not really they tell u at thenstart kirito forgot but ep 1 he states he wanted to crrate a world where he is god

[@DreadlordZolias]

This is exactly why I've said that SAO Abridged is, in fact, the definitive edition of SAO

[@MrLuige15]

They took the “i don’t remember anymore” FROM The dub its self i was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo….(infinity oooo) disappointed when i watched it by week

[@wiredjerk]

Yeah…there was some convoluted actual reasons about “strength of the human will…” and other existential ‘reasons’ apparently it they couldn’t figure out how to sum it up in this conversation so He literally says to the effect of “the dream/reason I had so long ago is like a distant memory I can’t really recall anymore...” To which I think I can speak for the majority of the fan base by saying, “Yo! I’m getting balls like a Smurf here!!” when I saw it

[@Papercut337]

Yeah, it was super frustrating

[@nicholasmaddocks7545]

27:26 The fact that Sachi's Guild is part of the reason for 2,000 deaths because they took the tutorial NPC, is simultaneously both brilliant and hilarious.

[@duelentertainment9228]

In honesty that is kiahba's fault since the NPC died and didn't reset, should have fixed the code

[@Roger44477]

@@duelentertainment9228 By that point they were months into the game, so the people who needed the tutorial were already dead

[@duelentertainment9228]

@@Roger44477 if I tell a guy at work to teach the new guys, and he fucka off for two months and we fall behind, I don't do it myself, I fire him and get a new tutor. FIX THE CODE BETHESDA

[@zdiegi5493]

Lol, I never even put that together🙈😅

[@gildedphoenix]

Also hint for the reason he locked Yui away. If they took tutorial bot...

[@TBoring]

10:28 not only is ‘WHAT?’ Guy still alive he’s a part of the Boss Clearing team meaning he’s one of SAO’s top players.

[@sojtus8681]

Or he is just so clueless that he followed the people there by accident. :D

[@mrroboshadow]

@@sojtus8681 i would not put that past the players in the SAO abridged universe

[@thegeneralmitch]

pretty sure thats bennett the sage

[@fabi3790]

Well you saw the rest of the players It's not hard to be a top player

[@jamestheprotogen7554]

WHAT?.mp3

[@brennanhearn6342]

The funny part is, Klein really does have a life outside of Kirito. He's one of the strongest players in the game! He and his guild survived two years of frontline combat without a single casualty...

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Without a single casualty?? Really? How did that group survive

[@brennanhearn6342]

@@theduckgoesmoo I have no earthly idea lol.

[@brennanhearn6342]

@@theduckgoesmoo Love your videos with Kirby though, always look forward to more.

[@nomadhakunamatata5793]

@@theduckgoesmoo Dumb luck and ADD planning. get enough of us together and we eventually account for every outcome, or chase squirrels.

[@Chuuma]

1) ballsdeep69 was their leader 2) they weren't complete idiots 3) they were geared by Tiffany

[@volrag]

The "I know" after Kirito says "I love you" is a star wars reference.

[@2012zayka]

hell yeah! that's my thoughts!

[@DeadEyeDay]

Ya I was like how does no one get the Han Solo reference... most reactors I have seen dont get it

[@Taygon45]

Also it's a mirror of Kirito saying a quote that wasn't a movie and Kaiaba misconstrued it's origin but Asuna's last line is a famous romantic movie reference, completing their relationship.

[@bleed2blue1]

yeah i wished Kayaba would cry out of the off "Star wars, I knew it girl you had it in you"

[@nixian_zwaylus]

Yup! She started to play his game!

[@analogHyperdrive]

Fun fact: When Adam Savage said "I reject your reality and substitute my own" in Mythbusters, he was actually referencing Dungeonmasters. But since that movie is so little known, everyone attributed the quote to Adam himself.

[@Arcalargo]

You mean a 1974 episode of Dr. Who

[@analogHyperdrive]

@Arcalargo I looked into this, and while there does appear to be a similar quote in a 1974 episode of Dr Who ("I deny this reality. The reality is a computation matrix."), it's not quite the same quote, while the Dungeonmasters one is exact ("I reject your reality and substitute my own"), and more importantly, Adam Savage literally has said he was quoting Dungeonmasters.

[@Arcalargo]

​@@analogHyperdrive I guess you looked deeper than I did.

