Review of Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online suffers the same fate as a lot of anime, unfortunately. While having a beyond interesting concept that has endless amounts of potential, it falls short because it focuses too much on a cliche romance that downplays both parties involved. With a one-dimensional romance combined with a Gary Stu protagonist that barely does any work and yet is seen as the hero, it falls short in too many areas to count. Some deaths are just meaningless, villains are not intimidating or three-dimensional, and some arcs are just completely unnecessary. Honestly, the only reason this anime got the praise it got was because itinvolved being inside a video-game world, and that wondrous potential overshadowed an endless amount of flaws that makes this anime meh at best. I highly recommend you look somewhere else if you want something of actual substance.