Review of Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online

6.0/10 ~ Best thing that ever came out of SAO I remember going to Japan in 2018 and it was crazy how much this show was being advertised as it was just airing or about to air, I ended up watching this right after the conclusion of the series and decided to rewatch this as I forgot most of what happened when I booted up season 2 today, which... says a bit that I coudlnt remember much past ' Pink bunny girl is fast and pew pew', after finishing this season for a 2nd time, I foolishly went through and rewatched SAOII, atleast the first 15ep that ft GGO, and wow was this a complete step up from SAO lmfao.

GGO probably because it lacks Kirito, Harems, and Incest, is probably the best thing that came out of the SAO franchise, with Accel world being probably a 2nd best, but anime wise was never complete and is just left on a cliff hanger, and a honorable mention to BOFURI being an honorary SAO spin off as it is so clearly inspired by SAO/GGO.

GGO has enjoyable characters, is funny and tackles some deeper topics, even if it doesn't do quite a great job at it. It knows what it is and want to be and is just that, which I do appreciate to some extent. As a life long gamer with many fellow female gamers since the early 2000's, I really felt the nostagia of how girls both got treated online and how they tent to be either the best or the most casual of players around.

Lynn like her portage Maple really be doing the Moe', cute girls doing cute things in an action packed adventure while being stupidly impressive at their one thing, and honestly I am all about it.

I just wish the show had a little more depth, was a little bit better written and the IRL aspects were more emotional and not just felt like large parts of the script were cut out to save time... shame

I would recommend this one to anyone that enjoyed BOFURI, Gun slinger girls, Lycoris Rycoil or any Girls with gunz franchises, or if you just really enjoyed SAO season 2 part 1. If you are new I would recommend:
reading/watching a synopsis of SAO S1+2, maybe a high light real, then watching this, trust me the 20 or so minute investment will make the little depth of the show actually land a bit and the jokes hit a bit harder.