[@HimitsuYami]

Dungeonmaster may have said it first, but it's Adam's quote as far as I'm concerned. He's the more well known one by far

[@NoiriumIdk]

Honestly Kayaba's entire dialogue toward Kirito and Asuna is always funny to me, "Fuckin Bethesda." The tutorial npc died in episode 3 as part of Kirito's first guild. On another note I have a theory that the King of Ashes is actually Silica from episode 4. Unrelated, but in the original series Kayaba was meant to be the final boss in the Ruby Palace on the 100th floor, the true final boss was cut from the game before launch for being too overpowered. The sound at the end was someone inserting a coin into the game cabinet, thus confirming season 2.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Ohhhhh

[@Gottaloveaxolotls]

Holy shit... the silica theory makes so much sense but also mind blowning, though that would mean she had a major voice change. Horaaay for character developmemt!

[@NoiriumIdk]

@@Gottaloveaxolotls Could be a voice filter, wouldn't be surprised if those are in the game considering you basically have a mind control hat from episode 3 and an item that punctuates your sentences with a Spanish guitar from episode 8 I think.

[@Gottaloveaxolotls]

@@NoiriumIdk oh ok, that does make more sense then what I was thinking

[@angrybrony]

but they're the "king" of ash's.

[@dweller132]

Since Heathcliff is the in-game persona of Kayaba, Takahata does both voices. Heathcliff is more Alucard/Perfect Cell-ish, while Kayaba is closer to Taka's normal voice.

[@SinnistUchiha]

Thank you for the fun fact

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

I like mentally replacing Kayaba with Taka’s vtuber avatar during his speech sometimes

[@warbird333]

The janitor is Reki Kawahara the creator of SAO, that's why Kaiyaba confused him for god.

[@thomasyoung3342]

Asuna’s “I know” at the end is honestly such a masterpiece of storytelling. It’s a reference to Star Wars, which Han Solo says to Leila after she confesses her love to him moments before he expects to be killed. While it sounds arrogant and cold, in the original context it’s usually interpreted as a moment of genuine vulnerability from someone who has spent their whole life guarded against showing affection or emotion. They want to say “I love you” back, but don’t know how to show affection like that so they instead show that they understand and accept the other person’s love, even if they can’t express themselves that way. The obvious parallels between Han and Asuna’s character arcs is one thing, but it carries even more weight *specifically* because she’s also communicating her love by appealing to Kirito’s love of movie references. It also serves as a major benchmark for Kirito’s character arc as well. His whole arc was about overcoming his narcissistic tendencies to be able to connect with others, which the way he condescendingly lorded knowledge over others was a part of. It gave him something to feel smug about when he dropped a reference nobody else got, and gave him a lot of parallels with Kayaba. They bonded over their shared contempt for “normal people”, but Kirito severed that connection when he grew enough to be able to empathize with others, which is why the killing blow is dealt alongside a failure of understanding of the Mythbusters reference. Then, as Kayabe struggles to reconnect with him at the end, Kirito brushes him off and focuses on Asuna who then drops that line. It’s such an amazingly cathartic moment.

[@stitchesbunny8496]

great breakdown. thanks for putting all this in words. as a side note though I would mention, kayaba sorta got the reference. Adam savage was referencing dungeon master everytime he said that line. them both knowing the line, but there still being a disconnect showsbthe age difference between Kazuto Kirigaia and Kayaba Akihito.

[@Spikeba11]

Asuna also has the advantage of previously saying I love you. Han hadn't said it.

[@burning_flame1369]

heh, someone has been watching explanation point

[@TBoring]

So in the actual show (and it’s been awhile since I watched it so feel free to correct me) the boss fight took out over half their people. The realization hit that there were still 25 floors to go and the boss monsters were only going to get tougher and chances were none of them were getting out of this game alive. Also in case anyone is wondering why Kirito can use Asuna’s sword remember Married players share inventory.

[@Matej_Sojka]

Actually there was extremely hard boss on floors 25, 50 and this one 75, with Heathcliff supposed to be level 100 boss revealed to be the traitor for drama´s sake. Problem was that from level 74 teleport crystals no longer functioned in boss rooms so whoever went in, and we are talking "Clearers", the absolute elites here, would likely die without being able to scout the boss and his abilities first. That was the whole problem Kirito tried to solve by power leveling his guild to the point they were in floors they did not have the practical experience to handle, even if they had the level for it. The number of people on front lines was shrinking heavily, while a lot of players stayed on first floor doing basically nothing (which Corvax and Thinker tried to fix by rejoining the front lines after their group was massacred on floor 25, only to be massacred scouting floor boss 74 as that one was first with no teleport allowed) and majority of players was just screwing around waiting for Clearer players to finish the game for them. Oh, and Laghing coffin and other psychopaths after them got off on killing whoever possible so the number of use-able players got down even more. The anime really failed to get across just how screwed up the psychological situation was among the players of SAO. I mean, Asuna, who was overachiever even in real life fell in love with Kirito because he was the top ranker who told her to chill out. SAO is by no means a masterpiece, or revolutionary literary work, after all it was first seriously published work of Reki Kawahara, but I appreciate it from the point of view into how would deadly isekai situation affect people in it. Log Horizon is also great in this aspect, difference is there are hard core gamers involved there who enjoy that sort of thing and take charge. SAO anime does not even deal with the politics of solo players who leveled quickly but often died without support vs guilds who tried to recruit them due to their power, but really did not like them due to their unwillingness to cooperate outside of boss battles. Or information market which played a significant role in what Kirito was doing the whole time. The book was interesting and engaging while it could be better, but the anime was just a sad disappointment. The first season of abridged was awesome fun, but it went downhill from here, I just cannot get behind the abuse of the main character from now on. We saw him being intelligent and he suddenly grabs the idiot ball and no one lets him forget it.

