Review of Sword Art Online

Klein: "Argh! Oooh...hurts in the nuts... kill me now..." -Episode 1 No, but seriously. When I first began watching SAO, I loved it. I thought it was amazing. Sure it had some minor flaws, but it was forgivable. Fast forward to the second arc. Never so quickly have I seen something be reduced to shit so quickly. It seemed to just down tone itself, going from a death game to fairies frolicking in the woods and whatnot. Everything that made the first arc so wonderful was nowhere to be found in Alfheim Online. I honestly couldn't even pay attention, it was so unbearably boring. SAO is like getting ona wicked rollercoaster, then getting on a rollercoaster you expect to be even more wicked, only to find out it's a kiddie ride.
Is that a bad comparison? Probably. Does it really matter? No.

The writers took an interesting concept and ruined it.

The art and sound was nice (with art in the name it better be nice), with some of the songs bringing back nostalgia of the SNES classic Chrono Trigger. It's nice, but who really watches anime just for the visuals or music?

(My first review, don't sue me)