Review of Sword Art Online

"What were they thinking? They're screwing it up!" My sentiments about halfway through the anime. Sword Art Online starts out interesting, and a few episodes in it seems to be building up to something. Sadly this 'something' is nothing more than a bunch of sentimental hogwash. Sword Art Online is an anime that goes nowhere fast. The pace of the anime goes from 100 to 0 in about 11 episodes and throws the plot out of the window on the way. I really want to like this series, and a part of me still does, but halfway into the animethey completely ruin the tension and make horrible an anti-climactic choices. Sure enough the whole premise of the anime is fascinating, but alas it is ruined by poor story telling and choices. To make things worse is the fact that the second half of SOA seems completely unrelated to what was initially introduced as the plot at the start of the series.

SOA is still worth watching due to its status in the anime community; but somehow I think it's a bit inflated. If you want to watch an anime with an interesting concept, then watch SOA. But be warned that it contains a lot of sentimental banter, poor storytelling choices and pace. Season 2 is even worse.