[@liamwhite3522]

Also, Asuna's sword is right there on the ground after she is killed.

[@nyanzombies2174]

@@liamwhite3522 Normally it would disappear because her items are killed along with the avatar, but because they're married it stayed, at least by this logic.

[@Michi.Speakerman]

Also that the boss 100 is almost impossible to defeat

[@meeleeman6311]

@@Michi.Speakerman I mean Kirito killed the level 100 boss with only 1 sacrifice so it really wasn't all that tough if you don't factor in kayaba's admin privileges

[@Gfreak250]

Ok so in the original Anime, the fact that it had been so long that Kayaba had forgotten his plan? Yeah, they actually did that.

[@nothri]

The unspoken goal of SAO Abridged is to have better plot points than the actual anime while still being funny. They do a decent job.

[@Gfreak250]

@@nothri Oh I know, they absolutely nailed that. Especially the relationship between Kirito and Asuna.

[@mordredvonumbra154]

@@Gfreak250 Asuna is quite boring in SAO but in abridged - favourite character.

[@lizard1255]

@@mordredvonumbra154 she gets better, but yeah season 1 Asuna kinda sucks. Expecially since she barely gets any screen time during seasons 1b and 2a... but hey at least Mothers Rosario started actually giving her some more development

[@lucasm.3864]

In the actual show, Kirito figured out that Kayaba was Heathcliff because… people don’t like watching other people play video games. He also doesn’t remember why he created SAO in the first place, that wasn’t just a joke in the abridged series. Yes, it’s that dumb. Asuna saying “I know” at the end is a reference to Star Wars, just to show that extra little bit of connection they have. It’s a pretty nice touch as a capstone.

[@wwoods66]

I alway took Kayaba claiming not to remember as a way of saying, "a lot of stuff has happened since then, as in the famous saying, "when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp." In the original novel, he says, “Why-? I had forgotten a long time ago. Just why did I do it?” But then he goes on for a couple of paragraphs, reconstructing his motivation to build a castle in the sky.

[@kennethmorgan8795]

Also during their duel Heathcliff did something physically impossible... which is still bad reasoning but... there were 2 pieces of bad logic...

[@elementgermanium]

@@kennethmorgan8795 the problem is that SAO's unique skill system makes it impossible to tell if someone's cheating, or if it's just some bullshit OP skill that only they have.

[@kennethmorgan8795]

@@elementgermanium oh 100% but that is Kirito's reasoning. "Oh hey my sword was inches from you and you were completely off balance... how did your shield go from out to the side to directly in front of my sword faster than a person can blink?"

[@Gozokukolat]

Kirito's logic is super flawed, that people don't like to watch people play video games. Twitch would've been, like, 20 years old at this point for Kirito.

[@kyledepaepe194]

In the actual show, his motivation was indeed, "I don't even remember anymore." One of a massive list of reasons why SAO Abridged objectively and unarguably is a better show than SAO itself.

[@TheDragonFoxYT]

Well thats more a meme. His actual statement was to make a world of his own, and by extension and spoilers, to create the underworld which made the first ever fully inteligent ai, kind of like yui which took the experience of the players of sao, and all other virtual worlds from the seed to blossom something greater.

[@Elmithian]

​@@TheDragonFoxYT Ah yeah, rather than be patient for couple more decades, he wanted people to die in their thousands so he could kick-start AIs birth early. That does *not* sound like the plans of a sane man. Hell, it is not the plan of a persons with any form of forethought to begin with. Seriously, considering the tech they were reaching irl in the setting, it was only matter of time. He is just a smart psychopathic nutcase. Nothing more.

