Review of Sword Art Online

If SAO was a band,it'd be called One Direction ...Loved by their fans but considered overrated by everyone else..And i belong to the latter category... So here's my review: Story: 5/10 Honestly,i loved the first few episodes of SAO..the art was great,the characters seemed fun and the pacing was good...But somewhere along the way,SAO lost its touch..It became another cliched romance with the hero saving the girl,girl and hero kissing and then living happily as a couple..And they even added in a virtual child so that the family roleplay can be complete...The romance kiiled the show for me...It was way too fast,way too unrealistic and way too clichedand it firmly put the breaks on a plot which was steamrolling its was towards greatness..By the end,they managed to get the plot back on track but it was too little too late as far as i'm concerned..

On the whole,story gets a 5/10

Art:10/10

The art was the best part of the show..Some of the animations particularly the landscapes and the fight scenes were excellent and for me its one of the best animated series in recent years..So a 10/10

Sound:6/10

The Ost was nothing to write home about..It wasnt terrible but thats about it..The voice acting for the main Asuna and Kirito was well matched though and thats about it..V.A gets a 7/10 and Ost gets a 5/10..So sound gets a 6/10

Character:6/10

They gave plenty of screentime to Kirto and Asuna and so it made it easier for their characters to be well fleshed out...But the side characters were more or less ignored..Cartoonish villain,friends who pop up once a while to help Kirito and a sister who has feelings for her brother(not exactly her brother since he's adopted..Well,who saw that coming??),said sister's friend who has mad crush on sister but gets constantly friendzoned..the side characters are about as cliched as it gets and scenes involving them often made me question why i was still watching this show

Enjoyement: 4/10
Besides the wonderful art,i really didnt enjoy anything else about this

Overall:
6/10

Some animes live up to their hype ...SAO was not one such anime..Watching SAO made me wonder what is the secret factor that makes average anime overhyped ..I guess i'll be searching for that answer for quite sometime!