Review of Sword Art Online
(no spoilers in the first part, spoilers in the second) (sorry for bad english) Sword Art Online ... Let's start by saying that before seeing it I was told that it was the worst thing ever invented after the nuclear bomb, and this intrigued me. So I started watching the series. I saw the first episode and ... jesus, but it's crazy! I immediately fell in love with the series which, despite a small rush in the initial episodes, caught me in a way that no other series had ever done. I fell in love with the two protagonists and immediately started cheering for them. Once the series was over Istarted thinking about what the problems were in this series and why it was so hated.
After a careful analysis and after seeing all the seasons that follow (Sao II, Ordinal Scale, Alicization and Wou) I can say that the problems are ALL IN THE FIRST PART OF THE FIRST SEASON AND IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE MOST PART OF THE PUBLIC ABANDONES THE SERIES TOO SOON AND DO NOT APPRECIATE THE CONTENT.
(I will say what these problems are at the bottom of the review, in the spoiler part)
Ratings:
Animations: 9.5 / 10
Simply fantastic and spectacular. If you want advice, go ahead with the series, they improve even more.
Music: 10/10
Breathtaking music and always on the piece. It always adapts to the situation and is always rewarding. (soundtrack second only to AoT)
Characters: 6.5 / 10
Unfortunately only the two protagonists and Sugu are deepened. The rest of them will have their time to shine in the following seasons.
Plot: 9/10
How it is told: 6/10
Enjoiment: 10/10
Unfortunately, however, I must say that the animated version has some problems that can annoy someone (like myself)
(I hate who wrote this series because it could have done much better)
Here are the problems I mentioned earlier.
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The problems I'm talking about are the following 4 and they are all in the first part of the first season:
- Too many time skips too early in the series (negligible?)
- They didn't explain that Klein uses the resurrection item before 10 seconds on Kirito. (viewer thinks Kirito is resurrected thanks to his willpower)
- It is not explained why Asuna does not die and why she manages to stop the paralyzation imposed on her by Kayaba.
(they don't explain that Asuna's account was protected and controlled by Sugo, computer genius and rival of Kayaba, creator of AmuSphere and head of the organization that was in charge of keeping an eye on the players during the dive in Sao. In these years of checks on the survivors of Sao, he managed to enter the system and, without telling anyone and only for personal purposes, he isolated Asuna's account so that once the game was finished she was transferred in Alfheim Online, his game. (together with 200 other players about not to arouse suspicion)
And it is precisely for this reason that Asuna has lost her "paralyzed" state: Sugo was monitoring her and, to make sure that she reached the end of the game, he freed her.
- It is not well explained that Kirito is a computer genius who studied and understood SaO, which is why he easily manages to hack and understand the game code.