[@TheDragonFoxYT]

@@Elmithian Its kind of a trade off. See tech for sure could reach a sort of human like era but it wouldnt have the soul. Basically sao was a data mine for the underworld all those experiences of death, love, fear, passion, bravery, all of it was data that was used in the underworld, its why everyone fought so hard to protect it. Because it wasnt ai anymore, they were making real live people in digital worlds

[@oliviahughes3158]

So thing you may have missed about the king of ashes thing. Kayaba literally attempted to try and convince Asuna to do pin-up modeling for him. "At worst, a little sideboob" Kirito found about this and wasn't exactly thrilled. So he essentially threatened to flay the King of Ashes alive

[@TheSacredSavior]

@@jasonsmith6219 The message Asuna received in bed talking about the Boss has actual text on it saying that. So does the message that Kirito is looking at when Heathcliff says "God dammit Kirito! What did you do!?"

[@a.mseymour180]

@@TheSacredSavior thats some awesome detail

[@mordredvonumbra154]

I never fucking noticed that!

[@Connor-ONeill]

The sound at the end was someone putting a quarter into the arcade machine to continue. Basically SWE were telling their fans that they were doing the next arc.

[@redringaming3017]

Kirito did imitate Cartman, that's why Heathcliff says: "Truly, you are the voice of a generation"

[@johnmichaelchance1151]

The more Heathcliff got angry the more of his Cell was showing 😂

[@rakardoslegend1432]

you mean "the more of his vegeta was showing"

[@davidbeauchemin1840]

@@rakardoslegend1432 2 years late but no, cell is right, Takahata voiced both Cell and Kayaba in their series' respective abridged.

[@benjamericana1088]

32:34 “I love you” “I know” is a movie thing. Han Solo says it to Leia before getting frozen in carbonite. Asuna did that because she does love him but says it in a way he’ll appreciate as a movie buff.

[@ShikakuTenma]

You should watch it with the subtitles on, it takes the show to a whole new level.

[@Zack_Zander]

I agree, I miss doing that and when I rewatch it with subtitle, it adds so much more humor.

[@QuinnBuckland]

"Lizbeth guarintee" when the sword breaks

[@ALJ9000]

English Canadian, the regular ones don’t have jokes

[@turinturambar1688]

Klines guild is the only one to never lose a member, being one of the smallest and strongest guilds lasting longer then most

[@thatonkgau5221]

In the original SAO Asuna really was willing to kill herself if kirito died.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

She’s nothing like her Abridged character then

[@Dreznin]

@@theduckgoesmoo Nope, all the characters in abridged are fully reimagined and honestly, the full story is treated with even greater care so as to eliminate a lot of the plot holes that were in the original version. There's a reason why many people, including me, consider the Abridged to be superior to its source material. The only bad thing with SAO:A is waiting on more episodes lol.

[@ThanesTito]

one thing that bothered me about the ending in the Abridged is that in the original, in the talk with Kayaba after the three of them die, he tells them that while he's wiping Aincrad, the source-code would be released as open-source, which ties-in to *why* the anime kept going on after the season finale

[@johnlage]

I thought that was the whole "here's the world seed, do whatever you want with it" thing (which Kirito chose to publish/opensource/whatever) , which happened after alfhiem, not during the main aincrad wrapup.

[@ThanesTito]

@@johnlage it's been quite a few years since I've watched it, but I remember the world seed thing being at the end of Aincrad, then Kirito kinda drops out from playing vrmmos until he goes *ballistic* bc his sister is playing Alfheim and then finds out Asuna is trapped there

[@neelankoopman3718]

@@ThanesTito nah it's in alfheim becuz Kaiyaba actually helps Kirito beat the guy that kidnapped asuna, and then gives him the seed which Kirito then releases to the public.

[@The_Stray]

21:31 I am still IMMENSELY disappointed that they did not have Kirito say, "You piece of shit..." When the dragon poop sword broke.

[@cain0308]

And yes he was doing an impression of Cartman from South Park. Oh and for anyone who doesn't know, the line Asuna said at the end was in reference to a scene between Han Solo and Leia from Star Wars. I assume most people probably know the reference, but just wanted to put this out there. Oh and that sound at the very end was obviously someone putting another coin in the slot to continue. But I'm sure you totally knew that. Lol.

[@silentassason]

Insert: Obligatory "They're too young to know what coin based arcades are" joke

[@cain0308]

@@silentassason XD

[@nocturneraider]

Also that psa at the end was a real psa

[@2551987ezio]

Huge Star Wars fan and I had no idea that was a reference. A "I know" can literally mean anything or just a simple understanding to me. I never would've gotten that.

[@cain0308]

@@2551987ezio Lol. Well, the entire episode was full of movie references. So that was a good fit for the moment it happened.

