Review of Sword Art Online

SAO, one of the most hated anime of all time( even though it not the worst) and one of the loved franchise who saw this anime as a gateway to whole different anime. In the nutshell, there are no middle-ground on this biopolar show. Now on to my review, SAO was my first major anime I watch(by myself), after my sister introduce me into watching Re:zero and this lead to spark of interest in anime. Ever since I watch Re:zero, I watch anime around that time such as Kabaneri of the Iron fortress being my first anime. SAO didn't got me interest because of the hatetrain that still continue to these day. Out of the blue, I decide to watch it and I got to say, it was very emotional ride. The romance between Kirito and Asuna was very beautiful and the final fight on floor 74 got me tense up. I know that people didn't like the time-skip and the harem element . This cause people to drop the show because of it losing the reasoning behind the titles "SAO" and not expecting another game. Plot hole was another factor that people complain about, and I completely agree with them because the anime didn't give the source material justice and not including monologue for Kirito and Asuna. I personally feel that the director hate both of the character and not adding it, cause in the source material it shape them into what they are. They also butcher the murder arc in episode 5-6, in the source material it show that Kirito and Asuna was both equal and not showing Kirito smartness. The harem didn't bother me, because they got over it.
If I was to give one criticism, it was be showing off more game element.
I know that SAO is not a perfect anime and not either cancer that people might say.

Music: 10/10 by the goddess herself, Yuki Kajiura. Swordland is my personal favorite cause of the sheer epicness at the end and Asuna theme "Luminous Sword"