[ElConvoy]

So I almost finished SAO and have only one episode to go. However I feel that I can write my final thoughts right now since nothing can happen that will change my feelings on this show.

Up to the last few episodes I thought it was a nice lttle show with cool designs, a nice but underused premise, kinda bland but overall likeable characters and great animation. Even though the first half bored me most of the times I was about to say that the second half improved on most things.
Kirito became alot more interesting as a protagonist and the new characters were also pretty nice. My main gripe was that Asuna was pretty much reduced to an object...and then the show had to go there.

Yes I am talking about the incredibly tasteless and juvenile use of rape in this show. It made me absolutely hate this show in a way I couldnt have imagined up to this point. The rape had no place in this show what so ever since it served no purpose other than making the villian into a overly creepy bastard. Asuna didnt grew as a character and neither did Kirito. It was just there to creep you out and I abolutely hate that. Oh and the way Kirito killed the final bad guy made me even more mad. Yeah torturing the guy out of revenge until he dies makes you really sympathetic.

I really wanted to like this show and in some parts I did. The worst thing I thought about this show was that it had really underused and bland elements to it. But the whole rape and torture thing at the end killed virtually every enjoyment I had with this show.