[@euro.cash_3053]

“OH MY GOD ITS METHUSALA VON HONEYSUCKLE” such an underrated and over looked line😂 along with “SWEET SHADE OF ERADICUS WTF IS THAT”

[@CabinofAresfan8]

So what have we learned Kyle and Kirby are basically Abridged Kirito and Asuna reacting to each other except Kyle since 1 or 2 episodes ago I've given him a name Budge Decrease Kirito

[@theduckgoesmoo]

I’m not that crazy

[@kirbysuniverse]

i’m not that overprotective….

[@CaptainCFalcon]

Okay, so a few things. In the original they ACTUALLY had Keiba say "I don't even remember..." *_AND THEY ACTUALLY LEFT IT AT THAT._* That sound at the end was a quarter being inserted. Like the classic arcades at the Continue? Screen, you would put in a quarter if you weren't content on letting it end there. That quarter sound was SWE's subtle way of telling us "yes, we ARE still going." It's really funny seeing you actually recognize all of those different voice actors this time around. It's nice having been there from the beginning, & seeing your progression of "I have NO idea what anything is" to "Hey! I KNOW that thing!" Makes me kinda proud, honestly.

[@yoshigaming9321]

When Asuna says “I know” it’s a Star Wars reference, it’s a way of showing how Asuna can also make movie references along with Kirito

[@Infernape1998]

That final noise was a coin inserted to continue “the game.” Also, Takahata101 was great as Heathcliff and Akihiko, and I will quote everything thing he says. Plus, I still want to see robot Yui walking to the park with Asuna and Kirito. One more thing, last episode, Kirto said, “The power of love is bullshit,” and thanks to the power of love, Asuna was able to break out of admin paralysis, which should be impossible.

[@RynoGaming0718]

In all seriousness I think the way Asunas death was done here hit me harder than the actual anime

[@jagerkofa5997]

Kirby is right it was South Park

[@dragonsfury55]

The end song is "Coming Home" by Daisuke Ishiwatari from the Guilty Gear Xrd ost. And the sound at the end was a quarter being inserted into the machine.

[@sharzinlalebazri5673]

Ah, a fellow fan of Daisuke sama.

[@demonsorrows]

Good tunes. Actually added the song on my playlist after the episodes ended. A lot of people in the comments couldn't understanding what he was saying, so I dug for long while, found the cd booklet with the lyrics and dropped them in the comments. Dumb thing to be slightly proudly of, but got the top likes for it xD

[@samuelvincent557]

The worst part about the neighbor with the fish is that there are, only, two possibilities there. First is that he is a player. A fairly elderly player who is entertaining himself with new applications of "Animal Husbandry", which is disturbing enough. OR he is an NPC, which means that Kiaba, purposefully, programmed a fish fucker NPC into his game for people to encounter. Not sure which is worse, really.

[@jamesrandolph1045]

Asuna's last line is a reference from star wars the empire strikes back. Kinda sweet since kirito is a movie nerd and would understand it to mean she loves him too. Sweet in two ways

[@blaedus5318]

I always wondered if Asuna meant that as a reference... 🤔

[@helios_is_my_name]

"... and allow me to tell you what every content creator has always wanted to say to their audience... *fuck...! All y'all!"* The way I see some people act, that does not surprise me.

[@hellowhat890]

21:20 In the original anime, Kirito needed to avoid using the special abilities associated with their weapons in the game. Because he knew that Kayaba, the creator of the whole game, already knew all the moves, preset abilities, combos and skills that Kirito had and could defend easily against it. So in this final showdown, Kirito attempted to fight using only real swordplay and no videogame assisted combo moves. Basically imagine a real swordfight without the flashy videogame mmo rpg fantasy lights and magic. Kirito ended up using an ability out of rage towards the end which kinda was the deciding factor for him.

[@smugsneasel]

18:41 Well you see, after Kirito saved his life from the Ancient Boar of Malchior. he took inspiration to start a guild that eventually gained enough power to challenge the gang of Don Fluffles. And the funny part is that the latter half is actually true. 21:02 If my own stories ever get made, I'd hope some of it can elicit the same emotions to others that I got when I watched this moment for the first time. 32:38 *sigh*...That was a Star Wars reference, Duck.

[@mournwood]

The sound at the end was a coin going into the arcade machine. God I feel old.

[@andrewb1986]

@32:34 OH MY GOD, you missed the movie reference!! Star wars! Right before Han Solo gets frozen in carbonite Leia: "I love you." Han: "I know."

[@colonelilbrink8544]

I dont think ill ever get over how gorgeous Kirby is with red hair. Also, that Leeeerrrooooyyyyy JENNKINNSS!!!! reference always makes me laugh.

[@kirbysuniverse]

aww thank you😊

[@oogieboogie232]

The FBI 'Winners don't do drugs' was common in games, mainly in the arcades, from the 80s and early 90s.

