Review of Sword Art Online

Man, this show is....interesting. A little background-this was basically my first anime and i watched it when i was in middle school, so i thought it was pretty good but now... Anyway, lets get to it! Story (2)- The story in this show SUCKS!!! First 2 episodes are really cool, and you can easily see why so many ppl love it. Then you get to the rest...which all follow one of three patterns: 1. kirito meets girl, kirito helps girl, girl falls for kirito, kirito leaves girl 2. kirito does something with asuna/they solve a mystery/they make out 3. last episode's plotline (whichstill sucks). Rlly this show has such a strong platform upon which it could have expanded SO MUCH MORE. Like the whole idea of MMO's is so cool, they couldve just made a better story. The whole thing with kirito being a chick magnet is to be expected honestly, but the fact that they made it to the point that even his sister likes him is unneccesary af. The creator of the show obviously wanted to experiment with the different arcs so he decided to put them at difference intensity and grimness levels-first arc was VERY intense, and kinda grim, second arc was not intense and not grim(except the 2nd to last episode), third arc was kinda intense and VERY grim (the whole gun thing just seems creepy), and the fourth arc was just useless filler shit to try give asuna some character. Honestly tho, there was something in all this crap that my middle school self liked, so i wont give it a 1.

Art (9)- great, amazing, best part of the anime

Sound (8)-also good

Character (1)-easily the worst part of the anime

Kirito-hes the main character, an overpowered little shit, chick-magnet, and the hero? the anime hypes him up WAYYY too much, and automatically assumes after the first arc that everyone LOVES him, but we rlly dont. hes extremely flat and static. while he does go through some hardships, the kid mostly has life going good for him, he gets out of the game, gets tons of girls, free to chillax cause his parents dont give a crap about what he does. now i get that he was lonely cause he found out his parents are rlly his aunt and uncle and sugu's rlly his cousing, but the fact that he is willing to go back to a concept that literally slaughtered 4k ppl is ridiculous. apart from his video game obsession, he is happily married to asuna (yea this is all in game but they basically think the same way irl too). the fact that the rest of the girls in the anime all CLING to him even tho hes clearly in a relationship and doesnt want them is sickening, everyone in the anime adores him but hes rlly an uninteresting character that i could care less about

Asuna-started out rlly intersting, because she seems pretty powerful and stuff, but then she gets lazy and leaves ALL the work to kirito. honestly would rather have the first few arcs have her as the main character, but looking at mother's rosario....mmmmm maybe not. she actually, unlike kirito, is a dynamic character, but the problem is that her personality GETS WORSE as the series goes on-she ends up become a classic waifu character that loves and treats EVERYONE with respect. if you keep going in the series (despite how much it sucks) ull learn that shes pretty smart and good at almost all the stuff that she does. for some reason the anime decides to completely cut her out of the main plot and give it all to kirito, despite knowing that she would make a MUCH better lead. the fact that she acts like all the other girls trying to get kirito's attention is just sad, considering that she isnt even competing at this point. i love how this anime sets her up to be that badass female character but ultimately decides to make her useless yet again like almost ALL female anime characters. what a shame

Suguha-definitely another interesting character that turns into yet another waifu character. what sadly defines her in the plot is her attraction to kirito (yep theres incest too!). lucky for her tho, im sparing her the hate for this, cause rlly i liked the ending to the subplot-she and kirito reach a mutual understanding and go back to the way things were. yea that would be nice if it stayed that way but it doesnt, SHE ACTS LIKE ALL THE OTHER GIRLS. What the F***. Have you not learned your lesson girl? He does not like you, nor will he EVER!!! anyway, so she has this nerd boy at her school in love with her and TBH hes just as cute as kirito irl without the glasses. instead of having a thing with that dude, she persists with kirito, despite knowing that it'll never work.

Silica-she's honestly one of my fav characters, just cause of her character design. now as for her actual personality....hmmmm...lets just say its horrible. she is the second of our dumb kirito gets girl filler episodes, but one thing that caught me at the end: she says to pena "the day i got my very own big brother" that should mean they have a sibling relationship right? not romantic? WRONG the anime decides to make her literally go back on what she said and continue wanting kirito. wtf??? they could've had an actual quality relationship as siblings kindve but guess thats ruined. oh well

Lisbeth-tragic character, yet another one of kirito's fangirls. the ending of her episode tore me apart. i would be 100% fine with her episode if it wasnt the case that there would be 5 more replications of it. then hers the best part-she stays loyal to kirito! haha wow u dumb girl. ok moving on...

Klein-hes one of the only other male characters so props to the creators for putting him in! rlly i got the perverted older brother feel from him, but rlly he doesnt have enough interactions (real interactions, seeing each other does NOT count) with kirito to support. hes pretty shallow and i just didnt like him all that much so nah

Yui-honestly added in there to make the relationship between kirito and asuna less sexy and more familial. shes rlly not that important in the overall scheme so ill hold off on the hate

Sinon-she rlly is a strong character, and i liked how the anime sort of matured with GGO, and brought more mature characters like her in. her backstory is pretty dark but also makes her seem stronger than all the other girls in the show. ik that she rlly does deserve a break from the craziness in ggo so she decides to do alo for a while, but she just turned into another one of kirito's fangirls.

Villain #1- this dude is forgiven WAYYY too easily by kirito, almost to the point of them being friends? hes a psycho and deserves to be treated like one

Villain #2- a disgusting rapist who's point is to make life hell for the other characters. the final scenes in alo are 10x more disturbing than the first arc's are, but for some reason the rest of the season is more lighthearted. rlly hes obnoxious af, and the show took a weird turn with him

Agil-hes just...there

Enjoyment (6)- even though this anime is a full MESS, it actually fits together in a way that satisfies ppl. im judging the rest of the stuff harshly but its not to the point where its a pain to watch, its actually pretty interesting. defintiely good to watch during the christmas time cause it gives u this nice cozy feeling but anyway i think its okay with enjoyment

Overall (5)- its either u like it or u dont