First time SAO When I first watched SAO I was hooked. The premise had been done before but that didn’t stop me getting in the show. I figured Kirito could grow to be an interesting considering his position in the world. But the show never gave him any true obstacles to overcome. He was literally perfect or things just worked his way. I mean him trying to be a loner so he wouldn’t have to see others was ok. But after a few episodes he was so overpowered he never had to worry. He was paper thin as a character.
That is rings me to the second half. It was entirely pointless and creepy! The return to the real world, his sister/cousin crush, and the vaudeville villain ruined the show. First off they skip over the real world ramifications of the game. We hardly even hear anyone talk about what happened. I mean 10,000 people were trapped for two years and it’s basically swept under the rug. We never really see any characters recover from the order at. TheWhen I first watched SAO I was
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Even worse than that the show moved at such a break neck pace I’m surprised I didn’t catch whiplash from it. The pacing was brutal and character development suffered because of it. The show introduced so many characters and we would only see then occasionally. Most of them seemed great but outside of a few brief appearances we never learn more about them. This made believing in Kirito and Asuna romance difficult. It just happened so fast and the show expected us to just accepted a character we hardly know is his soul mate.
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hooked. The premise had been done before but that didn’t stop me getting in the show. I figured Kirito could grow to be an interesting considering his position in the world. But the show never gave him any true obstacles to overcome. He was literally perfect or things just worked his way. I mean him trying to be a loner so he wouldn’t
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have to see others was ok. But after a few episodes he was so overpowered he never had to worry. He was paper thin as a character. Even worse than that the show moved at such a break neck pace I’m surprised I didn’t catch whiplash from it. The pacing was brutal and character development suffered because of it. The show introduced so many characters and we would only see then occasionally. Most of them seemed great but outside of a few brief