[@hermannmakuta3311]

32:40 - THATS A STAR WARS-REFERENCE

[@teddy_scott36]

If they haven’t been recommended to you already: You two should react to Explanation Point’s videos on what makes SAO abridged so great compared to the original

[@dagonofthedepths]

29:49 Oh no people really did die almost 3000 by the end. 200 of them died because people disconnected their family members nervegear. And then a ton of them still played VRMMOs for some reason.

[@jimwatson1013]

Yeah thats what I do not get about SAO 2.....they go "We had a near death experience in a VRMMO and was stuck in it for 2 years.....oh hey new VRMMO came out and its about GUNS!" no....why...noooooo

[@Basch152]

@@jimwatson1013 kirito didn't want to play it. he was approached to go in and find out why players died IRL when they got killed by a specific player in GGO. and he only played alfheim to rescue asuna

[@dagonofthedepths]

@@Basch152 Yeah but he kept playing after that so he had like 3 traumatic experiences with VRMMOs and he just kept at it

[@ddrummond9044]

In sao expos bloopers around 2:20 the Pink haired girl screams learoy jakins falling in the pit

[@foehammere4192]

Sooooo...in essence SAO was Hardcore Minecraft with no logout button

[@jasonwolfe4205]

I just realized that the whole "game death = irl death is a glitch" thing also explains why Asuna and Kirito were able to cheat death. It wasn't the power of love or mc syndrome, it was just that their nerve gear actually worked as intended.

[@silver3882]

I've been lost in a void, everyday melds into the next ... but at least I know when the weekend is when I see these videos pop up

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Kinda same here

[@thetizzyesttron1485]

Why is this ending so much better than the original

[@droppedhero]

Thank you for your hard work putting this out!

[@theduckgoesmoo]

It’s been frustrating…. I feel like it’s over 100 degrees in my room and I’m so tired. I had to render this video (50 minutes each time) about 7 times. Each time I uploaded it KZbin would spend close to 2 hours each time deciding if it should be blocked or not…. It would then give me like a 10 second segment of video was causing the video to be blocked. I would then have to go and blur that section of the video and the render the video and upload it and have KZbin check it again. It would then get blocked for a different segment that they didn’t tell me about the last time. That on top of the all of the other videos I have to edit and render and upload as well. People are going to complain about the blurred sections as if I’m the bad guy for blurring them without understanding why I had to. I’m frustrated, I’m tired, and I’m upset. Thank you for watching and supporting

[@droppedhero]

@@theduckgoesmoo With all that, you deserve yourself a nice good rest. Their opinions aren't going to matter anyhow, no matter how much they complain. This was SAO Abridge's Climax episode (that's what she said). They are going to watch it anyhow. You did the best you could for this episode, and that's that matters in the end. All your hard work helped you get back from YT getting your channel terminated without giving any reason. We appreciate all your hard work you been putting in your channel! I don't have any friends who watch the same stuff as I do (that's what I get for being a former pro wrestler, a single father of one, a guy in his 30's making Tik Tok videos lol). I enjoy being able to watch this kind of stuff with your reactions, it's nice knowing there is other people out there watching the same content as I do.

[@guyrza5537]

@@theduckgoesmoo it's kinda sad that so many people do not understand how difficult the job of a youtuber may be(

[@commissarcardsharp]

Phrasing!

[@noraa1991]

inb4 there are still some people who miss the text about the blurring and make comments about it lol

[@zombiedemon1762]

19:09 Wait a minute...... Kirito called him Klien instead of Balls Deep 69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I don't think he noticed. Did I spell Klien correctly?

[@jawsbert]

Klein. It's a running theme that Kirito uses his real name during dramatic moments

[@zombiedemon1762]

@@jawsbert . Oh. Thanks.

[@zombiedemon1762]

It's surprising that even after rewatching SAO Abridged several times,...I'm still discovering new things in it.

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

Last time I will mention this I promise, now that you have finished season 1 you should watch Explanation Point's video on SAO abridged. It's a two parter and covers all of the cool narrative tricks and clever writing that went into the abridged, especially around Asuna and Kirito.

[@zombiedemon1762]

Dang!!! Okay I don't know much about Bethesda or how glitchy their games normally are......(I'm mentally looking at Skyrim right now) but I have this..... .....(I guess you could say feeling?) I have this feeling that any real life SAO situation really would come from Bethesda.

[@lipioma]

Fallout 76

[@zombiedemon1762]

@@lipioma . Okay maybe I will see what I can learn about Fallout 76.

