Review of Sword Art Online

When my friend suggested to watch this anime I was kind of sceptical - and I don't know why - however in the end I was even amazed, how much great ideas this anime threw at me, which I could use as an inspiration for my own stories. Yes, the story itself of this anime isn't anything worth mentioning. Everything is as described in a summary and nothing particular doesn't come back after you have watched it - slow, not particularly fabulous aftertaste. But there was something more to it, what dragged me back wanting more - some kind of enchantment! Characters are done quite good. Everyonehad their own background with it's own story of how they ended up playing the game, why should or shouldn't they fight for survival etc. I particularly liked a minute long period at the very beginning when anime showed the real thing behind every character, when woman characters showed that in real life they are men and their description didn't fit the made up look, however I felt a need for such reality more often as further on in the anime it didn't kicked back anymore - neither the same idea, nor other kind, which can be seen in real life!

Although season is 25 episodes long, it lacked sustainability - with this I mean it didn't came up with action as often as I felt the need for it. Overall plot moves on quite slow although months passed by rather fast without actually showing what have happened between them as nothing particular had changed during that time.

I would re-watch it just for the warm family-type feeling the middle of the season gives and last few episodes for the shivers conclusion brings, although I anticipated most of the twists in advance. But overall enjoyment I got from this anime was enough to persuade me to look for another season.