Review of Sword Art Online
Most people will agree that the Aincrad portion of season one is rushed and that Aincrad and and fairy dance should be separate seasons. However this is NOT the case of "the adaption cutting out detail", the adaption actually did a wonderful job and cant really help that it is rushed. the reason the first part of season 1 is rushed is because it is not an adaption of a light novel/manga but of a entry in a story contest. That's how SAO started. A little short story contest entry. so the author himself didn't provide the detail need to give Aincrad its own season.after becoming a surprise hit, the author continued the story with fairy dance, phantom bullet, mother's rosary, Alicization, moon cradle, and unital ring. But good news is Aincrad season will be redone. After becoming a hit the author is rewriting Aincrad and is going floor by floor, (The Progressive version), and the adaption producers already gave it the green light once they allow the author to write enough ahead of them. but considering the anime was working with a small contest entry piece, it truly is a masterpiece. however once progressive gets adapted, this will look like complete garbage.