[@diabloeb]

I know is a star wars reference, leyah says I love you to Han and he says I know

[@Pikmin13]

The sound is a coin to buy a new game for the old Arcady machine

[@kagenoo1084]

for if anyone died, the answer is yes. so many people died in this

[@TheLangenator]

The "I love you" "I know" is also a movie reference. Star Wars episode 5

[@zombiedemon1762]

I have to admit that if I was in a real life SAO like Asuna and Kirito,......I would also try to set other players on fire........ and I would not stop trying until it works. I mean come on,....it's the first full dive system and game,it clearly has some kinda interaction with the human brain, and so with enough focused thought or some crap, telekinesis might be possible even if not intentionally programmed into the game. Everyone is free to correct me if I'm mistaken.

[@jawsbert]

Kirito could probably manage it, since he's basically Neo from the Matrix. He was able to use his willpower to counter death, resolidify his body and stab Heathcliff

[@xeanayafoxzelaine9002]

*snickers* oh and the whole kirito saying i love you and Asuna saying I know was a star wars reference between Hon and Leiah

[@matman329]

I use "cry your little bitch tears" way too much

[@LachlanRoss65]

I can’t wait for Kirby to react to the erhm…monologue in the latest SAO: abridged ep

[@ryanbrochu3336]

29:52 No Kyle, people really died. 3852 of them.

[@ari_dexel4288]

The “I know” line is a Star Wars reference. So, obviously that’s just great writing

[@therealnarnia5117]

They did actually die; in the beginning of the next episode when they mention that no one died, theyre making fun of what most fans said when the first arc of the actual show ended, as they didn't understand how the story would continue without them being trapped. Around 40% of the 10000 people trapped in SAO died.

[@ailourosgrimalkin4511]

Whats with the Blurring every now and than? copyright protection? other than that, why was I hearing snoring this entire episode?

[@theduckgoesmoo]

KZbin kept blocking the entire video because of those sections, brandon and kirby had a very long day and we were recording late at night so they were tired. I couldn’t hear him snoring with my headphones on until he got louder

[@Falconwing66]

Moral of the story is that the gaming industry is awful and it’s workers need to unionize.

[@DaBak21]

so true!! mr.. nazi burito??

[@crazyshipper69]

16:11 yep cartman impression

[@hermannmakuta3311]

21:25 - Ha ! In Actuall SAO Kirito figured out the Strategy of a Serial Killer by looking at an Ass. Im almost Not joking

[@CircuitReborn]

There's actually multiple episodes of season 2 now, not just the one episode. Have fun with that.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Who said there weren’t 16 episodes?

[@trevorsreya8277]

"Your tutorial NPC is nowhere to be found." That's because he was forcefully recruited into the guild Kirito first joined. The NPC that said: "Remember, to jump, jump." And the janitor that Kayaba was talking about, Reki is the original creator of SAO. Edit: Also that "I love you" "I know" moment, is another movie reference. One of the Star Wars movies.

[@JoesCoco]

What's even funnier is that the reason so many people died is bc the tutorial NPC was taken by kirito's guild. And then died bc Gary teleported away with all the crystals bc he had to "SAVE MY FAMILY!" 😂

[@Szystedt]

Next time, please don’t have someone literally snoring in the background.

[@YukoValis]

and now I would like to point out something I noticed a few episodes ago. When Kirito had the sword made it SPECIFICALLY said it was a slashing weapon. Sure enough he tries a piercing attack with it and it breaks.

[@theduckgoesmoo]

How are you supposed to slash through armor?

[@YukoValis]

@@theduckgoesmoo He should have tried to avoid the shield and slash at the body. Either way yeah, not what that weapon was made for. : )

[@miciso666]

the i love you. i know. STAR WARS REFERENCE also kirito does make sachi real. and kayaba did die btw. fun fact kirito even makes a better nerve gear. the AR gear. which makes videogames appear in real life. and in a spinoff where kirito has a daughter :)

[@jeffvirge3920]

The flashing fisherman was actually such a nice sweet guy in the actual show

[@moeheil8839]

Why does it keep getting blurry?

[@BlahBlahWoofWoof12]

Blurred parts are to avoid copyright so KZbin won't block the entire video which he had to edit & reupload multiple times

[@G7422]

That lizabeth quality guarantee really came through at the end lol

[@bsmith6784]

33:34 *Dude!* The Empire Strikes Back? Han Solo? _Have you _*_never_*_ seen _*_STAR WARS?!?!??_*

[@mrmcclish]

Was Kirby left on a...Heathcliffhanger?

[@theduckgoesmoo]

Booo

[@kirbysuniverse]

don’t worry, i’ve seen the next one, and it’s an angry kirby

[@SirCraigius]

The sound at the end was someone putting as coin into the arcade game, just before the continue timer would have run out. Implying the show will continue :)

[@Dreznin]

The ending, where Kirito says, "I love you," and Asuna replies, "I know," is a Star Wars reference. The sound at the end was the sound of a coin being inserted into an arcade machine, implying the continuation.

