Review of Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online !! Undoubtedly the anime with the most number of mixed reactions from 2012. One of the most controversial series of all time. I will keep this review fairly short but a little lengthy as well. What do I think of this? Well in my opinion it is not NEARLY as bad as haters claim it to be and not as good as fans praise it to be either. It's ... AVERAGE especially once you mix the flaws and good qualities together. Yes everything about it I find average (well the animation is stunning but that is to be expected of an anime so new).The only thing above average is the fanservice ;D. And I guess it is also very enjoyable (even if the amount of flaws are literally off-the-charts).

Now I will go into what the positive qualities of it are as well as it's flaws. Not to mention what I find about it is 'average'. If you are a hater then just read the flaws and if you are a total fanboy then just read the positive qualities :D.

But before that let me just say that I will NOT do a summary of the story because you can just find that in the main page.

Positive qualities- Sword art online is very enjoyable (barely any moments when I was actually bored) with very fine art (by art I don't necessarily mean animation but more like design and backgrounds and such). Animation is breath-taking and unique. Add those 2 (art and animation) together and you have an anime which is a pleasure to look at (for the most part lol). One other positive attribute/quality is that most of the times the amount of emotion is done just right to give you a special feeling. Plus when there's a desperate situation you can literally really see the desperation in their eyes.

Flaws- Too much fanservice is one. you could have just gave them 2 kissing scenes(one for beginning one for end). Not add the bed scenes, taking clothes off and such bull. Oh and how old are they? 16 (Kirito) and 17 (Asuna) !! And that tentacle scene was also unnecessary. (Don't worry though this anime I don't think is a hentai). And if you want Hentai then there's plenty of other stuff you can watch. Also I find it was overhyped (first episode). They made it seem like it was gonna be such a torture for everyone to be stuck in the game but really it wasn't like that. (Atleast not portrayed like that). The third flaw is the filler episodes. That episode where he got the sword was unnecessary (this isn't too big of a deal and plus I liked it). The final flaw is definitely the premise for the second half. Like the anime is called 'SWORD ART ONLINE' for a reason -.- It ain't Alfheim.

Now the average stuff- Characters are ALL 'meh'. Kirito is no one special (my opinion). He isn't NEARLY as good as a main character as some others (Goku, Luffy, Ed and stuff). But he has a pure/good heart so I do have respect for him. Same goes for Asuna. Music wise there are some osts which are great but really I have heard much better (One piece, Bleach, Pokemon, Fairy Tail, Naruto and stuff). Openings and Endings are fairly good.

Anyways I hope you enjoyed my review.

Finally I would recommend this anime but don't expect it to be the greatest anime ever because MAYBE you will be totally disappointed with it especially if you have your expectations for this set so high.