Review of Sword Art Online

Well time to get the full review of this still highly debated anime. Hello people. For those that don't know I am Josh and today I am doing my full review on Sword Art Online, the anime where you either love it or hate. Let's do this! Story- The first arc sounds good on paper like I said before in my first review. It does, I be lying if I said I thought it wasn't. The first five episodes in this arc were...okay. Loved the first and second episodes and got through the next 3 episodes okay, but then it just went down for me there. Itseemed to go into filler hell, introducing characters that only had they one moment in there own epsidoe and didn't appear after that. And then there is the god awful pacing. If you saw my first review you know how I feel about that but I'll say it again. The pacing was just...bad. Just bad. Especially the big ass time skips.

The first arc gets a 5/10 from me because it did have some moments I liked.

Then there is the second arc.....If you enjoyed that arc...all the power to ya. But I just found it so f*cking BORING! I literally had to force my self to watch this arc even with the painful urge to fast forward through it. It was just boring. This was the most bored I have been watching in a while. I'm not comparing the two arcs fully becsuse one was about survival and the other was a race against time to save Asuna from a laughably bad villian in my opinion.

Overall this arc gets a 3/10. If you enjoyed fine, but I really didn't.

Art- I got no major complaints with the art. Still don't. 8/10

Sound- Sounds good, the voice actors do there job and I love the first opening. The second one was alright and the 2nd ending was okay but I really didn't like the first ending. 7/10

Characters- And again we arrive at the most debated thing about this anime, the characters.

Kirito...My opinion has slightly worsen about him thanks to the 2nd arc. Still thing he is wish fulfillment and OP as hell. But I don't completely hate him still. Don't exactly like him either.

Then there is Asuna the character that took a nose dive according to people. For the most part...I agree with them. Yeah she had the moment she tried to save all the players but for the most part I still see her as a dames in distress. Take that as you will, hate me if you want for saying that, but remember this is just my opinion.

Then there are the supporting cast who I honestly found forgettable. Klein suffers from this mainly because he barely appeared. Aigil (Think I definitely f*ck that one up) suffers from the same thing. Like able but I really don't fully care about them.

I didn't care about any of the harem and still don't. And I really didn't care about Kirito's sister. Yeah she had her moments, but I really didn't care about her or the relationship she had with Kirito.

Then there are the villans. Villian number one who I was mildy surprised by who it was and Villian two who was just a laughable pervert

Overall if more of the supporting character got more screen time and if my opinion had changed with the second arc, the score would be higher. 3/10

Enjoyment- I enjoyed the first arc and I struggled to get through the second arc. Overall I have to give this 6/10

Overall- ....I still think sword art online is mediocre. It's not got awful but it's alright. I still stand by my point that this is overhyped but I really don't hate it for that. If you enjoyed it good, I'm happy for you. I just really didn't like it that well. It mediocre to me. Overall sword art online gets a 5/10