[@jakeking974]

I love how well Taka delivers the "spiritually taxing" line You can HEAR how much it conveys the "At first, it made me want to kill myself, but then it made me want to kill YOU" that Kaiba is feeling towards Kirito

[@jakeking974]

NGL, if I had no other option and I wanted to clap for my best friend, I'm working my jaw overtime. My kings will never be without applause for their victories.

[@charlesporter1369]

"rage war: the challenges of excalibrate" is another title for a 1980's movie called dungeon master, a guy is trapped in a videogame world and in order to escape he has to face the seven challenges of the evil wizard excalibrate

[@granvilledavid7814]

Asuna: Sexy little baby FBI: Ok your coming with us

[@-Banoffee]

"I know." Star Wars reference. Han says to Leia in... Empire Strikes Back, I think.

[@DynomitePunch]

i never viewed the fact that krito "breaks the game" or that kayaba "doesn't remember" anymore, as a bad thing, firstly the game's fucntions are all based on your BRAIN doing all the lifting, your not holding a controller, your not using motion controls, even though you ARE moving around in the game it's all your brain doing the work, so it could stand to reason that the brain, which is not entirely consisting of numerical concepts like a computer, COULD potentially over-ride the game, wouldn't be the first time a coder has made something in the code to break the game, as for kayaba's "i don't remember anymore" he actually bring it up in the light novels, stating he wanted to make a REAL world, and part of making it real was adding death, because he wanted to give all the life afirming aspects of the world more meaning, like in fight club to quote brad pitts character "tomorrow, his breakfast will taste better than you or i could ever imagine", like the old saying goes, "if it werent for rainy days, you wouldn't know what a sunny day was" also wanna point out the anime leaves a TON OF SHIT out that the light novels go over, such as mechanics, how the game world is linked to the brain, how the brain linked to the game world effects the world itself, etc, basically explains how kirito can overwrite the game with his "emotions" since those are still hightened brainwaves, etc,

[@James-bw4np]

I am months late to this but there are actually 2 Star Wars references in this episode. Everyone knows about Asuna's.... But what about Klein's? 20:10 - do not read further if you like the way Klein's lines sound like gibberish. Hope you record your reactions to if you decide to re listen to it. Do it as a short lol! Makes me giggle still but I can never un-hear it now. I learned about it from one of SWE's Convention Panels. But I LOVE that it was actually: || No Pod is worth two slaves! I'm a Toydarian, mind tricks don't work on me. Only Money. ||

[@MrKilzoRising]

You know there's more than 12 episodes of this abridged right?

[@decusq]

I'll never forget how PISSED i was when Kaiba said "He FORGOT the reason why he started all this". The fandom was considerably upset to say the least. Hell the only reason SAO is as popular as it is is because it was the start of the POWER FANTASY trope that now permeates a ton of anime to this day thanks to SAO.

[@navifairy6287]

While the abridged series might of turned this into a season finale, this technically isn't one. This episode adapts the events of episodes 13 & 14 of the first season. The first season is actually 25 episodes long and this is only the end of the Aincrad arc, though I could see how you would mistake it for such. SWE hasn't even started on season 2 yet (24 episodes). I never got around to finishing season 3, which is 47 episodes.

[@SinnistUchiha]

i love it when you guys talk

[@kirbysuniverse]

💓💓

[@zombiedemon1762]

14:05 Kirby, you are awesome!!! You are welcome to barely set me on fire with your mind.......an easily escapable amount of fire. Actually I might have a better idea...... you can invade my dreams and make me remember crazy stuff happening in them. Please dew it.

[@DCMarvel2009]

26:47 “IMAGINE!” Canon has provided.

[@tapchakav1]

Wait the janitor's/god's name was Reki... as in Reki Kawahara... nice, why haven't I ever catch that before.

[@Arcalargo]

No pod is worth two slaves. I'm a Toyrarian, your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me. Listen to BallsDeep69 when he and Kirito are talking and you'll never be able to unhear it.

[@TBomb15]

i think asuna's "i know" line to kirito saying i love you is a movie quote from star wars where leia says "i love you," to Han Solo, and he responds "i know." funnily enough that line comes full circle in the following movie where the exact same exchange takes place with Han saying "i love you" and leia saying "I know."

[@JustAJinx-ci6hg]

I don't get mad at people for talking. I get mad when people pause. They pause every. 5. seconds. and talk for 30 seconds... Like jesus christ I get you have thoughts but either wait to the end or talk over the video.