[FormerTitanium]

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Originally Posted by ElConvoy

I´m now past episode 12 of Sword Art Online and now I really cant see where all the hype is coming from. The show is cool and all but its not that outstanding to be honest. The show is just your typical fantasy action anime with a little videogame flavor thrown in. The worst part is that the game aspect doesnt feel vital to the show and is just handled very superficial.

The rest of the show also feels kinda empty. Its very episodic and I dont get a sense of a bigger story the show is trying to tell. The Characters feel very empty too and its hard for me to get invested in them. Oh yeah and the romance is really getting on my nerves too. It just feels very forced and kinda tacked on.

Yeah I´m not a big fan of this anime but for now I will keep watching atleast until they change the really really good opening theme

The hype comes from Asuna.


Just kidding.


I myself prefer the Phantom Bullet Arc in SAO over anything else, but hey that's me.

[ElConvoy]

The only thing I really like about Asuna is her outfit and that she is voiced by Lady Candelira

[EitoRanger]

I haven't watched anime in I think three years...but my addiction to the Love Live Rhythm game got me to watch the show and I have to saw it was adorable. Since I began watching it while I was working on making exercising and stretching a daily routine it was nice seeing the girls have to make similar changes to their life.

Whenever I didn't want to go work out I was able to think that if someone like Honoka could keep to such a hard schedule then I could too

I plan on starting the second season soon but there are a few dramas I need to get to first.

[FormerTitanium]

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Originally Posted by EitoRanger

I haven't watched anime in I think three years...but my addiction to the Love Live Rhythm game got me to watch the show and I have to saw it was adorable. Since I began watching it while I was working on making exercising and stretching a daily routine it was nice seeing the girls have to make similar changes to their life.

Whenever I didn't want to go work out I was able to think that if someone like Honoka could keep to such a hard schedule then I could too

I plan on starting the second season soon but there are a few dramas I need to get to first.

Do it like Honoka.

[EitoRanger]

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Originally Posted by FormerTitanium

Do it like Honoka.

raise the roof! Raise the roof!
NOw if only I could get Eri to be my personal trainer somehow.

[Shin Henshin]

Sword Art Online is one of those shows where going into it on word of mouth won't help you. It's either grossly over-hyped or annoyingly criticized. You literally have to go in and form your own opinion.

Personally I really like the series, though also have my fair share of issues.

[XW1n5t0nX]

I agree with Shin. I went into it when it was on Toonami and I loved the ever living shit out of it because I loved the concept and it reminded me so much of .hack in a way. It isn't a perfect series but I found it to be very nice and great to watch.

[MidoGreen]

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

Sword Art Online is one of those shows where going into it on word of mouth won't help you. It's either grossly over-hyped or annoyingly criticized. You literally have to go in and form your own opinion.

Personally I really like the series, though also have my fair share of issues.

Pretty much this(though I never did catch the hype train or the overly critical gazette).

[ShyGuy]

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

Sword Art Online is one of those shows where going into it on word of mouth won't help you. It's either grossly over-hyped or annoyingly criticized. You literally have to go in and form your own opinion.

Personally I really like the series, though also have my fair share of issues.

Yeah, it does seem to be quite polarizing. I watched it based on a recommendation, but I wasn't that impressed. I certainly didn't dislike it at all, I just felt like it didn't live up to the potential that it had to be something new and unique. It just felt to me like the majority of the characters and the world itself was underdeveloped. It's a shame too, because the world was great and I found the supporting characters interesting. Kirito himself was honestly my biggest issue with the show, I just found him kind of generic and I didn't like how he was so overpowered that he just beats everything with basically no challenge at all. All of that being said though I did enjoy the show for the most part, and from what I've seen of SAO II so far I think it's a definite improvement.

[Sunred]

I am thinking of getting into Yokai Watch and see what the whole craze is about. Apparently it is being called the next challenger Pokemon should be watching out for.